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The food is now better with the new menu, the kitchen is shut all of the time so you can eat takeaway in there. MINT!
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As locals in Aylesbury's premier sports bar we now learn that BT Sport will be removed on bank holiday Monday.
So no Champions League, no Spursday and no Saturday lunchtime football.
How to kill a pub? M&B know how to do this. Sell more fried and microwaved food and kill football. If you want to watch Chelsea, Arsenal, Man U or Man City in CL you have to go some where else.
To get BT restored let email M&B managing director and show him the error of his ways. The cocks email address is [email protected].
Even if you do not like football keep your local alive (look what happened to The Duck).
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in reply to pivedlocal dated 4 july 2014.
we have been taken over by m&b and their intention is to improve the place in the foreseable future. we now have a 5* rating from the local council and thats never been known here.we also allow everybody to use the premises and everybody is treated the same. it is our itention to improve the ambience of the place and if at any time you have a problem just speak to the management. they are not scum as you have said, but very approachable people that work hard and enjoy working for orchid/m&b and try very hard to give everybody a warm feeling and try to encourage repeat visits. if you wish to come and discuss your comments with the management we will happily sit down with you and discuss.
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fantastic atmosphere. new management really getting the place sorted. everybody welcome, great food good sports viewing tidiest the place has ever been.
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The Yeoman has been taken over, not by M & B the pub chain but complete scum.
The Pub is now the new Kingsbury because the managers are scum and most of the staff are benefit workers.
The police visit the pub more often than a regular, bar staff are hand cuffed and taken away,
When the managers son comes to visit he also gets nicked and taken away by the police.
All in all the place is it's usual shithole but is now run by the Norwich version of Stig of the dump.
With the flats above Sainsburys being filled with another load of benefit tossers, the people running the pub will feel at home.
M & B, this is not a pikey pub but it is now???????????????????????
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If you live in a home with two wheels this is the pub for you now?
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The Bucks Yeoman is now recruiting. They urgently need an electrician, a plummer and a flat roofer.
Or a company to own it who gives a shit!
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the manager of the the buckinghamshire yoeman/bedgrove is rude and has a really bad attitude problem.. i only asked her to sort the pool table as the balls were stuck .. she got very annoyed and told me i stunk... i then said to the women i have been working hard all day and people get sweaty when they work she then said "well not as bad as you" i thought this was meant to be a working mans pub where you could go and watch sports and have a pint. with out wearing a suite and tie..
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The landlady Heather is the worst The Bucks Yeoman has seen in some 15 years that I have been living in the area.
** DO NOT EAT OR DRINK HERE **
I have stopped going to my local pub because of Heather. She has a very poor attitude to customers and even worse still to her own staff. The day I heard Heather say to a customer, 'f**k it I wont have a f**cking break today' after she was asked to move her car blocking the only disabled access ramp to the pub, was the day I stopped drinking in my local.
This pub has seriously gone down the pan, the atmospher died when Heather took over, the food service slipped even further into decline (How it has achieved a 'Good - 4 out of 5' rating from the local authority I do not know) and the number of unhappy customers is increasing on a daily basis.
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Seems to have picked up a bit recently. Usually a choice of a weaker ale (Greene King IPA) and a guest ale. Fridays are fairly lively; Thursday quiz is popular; Monday's free pool night seems to be attractive to younger people; probably the best place in town to watch the football.
So, picking up a little. Not sure about the food.
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Well, yet another change of management and certainly not for the better. It's russian roulette with the beer. The attitude seems to be: take it leave it, we don't give a f ... Some days it is passable; some days it has already passed on. Other than the football there isn't a lot left to recommend here now. What a waste.
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Went to the Bucks Yeoman last Christmas, ordered a meal which turned out to be Chicken Tikka Masala but without the chicken !!!! It was replaced but where did they get the uncooked chicken from, as all the meals come pre-packed. I gave it one last try at Easter and ordered a steak, I waited and waited and waited and then asked. The "meal" was eventually thrown at my table and it was obvious that it had been cooked, left out for vthe flies in the kitchen for 15 minutes and then brought out by one of the staff in the understaffed bar. It was cold, greasy with cold chips and shrivelled peas. It was impossible to sit anywhere neart the toilet access doors due to the overpowering smell of dozens of disenfectant blocks in in urinals. I have made complaints to the pub group management before about the pub and received a reply about "maintaining our high standards" and "re-training programmes" being carried out but I couldn't see any evidence of it., which is a shame because the pub has many good amenities and is very well sited to be a success.
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Almost forgot. The blackboards are in danger of going critical and forming a black-hole. I swear even the underside of the toilet seat has been painted black with a notice proclaiming "Fosters - �2 per pint" writtten on it. Of course, that could just be the infamous local sense of humour.
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Well, popped in on my way home from work the other day and it appears there has been progress!
3 real ales available. Think they change each time a barrel runs out so looks promising. Obviously this isn't going to rival the Hop Pole or even the King's Head in town but if you're on the south-side of town you could do a lot worse than pull in for a pint.
So, there's decent beer again, plenty of entertainment and plenty of parking. That garners an extra point in my rating for sheer effort and a well done to the management. They're certainly doing their part. The free pool night certainly looks tempting with some decent ales to sup.
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I decided to try this pub as it's had a change of management and the lights have been dimmed to give it an atmosphere, or so it looked from the street. Firstly I had to get past the stench given off by the smokers hogging the entrance. (I beleive the law states an area of nine feet or near that has to be clear of smoke from an entrance)
Very disappointed upon entering, first thing that I heard was a barrage of swearing from some oik before I'd even got to the bar. Same clientele as before, no decent beers at all, even the Czech beer has gone now, waited at bar for three minutes despite eye to eye contact with the bar staff twice, then gave up never to return.
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A return visit and it appears they've decided to stick to what they know.
No ale in sight. No decent beer in sight, even the Staropramen has been replaced by Fosters. Pretty grim if you like a decent pint.
However, if you like to chuck your lager around while watching the footie then you've found your pub.
Alternatively, if you're a female and enjoy cheap plonk and a couple of prize plonkers to enjoy it with then step inside to claim your prize.
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Well well. ANOTHER change of management here.
New manageress seems to be really making a go of this. She's like a whirlwind. Takes no-nonsense from her staff it seems and appears to run a tight ship, although still quite welcoming.
Never seen so many blackboards in my life. Wasn't sure if I was back at school or in the middle of a break-out session on some management training scheme.
Appears there're three cask ales on the way. Very welcome indeed although I wonder how long they'll last with the lager swilling football louts who keep the place solvent. Time will tell but I'm guessing the drains will drinking a lot of it!
Free pool all Monday night; 2 football games at once on big screens, it is all happening. Great idea to keep the chavs happy and should keep the lager flowing. Still, business is business and if it gets the place moving a little then it can only be welcome.
We will watch developments with interest!
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I think it's all been said - completely appalling.
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Absolute perfect pub if you like pool tables sporting loud, swearing players, intrusive TV screens, being called "Mate" by the staff and a choice of several Lagers.
Almost all the male customers were kitted out in football shirts, earings, tatoo's and shaved heads.Keen prices, short measures, and a mobile library in the car park.
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Too angry to type. Meant to say top of head was level with the line - i.e. well short of where it should have been. Grrrr.
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Now been bought out by Orchid and there's no doubt they mean business. Really spent some money on the place. Less like a youth-club and more like a pub. Some real beers (Adnams and also Staropramen) and even proper coffee. Reasonable prices too. Kept all the screens for the sports. Quiz night on Thursday very popular. Have to say, if this place is failing it isn't from lack of input from Orchid. Just wonder if the managers have the zip required to do them justice. Hope so.
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If you are a primate with shaved head, tattoos and earrings, answering to the name of Scouse, then this is the place for you. good choice of Gas, (with a little beer added) and not much else. Don't expect to go in for a quiet beer, as your thoughts will be drowned out by the pool players and the multitude of TV sets.
anonymous - 4 Apr 2007 12:38 |
Now almost entirely Burberry Free, I ventured into the Yeoman on Friday 9/3/07 and had a great night! The local Lowered Nova, Lonsdale, Chav 'innit' Kru desended on mass when the last manager left so since christmas i've not been near. but there's a new guv'nor who's sorted it out THANK GOD! good DJ too, he managed to fit in all my weird and wonderful requests and some were just obscure ones to try and catch him out... tee hee
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on the world cup the pub looked great with ever nation
flag flying on the roof well done to ruth& her husband
eugene the pub was packed.ruth husband is a doorsupervisor hes very good at his job he allwas have
a chat to you&smile nice block . the pub doing very well in all a pub can offer well done to all of the staff whom work there
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Just as well there are no pink doorknobs or rainbows as this pub is most certainly not homo friendly. Fag Ash Lil couldnt be ruder if she tried and the food is poor. The pool tables are not only a rip off but also not in good condition and the quiz is clearly a locals only affair with strangers made to feel very unwelcome even if you do manage to get the entry form ! Only saving grace here is the prices are reasonable on the beer and there was a good selection.
anonymous - 24 Aug 2006 01:54 |
The venue is a comic story; anyone would think they were staging the world cup with all the flags on display outside. Are they just televising it? This over the top expenditure would be better spent on maintaining the pub, and looking after real customers, as opposed to the en-ger-land beer swilling thugs it is trying to attract. The landlady is nice enough, but she is a �Fag Ash Lil� type. i.e. ignorant smoker. The food is OK, but service times are poor, due to mis-management. Pool table prices are a �rip off�. .
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Thursday quiz night is really kicking these days, maybe even rivalling the footie days. Definitely the place to watch the World Cup. There's also some mad australian who strips naked every Friday and Saturday night at midnight and then does circuits round the bar. 'Course, there's the same old problem of no women go in there. Odd now I come to mention it. Didn't notice any pink doorknobs or rainbows behind the bar...
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Thought I'd best point out that they don't do Karaoke here anymore. Hogshead Monday night is your best bet there.
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Used to be my local..drinks and food are ok. Karaoke is always a good laugh, and definetely a place to go for a couple of rounds of pool..plus loadsa blokes to choose from ;)
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A family pub during the day and a entertainment centre at night. Video screens all round. Great place to watch football. 5 pool tables, various video type games. Food palatable, although I'd stay away from the coffee. Normal naff gassed beers unfortunately but a pleasant place to spend an evening. Late license on Fridays and Saturdays till 1am. Friendly, woefully short of females although some stunners do pass through. Seems to be popular with all ages. Quiz night on Thursdays is getting very popular.
Mr Frisky - 12 Nov 2004 18:25 |
