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Excellent Gastro Style pub!! came with friends and had lovely dinner ESPECIALLY as it was tuesday curry night!! staff where excellent and the atmosphere was great! enjoyed every bite of the food. will reccomend to all my family and friends.
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Despite being one of my locals, steered clear of this place as it never looked particularly welcoming. Gave it a try at lunchtime today with the girlfriend after its refurb. It has been stylishly refitted and is very pleasant. Four ales were on offer: Harvey's Best, Doom Bar, Oxford Gold and TT Landlord. The Best was served in a glass tankard and wasn't too bad. However, despite there seeming to be an excessive number of staff behind the bar, I felt the service was not particularly good. The barman serving me seemed more interested in the conversation he was having with his colleague, which made me feel my presence was an inconvenience. We had two of the sandwiches off the lunchtime menu. Both were small, served with a tiny green salad and came on a wooden slab. At �4.95 each, the prices weren't excessive, but left us feeling that if the portion sizes were equivalent on more expensive dishes, then it wouldn't represent good value. Overall, a nice place to meet for a pint, but won't be rushing back to sample more of the food.
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Have to put the record straight after my last comment.
I re-visited this place after it's re-fit and things couldn't be more different. It is now a clean and vibrant place where you would be happy to spend a couple of hours.
The service couldn't have been better - lots of nice young ladies behind the bar.
Should do well.
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Pay for parking!!! No thanks!!!
On the occassions I visited, the food was meagre, poor quality and tasteless.
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The pub is currently closed down awaiting, maybe new operators.
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Further to Mr Gerbils post regarding the new chef "mr lek" have you wondered why he left the previously very busy office for the dead dyke tavern?
The Office kitchen franchisee had their kitchen shut down due to being unfit to serve the public.
Think about that next time you are tucking into your masaman curry mr Gerbils.
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This is a big cavernous pub, which is badly in need of a major refurbishment. It is outside of central Brighton and has a large catchment area, but is never busy.
There are two good, well kept pool tables and you can play darts and watch sport on decent TV's. However, the beer- Harvey's and Spitfire, were both terrible on my last visit and the toilets were rank. They were so smelly, the smell wafted well into the drinking area.
Not worth a visit at the moment - it may change. But my guess is that this will be a block of flats within a few years.
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A new Thai chef, Mr Lek (formerly of The Office) has started at the Dyke Tavernand his food really does make the place worth a visit.
Try his excellent Masaman Curry or his Pad Thai - really yummy.
He serves until about 9pm. Jst ask for Mr Lek and he'll come out and chat. Nice to have a real Thai cooking real Thai.
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Scruffy and dull. Brighton has so much more to offer than this
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Bit plastic and featureless. Although it's not a 'bar' and still retains some features of a proper old boozer, it somehow lacks the atmosphere of smaller and more characterful venues.
Lucy - 20 Oct 2004 13:21 |
Big pub but desperately needs a full makeover.
Charlie - 27 Nov 2003 13:11 |
Good tradional pub with lovely patio garden. Big screen tv to watch your favourite team, while drinking an excellent pint.
david - 1 May 2003 08:23 |
