The very worst pub in the world ever and the best Page 3

The worse pub I have ever been in was one when I was a student and it was run by this landlord who treated all the customers so badly and the prices where shocking for drinks (Bear in mind this is a student town in Devon where drinks are normally fairly affordable so Londoners may be use to these prices). Ordered a vodka and coke once and nearly choked when the barman asked for £7. Then the landlord asked us all for ID, fair enough, saying it was only because our friend looked about 12. My friend Brum said "Well, I wouldn't quite say 12...", next thing we knew this guys was going "How dare you f**king talk back to me you bitch".... We never went back until it was sold to Hungry horse and got a lovely new landlady.

Best is this gorgeous pub in Lympstone that does the best carvery ever and has this beautiful garden you can sit in during the summer, and during the winter, they have a massive coal fire and Christmas they have masses of holly and give out crackers and it's just lovely! And cheap!

Quote: Rob H @ July 14 2009, 3:20 PM BST

I'll change the subject: Where did Hancock live? Railway Cuttings, I know, but where was it...?

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East Cheam. (Which is a shit-hole by the way, despite not technically existing.)

£7 bloody hell even by London standards its ridiculous.

I KNOW!!! And I rarely ever paid for a drink at uni anyway so it was just shocking! (Because I got them free from my musician friends who got paid in booze, not because I was a bike)

Ahem might I suggest adding an "which I wasn't"
The most depressing student bar was the one at UEL, which 3-4 nights a week was either not serving booze or not admitting blokes.
On account of it being used by Women or Muslim's societies. UEL was a depressing shit hole, Luton Uni was crap but atleast people got wasted.

I was and have never been a bike. Hell, I'm not even a bell.

I spent uni ignoring all the sex, drugs, and drunken nights and spent it being creative!

Boring I am.

Quote: sootyj @ July 14 2009, 5:10 PM BST

£7 bloody hell even by London standards its ridiculous.

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That's like stupid London club prices.

I once went for drinks after a shoot for an ad or pop promo at a ridiculously priced bar and my friend and I who did the costumes kept making the guy from the record company buy us more and more drinks. Later we found out the bar bill wasn't on the record company's expenses, as we thought, but his own wallet and we felt a bit bad. But not that bad.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 14 2009, 5:21 PM BST

That's like stupid London club prices.

I once went for drinks after a shoot for an ad or pop promo at a ridiculously priced bar and my friend and I who did the costumes kept making the guy from the record company buy us more and more drinks. Later we found out the bar bill wasn't on the record company's expenses, as we thought, but his own wallet and we felt a bit bad. But not that bad.

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Women!

Quote: sootyj @ July 14 2009, 5:15 PM BST

Ahem might I suggest adding an "which I wasn't"
The most depressing student bar was the one at UEL, which 3-4 nights a week was either not serving booze or not admitting blokes.
On account of it being used by Women or Muslim's societies. UEL was a depressing shit hole, Luton Uni was crap but atleast people got wasted.

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My student union bar in my first year was great. Always open, dark, cheap and often had bands on at night. Then the uni sold off that building. The student union held a massive party on the last night and we wrecked the whole place (it was to be gutted by the new owners). There was karoake in the lecture theatres, pissed up lecturers puking in the corridors - a good night.

Quote: Marc P @ July 14 2009, 5:22 PM BST

Women!

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Oh well I did listen to his incrediable name-dropping stories all night. And made up a few of my own for my own amusement.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 14 2009, 5:21 PM BST

That's like stupid London club prices.

I once went for drinks after a shoot for an ad or pop promo at a ridiculously priced bar and my friend and I who did the costumes kept making the guy from the record company buy us more and more drinks. Later we found out the bar bill wasn't on the record company's expenses, as we thought, but his own wallet and we felt a bit bad. But not that bad.

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Best freebie I got was a bag of hair stuff after doing a hair fashion show thing. No drinks in a posh bar for me!

Quote: chipolata @ July 14 2009, 3:18 PM BST

DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT CHEAM!!!!

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East Cheam's had somee blooming dodgy residents.

Quote: Rob H @ July 14 2009, 3:20 PM BST

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>_<

(Number 23, to be precise.)

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 14 2009, 5:25 PM BST

My student union bar in my first year was great. Always open, dark, cheap and often had bands on at night. Then the uni sold off that building. The student union held a massive party on the last night and we wrecked the whole place (it was to be gutted by the new owners). There was karoake in the lecture theatres, pissed up lecturers puking in the corridors - a good night.

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I never went beyond the front door of my student union.

Quote: Tim Walker @ July 14 2009, 5:08 PM BST

East Cheam. (Which is a shit-hole by the way, despite not technically existing.)

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They reckon it's Norman Road near West Sutton Station.

Quote: Afinkawan @ July 14 2009, 9:36 AM BST

The best pub was the Old Leather Bottle in Wimbledon, back in the day. It's a bit rubbish now.

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I remenber the Leather Bottle. It wasn't bad but which day are you talking about?

Quote: Tim Walker @ July 14 2009, 12:25 PM BST

A few of the best...

The Greyhound (Pub and Hotel) - Carshalton, Surrey
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It's a bit on the expensive side - but lovely view over the pond as cars crash through the barriers.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 14 2009, 12:31 PM BST

Sorry I meant lager on draught. There's real ale and stuff and lager in bottles.

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Who wants lager on draught anyway - or bottles come to that? It just attracts the chavs.

Quote: Afinkawan @ July 14 2009, 9:36 AM BST

The worst one has probably been blanked from my memory but I have vague memories of someone putting an axe in the pool table and someone else waving a shotgun around.

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Probably the Surrey Tavern or was it St Helier Arms - before it got closed down when those bodies were found in the car boot.

Sometimes, I want to go, where everybody knows my name. And you know what? They're always glad I came. I want to be where I can see, our troubles are all the same. At the end of the day, I just want to be where everybody knows my name.

Quote: Leevil @ July 15 2009, 12:46 AM BST

Sometimes, I want to go, where everybody knows my name. And you know what? They're always glad I came. I want to be where I can see, our troubles are all the same. At the end of the day, I just want to be where everybody knows my name.

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The Blue Oyster?

Best local pub I know is the Bluebell in Yarm, about 5 minutes away from my gaff. We're always there. It's right by the river and they have barbecues in the summer. The beer garden's lovely (see pic) and there are wild rabbits everywhere. I sometimes pop up there when the sun's out with a pad and a pen and work next to the river.