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Off_it
Off_it Posts: 28,871
edited July 2007 in Not Sports Related
... go onto fancyapint.com and have a look at the reviews where the pubs get an empty pint glass (where 5 full pints is good, and one full pint is crap). Some of the reviews are trouser-wettingly funny like this, on their review of the Punch & Judy in Covent Garden.

"Some things never change and the Punch and Judy is one of them. It always was a terrible place, especially on Friday and Saturday night, full of pissed up day-trippers and tourists who stumble into the place and seemingly find it impossible to leave unless they've drunk a few gallons and started a punch-up. We could go on at length, but we'd better not. Suffice it to say we can think of no good reason to visit this place. Sorry, one thing has changed - it doesn't smell of vomit any more.

clientele: twats"


Of course if your local is one of the ones they slate then I'm afraid there's no cheering you up - you've had it!

fancyapint?

Comments

  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,437
    edited July 2007
    Never understand why anyone would want to go to that shithole when there are so many other quality pubs nearby. My favourite is the Maple Leaf - I like Canadians, love their beers, and I've always found it a great place to go - either for a couple of quiet ones or for a massive piss-up. Also, they show hockey all the time on the telly - and hockey rules :)
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,871
    edited July 2007
    How about this place for the next Charlton Life drink up?

    "The Willow Tree, Hayes, Middx

    We can only imagine how this place used to be. Quite possibly once a charming country inn, at some point it got cut off from normal society in a sea of dual carriageways, roundabouts, ugly council blocks and '80s new build houses. Now, sadly, it's a strong candidate for the worst pub in London. Perhaps some of Yeading's residents have been cut of from normal society for too long, but the behaviour of the majority of clientele on our visit was simply unacceptable. We knew we were in for a bad time when the abuse started from 40 feet away. Perhaps the fact we weren't wearing tacky sportswear made our arrival conspicuous, but at midday it was still a surprise to see shouty locals (with toddlers in tow) some drunk to the point of incoherence - and in one case, unconsciousness. Continual comments and thinly veiled threats in our direction, whilst sitting in a beer garden more reminiscent of a brownfield site, made our drink here the most unpleasant imaginable. The landlord may have been agreeable enough, but here it's clearly the lunatics who run the asylum.

    clientele: drunk, aggressive dregs of society, kids"
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,108
    edited July 2007
    Sounds a bit like the Lullingstone Castle in Swanley. BTW, is that Hayes (Kent) or Hayes (Middx)?
  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    Been to Hayes (middx) a few times- If it's in the area of Hayes i think it would be it- that's probably quite a complimentary review
  • leftbehind
    leftbehind Posts: 8,581
    read a few quite good and on the ball withBaker St area
  • vancouveraddick
    vancouveraddick Posts: 1,674
    edited July 2007
    http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub2834.html

    Is this place worth taking a "ale lover" to off it?
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,108
    [cite]Posted By: vancouveraddick[/cite]http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub2834.html

    Is this place worth taking a "ale lover" to off it?

    That is one of the finest ale Houses in this area. Would thoroughly recommend it. Was there a couple of Fridays ago and got tipsy on the Whitstable Bay...Nice
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,871
    [cite]Posted By: vancouveraddick[/cite]http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub2834.html

    Is this place worth taking a "ale lover" to off it?

    Never been there myself, but have heard really good things about it.

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