BITE user comments - ironside33
Comments by ironside33
A real hidden gem down a winding almost missable quiet track, beer is well kept and good food at lunchtimes only. Worth a trip and v peaceful outside but for the occasional horse and rider passing by.
9 Jul 2011 23:03
A great little pub in a beautiful village just through Ashridge forest. Excellent for a nice pint of Tring Ridgeway Or one of around 4 other ales after a mooch though the woods with the dog. Food is good too, excellent ploughmans and sunday lunch is huge and very tasty. Try not to wake up in the stocks by the duck pond!
9 Jul 2011 22:58
No Mad Mac, this website is here for reviews to assist pub goers in finding decent places to visit not for uncouth personal attacks on people. It states that in the comment rules. Why on earth would a brewery or landlady get involved in an online slanging match? If they have any concerns about the pub I assume they would deal with them in an appropriate manner and if you do then so should you. How do you expect to be taken seriously when it looks like a bunch of malicious rants curiously close together after years of no comments at all. It just looks set up and if you chaps are trying to make a protest or make people aware of something that isn't right you are doing so in such a way that just comes across as a personal vendetta and a farce.
I assumed by not agreeing wholeheartedly with the recent sentiments that i'd get a volley of abuse myself but I assure you that the only side I am taking is that of someone who finds it abhorrent that such a great little pub is having all this rotten politics going on.
There are better ways of doing things and getting your voice heard than ranting and raving in a review site and it is very sad that people have left, why I do not know as I am not one of the staff or inner circle, but I don't think making wild, uninformed speculation helps.
I agree with davidregis who says talk like adults in person as this is not the correct forum in which to do so and will only inflame things further.
I'll be propping up the bar behind the sandbags ;-)
9 Jul 2011 22:42
I've looked back on here and am astounded by the personal attacks going on still. Why are people trying to sabotage this pub? Most of the posters making attacks on the landlady have registered recently and only commented here on this pub to slag off Maureen. You're not disgruntled ale drinkers saddened by the decline of a pub you're a bunch of bullies and pot stirrers. Shame on you.
This is a review site not a call to arms for an anti-Maureen brigade and any people wishing to get a rounded honest review of the pub are having to wade through spiteful barrages from regulars and ex (perhaps barred in some cases) regulars who are doing a hatchet job on the place for whatever reason.
Grow up, seriously, grow up.
To locals of the pub it is no secret who these people are and I am deeply saddened that locals like myself who enjoy drinking and socialising in the pub are having it denigrated online by a small handful naysayers.
I love this pub and did so when Mel was landlord and do so now Mo is there, never had a problem with the woman. I've never had a rough pint in there and never had a warm one either. If ever a beer has come up cloudy it's been changed and the barstaff are always very happy to repllace it and turn the pump clip round. You can sample any ale before buying a pint anyway and most ale pedants like me will spot a dodgy beer at 50 paces and not drink it.
Please do not base opinions on the pub on the back of biased reviiews, go to The Globe, talk to the staff, drink the beer, enjoy the ambience and make your own mind up based on your own experience.
9 Jul 2011 10:28
Best pub in Brighton and a joy to see all those lovely Dark Star beers and the kriek on draft as well as some excellent but lethal cyders.
If i could stay in this pub for the rest of my drinking days and die face down in the slops tray of Dark Star Espresso ale I would be very happy.
7 Jul 2011 11:30
Grim.
Firstly the bars were totally unstaffed and seemingly deserted, after shuffling through the depressing dimly lit seated corridors to the lower bar through some young children running about we were curtly told 'bar closed go to the top bar'. When someone eventually turned up they didn't know how how to work the only ale pump then when, in desparation, I picked the 'Frisky Bison' drink heavily advertised on the screens and posters I was met with a blank look and a 'what is that?'. At that point my soul died.
7 Jul 2011 11:17
The Grand Junction Arms, Bulbourne
Thought this was a nice little pub on a recent visit. They appear to take pride in locally sourced food and they had some Tring ales on from down the road too. Very comfy sofa and typical gastro-pub type decor, worth a trip but could do with a bit more character.
7 Jul 2011 11:10
The White Horse, Leighton Buzzard
A great little pub walking distance from the Grand Union canal and Leighton Buzzard station for a pre-London jar or two, lovely little courtyard garden and totally stripped back and no fuss decor. The juke box has some real gems on it and the ale is well kept by the landlord who seems to take real pride in his beer quality.
7 Jul 2011 11:05
I feel compelled to comment as it is with great sadness that I am reading amongst genuine reviews of this excellent, friendly pub what appears to be the malicious work of a small group of embittered and vindictive individuals with an axe to grind against Maureen the landlady. I have been drinking in The Globe since it opened and have never had issue with the current landlady nor any of the staff. The beer is always well kept and of good variety and the atmosphere is welcoming with friendly locals and bar staff. The 5 thirds of a pint sampler is a joy if you can't decide what you want and the lack of intrusive 'lift music' and massive televisions belching out non-stop sports is a godsend for rediscovering the rapidly diminishing art of conversation. Dogs are welcome too (of all shapes and sizes!) and it is one of few pubs not requiring door staff of a weekend in the town despite how busy it gets.
In my opinion it is the best pub in Dunstable bar none and fits well into B&T's family of great pubs from the Welly in Bedford to the excellent Elm Tree in Cambs.
Perhaps those who have posted the spiteful and bullying reviews below should drag their knuckles off to somewhere where that kind of petty behaviour is accepted...like a playground perhaps.
7 Jul 2011 10:13
Elm Tree, Cambridge
Great little pub even if it took forever to find hidden away off the main drag. Full of vharacter and the beer I had was great. Sadly the barrel ran out just aa i'd discovered it but the staff were freindly and knowledgeable and pointed me in the direction of another pleasant ale.
Next time i'll try the nibbles platter as it looked great and the belgian beer menu on the table was a nice touch.
If I lived in Cambridge I'd definately make it a regular haunt.
9 Jul 2011 23:12