BITE user comments - BigPete
Comments by BigPete
The Seven Stars, Chancery Lane
Went here after a works do a couple of months ago, and despite being amongst a load of the quietest people I know we were told to shut up by the bar staff, who then proceeded to take the mick.
OK, so they have 'famous' people running it, but it's a pub, I'm a drinker, and I don't expect to be patronised by a load of people who think that they are better than you.
7 Oct 2005 15:13
The Bear and Rugged Staff, Westbury on Trym
Alan Sharp, ex-Bristol and Scotland (Scotland, the boy's from the 'mead!) as landlord? Drink here
7 Oct 2005 15:06
Come to the reasonably priced and filling Sundaylunch in this friendly pub, with the rest of North Somerset.
7 Oct 2005 15:04
This pub features on the 'Birmingham Isn't s**t' website as one of the hardest pubs around.
7 Oct 2005 15:01
Sadly shows English rugby at it's worst as it's full of the most boorsh oafs on international days, and smug Quins fans with little or no rugby knowledge at other times.
Without rugby, it's just a run of the millpub on a main road. Could do with a real going over. Given its location a decent pub is trying to get out.
7 Oct 2005 14:57
The White Horse, Parsons Green
The other drinkers are enough to turn you into a Bolshevik. Beer and food good though.
7 Oct 2005 14:52
This is the pub which finally brought home to me what a vicious sounding language Afrikaans is when shouted.
Full of British sports fans whenever there's a big event on.
7 Oct 2005 14:47
This pub is now the Golden Lion, and looking like becoming a mainstay of a Gloucester Road pub crawl. Currently with Thatchers on tap, the quality and range of drinks has improved. Also, a new juke box has every single song the Wurzels ever did. Quality.
Has kept the pool area so one of its main attractions is still there.
Good pub.
30 Sep 2005 14:57
Rammed on match days, other than that interesting mix of locals and students. Relaxed.
30 Sep 2005 14:52
Can be terrifying of a weekend evening. Changes clientele hugely from night to day.
30 Sep 2005 14:49
Old style Nailsea pub, at odds with many of the newer locals, but all the better for it.
30 Sep 2005 14:49
It's alright I suppose, if you are on your way to and from the Rec and don't wish to spend too much time with the locals. Reasonable.
30 Sep 2005 14:48
The Ship and Shovell, Charing Cross
Very good pub for real ale - it's a Badger pub and very un-London in many regards.
30 Sep 2005 14:45
On first inspection, a terrifying boozer, if with some attractive bar staff. Situated next to the home of the Oxbridge rejects of Bristol Uni in their own mini-Fulham, it is very definitely a Bristolians revenge on the Tarquins and Susannahs that defile our great city with their poshness. Perhaps because it marks the boundary between the posh colony of Clifton and the rest of Real Bristol it has this undoubted edge.
BUT - if you are prepared to respect the locals and have a good conversation with them on their terms, especially if you are from out of town they will respond in kind, especially if you want to talk about Bristol rugby club, City or Rovers.
This pub is a little rough and ready round the edges, but all the better for it. It is Bristol with a bar.
30 Sep 2005 14:44
The Princess of Wales, Blackheath
It's in south east London and people are moaning about chav culture? Sorry that IS south east London.
Good for heath based drinking, if a little large for an intimate atmosphere.
30 Sep 2005 14:39
So much better than the Firkin it replaced, although the staff have no idea what they are doing.
"What stout do you have?" was greeted with the response "We only do beer or wine."
30 Sep 2005 14:36
It used to have wallabies in the garden. They used to hop about.
30 Sep 2005 14:33
Beer OK, but it needs a damn good clean. Will benefit very much from smoking being banned.
30 Sep 2005 14:31
It's OK. Nothing special. Had Brakespears and London Pride on which were being well looked after by the Saffer barman and were pretty good. Lots of Japanese people drinking Guinness, perhaps suggesting it gets quite touristy during the day.
30 Sep 2005 14:30
Used to have chincillas. Only pub in Nailsea to do so. Used to also be called the Butchers Arms.
29 Aug 2005 16:59
Allegedly a site for wife swapping and key parties in the 1970s. According to a cabbie I once spoke to in Bristol when i mentioned Nailsea. Allegdly. And it was also a long time ago. If it indeed did ever happen. Which it has only been alleged. By someone else.
What is true though is that about 10 years ago they decorated it by painting pictures of the locals on the walls.
Where are they now?
29 Aug 2005 16:57
Youngs Beer very good seeing as it's brewed just up the road. Has resisted the rapid gentrification of the Wandsworth/Southfields area and as such is a real boon to the local community. Friendly and relaxed. Worth visiting.
12 Aug 2005 17:14
In the process of being done up. Friendly bar staff sometimes let down by less than friendly clientele.
12 Aug 2005 17:10
The Jolly Farmers (ex jordan), Lewisham
What it lacks in size it makes up for in the quality and range of beer served. Brings the best of provincial England to inner London and humanizes Lewisham. Great little boozer.
12 Aug 2005 17:09
A reasonable local boozer, but can be a locals' local if the footy is on. Substantial and well priced Sunday lunch.
12 Aug 2005 17:08
An absolute gem. A step back to the north Somerset of the pre-war period. Well worth the trek out from Nailsea. Great pub with good selection of real ales and ciders. I can confidently predict you'll never have been in a pub like this in your life.
9 Aug 2005 17:26
Good selection of real ales that changes regularly, and usually extremely well kept. Food menu, if limited, is well presented and filling. Can be a little cliquey with the local football team, and decor looks a bit tired, but one of Nailsea's better pubs.
9 Aug 2005 17:25
This should be one of the most famous pubs in the West Country � it is, after all, the home of the Wurzels, and the venue where their early hits were recorded. It also has a fascinating history, and is one of the most important buildings in the town, with a role in the industrial relations of the area�s former coal and glass industries. However, despite being a pleasant enough place during the day, it takes a turn for the worst at the weekends, when the town�s dispossessed youth converge on mass. Great beer garden is redeeming feature.
9 Aug 2005 17:23
This is a fantastic pub, and more so since the pub was done out by Bath Ales, food good, if a little too gastropub inspired.
Very much the spiritual home of the fans of Bristol rugby club, whose Memorial Ground is the other side of the Gloucester Road, it can get very picked on match days, also when Bristol Rovers, who share the ground, are at home.
9 Aug 2005 17:16
The Boater, Bath
This pub has so much going for it. Good beer, occasionally good staff and a nice location.
Sadly let down on match days by being the pub of choice for Bath's mose arrogant fans. If, like me, you are from Bristol, stay away from this pub on Saturday's when Bath rugby club are at home. These people will make your life hell despite the fact that Bristol is a better rugby club. Go to this pub during the week instead.
15 Mar 2006 11:33