Browns Cafe Bar, Coventry

Browns is definitely a place I would not want to visit again. First of all the ridiculous door policy!!!!!! Having arranged to meet up with a couple of friends from work in the latter part of the afternoon I entered the establishment. Upon greeting my friends I decide to approach the bar and order a drink�Unfortunately I was intercepted by one of the bouncers who inform me that I may not be able to get served at the bar. How kind of him to tell me that. Well needless to say I am escorted out of the building. As I walk 10 meters or so down the road, the bouncer runs up towards me and says it was a mistake. I wonder �a mistake? As I walk back to meet my friends I see the woman with big hair having a chat with my friends, apparently she is apologising to them. Shouldn�t she have been apologising to me?

Well not that I�m the only one who has been refused entry, some of my friends and acquaintances are apparently not worthy of entry into Browns either. Being a lecturer I really don�t think I am going to cause a disturbance in there! The same is true for my colleagues who work in the NHS and also in schools (also refused entry). It is a shame that they are discriminatory. Though I can�t understand how they can turn people away who are dressed sensibly when the caf� bar is filled up with 5 other customers. The sooner the management is replaced the better. I agree with earlier comments with regards to Browns giving a bad impression of Coventry to both tourists and those who live in the area. It is really a shame that Browns can refuses entry to people looking to sample some pub grub in the afternoon!

Just stay away from it. There are plenty of alternatives around. There is one positive element of Browns�����. If you do need to catch a bus from the bus stop outside at night, you should be able to do so in safety as it is in public view.

4 Jul 2005 11:55