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Now known as the Phoenix Bar. No real ale and nothing special about the place.
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If the name doesn't put you off and the intimidating locals drawing on cigarettes outside don't put you off then you probably won't mind the even more intidating ones both sides of the bar inside! Can only be described as absolutely dreadful along with the flat beer and unkempt inside areas. Stayed long enough not to feel too threatened when walking out!! I'm staggered that places like this still exist.
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JUST BACK FROM 5 DAYS IN EASTBOURNE ON WORK AND FOUND THIS GEM ON THE 2ND NIGHT.I DONT AGREE WITH ALL THE BAD COMMENTS AS I HAD A GREAT TIME ON MY REMAINING NIGHTS.GOOD REAL ALE AND VERY FRIENDLY STAFF,WHO ACCOMODATED EVERYONES TASTE IN MUSIC OR FOOTY ON THE BIG SCREENS. OK THE DECOR IS NOT TO EVERYBODYS TASTE BUT THE CHARACTER AND ATMOSPHERE MAKES UP FOR THAT.WILL DEFINATLY BE BACK.
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My wife and I always pop into the nuthouse for a few jars when we are down Eastbourne. We love the decor, the pool tables and the sunny beer terrace out the back. I tend to agree with a lot of the comments on here as to the haphazard and unpredictable service we have recieved in this pub, half the time it is really friendly and welcoming and then when that sour faced ginger lady gets behind the bar she ruins it all. She is a horrible lady who needs to be retrained sharpish or just sacked. The music on the jukebox is great and they have great tellies in there to watch the footie on. This pub would get a 10/10 if they booted out some of the nasty staff and kept the good ones.
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lovely staff, fantastic wine and a remarkable sun trap out the back...very friendly regulars!!!
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I have to agree with many of the comments on here,, very dissapointing pub with outdated decor, beer was flat and glasses dirty, lots of intimidating reglaurs hogging the bar area and the bar staff would rather carrying on chatting to them than serve a new customer.
The landlady was very abrupt and 2 managers ( ginger lads ) very rude and unwelcoming.
On my 2nd visit ( i decided to give it the benefit of the doubt ) there was a karaoke evening hosted by DJ GING?? he was rude, as were the staff and the place was filthy as were the toilets.
i would not be making a 3rd visit.
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found this pub to be a bloody good craic and enjoyed our hour here..jukebox has crackin music in it too..
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this is an awsome pub i love all the guys and gals in there, fair enough i dont drink there all the time but every time i go in there i find all the staff very plesant and the pub is a lovely place to go and it has proper food aswell not some microwaved crap you see in most places.
I am cheesed to see people slagging this place off as its one nice pub to go in and if you love sports then all the better as this place has 4 plasmas if im not mistaken at least and they will put different things on a seperate screen if a customer doesnt wanna watch footy or rugby which is well cool!
i would recommend anyone to go in here and check it out its lovely, fair enough decor is slightly dated but its not a disgusting pub by any means. and they DO have snookers tables btw which anyone is allowed to use, and ive never heard of tennants sleeping on the snooker tables so thats a cheap joke which makes the person who sent it look stupid.
MY RATING 10/10 Cracking place well worth a visit!
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This is the first pub I have ever been into that has had a dual player Sega Rally machine in it. There are also 2 pool tables and, apparently, a couple of full size snooker tables upstairs that are off limits at the weekends as they have guests staying up there. I�m not sure if these guests sleep on the tables or not!
The barmaid/landlady was ok, if maybe a little disinterested and the Abbot had turned. The Courage Best was off, but there was a selection of standard lagers available along with John Smiths and Guinness.
If you are looking for a sports bar with plasmas and games you could do far worse than drink here. If however you are looking for a quiet drink whilst sampling the fine ales I doubt that you would walk into a pub called the Nuthouse in the first place.
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This place has everything you could ever want from a pub. Fosters, football, pool tables, juke box, Kareoke, bbq, sun trap, water fights, friendly bar staff/owners, friendly locals, good food, and even snooker tables upstairs. I love this pub
There are no strangers in the Nuthouse, just friends you haven't met yet!
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This place confirms my theory that bars with 'wacky' names are like businessmen in loud ties; They are just trying to cover for the fact that they are fundamentaly dull!
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In this pub they have a dead badger, attached to the wall above the bar, with drawing pins. I think this illustrates quite how bad his pub really is. If you like Karaoke or old ladies singing out of tune, this is the right place for you.
anonymous - 12 Jul 2007 03:47 |
The Nuthouse is about right, perhaps they called it that to reflect the attitude of the staff. Couple of them are OK, but one in particular, the old ginger bird has the most atrocious attitude - rude and abrupt. How she has survived this long in the pub trade is beyond me.....It probably why the pub is full of old people - they cant hear her, nobody else would poke up with her. The pub itself is dated, and in need of a refurb. Dull painting, awful carpets - simply a dark smokey hole. Flat coke, in a chipped glass with an after taste of fag ash - Nice! Full of regulars (mainly pensioners) who horde the bar, you will get a drink when the staff have finished chatting to their 'friends' but it really isnt worth the wait, best option - leave.
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GOOD PUB
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It's a horrible pub. They don't call it "The Nut House" for nothing. The regulars can be very nasty and all but one of the barstaff has a very handsoff attitude. At first I thought that perhaps they was having an "off" night. Tried the place again and it was even worse.
Never go to this place on your own, try and bring some company and stay away from the regulars that congregate at the bar.
It's a shame, because I was really looking forward to using this bar to watch the world cup. No chance. Not with so many people in one place on a short fuse.
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Lovely lovely landlady. The sign outside says it all, something about 'There are no strangers here, just friends you haven't met yet'. Crazy loo seats in the ladies, nice selection of liquers etc, nearly as colourful as the shirts on the fellas behind the bar. The landlady makes you feel special by engaging you in conversation then remembering little details about you next time around. The kind of place you have to tear yourself away from. By your second visit, you'll be a 'regular'.
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Top pub, crazy decor and one of only few pubs to have two pool tables in the area. Also two snooker tables upstairs, pool comps, discos, Kareoke twice a week and 4 screens showing the football. Friendliest bar staff in the world and colourful locals.
Andy - 21 Oct 2004 11:55 |
