BITE user comments - madmacca_5
Comments by madmacca_5
Terry and Joy have run this estate pub for a few years now an provide a good service to the local community. Busiest with good atmosphere for the big football games when uniquely two different 3-00pm kick offs can be shown at once creating quite an atmosphere !! One real ale, Greene king IPA .
27 Dec 2011 11:13
pop in from time to time and of late it,s struggling. Cant seem to maintain three real ales, always has wadworths six X. Qualty varies from good to average. Has recently had live music on a saturday night but struggles to pull in the punters. Has potential but needs a revamp.
27 Dec 2011 10:59
Dunstable United Services Club, Dunstable
A real drinkers club, have been a member for twenty years or so. very commitee orientated. Young stewardess Michelle an her staff do a very professional job. Food is very good comfort grub very reasonably priced. Sunday roasts are great.Very popular for the football, showing all major games, also horse racing for those who want it. Regular entertainment with bands an discos. Well behaved children welcome. Two greene king real ales and the only place i know that has original export Grolsch lager in pop top bottles. Membership required but guests can be signed in.
27 Dec 2011 10:50
was in with friends on christmas eve and ordered a batemans rosey nosey. Took one look and new from the colour it was a different beer. manager went to cellar to check and reappeared to confirm pump clip on wrong pump. Basic error, oh dear! Shame because it's beer has been good of late with the best selection of christmas ales locally.
27 Dec 2011 10:31
Been poppin in my local a lot more recently because it has a warm welcome and the beer has been consistently good especially the christmas ones of late. Prices are reasonable and have spotted some serious real ale drinkers of old in there too, so its a thumbs up to Darren and his staff.
27 Dec 2011 09:57
The Anglers Retreat, Marsworth
Great little pub which is very busy at weekends. Been using it for couple of years now. Regular good quality real ales an good reasonably priced fresh food. The ladies running it continue to make it a friendly place.
9 Nov 2011 14:31
Been using this pub most weekends for a couple of years now and have to say what an excellent place it is. Good choice of real ales that are always in perfect condition. Friendly, very traditional a great place to go all year round. Shocked to hear it's been omitted from the good beer guide for 2012, this due to no one nominating it. Herts CAMRA members dont no how lucky they are !
9 Nov 2011 14:25
This is also my last word on this subject. The reason i no longer drink there was a beer related incident, it was just the tip of the iceberg. I ordered from maureen an Edwin Taylor one thursday night which was like vinegar.I rightly complained,she turned the pump clip round, it had gone. Came in the next night and thought great a fresh barrel of Edwin Taylor is on. Ordered my pint , guess what it tasted like vinegar again, she was not there so is asked to see the cellar log which shows what beers are racked,when they are and how long they've been on. I know for a fact that particular beer has been racked and tapped for more than 10 days on more than one occasion. I thought this wrong so i e-mailed B&T telling them, but like the great many people who have written or e-mailed B&T i got no reply. Maureen was not happy that someone had had the termerity to complain and conducted a witchunt as to who it was. At that point i decided i no longer was prepared to drink there a decision i didn't take lightly, it just wasn't worth the hassle. As a member of CAMRA i have since heard many more similar stories. So what are genuine real ale drinkers supposed to do. I choose to drink elsewhere.
10 Jul 2011 09:05
well shame on you ironside 33 your hardly a long standing user of this website and mark 56 too is another who should hang his head in shame ! yes, a 2nd long term member of staff has quit ! Do you think for one minute either of these two bar staff have got other jobs to go too!! No they have quit on principle. So ask yourselfs why??? That is if you can retract yourselfs from Maureens backside!!!! They care more about this pub more than you can ever imagine, but faced with the relentless onslaught from people like you and B&t's reluctance to do nothing about this once great pub, they would rather be unemployed than work for this woman , who for all the reasons listed below,is not fit to carry mels legacy! Melodramatic, i think NOT. I too loved this pub, but not now. If Maureen is unhappy with any of these negative comments then let her come forth and dispute what has been said instead of cosying up to one or two individuals. The website is there ,for all including her to state her case !B&T can have their say too! I will have an adult discussion with anyone who wants to rather than pussyfoot around the the issues concerning this once great pub!!!
9 Jul 2011 20:33
Cannot agree more with the most recent comments posted about my now ex local.It's going down the pan faster than last nights curry. Maureen, the landlady, has more in common with Basil Fawlty than even she realises which is why staff and customers are voting with their feet. She shows customer & management skills that are non existent, right down there with her knowledge and lack of interest in Real Ales. From the smell coming from the cellar,warm & cloudy beer to blaming it on atmospherics the chickens are coming home to roost or they should be if B&T dont want to see Mels Legacy ruined. Other Real Ale pubs are riding out the recession, so no more excuses B&t get it sorted!!!
30 Jun 2011 15:37
The Victoria, Dunstable
Dave & Val have changed things since last postings. More of the Globe ex-regulars drinking here now and recent CAMRA AGM held here.Can get really busy at times especially for the well loved sunday roasts and sports events. Real ales i,ve tasted on a once or twice a week basis have been good. Has just about every base covered and always a warm welcome.
27 Dec 2011 11:32