St Marks Tavern, Surbiton

I live in Surby and up until last night had never ventured into this pub.

I now know why.

Hungry and looking for somewhere to watch the footy we thought we'd give it a whirl.

The food is cheap so wasn't expecting much, but we waited 35 minutes for bangers & mash and fish & chips only to find that the bangers were still not cooked (red inside! {what WERE you doing in that kitchen if you weren't cooking?]) and the fish and chips were bland as anything. Then when we said about the uncooked snags we were told we could only have crisps as the kitchen was now closed. Nice!

Couple that with the work-shy manageress and stroppy barmaid who spent most of the night outside smoking fags leaving just one girl on - you'd have to say "pile o' shite".

Only good thing about the place is that it's got a vending maching thingy to charge your mobile so maybe worth a pint if your battery was dead and you were waiting for a life or death phonecall (although you probably wouldn't be waiting for it in this chav-den), but otherwise go to Bosco's accross the road.

10 Apr 2008 13:26

Fred's Bar and Grill, Hastings

A great place to stop for no frills food (try the rib eye!), a few drinks and a good laugh.

One of the few places on the island to serve Scrumpy too so the Dorris was happy as well.

28 Feb 2007 13:19

No.88 Bar and Grill, Kingston Upon Thames

Hello Rosq, hope you're well darl'. I think Steph went home. Simon is still about though. Last I heard he was working as a heating engineer and living at the Cocks. I've got his number, if you want it let me know [email protected]

Updating my previous comments, the place is starting to feel like the old Tup again, but Massive - �3 for a pint of Guiness?! You may as well get your staff to wear a tri-cornered hat, a mask and two flintlock postols - daylight robbery.

10 Oct 2005 11:05