BITE user comments - treehavn
Comments by treehavn
Big old pub, feels like a bit of a warehouse when not busy but makes up for the slight lack of atmosphere with great beers and loads of games, books and newspapers available. Food looked (and smelt) good; not cheap, but value for money. I agree with criticism below, it'd be good if a little more info regarding the beers on tap was available/displayed near the bar - I know there are the occasional flyers up on walls around the pub, but it's a little confusing upon first entering to be confronted by all the unfamiliar (to me, heathen that I doubtless am) beer names. Beware the home-cooked pork scratchings though, they're...pungent.
1 Feb 2007 12:35
Home of the most shocking pub loos in London? Early on on a Friday night and three of the ladies loos were out of order, the floor was covered in a layer of rancid water and it stank to high heaven. Aside from that, the place is a fairly decent place to meet people off the tube, although the bouncers always seem to be hustling out this or that druggie/alcoholic homeless person who is totally off their box.
4 Dec 2006 15:06
The last and only time I was here the place was playing loud banging music and the bar area was full of teenage girls giving each other faux lesbian lap dances for the benefit of their spotty boyfriends. Which is probably all well and good if you like that kind of stuff with your overpriced pint.
4 Dec 2006 15:02
The Nell Gwynne, Covent Garden
Friendly, cramped pub, all jewel colours and dim lighting inside. Good selection of beers, cracking jukebox and - if you are lucky - somewhere to sit. Tiny but fortunately not touristy, and with stairs down to the bog that require all your concentration. Not much fun to stand outside in the alleyway though, which has an unfortunate tendancy to smell like piss.
4 Dec 2006 14:56
Beautiful pub, always fairly busy due to the historic interior and the cheap drink prices. The bar staff are pretty good and there's quite a lot of seating in the main bar area, and also a small upstairs bar which always seems to be closed for a private function. A good place for a post-work drink, although the loos are fairly shocking and you can almost smell the gents if you are sitting near the top of the basement stairs. Still, one of my favourite pubs.
4 Dec 2006 14:50
Fairly dreadful place. It took fifteen minutes to get served although the place wasn't rammed, as the staff only seemed willing to served people at the end of the bars. Having taken and forgotten our drinks order twice, the bloke serving disappeared into the office for about seven minutes leaving us to wonder if he wanted paying. The music was over-loud, the tables were covered in glasses and plates, and most of the beer was off. Yes, it's cheap, but that's about it.
4 Dec 2006 14:43
The Beehive, Brixton
Okay for a pre-Academy pint, better than the Goose across the way (although a warm can of tennants in a shop doorway would be preferable to that place). Last time I was here it seemed to be full of very smelly, very drunk men with collections of rotting carrier bags who were leering at anyone female. The bloke I was with said there was a tramp passed out in the toilets.
1 Feb 2007 12:50