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Brighton's WORST PUB World Cup - nominations







Machiavelli

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Oct 11, 2013
16,699
Fiveways
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Oh I don't know. The prices are no worse than its neighbours, and the bar staff are pretty decent and courteous. The Open House of three years ago - I'd agree.

However, if it's rude bar staff you're after - nowhere tops The Great Eastern. Surly, non-engaging, miserable and rude. I think that's covered those bases.

Oh, The Large One, well I suppose you did alert us. The Great Eastern is a delight, with lovely bar staff and provides a suitably dingy experience on a Friday night, with those brilliant DJs playing dirty soul and blues.
 


Guinness Boy

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Jul 23, 2003
34,316
Up and Coming Sunny Portslade
I drank in some absolute dives in my youth, some mentioned already, some long gone. The Branch and The Bat and Ball were on one of our regular pub crawl routes. I also drank irregularly in The Bevendean, The Gardners in Portslade and The Stanley before the Real Ale came in when it was run by Rick and Mandy. I would happily drink in any of these again rather than set foot in Yates's in West St. So can I have that please?
 




keaton

Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
Nov 18, 2004
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Oh I don't know. The prices are no worse than its neighbours, and the bar staff are pretty decent and courteous. The Open House of three years ago - I'd agree.

However, if it's rude bar staff you're after - nowhere tops The Great Eastern. Surly, non-engaging, miserable and rude. I think that's covered those bases.

If you're going to allow nominations for the Basketmakers and Great Eastern but discount The Open House then this poll means nothing
 








spring hall convert

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Nov 3, 2009
9,608
Brighton
Did the King and Queen get seconded?

Dreadful place. I had a burger in there whilst watching the Test Match last summer. Worst burger I've ever had, the place stank, the staff were rude and the alcohol selection really poor. I plumped for a Guiness and spent the next hour regretting not having a water.
 








Uncle Buck

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Jul 7, 2003
28,071

I quite like the William IV.

Simply for the incident when they tried to throw about 20 of us out, post Komedia, the Laird insisted on seeing the licensee to find out what we had done wrong.

He was told she was asleep, to which the answer was do not care, get her down here. 5 minutes later a half asleep landlady in her pyjama's appears to get a verbal volley for about 20 minutes from the Laird.
 






Guinness Boy

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Jul 23, 2003
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I quite like the William IV.

Simply for the incident when they tried to throw about 20 of us out, post Komedia, the Laird insisted on seeing the licensee to find out what we had done wrong.

He was told she was asleep, to which the answer was do not care, get her down here. 5 minutes later a half asleep landlady in her pyjama's appears to get a verbal volley for about 20 minutes from the Laird.

:lolol: The fact that you're not all BANNED* after this tells you all you need to know about the place. I used it as an emergency bolt hole if being pursued by a munter.

*of course you could all be banned.

On a different note has anyone ever had a pint in the boozer opposite the Magistrates' Court? I always imagined it to be a ghastly spit and lino palace serving Carlsberg to teenage car thieves and Jameson's to bent coppers. Never been in though.
 


Butch Willykins

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Jun 17, 2011
2,533
Shoreham-by-Sea
I drank in some absolute dives in my youth, some mentioned already, some long gone. The Branch and The Bat and Ball were on one of our regular pub crawl routes. I also drank irregularly in The Bevendean, The Gardners in Portslade and The Stanley before the Real Ale came in when it was run by Rick and Mandy. I would happily drink in any of these again rather than set foot in Yates's in West St. So can I have that please?

I'll second Yates Wine Lodge (WTF is a wine lodge anyway?)

Can I chuck 'Slug and Lettuce' George Street and 'Pitcher & Piano' into the mix.
 




papajaff

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Aug 7, 2005
3,978
Brighton
The Evening Star, bar staff serving their mates before the people that have been waiting at the bar.

Nope sorry, that does not happen. Drink in there regularly and never seen that. And I'm not their mate.
 




Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,238
Surrey
Looking forward to the pics of [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] and [MENTION=249]edna krabappel[/MENTION] giving out the trophy for this one.
 










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