Amazing review of County Oak pub in the Argus

[aolstudios]

Drunk there a fair bit in 1994/5, friendly enough actually but like a few people have said, old school working class boozer.

Exactly what the reviewer finds so shocking. ****er

 

[pearl]

Drunk there a fair bit in 1994/5, friendly enough actually but like a few people have said, old school working class boozer.

 

[pauli cee]

Drank in there a fair few times over the last few years when I worked over that way, always found it friendly enough, and very amiable, although I am a working class scumbag

 

[smeg]

HaHa, yeah the grammar mistake is actually true, nobody was ever sober there.

 

[whitelion]

First date with a local girl in the early seventies was my only visit to the place.

 

[albion534]

The pub spy is a massive prick who loves to destroy pubs and bars.
He's obviously someone who was bullied and see's himself as some sort of important figure


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[Boroseagull]

Oh shock and horror! It must have changed dramatically since I used to sneak in there as an underage [15 year old] in the very early 60's. I seemed to think it was the upmarket option of either The Snipe or The Wilmington. In those days they had this old pot man, Chip [never knew his real name, but someone on NSC will] who used to wander around the bar wearing his little white jacket emptying tables. Even when old enough to sup ale legally in late teens it was till a respectable place to be seen, and was just a long enough walk home to Greenfield Cres. to sober up [slightly]. How things change.

 

[Postman Pat]

The pub has been a mess ever since Jim and Geraldine left, it had a parade of awful managers and has been dead on the rare occasion I've been in there since.

I'm sure the landlord will see that review and act accordingly if anything is not true on there.

I can't see that review doing the pub harm, the 'regulars' won't care and I can't see many people making a special journey to visit given its location. The locals will be well aware of the pub.

 

[wellquickwoody]

The pub spy is a massive prick who loves to destroy pubs and bars.
He's obviously someone who was bullied and see's himself as some sort of important figure


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Having read other reviews on Brighton pubs by him/her I have to disagree. The Sussex, Druids (Ditchling Road) and even the bar on the pier do OK. Went in the County Oak years ago, luckily I do not think I will need to in the future.

 

[joeinbrighton]

I enjoy the Pub Spy articles. I think they have been a good addition to the Argus, probably about the thing most worth reading in it.

I don't think the articles are spiteful at all. I think they are witty, good humoured and make some good observations about the clientele that frequent those joints.

The Pub Spy probably has particular types of pub that they are more partial to, but they seem pretty fair. They gave a surprisingly positive review of the Mitre Tavern only a few weeks ago.

 

[Leighgull]

That journo omitted to mention that the quality of the bugle sold in there is poor too. It's 90% talc.

 

[Weatherman]

Went there on a Sunday lunchtime a few weeks ago and it was fine. It was my local in seventies and early eighties and i played for the dart team. As people have said it was the upmarket pub in the area before the Wilmington was tarted up and before the Snipe closed.Shame there aren't more locals like this left in Brighton.

 

[The Spanish]

Viz retweeting this now, looks like it's going a bit viral ish

 

[Gwylan]

They gave a surprisingly positive review of the Mitre Tavern only a few weeks ago.

Why surprising? The Mitre is a superb boozer, probably my favourite in Brighton

 

[Pevenseagull]

Why surprising? The Mitre is a superb boozer, probably my favourite in Brighton

100%. A cracking proper pub.

A top 5 Brighton and Hove boozer.

 

[The Clamp]

Cannot comment on the pub, never been in that I recall but the article is unfunny and poorly written. It reads like a 6 th former's attempt at adult humour. Piss poor.

 

[Braggfan]

What you need to remind yourself when you read that review is, how many other Pub Spy reviews have you read that are particularly nasty or incredibly judgemental about a pub that you thought was actually alright. Personally I think you could say that about pretty much all of the Pub Spy reviews.

I drink in the County Oak and I’ve never felt intimidated or that it was close to breaking out into violence, let alone actually see a fight. In fact in the last year since I’ve been drinking there, I’ve been made to feel very welcome by the staff and other locals.

What the article doesn’t say is that the County Oak is a big darts pub that supports our local leagues and does a lot to keep it going in Brighton. Darts might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it is a community within the city that draws people from all walks of life. Just because the community it serves aren’t residents getting together to fight parking issues or communal bins on their Hanover streets doesn’t mean it’s like “Shameless”.

The image they portray in that review is very far from the truth in my opinion. To say the pub is intimidating and unwelcoming makes me think the journalist had decided that before they went in and was always going to write a negative review.

 

[Taybha]

What a cock , stick to wine bars you great big fannychopped goon .

 

[The Clamp]

Articles like this actually do damage to the pub trade. The propogation of the idea that if your pub doesn't serve obscure ales alongside chef designed cuisine consisting mainly of ridiculous versions of a hamburger and the whole place hasn't been made over in a rustic stylee with expose pipework, amusing chalkboards and tall tables with stools made from the rusted bulkhead of a pre industrial revolution tractor then it should change or close rather than continue to serve the people that like it how it is. This is one of the reasons pubs are closing or turning into wankery gastro pubs with ****ing candy-floss machines and serving salted caramel popcorn as a ****ing bar snack.
If it's Cloppers Clanger ale or a gluten free pulled pork fusion burger served in a clog you want, take a stroll throughout Brighton from Church Rd to Trafalgar St, you can sample more than 30 pubs exactly like that. Why go completely out of your way to visit a down to earth community pub you know you're going to hate just so you can write that you hate it. That pubs not for you and more importantly, it doesn't pretend to be. Take it or leave it. Wanker.

 

[Mr deez]

You either do reviews or you don't, can't sugar coat an abysmal visit. I doubt the puke incident and pissed up staff statements are made up, so surely a fair review?