BITE user comments - small_beer
Comments by small_beer
Definite improvements at this formerly indifferent pub. I've been in a couple of times and tried 4 different Surrey Hills beers, all on excellent form. The decor is better and there is no longer music piped into every corner of the garden. I'm looking forward to trying the pizza/pasta menu and some more good beer.
9 Sep 2012 15:59
I met a group of friends here on Saturday afternoon (venue their choice). It's the first time I've been in for many years and what a depressing place it's become. It used to be the stage door pub for Richmond Theatre and had signed photos of luvvies on the wall. Now it could be anywhere. It's had all the character ripped out and replaced by a dreary blandness (the same can be said for the beer - now indifferent Greene King). And the music! Why do landlords/managers think loud wailing is an enhancement? I often couldn't hear my friends speak (which was the only reason for staying). I left early and recommended they go to the Shaftesbury next time. Another niggle is the beer pricing. Although a pint of GK IPA was �3.05 (quite cheap for the area) a half was �1.60 (�3.20 a pint). It can't be rounding up of the odd 5p (or a pint would be �3.10) and penalises moderate drinkers. It just seems greedy to me. The only positive was the staff who were friendly and apologetic when service was slow (goodness knows how they coped with the rugby crowds later on).
9 May 2011 23:15
I forgot to mention the water dish put out for any visiting dogs, which I always think is a good sign in a pub.
9 May 2011 21:45
It gives me great pleasure to be able to contradict professionalpubcritic and thereby knock his bafflingly negative review off the 1st page. The Stand Up Inn is a lovely pub, with excellent beer and friendly staff. We got off the bus to Haywards Heath early after a day out at Wakehurst Place just to go to this pub and I'm very glad we did. There were 3 Dark Star beers plus guests, 2 ciders and a perry, all on handpump, and the 3 we tried were on good form (also a home-made Scotch egg, which was delicious). I liked the simple, comfortable decor (there is a pretty mural of Lindfield by the window where we sat). Best of all there was no music so we could chat or read the newspapers provided in peace and quiet.
I thought I would check professionalpubcritic's other reviews, just so I could avoid the pubs he liked, but, funnily enough, he hasn't written any. Isn't that suspicious for someone who calls himself 'professional'?
9 May 2011 21:38
Hurrah for blessed Beer in the Evening, which led me to the Bull in Chichester (the Good Beer Guide only had 3 unexciting entries). 5 beers on (Rother Valley, Palmer's, Harvey's + 2 others), various strengths and styles, all good, and the excellent O'Hagan's sausages (with bubble and squeak - yum). The landlord and staff were very friendly and the pub had a proper pub feel to it. I wish it were my local.
21 Apr 2011 23:39
The Four Chestnuts, Chichester
I don't know about the pub (haven't been yet), but BITE has got the postcode wrong so the map gives the wrong location. Try PO19 7EJ. Also the pub seems to be called the Four Chesnuts rather than the Four Chestnuts.
20 Apr 2011 22:04
Great pub and very friendly, even though it seems like a locals place. They have interesting beers which are different every time we come. We had excellent corned beef rolls for a pound each, too.
21 Aug 2010 19:11
My partner and I stayed in Solva last October and this was our favourite pub in the village. An interesting choice of (I think 3) well-kept beers and excellent food. Having tried the other 3 pubs we came back to eat here every night. It seemed to be the pubbiest of them all with friendly staff.
4 Jul 2010 23:44
Keepers Arms, Quenington
What a brilliant village local. A proper pub with a friendly dog, good food and excellent beer. We stayed in Quenington for a few days and ate in the pub every night (a good choice of interesting food and some of the best chips I've ever had). The genial landlord has a keen interest in his beer, with 3 handpumps and changing guest beers (some from Devon, others more local). He also wants to remove the Foster's keg line and put in a handpumped cider, clearly a man of discernment.
9 Sep 2012 16:21