BITE user comments - bil
Comments by bil
Best to ask directions on first visit.The pub takes some finding and without an obvious sign you could easily walk past without without realising.Everything said previously is true.This is one of the great pubs and well worth a visit to find.You can play locate the gents on your visit,but take a roll of string so you can find your way backn to the bar
20 Jan 2010 22:43
In my student days in Hull in the early sixties this was a regular haunt.I recently paid it a nostalgic revisit and nothing had changed,apart from they now allow women in.This is a definate must for anyone visitingHull
15 Sep 2009 22:01
this pub is very bourgois in the nicest sense.Plush clean and comfortable.An excellent selection of real ales including one brewed for them only.It is more of an eating place though with an extensive menu and has a good local reputation for food.It is a bit pricey as you might expect but well worth a visit.Transport is essential as it is in the middle of nowhere.Just beware that the dining area has an unprotected step down to the bar and it you are not careful you will fall down if-like I did
15 Sep 2009 21:46
The Newcastle Packet Inn, Scarborough
Not quite as bad as some of these reviews make out but disappointing inside.No real ale.OK for an odd pint but the nearby Golden Ball is a much better bet and the beer is much cheaper
10 Dec 2008 21:47
By far the best bet on the sea front.If you are lucky enough to get a window seat a great place to sit and look over the harbour and watch the world go by whilst enjoying a pint of Sam's cask bitter which is about a pound cheaper then anyone else's.The only downer is that it is very small and if you have to go into the back room it is a bit depressing.Still well worth a visit though.
10 Dec 2008 21:44
One of the better Filey pubs and probably the one with most life,especialy midweek.One of the few Filey pubs with a good range of real ales and with a good reasonably priced menu in the separate restaurant.Can get a bit crowded and hectic but plenty of seats and ok to take the wife
10 Dec 2008 21:11
Unlike most Gib. bars this is a genuine English pub.It is a great place to sit outside,watch the world go by and watch the changing of the guard across the road-very British.It is quite surreal to be back in England if you come in from Spain and crossed a few yards of concrete.I didnt have a meal and can give no comment about the food but if you want a drink whilst the women are in Marks and Spencers this is your best bet.
2 Dec 2008 19:33
I hope the licensee reads these reviews and does something about the service,or lack of it.There are never more than 2 prople on and they are continually disappearing to take food orders or for other unfamothable reasons.the staff are inexperienced and have no idea who is next,as an experienced bar person would.If there is a crowd waiting at the bar forget it and go elsewhere.A pity as they have an excellent rannge of competatively priced real ales.
26 Nov 2008 19:32
If you like rough pubs a scruffy interior with lots of bad language floating about try this place-some people do.Otherwise give it a miss
23 Nov 2008 21:51
As Filey pubs go this is by far the best of a bad bunch.Friendly atmosphere,comfortable and nice decor.Also,unusually for Fileya good range of real ales.Most Filey pubs are rough and scruffy.If you are visiting and want a drink find Bonhommes
23 Nov 2008 21:48
On a recent revisit to Keighley I went in the pub.Make no mistake it has been tastefully refurbished and is spacious and comfortable.The menu looks good and it has a good range of real ales.BUT it is not the Rodney I used to be a regular at. This was full of character and characters. The new Rodney is bland and characterless. It could be anywhere and is certainly not a Keighley pub. They are obviously aiming at a different clientele and I am not convinced that clientele exists in sufficient numbers in Keighley. The relatively low score it seems to have been given reflects this.If I lived in Keighley now it would be an occasional visit place,not a regular haunt.
23 Nov 2008 21:28
On a recent revisit to Keighley I went in the pub.Make no mistake it has been tastefully refurbished and is spacious and comfortable.The menu looks good and it has a good range of real ales.BUT it is not the Rodney I used to be a regular at. This was full of character and characters. The new Rodney is bland and characterless. It could be anywhere and is certainly not a Keighley pub. They are obviously aiming at a different clientele and I am not convinced that clientele exists in sufficient numbers in Keighley. The relatively low score it seems to have been given reflects this.If I lived in Keighley now it would be an occasional visit place,not a regular haunt.
23 Nov 2008 21:28
Lord Rosebery, Scarborough
Since my last scathing review there has been some improvement in the staffing situation.There seem to be more staff behind the bar now and they have some idea of which order to serve those who have been waiting.Also they are firendlier and more efficient.I will keep tabs on the situation
25 May 2010 19:37