BITE user comments - arctral
Comments by arctral
Note: slerpy is a well-known troll who posts under various identities. His trademark is that he leaves spaces between the end of sentences and punctuation. Like this ! Had an argument with him on the Green Man's (Putney) page.
By the way, he lives in Surrey, parents are in Dorking; all his reviews are in the areas between Croydon and there. Doubt he's ever been to the Eagle. Ignore
Eagle cracking pub, best in the area by far.
6 Jun 2009 22:57
thebishop,
Thank you for your reply. Bit of confusion all round then. My friend and I do recall service continuing past 11:30 however. Saying that, appreciate the clarification - I'll up my rating as before and shall visit again soon.
Cheers- arc
6 Jun 2009 21:50
Dear thebishop,
Sent you a personal message a couple of weeks back with the info, but you must have missed it. The visit in question was literally just prior to my posting - Wednesday 29 April 09.
Thanks,
Arc
1 Jun 2009 19:35
After a few revisits that echo my previous posts I am now very annoyed.
If you serve till 12am and have a discretionary drinking up time of 30 mins I would expect to be left with my pint until around quarter past with my remaining quarter pint. Barmaid tonight insisted grabbing at my glass at 12:03am stating "it's gone half past." By my reckoning that's still 15 mins away as I post. When I pointed out that it was actually just gone 12 I was told "Whatever, we're closed."
I had been a model customer, quiet, brought glasses to the bar when done, and had 3 nice (if under-measure) pints of Explorer with no complaint.
Yet another case of part-time bar staff who would enjoy their jobs if it weren't for a) the hours, b) the work and c) customers. Retraining is needed because at the moment they are just plain rude and borderline unprofessional. If you serve till 12 you give people more than 5 minutes to drink up. The young lady in question would be better suited to Tesco or Currys where she may learn some manners and perhaps something approaching a decent work ethic no matter how poor her social skills.
Avoid until sorted. Disappointing in the extreme.
30 Apr 2009 00:31
Ok pub, very nicely done on the inside, but perhaps a little too much like a restaurant once you wander round to the right of the bar.
Only Doom Bar on when I went in, and had to ask for a top up from the very friendly barman who obiged without fuss. Odd that I should have to ask given it was about 2cm off the tim though.
Seemed like a young, affluent crowd - typical for the area - and wasn't overly busy for a Thursday. Will definitely go back but they need to sort out the pint discipline.
10 Mar 2009 15:49
Oh bigcolt, I can't hit the bloody thing even with a run-up!
8 Mar 2009 13:10
Cogitoergosum:
You're right about that - I'll stop posting. Got a little annoyed. I've actually asked the administrators to clean up the Green Man's entry (including my own posts) and monitor the IP addresses of the 5 people I think are the same bloke.
6 Mar 2009 14:54
wolfdog:
Well, well, I still don't know how you know what my message to "beerlager" said, given that you only post as "wolfdog".
However, you joined within the same couple of weeks as the other 4 posters (beerlager, waltvault, lostparker, BeerDrinkerMark) earlier this year. Your profiles said that you were all 'Male' and 31 years old. You all make the same spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and hamstrung assertions in almost every single post. You know ? Like this ! No one else does that. It's just you and you've been caught in flagrante delicto. Give it up.
This is not difficult "Poirot"-esque detective work: it is simply the ability to read and catch a flim-flam man red-handed. One who is evidently not even smart enough to cover his tracks or disguise himself properly on a simple pub website for crying out loud. You have no one to blame but yourself. Now you're throwing your toys out of the pram because you're embarrassed: a petulant child who won't admit he's stolen the last biscuit.
Are you sure you want to go to the Green Man tonight? One of my fellow reviewers on this very page called it an "average boozer, similar to many in the area", "a quite mediocre pub" and "a pub that is nothing special." Hang on, that was you.
Do make up your mind son. Or have you forgotten who you're supposed to be posting as this time? You're currently posting as "wolfdog". Do keep up.
This all begs the question of why you're attacking me just for defending what you claim is your local. Is it really your "local" or do you just go in to spit venom at people, throw a strop and storm off home? I'm sure Joel and Aggie could do without "locals" like you, especially ones who try to damage their hard-fought business for a personal grudge. With friends like you who needs enemies?
I say it again - Go away.
PS - If you think I've been offensively abusive at any time please report me to the site administrators.
6 Mar 2009 14:49
wolfdog:
The long, rambling personal message I sent out was to "beerlager", not you. Now, how on earth would you know I sent that to him? Oh, that's right, you're the same person. Go away.
5 Mar 2009 13:27
Update:
Being a bit of a saddo I've done some checking into some of the people who have left recent defamatory reviews.
Beerdrinkermark, male, 31
Lostparker, male, 31
Wolfdog, male, 31
Beerlager, male, 31
All these different "individuals" seem to punctuate - incorrectly I might add - in the same way. The odd use of hyphens is the same and, damningly, they all generally leave a space between the end of their sentences and an exclamation or question mark. Like this ! Or this ?
If you have a problem with a pub or its staff be an adult and don't create different aliases to attempt to damage a business. You are beneath contempt. Now go away.
4 Mar 2009 19:47
wolfdog and beerlager:
All I've asked for was a review of the pub from people who haven't reviewed it properly. Can someone please review the beer, or at least give an alternative pub? I will gladly try it out. Oops, there I go being all "extreme/vulgar/unbalanced/foulmouthed" again... sorry.
And wolfdog did say that I'd commented over a dozen times:
"Three posters - in less than a year - have commented very favourably over a dozen times. These are arc, daisy and Cog" - is what he said. If he didn't mean me precisely he should have made himself clear. So is lying or being foulmouthed worse? Shall we drink in the local monastary? Does it serve good beer? Tell me!! ;)
4 Mar 2009 14:37
And how have I commented "over a dozen times"? I've not rated this place since last year, and only commented to take issue with reviews that have little constructive merit. Plus I've been critical where necessary - music is shite and intrusive for example. I admit the others should probably reduce their input, but still...
3 Mar 2009 20:07
To wolfdog:
I am indeed "biased": weirdly enough toward good pubs serving good beer and having friendly, helpful staff. Odd that. Because I react to an obviously homophobic and strangely reactionary post from a malicious, ill informed and specious commentator I must therefore be compromised? What Vulcan-esque logic.
I am not a local and live some miles away but will seek this gem out whenever I'm in the area.
This is a website called "BEER in the evening." If you ever have a comment to make about beer, or ever qualify (ie explain) your views on pubs then I will pay attention to you. Until then you join the ranks of who-gives-a-f*ck contributors. Justify your opinions so people have something to go on; don't just join a site to be mean-spirited.
Looking forward to a review - arc
3 Mar 2009 19:55
BD Mark is obviously an angry little man. As far as real ale pubs in the area go this is the best of a good bunch.
I won't comment further as it's been addressed in previous posts but I will take the comment on the food as being "nutritionally poor" to task: it's a pub - what the hell do you want? "Oh my burger didn't have enough rye and the chips weren't made out of tofu." Suggest you go home and play with yourself over a picture of Gillian McKeith, you strange creature.
Anyway, pub excellent, beer consistent and food lovely (if a little high in saturates and low in poly-unsaturates as I'm sure BDMark will point out).
One complaint- if I wanted the type of music they currently play in there I'd move to Billericay, call myself Kev, use too much gel and buy a Vauxhall Corsa with a bodykit. Not Putney at all. Tell whoever chooses it to sort it out.
2 Mar 2009 18:45
Pub was fairly quiet when we went there on Sunday night (midnight serving all week apparently).
The beer was great: I had the Weasel: hoppy, not overly so, and reminded me a little of Landlord. Apparently it's brewed at a sister-pub of theirs in Herne Hill. If the 3 real ale pumps aren't your thing they had a really good selection of continental beers on draught - maybe 5 or more. The staff were both pleasant and efficient, if understandably a little bored with only 8 people or so in the 200ish capacity place. The main bar and seating area is ample and a separate, dedicated "sports" section seems like a sensible and welcome idea.
Slight concerns:
1) it is quite big, open for the most part and plain, although given the original building the conversion to a "pub" has been done as well as could be expected. As it was quiet it seemed a little like a hotel lobby.
2) Given the Battersea Rise location and potential (target?) clientele, it has the potential to be a real nightmare on a Friday or Saturday night. Not trouble, but thousands of braying hoorays. Cla'am and all that.
I will definitely go back because it makes an interesting addition to an area bereft of real pubs for about half a mile in any direction. To be encouraged.
9 Feb 2009 12:17
Nice enough building but real ales of any quality note were not in evidence. A good enough selection of other drinks and the staff were friendly and efficient. The place had a bit of a "hotel lobby" type atmosphere but it was fairly quiet so might be better when busier. I amagine the garden in Summer is pretty good too - it's massive, pretty and seems well looked-after.
I don't give ratings by food (beer website an' all) but I ate here too and wasn't that impressed. Standard stodge really.
21 Jan 2009 17:10
Post-refurb: stripey wallpaper. Avoid.
Unless you like good beer and great staff of course. Lovely place and I travel over a mile to come here regularly. Expect the beer garden to be amazing come Summer. The new d�cor is subtle as far as a lot of recent Young's refurbs have gone, much to my relief, but may well take some getting used to.
New management excellent and can't wait to see them develop the place to realize its full potential; they seem to be on course.
10 Apr 2008 21:11
Every other pint needs topping up - by up to an inch, no exaggeration. Otherwise inoffensive. Ronseal AB1.
18 Feb 2007 18:29
Excellent place and can't get there enough - living 5 miles away is a major irritant but worth trips to the area just for the Clyde. The locals seem decent and friendly- have ended up in many an interesting chat with people I wouldn't have met otherwise.
The staff really seem to make the pub: always friendly. You will get served quickly AND in the order you get to the bar... unlike some of the nearby pubs. I know some of the other posters have criticised the scope of the ale selection (fair enough), but it is always well kept: good cellar obviously.
The food looks great (haven't tried it yet). Overall this is a proper old London boozer and I hope it stays that way.
18 Feb 2007 18:06
The Duke of Cambridge, Battersea
This pub is quite good as a Young's pub - as in good beer quality and just above average service. However, there can be a problem with 18 year old trustafarians at the weekend (the sort called Tarquin et al with jeans round their knees; you know the type).
Major issue as of 03 Feb 07 - pub is now non-smoking despite 4 months left until the ban. I don't know why they want to alienate people ahead of time. Was never particularly smokey in the first place due to large, breezy atmosphere. I will be going elsewhere until the ban unless non-smokers suddenly become interesting.
4 Feb 2007 02:41
The Dog and Fox, Wimbledon Village
What have they done?? After the refurb they have gutted the lovely pub of old, knocked through to the barn next door (where the chavs went) and banned smoking entirely - 7 months ahead of the legal ban.
I haven't been against all of Young's recent refurbs but this is one of the worst... it really is: it now feels like a badly lit All Bar One. The tables for the most part are far too high (I'm 5'11") and the now cavernous interior has stripped the place of any character and atmosphere. Pleasant staff though.
This used to be my favourite Wimbledon haunt. Go elsewhere - a few of the nearby pubs are still quite nice. Another great Young's pub is dead.
20 Dec 2006 13:40
Horrible. Full of braying idiots and costs a fortune if you don't want the house swill of a wine. Staff are indifferent at best and contemptible as standard. Look in the window as you walk past for a taster, and imaging paying �4 and up for a beer as a nonse called Tarquin elbows you in the head telling his mates of his yachting exploits... Pretension by Calvin Klein.
2 Dec 2006 13:19
Niksons Bar and Restaurant, Battersea
Awful awful awful. Seemingly frequented by the entire estate agency workforce of Northcote Road (literally 25+ agencies on the one street). Massively & amazingly overpriced, full of braying morons wearing either suits on Saturdays as the other post points out, or, failing that, shirts with the collars turned up. Picture it: half sitting on a bar stool, one leg on the floor and flopping his hair.
Tim Nice-but-Dim was apparently based on a bloke from Wandsworth. He'd drink here.
Go to the Eagle 200%.
2 Dec 2006 13:07
The Eagle Ale House, Clapham
Slerpy, fair enough, you don't seem like this other guy. I don't rate pubs unless I know them well. I reserve judgment. That's all. Suggest you hit a bad day at the Eagle and you should return.
7 Jun 2009 19:04