The Old Comical, Sandown

I want to retract a lot of what I said in my earlier message.

I've since been back, and the juke box and live music has returned.

The only, slightly, negative thing is the type of juke box they've installed. Your tunes can be superceeded by people who put songs on after you. The order is dictated by where the tunes are on the juke box, rather than when they were put on. As a result, despite there only being 5 people in the pub, I only heard 3 of my chosen 9 songs in the 1.5 hrs I was there. I think the locals have the advantage of experience over me!

26 Jan 2007 14:26

The Old Comical, Sandown

This used to be the best pub in Sandown, until Dean & Sam took over it

One of the first things they did was rip out the juke box, which was the main source of entertainment. Also, they hardly ever have live entertainment any more, when once groups like the 'Tinlids' could be found there every other week.

Dean's concentration on food wasn't what this, once quaint, chilled, friendly and entertaining, pub needed.

The pub is now a shell of it's former self and the heart has been torn out of the place.

2 Jan 2007 20:19