BITE user comments - the_wiz
Comments by the_wiz
What has happened to this pub. Was closed in 2013 for health and safety reasons, too horrid to describe and then only allowed to re-open if they were inspected on a monthly basis.
Gave it the benefit of the doubt and tried it the other night.
It was 10:20pm and told the bar was shutting so get lost.
Am I a drunken 18 year old snotty kid, no a highly respectable 60 year old man.
If he treats all his customers like that then I'm afraid he won't have them for long.
Do yourself a favour and walk 50 yards down the road to the Auctioneer as I will never darken its door again
26 Jul 2014 19:03
Now changed it's name although I can't remember what it has changed to and with the name change it has become a gay friendly bar.
15 Feb 2014 18:37
Bit apprehensive after reading the reviews here but tried it out last week.
Such a pleasant surprise, friendly staff, price good especially as it is in the heart of Blackpool town centre. Usual run of the mill drinks available but no issue with it, a pleasure to drink. Ok the décor is due for a spruce up but try the place as I don't think you'll be disappointed.
15 Feb 2014 18:34
Took my grandson aged 17 at 7:15 on a Wednesday evening to this excuse for a pub prior to going to a show to be told 'No children after 7pm'. I explained that he was 17, not a child and only drinking coke to be told rather impolitely to leave the pub.
Something extremely lacking in this pub, staff courtesy, common sense and me as I will never walk through there doors again,
15 Feb 2014 18:28
Now changed hands and know as Ma Kelly's which is a Karaoke and Cabaret bar
15 Feb 2014 18:15
Typical Witherspoons. air price for both food and drink even for Blackpool.
Eaten here many times and never been let down.
Pleasant and friendly staff.
15 Feb 2014 18:09
If you are more than 30 and have at least 2 brain cells then steer clear of this place. For stags and hens only - need I say more
31 Aug 2010 20:54
Was a top pub, probably the biggest in Blackpool but sadly now closed down and likely to not open again. Owned and killed by the Pleasure, if only they had a couple of brain cells between them they could have made this into a thriving pub, such a shame.
31 Aug 2010 20:51
Nice pub, clean, pleasant staff. Beer not cheap but no cheap beer in Blackpool unless you are in the know
31 Aug 2010 20:46
Richard John Blackler, Liverpool
This must be the most unfriendly pub pub I have ever walked into in my life.
My son and I went in with 2 of my grandchildren and ordered 2 lagers and 2 glasses of coke and sat at a table and before we could take a breath were told that as we had not ordered a meal we were not allowed to drink there. 'One minute' we said as we hadn't had a chance to look at a menu and were fully intending to have a meal. Meals decided and my son went to the bar, ordered them as well as 2 lagers and 2 cokes again to be told that 2 drinks was the limit with meals when there are children in the party, wonderful (not). While waiting for our meals I went to play on the quiz machine while the grandchildren watched to be told by a member of staff that children were not allowed to play the machines to which I stated that they were not playing the machine I was and the member of staff scowled and stated 'Well make sure they don't'. Meanwhile my son was sitting at the table being pestered by a guy openly selling pirated copies CDs and DVDs which was totally ignored by staff.
Well meals arrived, the burger which one of the grandchildren wanted was fine but the other 3 meals which were all breakfasts were stone cold, absolutely disgusting. I mean how can you get a breakfast wrong.
If this is typical of the hospitality of Wetherspoon's pub in Liverpool I will not be frequenting them any more and treat this as a warning to all families, steer clear of this pub.
31 Dec 2008 08:47
The Star, Blackpool
Well done Tiger Bills, an iconic pub reopens.
Plenty going on and very friendly and pleasant staff.
I really hope the place makes a big impact on Blackpool as you are triers :-)
26 Jul 2014 19:10