The Cherry Tree, Blackheath - pub details
Address: Mersea Rd, Blackheath, Colchester, Essex, CO2 0AD [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 19410) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Colchester Town (2.1 miles), Wivenhoe (2.1 miles), Hythe (2.2 miles)
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> Current user rating: 1.6/10 (rated by 5 users)
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user reviews of the Cherry Tree, Blackheath
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
| For many years this pub has seen people buy the lease and fail....20 years since I have lived here. Its a wreck. Poor quality beer, rude staff and unkept toilets, KNOCK IT DOWN, Don't fool for making it work. It WILL cost you bankrupcy. gramapava - 12 Aug 2013 23:43 |
| I was desperate yesterday (29th June 2011) and decided to visit The Cherry Tree for a quick few pints with my father. We arrived in the pub at 22:25 and were told "I'm sorry, we are closing right now", I asked why and was told "because it is quiet", to which I couldn't resist quipping "well, you will be even quieter now, goodbye" and walked out. I am an ex-licencee and when I first began training many moons ago, I was told that the golden rule is 'always be open during opening hours'. The moment you start closing early, or having one day off a week, you are sounding the death knell. Customers do not remember quirky times, they just go to a pub that they are sure WILL be open. The idiot in charge yesterday not only lost the �20-30 we probably would have spent, but also future business. Yesterdays experience taught me a lesson. I hadn't had a drink yet, so once I got home I jumped in my car, drove to a friendly off-licence and bought some cold imported beer and drank in the comfort of my fathers home. I learned that being lazy and being willing to settle for such a crap pub was a bad idea. In this current climate, I can only see repossession in the future for that pub. It used to be great 15 years ago, it has the potential to be again with the right management and encouragement...but I fear it will never happen. Yevad - 30 Jun 2011 00:25 |
| I walked in to this place a couple of weeks ago - and walked straight back out. There were some gobby morons at the bar clearly tanked up (at 5pm!) and the place was a real mess inside. I instantly recognised one of the people standing at the bar from a recent Crimewatch episode. I couldn't see anything that resembled ale - just the typical English-brewed-Belgian-wifebeater. The sooner this is turned into flats, the better! beerbarber - 25 Oct 2010 13:48 |
| Yet another reincarnation has recently taken place, but I can't be bothered to find out what it is like. Does it still have a little 'shop' just inside the door? jojo85 - 4 Feb 2009 10:15 |
| Let down by its apparent status as the home of Colchesters narrow minded, ignorant sub-humans. Yevad - 14 Jul 2007 15:15 |
