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Now the Duke of Devonshire - see separate entry.
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This pub has potential but we went in there at 7:30 in the evening on a Saturday prior to a meal out. The beer was cheap but average, the barmaid looked bored out of her mind, as did the few customers in there at that time. No atmosphere whatsoever. A shame as the place has potential but not much is being made of it.
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I always judge a place by its toilets and those in here and possibly one of the worst I've seen. The usual chavvy crowd of council estate yobs. How anyone can eat in here I don't know. Exceptionally slow bar staff.
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Visited a couple of times over the past few days - toilets are indeed a disgrace and staff are not exactly welcoming albeit perfectly competent. However, the general pub itself was very clean, beer (having sampled both the 'Everards Sunchaser' ale and 'Becks Vier' lager) was consistently in very good condition and at excellent prices. I thought the place was certainly a far more inviting option than the 'Terminus' next door which seemed to be populated by all manner of waifs and strays from 11am onwards each day. There were a few youngsters in the 'Devonshire' but didn't seem to be up to anything untoward, if anything I would have said they were students as against local scroats out for a scrap in any event. Having not seen the pub in it's previous incarnation, I can only assume it has improved dramatically. That said, I wouldn't eat in here, bargain breakfast or not!....
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Nothing has changed apart from the name. Cheap booze and cheap people. Beer is dodgy tasting and toilets are a disgrace and smell badly. The clientele is "dodgy" Eastbourne - layabouts, dole scroungers from the north and really rough women. A disgrace to the area and to the town. Don't leave your jacket, bag or anything as it's likely to get stolen.
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I think this has now been renamed the Duke of Devonshire and is trying to pretend to be a Spoons.
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This is a big cavernous pub that has a pool table, sells cheap lager and plays modern dance/R&B music. The barmaid that served me was very polite and there is some outside seating on the high street. I think that the psychedelic displays and self advertising on the screens hanging from the ceiling may be going a little too far.
Not really my scene, but I didn�t see anything wrong with the place if you like these sort of pubs.
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Chav, chav, chav, chav, chav. Do you need an indication of the clientele? Fights outside and full of 16 year old girls chiugging down highly alcoholic, blue coloured drinks inside. Please don't go in here, it's a bad advertisement for the town and the people who live here.
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i visited this place twice last oct for coffee..much pleasant in the am and i had one of the best breakfasts for ages..staff were friendly and spoke to you rather than down to you...defo worth a visit if your shopping or hingry...can still taste that cracking breakfast!!!
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This is a cheap pub with bad tasting beer. If I was you I would stick to the bottles. It is full of chavs and is constantly targeted by the police. I would give it a miss altogether!!
anonymous - 12 Jul 2007 03:14 |
I think everybody should stop slagging this place off. Just because it used to have a bad reputation it doesn't mean that its still the same. The management team there is Brilliant, the staff are more than friendly, and as for the door team, they are just doing their job. Its not their fault there are sooooo many drunken idiots out and about.
You should be proud to have a pub/bar like that in your area, and if u are not from around there, u are lucky to have visited the place. :)
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If you want a pub, go to The Terminus next door.
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I would agree with the sceptesism, as it is still a teeny magnet and chav haunt.
anonymous - 16 Sep 2006 19:54 |
jigster79 (previous comment) you're not selling it to me! Still looks dodgy
anonymous - 17 Jan 2006 20:12 |
Throw out any thoughts you had of this venue previously, this place has changed dramatically over the past 2 years due to new management. There's friendly staff and great value for money on food and drinks. There's a nice atmosphere too with plasma screens showing all the latest tunes suiting the different times of the day!
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Experience with SW4 in Clapham (same pub sign, same concept, presumably same company) and the fact that it looked very scary as we walked past on a recent Saturday night meant that we chose instead the Terminus next door which was very welcoming
anonymous - 14 Nov 2005 14:27 |
The most likely place for a fight to kick off in Eastbourne. Very dark and intimidating pub, staff are useless when they have to serve more than three people.
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the doormen are rude and bossy, the bar is way too busy, but the drinks are cheap and the toilets are OK
anonymous - 3 Nov 2004 13:45 |
