Yates's, Harrow

I'm glad its closed - a bit of peace and quiet for a few days. This Yates is a den of filth, its just despicable, the bar its self, when its empty is a vile filthy hell hole which is decorated in the taste of Stevie wonder on amphetamines with a set of Tweenies poster paints, the food is poisonous deep fried gruel, �6 odd for some crisps with cheese and bogies on it.

Its is designed to be a teenagers hedonistic paradise, so even on the dole you can still get paralytic 6 nights a week in Yates by taking advantage of some of the generous offers, for example �buy one get 17 free for all your friends from brownies�. And then have a shag round the back of the shops, where as the front of the shops is reserved exclusively for puking up. For the nimble minded youngsters there is a varied choice of drinks . . . . . red or blue?.

The music is either non existent during the day and early evening or brain achingly loud and rubbish at night, with self important DJ�s who think they are the best thing since Dave Lee Travis (at least we could change the channel on the radio when he came on). Get a grip you idiotic pr1cks.

The toilets are akin to Harrow bus station and I long ago gave up looking for a lavatory with a door, lock, toilet seat and loo paper. Mind you the carpet is so awful you could use that to wipe your bum and no one would notice.

This place, everyone who drinks in it, the brewery that built it and the licensing body that granted the licence should be sentenced to hard labour. Putting in pool tables and plasma screens isn�t going to help, its just toys for the children, how about some rattles and nappies while your doing the re-furb. I have an excellent idea for a new look � its called make it back into Woolworths.

28 Feb 2005 16:32

The Fat Controller, Harrow

Turdsville USA : -extortionate prices, under age drinkers, goofy teethed, bug eyed morons permanently parked on bar stools so you can�t get to the bar. A range of refreshing drinks for the discerning pallet called � red, yellow, pink, green, orange, purple and blue and something similar to Blue Nunn, oh and pee in pint glass.

The lack of seating and the waste of space 2ft square dance floor makes it impossible to get a seat at any time of day. At the weekends the terrible music makes dogs howl (or is that young girls weeping over being dumped by someone called Wayne) and the over powering heat is enough to make you undress, (if you had the unusual idea of wearing clothes in the first place � this seems against the norm). The toilets are always broken � never any loo paper if there was it would probably be Burberry print. The highlight of any evening would watching a punch up at the bus stop or going to use McDonald�s toilets because they are nearer and cleaner. I had much more fun in here when it was the Halifax building society. In addition 2 baileys and ice apparently costs �9.20 according to the child that served me, who barely looked old enough to have taken maths GCSE. Commonly known in our circle as the fat c**t and similarly behaved, tasteless, boring, full of flatulence, attracts thick tarts and needs the shit kicking out of it.

28 Feb 2005 15:45

The Junction, Harrow

A cracking pub, even for a 30 something like me - on first glance you may feel like you have accidentally stumbled in to the bar from STAR WARS. There are some sights, horrendously dressed young women with bits spilling out and piercings, who shriek at each other whilst puking up brightly coloured alcho-pops in the loos and an array of young confused people participating in party tricks (setting light to farts etc.) all this said - it is a fun pub, with a generally really good atmosphere, anyone will talk to you, especially if they want to share the red leather bed in the bar with you (might not be there now). Having moved away a year ago this is the only pub in harrow I am ever likely to visit again. It is exactly what it appears, 'a pub full of weird people '(mostly young but also 30+ No under agers at all) out for a laugh, scruffy, disorganised, manic, packed full, reasonably priced, hugely popular summer hangout for students and 'kids at heart'. open late too. but don�t go on a football day as gets packed with drunken chavs and atmosphere is v bad. shame!

28 Feb 2005 14:15