BITE user comments - Glasgowboy
Comments by Glasgowboy
Currently boarded up but fortunately only for ceiling repairs.
25 Apr 2015 12:57
Great place to see a band upstairs but the pub itself is desperate. Expect an epic wait to be served. No-One has explained 'use your discetion' to the doorman. I was asked for ID last week. I'm 58.
28 Jan 2015 18:19
Spent most of my time in here from 1975-1985. Closed for ever earlier this month.
28 Jan 2015 18:09
The Southwark Tavern, London Bridge
Diet Pepsi please. Draft. Came in a pint glass. Five pounds ten please. No, how much really?Five pounds ten. Ludicrous
11 Dec 2014 20:55
The Betsey Trotwood, Clerkenwell
Great little pub. The downstairs venue is tiny but the sound is absolutely superd. Lovely place.
29 Nov 2014 02:21
I used to in there after playing football at Ferndale Road., at least 25 years ago. From the reviews it appears to have changed little. That is a compliment.
28 Mar 2011 08:39
I completely agree with race-faster. I live in Blackheath but now drink in Cutty Sark Wetherspoons as it is the only place you can get a decent pint at a decent price.
25 Feb 2011 10:43
Agree with the previous posters. Friedly pub at 08:30. Not at all what I expected.
31 Jan 2011 14:28
Maybe I've just been unlucky with the beer. The Crown is currently boarded up for a refurbishment. Due to reopen around Easter.
20 Jan 2011 11:07
A couple of years ago I wrote that the ESB was exceptional. I popped in last week and the ESB was at lager temperature. Not a good sign!
12 Oct 2010 13:02
I had intended trying the Old Naval College but at north of four quid for a pint I think I'll give it a miss. At the moment the Gate Clock is doing an excellent cider (Old Rascal) for �1.95.
8 Sep 2010 11:46
See below. I went in again yesterday and the crazy golf has gone !!
2 Aug 2010 11:29
I struggle with the comments about poor service. This was Hoople-Central during the Mott the Hoople reunion gigs at the Odeon last October. Scores of MtH fans from all over the world descended on this pub for five nights last October and I have not seen a single criticism of beer or service on the Ian Hunter website. Great times.
2 Jul 2010 13:10
Got to agree with MSE12. I thought I was alone in thinking kids should be banned from pubs , but obviously not.
11 May 2010 08:25
Seems a bit more welcoming than it used to. Berr still pretty crap.
11 May 2010 08:22
Staff all speak perfect English. Better than a lot of the British customers. It is not remotely rough. (Can't speak for the late evening as I'm never there).
11 May 2010 08:20
I stayed here at the weekend. Excellent accommodation and the pub was very good.
15 Feb 2010 11:06
Popped in for a pint on Sunday lunchtime. Seemed pleasnt enough. Only two other customers. Must be unique in having a nine-hole crazy golf course out back.
8 Feb 2010 16:45
The Churchill Arms, Kensington
Popped in on Friday afternoon for a couple as I was in the vicinity. Good ESB. �3.30 seems expensive but probably standard for the area. I used to use this pub a lot. I was even at the opening night of the Thai restaurant. I would guess that was in about 87 but it could have been a couple of years later. As a pub it has gradually been swamped by the Thai restaurant. Gerry, the landlord, has been there since the early 80s when he moved from the Drayton Arms.
11 May 2009 12:34
Main claim to fame was in late 70s/early 80s as Garry Bushell's local and unofficial HQ of the Oi movement.
5 May 2009 13:55
This is one of the better pubs in Blackheath (not saying much). Not sure how big a market for Gaelic Games there is in Blackheath. This O'Neills definitely makes rugby the priority. There were a lot of Irish in on Saturday for the Munster v Leinster match.
5 May 2009 13:49
Imagine having to go to a pub whose custom comes from high rises or council estates. Nrj746, you are an idiot. It's a couple of years since I've been in here but it was never grim, threatening or unwelcome.
24 Mar 2009 07:56
If you rate a pub by whether or not you can use chip & pin you really shouldn't be allowed to drink.
24 Feb 2009 12:43
Cosy. Completely different to the pubs up the road at Canary Wharf and West India Quay. No real ale.
5 Dec 2008 11:20
I think the idea that Wetherspoons sell beer that is at its sell-by date is an urban myth. This is a pretty standard Wetherspoons.
30 Sep 2008 14:54
I watched the Chelsea v Man Utd game here yesterday. Two large screen (picture sharper in the music room). Best free nibbles I've ever seen in pub. Good atmosphere. Recommend it for watching football.
22 Sep 2008 11:15
The Buckingham Arms, Westminster
I have to take issue with the previous post about beer quality. On my last two visits the Special was rancid.
19 Sep 2008 13:04
I've only been in here twice and the ESB has been exceptional both times. This is a lovely pub in an area full of hellholes.
19 Sep 2008 13:02
I used to use this pub in the mid-70s. It had a fantastic cellar bar. I guess that is no more.
19 Sep 2008 12:42
The Spanish Galleon, Greenwich
I sometimes pop in when waiting for a takeaway from the noodle house opposite. Has anyone else noticed it always seems to smell of piss?
12 Sep 2008 14:09
Good compared to the rest of the pubs in the area but very ordinary when compared to normal places. Aboit to demolished and be the site for yet another tower (62 storeys)
10 Sep 2008 15:08
The Ledger Building, Canary Wharf
Fairly typical Spoons but without the shouty people. It does arrract the braying City Boys but is by far the best pub on West India Quay.
10 Sep 2008 15:06
The Paternoster, City Of London
I've been in about six times over the last two years. Jaw-droppingly pricey. �3.60 for a pint of Strongbow! My mate got his bag nicked in here last night.
9 Sep 2008 13:23
I've posted about this pub before. I agree with abcdef. This is a Wetherspoons. You know roughly what it's going to be like. If your criterion for judging a pub is how far the bog is from your seat you should probably stay home.
18 Apr 2008 13:19
The Warrington Hotel, Maida Vale
I was in The warrington on Friday night and the barstaff said it would be closing for three months as of last Sunday. Most of the work is being done upstairs but downstairs is 'being returned to its former glory'. If it was once better than it was it must have been absolutely perfect !!
10 Oct 2007 16:11
This pubs unique selling point used to be chess ! They re were always people playing and they even had pro competitions. (Mid70s till at least early 90s.)
3 Oct 2007 12:53
In the mid-70s this was the Duke of Edinburgh. It was then Benteys then What the Papers Say (or something similar). It was crap anyway.
3 Oct 2007 12:51
The Bag'o'Nails Paul & Linda met in was a club in the West End.
23 May 2007 12:14
The only pub I ever got barred from. Certainly didn't have an upstairs then.
1 May 2007 13:16
No happy memories of this place. I got glassed here on Queens Silver Jubilee Weekend.
1 May 2007 13:11
The Hillgate, Notting Hill Gate
This used to be called The Johnston Arms until the late-70s
1 May 2007 13:10
The Prince Albert, Notting Hill
In the mid-70s this was an Irish pub with Celtic posters plastered all over the place.
1 May 2007 13:07
Judging by the map theis is the former Devonshire Arms. It used to have an upstairs bar with a cracking jukebox (mid-70s)
1 May 2007 13:06
Watched a lot of the 6Nations here. great atmosphere. Can get a bit raucous when football's on. You wouldn't want to here on weekend evenings if you're over 25. Good grub. Steaff helpful.
30 Apr 2007 12:06
Haven't been in here for years but the reviews suggest little has changed. Used it a lot when I lived in the area in 81. Fabulous pub. Went back a few times in the early 90s and it was still brilliant. Sounds like it still is.
30 Apr 2007 11:48
The Rochester Castle, Stoke Newington
Presumably this is the same Rochester Castle which was part of the gig circuit in the heyday of punk. I saw Tubeway Army support The Lurkers there and also The Cortinas, The Subs and The Jolt (I think).
30 Apr 2007 11:45
Practically lived in this pub in the 70s & 80s. Great days.
12 Mar 2007 13:42
In the 70s this pub was called the Railway Tap and was covered in railway memorabilia. Beer was crap though.
18 Oct 2006 12:47
Not nearly as bad as the reviews suggest. What do people expect? It's a Wetherspoons. In Lee Green. Not Hoxton. It's cheap and cheerful if a little smoky.
18 Oct 2006 12:36
I went in a few times when it opened in 96. Doesn't sound as if it's changed much.
16 Jun 2006 10:38
The Raspberry and Mango beers are excellent but sadly haven't beemn abvailable the last few timees I've been in. Great pizzas.
16 Jun 2006 10:28
The Gatehouse, Highgate
Excellent Spoons. Lovely theatre upstairs. Pay a visit.
27 Sep 2015 18:07