Yates's, Chelmsfordback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Havent been here for a while but it has had a really nice refurb - the food was well unexpected!!! really good!! the service was quick and friendly. they had sport on the tv. really nice will be back!!!
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You can find many better places to have a drink than here
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actually went back the other week for a couple of pints during the day first time in about 3 yrs . beer (smiths) was manky , asked for another draught (fosters) wasnt as ropey but wasnt fantastic , the bar staff (3 young ish lads) seemed more intrested in trying to chat up 1 female ..... had 1 pint and made a exit , much better pubs around than this
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not a fan of this whole part of Chelmsford, steer clear there are far better places to go within a couple of minutes walk.
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I ventured into this dreadful place recently, for the first time in a decade. It was 5'ish in the afternoon and I was looking for a quick snifter before a meeting I had up the road. What the hell possessed me, I don't know, one of those mischevious impulses. There I was squelching my way to the bar across the reeking beer and vomit infused carpet, the dulcet tones of Kylie and Girls Aloud winging me on my way.
Oh, the agony of choice! Which particular brand of lager should I choose? Do I go for the smouldering antipodian promise of Fosters, that charming favourite of the royal court of Copenhagen, Carlsberg or a treat from the renowned Belgian stable of beer making, Stella? But stay, what's this, Kronenberg Blanc, now that's my sort of thing, a pint of that please barmaid... oh dear, it's off. Well it looks like Stella then.
I take my ease on a 5 foot high stool swaying gently in the breeze, at a varnished wooden topped table to which both the bottom of my pint glass and the elbow of my bespoke cashmere overcoat stick. Whilst sipping the tepid yellow nectar I take in my fellow punters. A group of the leisured class of Chelmsford, teenage mothers, feed fried potatos to their buggy bound toddlers. An aggrevated looking young man clad in sports attire remonstrates loudly and profanely with the beloved object of his affections. A grizzled derelict wafts past, the reek of week old cigarettes adhereing to his crusty clothing.
I battle with the local wildlife in the form of a multitude of tiny flies who are attempting to get inside my pint glass. Where are they coming from? It's an intiguing question, but not one I feel like getting to the bottom of right now.
Having finished reading a most stimulating aritcle on pig breeding, I roll up my copy of Country Life, and bidding the serving staff a hearty good afternoon I head for the door.
Thank you for the experience Yates Wine Lodge, but not one I think shall be repeated for some time. 1/10 for entertainment purposes only.
Jay28 - 18 Dec 2008 15:00 |
a thouroughly horrid place!
bad food, nasty atmosphere with regular bad behaviour from general public.
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This place is a dive mate. I'm glad people see this too.
I had lunch in there once when I used to work locally. I opened up the jar of mustard and there was an old chip in it! I'm not even joking. I laugh about it a lot, but in reality it's a pretty poor show on the behalf.
Last went in there Summer '07 for a quick drink on my way out (was aroun 6pm). Beer was warm, there was broken glass on the floor and the place was empty.
No interest.
Avoid at all costs!
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This place was good once and now it has gone down hill. I ate in here recently and the food was so poor I was ill for days. Nights not any better... it has the idiots of the town and is the fight club of Chelmsford. Give it a miss.
anonymous - 7 Sep 2007 00:34 |
not bad during the day , pretty quiet actually , beers not too bad, pricey compared to the likes of llyods but nice in the summer here , love chelmsford in the summer , well worth a visit during day if you like a nice beer in reasonable surroundings
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this place was ok then they got jobs worthbouncers on the door! now its dead, go edwards/toad instead.
anonymous - 8 Oct 2004 11:38 |
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