Amazing review of County Oak pub in the Argus

[BNthree]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1523...hearted_and_surely_the_worst_pub_in_Brighton/

Shall we hold the NSC promotion party there??

 

[East Preston Gull]

Should this fine establishment move it's charms to Bognor, a pub of the year award would be forthcoming.

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[aolstudios]

Sounds nice

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Unusual nowadays to see any kind of non-vanilla writing in the Argus. Some student's made a name for themselves there. Fair play.

 

[5mins-from-amex]

Has been and always will be a locals pub, was my regular pub after the Snipe closed down.

 

[pishhead]

I think the pub spy articles are nasty, spiteful and vindictive. To me they serve no purpose whatsoever. For a few cheap laughs they are potentially putting people's livelihoods at risk.

 

[Silverhatch]

Used to drink in the Oak before the games in the Mullery/Div3/2/1 era. Proper estate pub that was the up market option to the Snipe on Carden Avenue.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

I HATE the idea of having some stuck up knobhead walk into a pub full of pissed up people he doesn't know with the sole intention of writing an article to get as many clicks as possible.

 

[5mins-from-amex]

I HATE the idea of having some stuck up knobhead walk into a pub full of pissed up people he doesn't know with the sole intention of writing an article to get as many clicks as possible.

And no doubt he was wearing sandals with socks.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

I think the pub spy articles are nasty, spiteful and vindictive. To me they serve no purpose whatsoever. For a few cheap laughs they are potentially putting people's livelihoods at risk.

Or it would if anyone read The Argus.....

County Oak was my local in the 90's and early 00's wasn't that bad, been a long time since I've been in there though.

 

[Albion100]

I think the pub spy articles are nasty, spiteful and vindictive. To me they serve no purpose whatsoever. For a few cheap laughs they are potentially putting people's livelihoods at risk.

I totally agree with you. Who is this idiot to decide what makes a pub good or not ? And reviews like this can really affect people's livelihoods which just isn't fair.

As for the County Oak I've had many great evenings in there and I've always found the bar staff to be very welcoming -as well as the locals. Sure the music can be loud at times and they do allow children in until 7 but if that's not your thing then don't go there but to write a review like this is just wrong.

I'm glad this fool wont be going back as I'm sure he's someone I wouldn't want to have a beer with.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I think the pub spy articles are nasty, spiteful and vindictive. To me they serve no purpose whatsoever. For a few cheap laughs they are potentially putting people's livelihoods at risk.

Doubt that anybody very much is influenced by an Argus review nowadays, either printed or online. Tripadvisor tells it like it is. Check out on there, say. Brighton's most consistently under-performing pub, The Park View...

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Resta...e_Park_View-Brighton_East_Sussex_England.html

 

[BBassic]

I think the pub spy articles are nasty, spiteful and vindictive. To me they serve no purpose whatsoever. For a few cheap laughs they are potentially putting people's livelihoods at risk.

Very much this. The whole thing reeks of the worst kind of class warfare bullshit.

 

[steward 433]

I think the pub spy articles are nasty, spiteful and vindictive. To me they serve no purpose whatsoever. For a few cheap laughs they are potentially putting people's livelihoods at risk.

Spot on, Gutteral shit from a shit rag. Only buy the Argus when it's worth keeping for Promotion etc.

 

[Blazing Apostle]

Yep used to be my local too late 80s early 90s...happy days

 

[The Spanish]

Yep used to be my local too late 80s early 90s...happy days

i would guess the Pub Spy had never even been to Brighton for more than a day trip, at that point.

 

[ThePompousPaladin]

I think the pub spy articles are nasty, spiteful and vindictive. To me they serve no purpose whatsoever. For a few cheap laughs they are potentially putting people's livelihoods at risk.

I think they're more likely to get trade after a review like that...

To be fair if you're the type that would be put off by a review like that, you're probably not the type to go into a 'local' pub anyhow.

 

[ThePompousPaladin]

i would guess the Pub Spy had never even been to Brighton for more than a day trip, at that point.

I would guess they were not even born yet...

 

[smeg]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1523...hearted_and_surely_the_worst_pub_in_Brighton/

Shall we hold the NSC promotion party there??

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

 

[Gwylan]

Check out on there, say. Brighton's most consistently under-performing pub, The Park View...

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Resta...e_Park_View-Brighton_East_Sussex_England.html

Now, there is a shockingly bad pub.

The County Oak is one of the pubs in Brighton I've not been to ... need to give it a go