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It`s had a refurbishment. Walk in, do a right ignoring the family/kiddie dining area and it looks a lot like a pub! Still woefully lacking a beer range but if you want a bit of TV footie and a lager it`s not a bad bet.
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Great looking pub....if you want a nosh try it out, if you want a beer try the pub over the road.
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I went to this pub with a friend who partner died and they decided to have an informal wake at this pub on 5th December.
At first impressions the venue is beautiful with character and the menu looked sophiscated. Bar staff accommodating and helpful. Good choice of wine
However, I was disappointed with my meal. I did not complain as my friend was going through a difficult time.
I had the veggie option which states in the menu a cauliflower cheese mash with peas, savoy carrots and potatoes with mash. I did not get any cauliflower cheese mash nor any peas. The gravy was forgotten Iwhich I did ask for and got) and the meal was not very hot. It was disappointing as the first impressions were excellent.
Also the toilets needs to be upgraded as they not very nice.
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Wonderful christmas lunch party going on in the saracens today..Now you might think that its a bit early for that sort of thing but believe me,the age of the participants led me to believe that they are doing it now in case they dont make it to the main day!!
I jest!
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At last, the Saracens has solved its problem of annoying customers.....they appear to have got rid of everyone!!!
Enjoyed a quiet pint in there recently and found myself talking to the fruit machine...well I figured it was better than talking to some character who was doing a pretty good job of trying to convince me he was a butcher from across the road somewhere.
When he shoved his hand up some rather straggly looking objects backside and started cooing at it,I thought ..aye aye.!!!..I dont like ventriloquists at the best of times!!! so I beat a hasty retreat,pushing past absolutely nobody as I headed for the safety of the stratford road
I will go back though...it was an experience
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Agree with enjoysapint and bluenosebird. Full of chavey unfit parents with kids they cannot cope with running about the place, its like a licensed macdonalds.
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The red haired ass manager is a div he has no clue. Coke snorters in the toilets they ban all the decent custom to be replaced by kids with fake id's. looks nice from outside but what a total boring dump. Are there any good pubs in Shirley/Solihull. And get a new manager with a clue and some balls.
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The building now looks really good, the inside is a bit wine barrish, but not too yuppy like. But (and it's a big but) I took one step inside and was confronted by a load of screams and shouts as the bouncers were being goaded by the punters. The trouble makers were removed after a scuffle and then proceeded to throw bottles at the staff and the building. This pub could easily be the best pub in Shirley but it is let down by the crap beer and the hooligans they let in!
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Closed for refurbishment until 19th Oct 2007. And about time too!
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Dark,dingy full of kids.
Beer awful
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This pub needs to separate the Restaurant from the bar and keep kids out of the bar, as at the moment it's just a place where chavs can go and get p****d while letting their kids run free.
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on my last visit the toilets were vile. no locks on most of the doors and there was tissue and rubbish everywhere. a member of staff came in while i was in there and despite the obvious mess did nothing about it.
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I think this pub has allways had an identity crisis. As a former citizen of Shirley i used to frequent this pub on a fairly regular basis. there has always been a mixed crowd in here that stratify themselves convieniently from left to right. ranging from teenage drunk chavs up to mild mannered middle agers enjoying a meal. So benefits: 1 you will allways fit in depending on where abouts you sit! 2 the more drunk you get the more you can stray to the roudier and more drunk side of the venue.
However according to the laws of the universe there allways some bad points, so here they are:
Food is grim
the decor is bad and needs sorting
it's a bit depressing
i paid a visit recently and a tramp sat next to me and he smelt of wee
to round it up then:
Not a bad pub bit of everything but not great either.
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There be Bouncers at the Sarazz
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