The Queen vic is a decent pub. In rottingdean at the moment the white horse is geared up more for chantelle from accounts (having had the misfortune of being there one night when the year 1 mums at a local school had their chase anything in trousers night)
The Plough has a good restaurant area so would be a more calm social event
The black horse has gone very weird with a landlord who changes his mind/personality every 5 mins and has a very cliquey clientele
So something for everyone
Black horse is/was run by a couple of (edited by hitony comment not acceptable)
regards
DR
He'd have real trouble in rottingdean if he did have a problem as 3 of the pubs there are run by gay
couples
sound's like you've got a problemWhat's your problem?
How's The Coach House these days? I used to work in there around 1985.
its a club
regards
DR
you still get told off by Dot for swearing.
love the coach house, dont really bother with any of the other rottingdean pubs.
That said...
Jim F turned the Queen Vic around and bought some life back into it, these fellas have changed it but I went down the other week, really nice cheese board and pork scratchings and harveys. the pork scratchings were in an enamel bowl and the cheese was on a piece of slate but by Brighton standards of pretension, its very low key. Man of Harveys is right, back in the day it was the old boys choice of pub in the village, and by far the quietest.
I cannot imagine for a minute, any office party in the world pitching up there.
Dot was after my time I think. It was owned by Margo Henderson and Sam Kemp and their son Chris used to work as the chef. Loved working there as a youth and Margo and Sam were two of the nicest people I've ever worked for. Hopefully going to pay my first visit for a long time over Xmas with [MENTION=19321]Pogue Mahone[/MENTION]
boxing day tug of war in rottingdean is another good christmas tradition.
TT Landlord, The Elixir Of The Ouse, draught perry for when things get stupid - a fine selection. I feel a seasonal visit coming on.
It's still slightly unsettling though: at my Rottingdean drinking peak some years back, no-one under the age of 60 would have been seen dead in there.
the local shop in league of gentlemen was based on the sweet shop next to the plough.
You can't blame the pub if they managed to turn a news story into an advert. Well done to both for managing to get their key messages across.
As i understand it, this was part of a bigger article in the trade press that the argus picked up on.
As for the coach house, I like that place too. Have had many functions, meetings etc in the upper room there. Dot is fantastic and her family certainly know their clientele.
As for craft beer someone mentioned earlier, with up to 10 ales or ciders on, some from microbreweries, the vic does a good job. The Spanish in saltdean did do craft beers after its refurb. Dont know if it still does and only went once
Does anyone know which pub Chantelle is going to be in, and does it matter I dont work in sales