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The Cat & Lantern is still much missed, but I doubt anyone will miss the ill conceived 'Village Bar'.
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Now shut again.
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The Cat & Lantern is much missed...
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Er, obviously that should read "now The Village Bar" rather than "not The Village Bar". My bad, terrible typist!
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Possibly the finest recovery since Lazarus!
This is not The Village Bar and is an entirely different and infinitely preferable establishment to the decrepit old flea pit it replaced.
Completely redone from top to toe this is now a clean, minimalist and even dare I suggest it half-way trendy bar but not one that is in any way stuck-up or exclusive.
The internally lit bar is visually impressive and manned by efficient and friendly staff. Furniture is off the modern low, cube-shaped lumps of upholstery school that aren't terrible by any means but aren't comfotable enough to encourage you to settle in for the evening.
It shows all the football matches you could want on good quality screens which are placed so as to give a good view from any angle in the pub and has a nice, not-too-boisterous but not too quiet atmosphere when matches are on. There is some football memorabillia to see on the walls as well, and the governor is a Spurs fan which is always a bonus!
Drinks wise, range is ok but a bit on the limited side and no real ales are present. Beck's Vier is lovely though. Not cheap but not as expensive as your initial visual assesments might lead you to believe.
Worth a visit.
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This pub no longer exists as The Cat and Lantern. It has been turned into a sort of theme bar with a different name.
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Still seems to be 'Under new (mis)management' every six months...
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Dismal.
Dropped in on a Friday night as part of a crawl round the area. Initial impressions when you walk through the door aren't inspiring, but we gave it a chance nonetheless. Reminiscent of a local pub in a small midlands backwater that has a Uni nearby...in the 1970's.
There is a fish in a glass as part of the bar that was apparently caught in Lake Windemere in 1927, it appears to be one of the younger regulars.
On my visit the bottle fridge was out of order, tow of the lagers were off and after a protracted attempt to obtain a beer they could actually serve me with, I plumped for a pint of Guiness Extra Cold which was very poor.
Seating was plentiful (understandably)and quite comfortable and the big picture mirror is a nice touch. The jukebox hasn't got the greatest range in the world but is very cheap, which at first seems like a good idea but seems much less so when someone with a serious ABBA fixation has got there before you and put their entire back catalogue on.
Avoid unless you are truly desperate and for some reason unable to walk to one of the other pubs nearby.
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Now apparently under 'new management' yet again. This place is dead in the water without it's live bands.
anonymous - 3 Dec 2006 16:52 |
Used to be a great pub with a terrific atmosphere and great live bands. The beer went slowly downhill over the years, as if they weren't really bothered anymore. If there was a popular band playing it was so packed in there you couldn't move! Then the live music was stopped after noise complaints from just one person and the atmosphere was killed stone dead. Now under new management. The beer is average at best and the place is nearly empty even on a Friday or Saturday night. It seems dead in the water now - a shadow of it's former self....
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well-established shop-conversion . good solid pub .
dan - 10 Aug 2004 12:20 |
