BITE user comments - spec
Comments by spec
well...they're trying. the new team are obviously an improvement, but I've got to echo the commentor who said that for as long as H&W have it in their clutches it's not going to be able to seriously compete with the local free trade.
12 Aug 2010 16:18
The Talbot Inn, Berwick St John
one of the best in the area for food, and a lovely place, just wish the landlord would be a bit more adventurous with his beer choices!
12 Aug 2010 16:16
still a lot to commend it- excellent food and the gorgeous location can't change, but has taken a real slide downhill in terms of keeping beer and staff who know what they're doing. Badly needs to make more effort.
12 Aug 2010 16:14
the only real 'locals' pub in Tisbury, commonly acknowledged to keep the best beer in Wiltshire. I've never had a pint that was less than excellent there, long live Patsy! (and hope to god it doesn't try to change what works when she retires!!!)
12 Aug 2010 16:11
The Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath
Agree with everything llucas1 has to say- when I lived in KH in 2008 this was the only pub I would even contemplate going to. Would love to have seen real ale in there though, although the Staropramen always went down well.
2 Aug 2010 15:12
Goose on Two Streets, Kings Heath
unless you are a terminally alcoholic chav you'd probably best avoid this place like the plague...
2 Aug 2010 15:10
cracking pub with excellent beer selection in which I've spent many, many great nights. Marred by incredibly grumpy landlord though who refused to do anything about the (unusual) bad pint I had in there. Wouldn't even consider exchanging it, which was pretty shocking.
Shame because his barstaff are really friendly!
2 Aug 2010 15:04
Basically the best real ale pub I've been in- cannot understand the negative comments. OF COURSE it doesn't sell Guinness or Larger, that's kind of the point...
2 Aug 2010 14:59
The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Sandbach
certainly not the worst in Sandbach, but a bit soulless...
2 Aug 2010 14:51
rough, rough rough. only come here if seriously pissed for the nostalgia value of being in 6th form when the lion was only acceptable in virtue of being the only place we could get served.
2 Aug 2010 14:49
still the best pub in Sandbach- only place to get proper beer kept well. Had some cracking VERY late nights in here when I still lived in Cheshire, wish I could get down more often.
Think the big tellys put off some potential punters though...
2 Aug 2010 14:46
Have to disagree with previous commentors about friendliness of staff- I spent a couple of hours in the anchor on Friday whilst waiting for my mates to arrive in Beer and found them all, especially Darren, really polite, welcoming and chatty. Decent pints of Otter (which, for those complaining about the lack of beer choice, they had to battle extremely hard with Greene King to be allowed, at the request of their regulars), and nowhere near as expensive as I expected.
Can't say anything about the food, but this is BEER in the evening, after all...
2 Aug 2010 14:31
Ship Inn, Shaftesbury
not sure what the problem would be with it being a 'drinkers' pub- I'd certainly prefer that to a 'trying-and-failing to be a resturant' pub. Only been there once, but lots of interesting nooks and crannies to sit in, decent beer and interesting range, probably your best bet if you find yourself stuck in Shaftesbury.
12 Aug 2010 16:21