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Like a spider with only two feet, this formerly exceptional pub is on its last legs.
After a succession of poor landlords since the last full time landlord ran it as a welcoming local family pub, it's now being run by a nightwatchman more interested in organising his cocaine deals with his buddy from the estate up the road.
In the almost year since he took over, I've seen him three times though to be fair I've never been in there when there's more than 8 people so perhaps he feels surplus to requirements.
The place is gloomy, dirty with a toilet smashed and closed for more than 18 months now. Beer is frequently running out, is of average quality and more expensive than its local rivals.
The place is still occasionally taken over by the local wannabe mafia who pick fights with the ever-dwindling regulars and as such I usually walk straight past what is the nearest pub to my home and one that used to be my favourite.
Shame. If this were a living pub, it would be euthanized...
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There was a fight in here this afternoon with the pikeys.Pub is órrible and looks like the main weapons used in the fight was piss. Place stinks and toilets grim...
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Still aint fixed up the broken toilet seat in the ladies but positive i think the fat rude bar woman has gone. used to be really good here but its just full of estate chave now in trakies tryna chat u up all the time and mostly off their faces on somethin.
Unless ya go to town there aint naink round here worth goin to
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Imagine unwashed benefit claimant wearing fake Tommy Hilfiger jumper covered in dog hairs........well done....now you have a picture of an central,sorry ascot regular in your mind. Add a few lines of coke now that new people took it over last year and a bad attitude.
People you don't want to meet are in this rat hole.
If you add up all the regulars of this place you might just have enough for a full set of teeth.
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I go view pub because it star pub told to me is ready to take but it is nothing like explain me or website starpubs explain me. No beer No good
no fix table or chair just broke one to sit down and toilet no seat and no paper to wipe anus after make the toilet.
everything was horrible and dirty like a third world pub and everthing horrible but they want thousand and thousand to make deposit for the everything broke
I go back inside my auto and i keep going
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RUBBISH
HOW CAN A PUB HAVE RUN OUT OF BEER
3X NAKED HAND PUMPS, NO LAGER ON TAP- TOILETS ALL SMASHED TO SMITHEREENS.
WARM BOTTLED BEER WHAT MORE CAN I SAY
BECOME A JUNKYARD IN SUCH SHORT SPACE OF TIME
THINK IT MUST BE ABOUT TO BE SOLD TO DEVELOPERS OR BOARDED UP
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An absolute Sty. Only now frequented by moronic would be toughies and sad lonely old men. (Oh and glaziers who are needed on a near daily basis to repair the smashed windows!)If this was the only pub in the UK I'd move to france and thats saying something.
The only way this hole could be improved would be with a Bulldozer.
I was told that new people who took over it a year ago let all the local riff raff back in and encourage undesirables to frequent the place.
Advertises food on pub sign but only food going was some asda crisps. No real ale on the 3 naked hand pumps- fridges empty and devoid of any decent drinks
Last time i was working up this way this place was warm and friendly and had a decent selection of beers run by a young couple. Some of the same elderly men sat in same place at bar as they were a year ago
How times change
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What on earth happened to his place?????It's fu*king dirty , toilets filthy, no toilet roll, no hand soap, excrement all over the floor and wiped all over walls.
A dog urinating up against the wall. The people working there are the spitting image of shameless cast. Unkempt and scruffy. Talking poppycock. Totally uneducated family working here. Romanian Gypsies are and live cleaner than these gobshites.
Large , plump girl who stays there, daughter ? Having it off wit all the older blokes and was noshing one off in the beer garden late on evening.
No shame at all.
Beer was warm and loads of flies rampaging behind the bar.
Everything in sight dirty. Even the clientel are rowdy and taking drugs at the bar.
Nice place to go for a fight or for some undesirable locals to buy drugs with their benefits money.
Stay well clear.
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Now open again got new manager in - doubt she wil last long with her fat mouth gobby arrogant and rude and talking bollocks all the time .
Unlikely to last long around here with that attitude.
No pool tables or heating , no tellys, shit all and charged my dad £3.70 for a pint of Fosters top , £3.20 for the pint , plus 50p for the dash of lemonade!!
Going downhill and only just reopened.
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Best pint of Heineken in Gravesend when this place was open.
Last landlord done the place up a treat from the dump it was a year ago and really knew how to keep a good pint and the customers happy.
Will miss the Motorcycle club meets here and crazy Pyrot Geoff's skills on bonfire night.
If this place ever reopens the new owners will have a handful keeping all the local chavs and gypsies at bay..The fat bloke before got beaten up many times and then done a runner with all the money he borrowed from his customers and then fled the country.
If anyone is interested the Gravesend MCC now meets at the Railway Inn, Sole street, see their website for more information.
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Shame the pub is now closed. The last manager was brilliant and nothing was too much trouble in organising my mothers 60th birthday party earlier this year. She had a wonderful surprise party in the hall and the manager organised everything for us from the decorations and food to the DJ. The young lady working behind the bar was fantastic and very cheery yet professional.
I am told by many regulars of the pub in our circle of friends that simply the brewery refused to maintain the pub , leased it with the promise of fixing the broken heating and redecorating the pub & repairing the badly leaking roof so the owners decided not to continue with the offer of a new lease and not to continue paying extortionate rent , utilities , and beer from the brewery at highly inflate prices. And this seems to be a common story involving brewery owned pubs. Sadly it is a sign of the times that so many pubs are closing down, and most for good.
And as for the last comment by ralpiemalphie that the pub closed because of a police raid - well that is utter poppycock.
It is well known some cannabis plants were found in one of the letting rooms and was only discovered by the police after a violent attempted armed robbery.
The pub had already been closed by the owners the night before.
Had there been a raid and a pub closed down because of it I'm certain it would have been all over the local papers. Some people are so fickle and believe any street gossip. Entertaining nonetheless!
In all seriousness it will be a shame to see it be knocked down and turned into more housing, for over 40 years my family have frequented the pub and had many a doo's there over the years and it hasn't changed much in all that time.
I fondly remember as an under-age teenager purchasing cider from the off licence that used to be at the front.
Ella King , Gravesend.
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Shut down after a police raid.
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Recent change of ownership is apparant. Been coming here often for several years and I must say it is the best it has ever been. You can now get a decent pint of Guinness and the bar area is exceptionally clean compared to how it used to be. Friendly owner and staff. Always a good pint of ale on too with a choice of London Pride, Speckled Hen and they have a weekly guest ale. The pub could do with a new lick of paint although it is fair to say they have made a lot of decorative changes for the better with on going work apparant. I wish they would install a patio heater in the smoking area which would be a beneficial bonus for us who smoke in this freezing weather !!
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