BITE user comments - johnny.sausage
Comments by johnny.sausage
Called in here last week. Beer good. Staff excellent. Old Thumper at £2.50 a pint - yes! That's right. Cheaper than West Dorset pubs I'm more used to. Good mix of clientelle all co-existing without any trouble. Farage would hate that.
19 May 2016 18:16
This used to be a great local when Barry Parkin had it. Now it's just another dull pub. Beer is suspiciously flat and thin tasting. Read into that what you like. Poison Dwarf in residence as well. If you don't like the pub trade then don't buy a pub Carol.
24 Oct 2015 17:00
Recently revisited. Bar sports 7 handpumps - 1 more than the local Wetherspoons and beer is infinitely better than the soup served there. Palmers ale hasn't always been the best but the head brewer has turned it around. Great pub, food is good too and beer always on top form. Bar staff are friendly and lots of events throughout the week. Cheese club, quiz night, open mic, live music, etc.
24 Oct 2015 16:57
Recently bought out by Fullers Brewery. Two ales on handpump at the downstairs bar and the Stables Bar on the 1st floor at the rear has a large selection of rough ciders. Sadly they are all in polyboxes and just stashed behind the bar so in summer you get a pint of VERY warm cider. Extremely dear as well. £4.25 for a cider that they buy in at 35p a pint. Rip off!
24 Oct 2015 16:53
Palmers Brewery's brewery tap. They stock all Palmers beers and they are always on top form. Staff are friendly and pub caters for wide gamut of customers. Live music on Friday and Saturday (check website). Cheese Club. Meat Draw. Open Mic. Good food served lunchtime and evenings. Dog friendly too.
8 Apr 2015 18:50
Went in here before football at Wembley. Despite being crowded the food came quickly and was great. Beer fest on - £1.89 a pint!!! I live in West Dorset and we do well finding beer at less than £3.30 down here. Beer was top notch too.
8 Apr 2015 18:46
A no-frills boozer. Very friendly staff and customers. Can get busy on Saturday afternoons when rugby/football on the large screen TVs. Up to 5 real ales from West Country brewers and beer festival in November. All pubs should be like this!!!!
8 Mar 2014 18:16
Busy pub under the town clock. Had been a bit variable in the past but much better now. Interesting beers on handpump and a 'coming soon' board added recently. Prices are very keen in this little Dorset town dominated by Palmers and their extortionate prices for a pint - sometimes undercutting them by £1.50 a pint.
8 Mar 2014 18:14
Bridport and West Dorset Club, Bridport
Member's club opposite the Arts Centre in South Street. Quite quaint! You will need to be signed in by a member but membership is only £10 pa so why not join up? Two variable ales on handpump (usually from St Austell or Sharps) and usual range of cider and lager too.
8 Mar 2014 18:10
Great pub in centre of town. Palmer's beers always on form and they stock the entire range. Landlord is imaginative and actually knows what a pub should be. Staff very friendly and dogs welcome. Live music on Saturday night. Great food. Bridport needs more pubs like this!
8 Mar 2014 18:07
Bridport and West Dorset Club, Bridport
BEAUTIFUL CLUB with beautiful ale and customers
31 Aug 2011 19:55
The Clock House Hotel, Chideock
Good pub. A really popular venue with locals and grockles alike. Beer great - a rare outlet for Bass - once THE west country ale.
31 Aug 2011 19:53
Called in before going up to Ashton Gate to see the footie. What a superb pub - landlord/lady very welcoming. Terrapins great too! Ale was top notch and varied. Coming back for a longer visit very soon!
6 Apr 2011 18:10
Grockles beware - the cider is OK but hardly scrumpy. Comes from Thatchers - hardly a small producer
26 Feb 2011 18:04
The Three Horseshoes, Burton Bradstock
Great pub - shame about the 'plum in mouth' locals who are as local as a Pearly King. Go back to London you scum!
26 Feb 2011 18:02
The Lord Nelson Hotel, Bridport
Untouched town centre boozer and all the better for that. Ale is well served and pub very welcoming. Please never change this gem Mr Palmer!
26 Feb 2011 17:58
Like the pub and the customers but that landlady makes sure we all know she hates the job!
26 Feb 2011 17:57
Have always liked the Tiger. Very busy when sport on the big screens. Clean, relaxed and great local beers. Bar staff are fit too.
26 Feb 2011 17:56
Now that Palmers beer is good thanks to new head brewer this is a great pub. John the landlord is perfect for the role. Great bands. Now they sell Tally Ho too! But pricy!
26 Feb 2011 17:54
Some interesting ales on the bar. Well kept. Only nag is the lack of bar staff at busy times. Can wait up to 10mins to get served.
26 Feb 2011 17:53
Bridport and West Dorset Club, Bridport
Visited again last night. Rev James and Cousin Jack on draught. �2.70. Great atmos - no idiots. Non members need signing in by a member
26 Feb 2011 17:52
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28 Nov 2010 15:52
The Three Horseshoes, Burton Bradstock
Why was this pub dropped from the CAMRA GOOD BEER GUIDE 2011? ALe is always on top form here and the entire Palmers range is stocked. Good home cooked food too. Great pub that now outshines the Anchor up the road.
19 Nov 2010 11:42
Called in for lunch and some ESB last week. Great character pub with top class ales and superb food. Bar staff friendly too. People of Bristol - consider yourselves lucky to have pubs like this!
19 Nov 2010 11:39
Bridport's Wetherspoon pub serving 4 ales from their national beerfest menu. 4 beers do not a beer festival make. Hardly expected anything too adventurous from this pathetic pub/beer shop.
1 Nov 2010 12:49
Awful. Used to be friendly hotel bar with 4 well kept ales but now some Londoners have bought it up and messed it up. Bar and restaurant very inflated pricewise and food not that good.
7 Oct 2010 12:12
Bridport and West Dorset Club, Bridport
Played snooker here on 1 Oct. Rev James and St Austell IPA on handpump - both excellent.
5 Oct 2010 21:58
Called in on Friday last. Two Cottage beers on bar - how surprising. One was SOMERSET & DORSET, the other was called SOUTHERN or something. Both beers coming out of same barrel bloke on bar informed me - taste identical so I believe him.
5 Oct 2010 21:56
Bridport and West Dorset Club, Bridport
Sampled the ale again last week. Excellent as usual. A very friendly place and well worth the annual sub.
25 Sep 2010 22:18
When I called in today it had just been reopened. Glasses dirty, floors unswept but the Marstons Owd Roger was superb
25 Sep 2010 22:13
Dropped in for a pint before darts. The Copper Ale was good if expensive. Landlord slagging off brewery - blames them for empty pub. Very quiet in there now. Bridport folk can't afford the prices!
22 Sep 2010 23:17
Stopped here on way to footie. Odd dispense method for beers - there are real ale casks in the back room but they served under pressure through keg fonts. Beer was OK but the famed Bristol stout was a bit cold and tasteless. A bit of an aircraft hanger of a pub. Next time I visit I shall try out a few of the smaller pubs.
22 Aug 2010 17:32
The Hen and Chicken, Bedminster
Called in here for lunch and beer before seeing City lose to Millwall on first game of season. Lacking character but food was good and Butcombe was spot on. Bar staff friendly - just needs some atmos!
22 Aug 2010 17:29
Used to be great when Val had it but the landlady looks like she's been given three weeks to live or perhaps she eats a lot of lemons. Beer was actually very good - Proper Job at �2.80 excellent. Full of cider smashed Jimmyboys though.
13 Jul 2010 15:37
Was taken there for lunch by a client yesterday. Thought I might get lucky as we ate at 12 noon. WRONG! Despite pub being almost empty the food took 27mins to arrive. It was cold and my chicken had blood running from it. Complained and got told that they were experiencing problems with food quality. Girl waiting told me the place was a 'wasp's nest of confusion'.
13 Jul 2010 15:32
Bridport and West Dorset Club, Bridport
Great beers in this gentleman's club hidden away in South Street. Rev James and London Pride. Lovely stuff. Friendly bar staff and locals. 2 snooker tables. Non-members need to be signed in.
13 Jul 2010 15:27
This pub was always a great place for a meal and a great pint of ale but since the staff changes things have not got better. Sadly I am striking this off my list.
13 Jul 2010 15:25
Three Horseshoes Inn, Bridport
Pleasant village local sadly patronised by Londoners who have moved down and tried to take over village. If you can stand the Majors (Retd) and the precious little women it's OK. Beer is top class but very pricy.
27 May 2010 22:32
John Palmer is usually spotted with a glass of wine in his hand and very rarely seen in one of his family's outdated pubs. Don't try and tell me you know what a real pub is - your only interest is closing the good ones or spoiling the remainder.
27 May 2010 22:27
Thought I would give this pub another try today. What can I say? DISGUSTING food. The so called fresh veg were sloppy - freezer methinks. As usual Palmers have installed a non-descript tenant in a pub that has been decorated in a style that reminds you of the 1990s. Carvery looked very dried out at 2pm. Pub was empty bar a few grockles. Closing down soon?
27 May 2010 22:24
Beer festival an absolute joke. Three ales on the six pump bank at the bar - three without clips. Five on stillage in beer garden. Come 10 o'clock they took stillage down. Beer festival featuring 3 ales! Haydn - you have the imagination of a baked potato.. At least the Dorchester outlet usually have about 12 on... Pub is dirty, full of drunks who still get served (illegal surely) and the last resort when I'm out. With so many other pubs in town pulling themselves up a bit this place needs new ideas.
20 Apr 2010 16:18
NOTE TO JOHNPALMER: you must know that a pint of Heineken is going to taste the same in Bridport as it does in Inverness - bland, fizzy & cold.
20 Apr 2010 16:13
As usual for a Palmers pub this place is very over-priced. How a small brewery can charge �3 a pint for beer brewed down the road I will never know. Greed perhaps. Ate in there last week - food OK but very pricy. Won't be going back. I see the initial interest has worn off - dead on Saturday - dread to think what Palmers are charging tenant in rent... Plus side - decent pint of beer - the new head brewer knows what he is doing.
20 Apr 2010 16:10
Bridport and West Dorset Club, Bridport
A private club offering darts, snooker and various trad table top games. You need member to sign you in. Two real ales and good bottled range. A step back in time...
20 Apr 2010 16:00
The Three Horseshoes, Burton Bradstock
Usually stocks the full Palmers range and very well kept too. Pricy though, like all Palmers pubs. Weakest ale starts at �2.70 a pint rising to �3.20 for Tally Ho (5.5%). Oi Palmers - this is Dorset not Park Lane.
22 May 2008 21:58
Will never be up to the standard when Val Crabb owned it. Owners a bit complacent now - seem to have forgotton that we owe them nothing! Beer is unimaginative and not very well kept. Boring old Courage.
22 May 2008 21:56
The Masons Arms, Lower Odcombe
Lovely pub in pretty Somerset village on the outskirts of Yeovil. Brew pub with three ales on when I called. The Winter's Tail (sic) was lovely - infused with spices and very dark it was like a Xmas pud porter. Food is well presented and tasty. Not cheap but worth it!
12 Mar 2008 22:25
Visited again and this place just gets better. Home brewed ale at a very fair price. The Midnight Blinder is superb stuff. A guest beer on offer now - usually from a micro brewer. What a pub should be. Dart board needs repalcing though!
23 Dec 2006 11:18
Visited on 16 Dec 2006. Great food and a superb pint of Palmers Copper Ale. I had forgotton that this beer can actually be quite good if served well. Have obviously spent too much time in Bridport where it's generally rubbish. A great pub that deserves all the praise it gets. Hops around the bar - good mixed clientele and very pleasant country pub surroundings.
23 Dec 2006 11:16
This pub is the biz! We regularly take the 31 bus to Lyme to spend an evening here and at the Volly. Great barstaff (especially Miss Norks) and dart boards are good too. Ale is superb and cheap. Heaven on earth!
30 Nov 2006 21:42
Still superb despite a few changes in management. Now have a guest beer on the bar - it was a micro brewery one when I visited. The best pub in the town by far!
30 Nov 2006 21:35
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The Loders Arms, Loders
Great thatched local in the centre of a typical Dorset village. Friendly and welcoming. Had a pint of Dorset Gold (a gold bitter) - in excellent form. Pub stocks IPA and Copper Ale as well. Food menu impressive although we were limited for time so couldn't sample the fare. Chef comes from the pub in Seatown so you can be sure it will not disappoint!
20 May 2016 19:18