Yates's, Margateback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Now called The Gallery.
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Has now re-opened as Cecils Bar.
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This place has just been refurbished and opened yesterday as TOSSERS, a darts theme pub.
180? Madhouse more like!
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I visited this place yesterday with Randy Mandy, who I met via a contact magazine. She had the lobster to start followed by the steak tartar. I had the chicken nuggests followed by broiled turkey served with a Dr Pepper jus. To drink I had a pint of Scruttocks Old Shock Absorber while Mandy had half an Absinthe. We then shared bottle of lukewarm tequila.
I will certainly be revisiting this place again, as soon as my probation comes through.
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It re-opened the week before last, and has been re-named, with stunning wit & originality - "Cecil's Bar & Grill", or some other such nonsense. It's situated in Cecil Square, you see.
It's had some sort of minor makeover, so it looks pretty much as it did before. The management appears to consist of pimply youths dressed in cheap black shiny suits that look no better that the expensive grey shiny suits worn by the English Football Association's national team!
Actually, it's no different to what it was on my last posting nearly four years ago, so there is no point in repeating myself.
Correction - Gadd's "No 5" and Courage "Best" were available, so for that reason and that alone - 1/10.
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Still closed
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Recently closed down (March 2008).
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Q. What do you call a very slightly upmarket "Spoons" with no real ale?
A. Yates's.
I ambled in and stopped dead in my tracks - a lovely faux-marble topped bar adorned with all these shiny fizzy beer dispensers - not one engine in sight! I suppose the "Wine Lodge" of the group's title should have given me a clue. Undaunted, I approached said bar and asked the pleasant, smiling youg lady who greeted me for a pint of Guinness. "Very sorry, I can't serve it - the tap's broken". "When?", I ventured. "Oh, yesterday", she replied brightly.
Faced with a choice of John Smith's Smooth or Tetley Smooth - I'd rather stick red-hot needles in my eyes than drink either - I elected for a cup of coffee, at sat at the least dirty table. Looking around, the clientele appeared not to be the types that frequent 'Spoons. Middle aged ladies with shopping, a couple of business types, and a few young mums with their infant brood, and a few couples. The atmosphere was not unpleasant, but with the darkish paint, and the blinds pulled most of the way down, it looked dark and gloomy, as the sun had now moved further round no longer bathing Cecil Square in sunshine.
Then, a flurry of activity - the blinds were being pulled up, dirty glasses collected, tables and ashtrays being cleaned. The Gents need some attention - one trap with a broken seat, jamming door and bust lock. Sorry, Yates's, you did nothing for me - not even a Guinness. 0/10.
Right then, off to Sheldon's�������..
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It's a respectable place with good service, fantastic dj and great service. I recomend it to anyone and I'll probably see you all there on Friday night! ;) x
Sarah - 6 Mar 2004 23:09 |
yate's have also got lots of offers so take advantage of the best place to be in margate.
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as an x employee of margate yate's i can say that they are havin a new refurb soon so all who enjoy drinkin there will have the plesure of a more millium feel and also managment have got there act together to provide a better service
vicky - 18 Jul 2003 19:29 |
ITS FUNKY!
Mel - 22 Jan 2003 13:06 |
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