BITE user comments - Renfield
Comments by Renfield
Local's pub seemingly run by 16 year old schoolgirls.
Catch phrase "sailing yah?! arf arf!"
In fairness it did sell the only pint of Doombar I have ever found remotely palatable, unfortunatly it lasted one night!
Food was reasonable.
When we were in it was packed, and it was very hot and humid.
They should teach the girls not to ignore people stood at the bar for 20 minutes though, because some apprently rich folk come in.
Decent bar staff woudl make this a good pub.
2 Oct 2012 19:29
The Prince of Wales, Farnborough
Touch a nerve did I Muttley75?
"did you actually try saying 'Excuse me??' to the locals?" - of course I did - often - it's just that some of these people treat good manners as weakness!
As for the staff, I never complained about them at all, and I have certainly never treated them as "menials" they have always been extremely helpful and courteous to me, as I have been to them, no problems at all there.
"If you're a miserable grumpy old w*nker" - you've been talking to the wife haven't you? And I told her not to speak to strange men - tut.
No need for that sort of personalisation and insult, but it certainly does prove my point about the local attitude, doesn't it?
FACTS:
It still gets eye wateringly smoky sometimes, it can be very crowded and cramped, the Pride is still variable at times (as Pride seems to be everywhere at the moment), the beer is excellent 95% of the times I visit, and a small minority of the locals are still complete a***holes! BUT not as many as used to be seemingly.....which is nice.
It's an 8 - and if I want a good pint I go there by choice.
Oh go on, give me another one of your blisteringly insightful, insulting and amusing put downs?! Please. I can't wait.....
3 Nov 2006 17:01
Wellington Arms Hotel, Stratfield Turgis
Nice pub in convenient location, good beer and food.
Live music on Thursdays - they have some very good bands on. Next gig is 16th of February I think.
5 Feb 2006 14:36
Im used to frequent thsi pub regularly before it turned into a s******e about 10 - 15 years ago. So I was a regular and still am a local!
I still pop in a few times a year to see if it has improved - and it is getting there.
Re your comments about Snob/arrogant/"up your arse" etc, how disappointing (but not unexpected) of you to personalise this.
I can only respond therefore by saying that I'd love to see it from your point of view, but I'm afraid I can't get my head far enough up my own arse.
Strikes me that Mr/Mrs Anonymous - below - has made a reasonable observation, to paraphrase Shakespeare (I think) "Methinks you doth protest too much!"
You'll note, if you actually looked, that I was defending this pub.
Regarding the theme nights, they are too much and too noisy for some (which does not make them wrong, simply not to some people's tastes), which means that such folk may judge it from that viewpoint - namely - noisy, rowdy etc.
In my opinion (for that is what this forum is for - reasonable opinion, given fairly from recent experience)it was far better when this pub put live bands on - saw some good bands there in the past - pity!
All I ask is a decent pint out of a clean glass, reasonably polite bar staff, and not to be stared at with hostility by the "locals" - conditions which up until recently this pub simply has not been able to provide!!
10 Jan 2006 16:23
The Prince of Wales, Farnborough
We gave it a few more chances to see if it had changed at all.
It hasn't really.
Still a local pub for local people - bordering on the extremely rude at times from some of the (predictably) better heeled "locals".
This is a shame, as this pub would have been well worth a visit otherwise.
Beer was very average last time we went - we had 7 pints and couldn't find a good one. Probably something to do with all the complete garbage that gets passed off a "Christmas" Ale every year.
Several regular ales were not on, TEA was average, Pride appalling.
Smoky as a forest fire, with the extractors being conspicuously turned off.
All told less than satisfying, and given the ignorant b******s who stand at the bar and will not let you through if you are polite and well mannered(gum-shields in and heads down lads - we found THAT worked!!), one wonders whether it is worth coming back.
Oh - and the tent's gone from the rear so you can't even move some nights in there.
2 Jan 2006 13:54
About the third pub on our crawl of Farnham.
Trad., interior, blazing fire (very welcome on a freezing cold day) and obviously "youf" oriented, but none the worse for it.
Friendly bar-staff-ladies.
Friendly laid back atmosphere. I liked it a lot.
Excellent pint of Pride and a jolly commendable jumbo chilli dog.
Could'a and would'a stayed all day (to attend to the other 2 or 3 real ales on)- if we had not had our civic duty to satisfy by going to visit as many pubs as we could in Farnham!
30 Dec 2005 13:06
I have to say I tended to support Mr Kebab's views about this place. He forgot to add that your feet used to stick to the carpet - always a bad sign.
However, depseration forced us in for a pint a couple of nights back after doing a largely disappointing beer tour of Farnham.
I am gobsmacked to have to report that they now have real ale on again, and the Pride was in fact excellent!!
There is still an undercurrent though, a "watchful" atmosphere, but it seems if you leave them alone they will leave you alone.
30 Dec 2005 12:59
The Shepherd and Flock, Farnham
Last in our crawl of Farnham and, we thought, the jewel in the crown of our little "imbibificatory" (as old Bushy would say) tour of Farnham.
Quite a walk out too, worth it though - we were expecting great things.
BUT - Oh no!!!
They've gone and "gastro'd" the Shepherd and Flock. It's a crime against humanity!!
Unfortunately now the interior seems small and crowded as the vast majority of the pub is a restaurant. Didn't seem to be anyone in the restaurant.
They had a range of 5 Christmas beers and HBB's Tea, which was nice enough.
Unfortunately the Chistmas ales don't really appeal when you are trying to "do" a few pubs on your day off, and get home alive - as they are all about 39% ABV ankle breaking tackle. So maybe having 5 of 'em and only one normal beer, was perhaps an unfortunate decision.
However that would undoubtedly appeal to the foodies who'll sit there with a half a pint of the christmas beer of their choice for 2 hours, whilst consuming their Ostrich Ankle Soup with crispy alligator croutons; whilst anyone who has just dared to go in for a pint and a fag will have to huddle up at the other end of the pub.
Ah well such is progress, and who am I to resist that?
Funeral is next week.
30 Dec 2005 12:49
Fourth pub in our crawl of Farnham. Sounded great from the write ups below. Friendly enough local with a friendly bar staff. Great menu too. Unfortunatley there was only one beer on, which was Greene King IPA which was no better than reasonable - so if you can stomach Greene King then it may well be worth a 30 minute walk from the station! But preferably when there is a beer festival on of course...........
30 Dec 2005 12:34
The first call on our "crawl" of Farnham. A traditional "proper" pub this. Good atmosphere, friendly lad behind the bar - a pleasant hour spent talking rubbish and drinking what became the best pint of the day. Gales beer in excellent condition - a pleasure.
30 Dec 2005 12:28
Closes at 14:30 on a weekday - so you may not find out how good it is..............we didn't. Which is a shame as we had walked a long way. Third pub in our "crawl" of Farnham.
30 Dec 2005 12:24
Does live music on a Friday, some good bands especially an outfit called Listen With Mother, who are there later this month I think.
We were in last weekend, very nice pint of TEA indeed. The pub has dropped Pride now, spoke to the landlady and she greed with me that something strange has happenned to Pride, it just tastes pretty crap recently - wherever you go! Rumour is that whilst the pies will stay, the food will be run down to accommodate the government's "smoking and eating in public places" directive. God I love this government - come the revolution......
1 Nov 2005 10:18
Rising Sun, St Mawes
Very good pub.
The had Podium, Dartmoor and Tribute on when we were in the locality.
All of them absolutely excellent on the 3 occasions we visited.
Food was very good, properly professional and friendly bar staff with a good sense of humour.
Highly recommended.
2 Oct 2012 19:32