please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
This pub has now re-opened, Punch Taverns having sold it to Admiral Taverns. Hopefully the new owners will be giving the pub the kind of investment it needs to survive in the 21st century.
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Freehold Up for sale with Fleurets...
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Further to my previous comments this pub is now closed 'until further notice'.
Perhaps Pubmaster/Punch Taverns are planning to give it the refurbishment it has so badly needed since about 1988.
But perhaps not.
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i would challenge the person edchambers that you dont now what your talking about.firstly i am a customer in this pub.As you've never been in here how can you make harsh judgements.As 4 the graffiti its those same mob of kids who tarnish and vandalise this area.iIf you actually came in you'd see what a good set of people are in here and has a good atmosphere.This pub is clean in here and in process of getting a new carpet as this one is a tad worn but is still a reat pub.I suspect they'll be other postings in the near future who will speak the same thing! Also there is a disco/karaoke here on sat 20th sep,and it will be a cracking night as it always is and is allways packed on them nights because everyone enjoys themselves!!
kyber - 12 Sep 2008 11:03 |
Passed this pub early this morning and noticed a hand-written note in the window advertising a disco next Saturday. Which means the pub is actually open for business, for the time being, contrary to my previous review. The events blackboard is still decorated with the same illegible grafitti I noticed in May. The windows are still blocked with dirty curtians. With apologies to the landlord, I'd like to ask him/her whether it's a good sign that someone posting on this site should find this pub looking so decayed that they genuinely believed it was closed down. How long before Punch Taverns are applying to turn the place into flats on the grounds that in spite of all their hard work (?) it just isn't viable as a pub any more..
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Actually, ignore previous review. Closer inspection would suggest that this pub is actually closed at present- hopefully for refurbishment rather than the usual conversion into flats.
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I would challenge the landlord of this pub- or someone from Punch Taverns if they still own it- to stand on the pavement outsie and look at it from the perspective of a potential new customer. The two front windows are dusty and have blinds behind so it's impossible to see anything inside the pub. The 'events' blackboard has nothing on it but some illegible grafitti squiggles. There are no notices of any kind, no events (this is Bank Holiday weekend) no mention of whether food is served (somehow I doubt it) not even opening hours. Walking round to the side you can see there's a reasonable-sized carpark, but again the only notice is one threatening to wheelclamp non-customers. There's a substantial development of new flats and houses just across the road, and if I were a new resident one of the first things I would do would be to check out my 'local'. However, confronted by this scruffy and unfriendly frontage I wouldn't make it through the front door and would go elsewhere for a pint. I'm quite passionate about pubs and beer so it speaks volumes that I've been in every pub this side of Ipswich town centre at some point (I've even tried the Suffolk Punch- once) but haven't gone into this one.
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