BITE user comments - crazyjohn
Comments by crazyjohn
Quiz night at about 9:30 every Thursday, which is about the hardest I've ever been to, but good fun.
Been going a while and the food can go up and down in quality and quantity. Seems to be good at the moment and the portions are large!
30 Dec 2004 17:03
As said before, two sides with very different atmospheres. The left side has the carvery and is a bit quiet and the other, bigger, side has the main pub area with two pool tables and a large projection screen for the sports.
The larger side can get a bit "Chaved Up" on certain evening, with the baseball cap crew putting on very loud drum and base or rap on the jukebox, but is normally very good. Of note is the fact that the beer prices have just dropped from about �2.50 for a Fosters to �1.75.
In the summer there is a large beer garden.
The smaller side has a large TV that normally shows TV in the evenings.
Carvery is a bit hit and miss, there are certainly better about, but there is a nice fire on that side of the bar area which is good in the winter.
For those inclined, there are 4 fruit machines in the main pub.
If you get bored, the Black Horse is a 2 minute walk up the road (out of front, turn right) which sits on the canal and is great in the summer as it has a balcony and much better for food.
30 Dec 2004 16:58
The Reliance, Old Street
Just came back from lunch there, I'm not sure that I'd call it "unpretentious", it prety much goes all out for that. They have hand scanners for the bar staff that they scan little bar-codes built into the bar for your drink order.
Staff friendly, but pretty expensive for average beer. Couple of beers were over �6. Maybe they're trying to get the money back from the keyring barcode scanners.
The decorations in the place are trying to be laid back but come out slightly run down looking, toilets are usable but not very clean.
An interesting place for a drink if you've not been down there before, but not somewhere you'd call a great bar.
I went on a Wed, at about 12:30.
5 Jul 2006 15:01