BITE user comments - Titan
Comments by Titan
Great night and good to see all the old faces back in.
We hope it continues, and are all looking forward to RickyB's first gig there!!
Well done Sheena and Lyndsey, keep up the good work!!
28 Mar 2009 11:19
The Iford Bridge, Christchurch
Oh by the way ignore the post by treaclej.
Children are welcome in this pub and they even provide high chairs for tots.
19 Mar 2009 18:02
The Iford Bridge, Christchurch
Great pub brilliant food and prices are excellent.
Now re-branded as a sizzling pub.
The staff are great, I would thoroughly recommend this pub for a meal and a few well kept beers.
10 out of 10
19 Mar 2009 18:00
We wish Sheena and Lindsey a warm welcome, and are looking forward to next Friday, we will all I hope be in for the party, I certainly will.
Perhaps if a good disco is wanted for the opening, Sheena or Lindsey could get in touch with RickyB, his discos and birthday party do's were some of the best the Fairmile ever had, as were his quiz nights. All the original locals I know love Ricky's roadshows. I am sure someone could arrange for his number to pop through the letter box, I'm sure Ricky will probably do a good deal for the opening!!
Again a warm welcome.
19 Mar 2009 17:26
The re-opening date is the 27th.
Lets just hope the new owners avoid a few pitfalls, some are listed below.
1/ Employing any previous bar staff.
2/ Trying to turn the pub into a posh Restaurant.
3/ Barring half the customers "cos they don't like the look of them and they are not their mates".
4/ Take the word of the end of bar gossips as either true or worth listening to.
If they welcome the locals who's money they will rely on as valued customers, that will be a start. The customers they will see in the first few weeks will be the only ones they will ever get, look after them. Remember this is a local pub, no one will travel to come here. Loose the local trade and you will loose money big time.
I hope we get a decent landlord, we miss our pub.
18 Mar 2009 18:50
Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?
Oh dear no one is home.
Earth calling the Fairmile?
Earth calling the Fairmile?
Still looks shut to me.
What happened to the promised opening??
Just let John and Julie buy it back.
6 Mar 2009 00:21
there has been workers in and out for a while now, we are waiting for the promised opening!!!!
27 Feb 2009 14:38
Fellow Drinkers,
I have the official verdict on the Fairmile, and this IS official as it comes direct from the Regional Manager of Enterprise Inns.
As you can all see, the entrance has been gated off. This has been done to stop the sudden appearance of 20 or 30 caravans complete with "Dag's" and old scrap cars!
The other good news is that the Fairmile is being re-furbished prior to re-opening in mid to late February. There are apparently several prospective tenants who are in the frame to take it over.
I just hope that this time they are someone sensible who will run the place for all of us locals, and not for a handful of their mates. It would be nice to see our Charity Committee back, along with our community events such as the Summer fair and the very popular fireworks.
As I have said, this is not gossip, it is direct from Enterprise so it is as close to fact as can be. Lets just cross our fingers and hope that once more we can have a pint in OUR pub without feeling like lepers and being made as welcome as a pork pie at a barmitzvah!
31 Jan 2009 12:31
Sorry to correct you Solife, but there have been workmen there. They are from a company called Bliss construction. No-one has spoken to them at length so we don't know exactly what they are doing other than "repairs".
We can but live in hope of a decent new owner for this pub. It is our local and we would very much love to see it open again. As Hugh said food pubs that do beer don't work. Bring back Sky TV on a big screen, decent pub food, friendly staff and good management.
27 Jan 2009 16:09
Saturday the 24th January.
Allthough workmen have been inside most of the week still no sign of our local re-opening.
Does anyone know what they have been doing inside?
24 Jan 2009 16:05
Are the owners of this site afraid of the truth?
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS PUB IS CLOSED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So please remove all the postings below saying what a nice place it is.
Anyone reading these "what a jolly nice pub" reviews and turning up for a visit will be sorely dissapointed. The doors and windows are boarded up. What part of closed do you not understand???
I have said it before and will say it again. Please Please can we have someone to run it who will keep it open.
Thank You
22 Jan 2009 12:48
The Fairmile, Christchurch
Great to have some REAL live music on last night, not some gonk singing along to a karaoke machine!!
A brilliant evening enjoyed by all, Dakota were great.
Well done to Sheena and Lindsey, keep up the good work, more real live music please!!
16 May 2009 10:37