[Drinking] What makes a GOOD pub..?

[countryman]

Decent ale with at least a couple of good guest ales.
A dart board and they don't ask for a deposit for using the darts.
A pub dog.
Beer that is £3.50 or less.
Giant jenga (I played this in a pub a couple of years ago and it was great fun).
They hold pub quizzes.
A good selection of crisps, nuts and pork scatchings.
A nice garden.
An open fire.
Friendly bar staff.
They don't accept payment by card.
There's plenty of chairs.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

A good selection of beer, and some friends. That's it really.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

There's a nice pub in / on road to Horsham, next to a garden centre?

A bit pricey compared to normal pub nosh, but food is always good. family friendly, plenty of parking too.

Hmmm Me thinks you mean the Hornbrook.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

At least one old codger who has sat in the same spot and drunk the same drink since before the current landlord.

An old fashioned till operated by someone who does all the adding up in their head, none of this touchscreen crap.

The only substantial food available is ham sandwich or cheese sandwich. You cannot get a ham and cheese sandwich without buying one of each. They are already made and sitting under a glass cloche. They are not particularly tasty but are served immediately and cost a pound.

There should be a selection of the underworld from wide boys up to proper gangsters. They will all be perfectly friendly and even buy you the odd round. One without a nose for trouble would not really notice them, except when a couple of young men in smart shoes walk in when they roll their eyes. This is shortly followed by a barmaid saying "evening officers - will you be staying for a drink?"

They serve good beer - that this may also be real ale is incidental.

Lock-ins. With smoking.

An old brass with a mouth like a sailor.

An old fashioned jukebox that broke down years ago and they had the good sense to never repair.

Outside khazis. Reasonably clean, fully functioning and draughty.

So you drink in the Stout House in Horsham too then?

 

[tinycowboy]

A trivia machine that it's pretty easy to get money out of on a regular basis to pay for the drinks.

 

[jackanada]

So you drink in the Stout House in Horsham too then?

No but I shall certainly check it out next time I pass Horsham!

 

[Zukey Seagull]

Chilli nuts

 

[Deleted member 18477]

No kids! Sat in a pub garden last night and 4 kids were literally running round the table I was seated at.

Parents not in sight, sort your fudging kids out idiots!

 

[dingodan]

As long as I am satisfied in the bum and mouth departments, I am happy.

 

[happypig]

A real fire in the winter.
Landlord wears a shirt and tie.
Decent ales AND a decent selection of wines/spirits too.
Friendly and attractive barmaids (if they can boast a decent "top set", then so much the better).
Absolutely no mobile phone coverage whatsoever.
A selection of the days newspapers.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Craft Beer Co in Brighton comes pretty close to my idea of a perfect pub. A fantastic and varied range of real ales, craft beers and lagers. Decent snacks as opposed to food. Friendly helpful staff. And a varied clientele. I have had some great nights in there with my chums.

 

[W.C.]

no ****ing dogs
no lairy 'lads'

 

[Cars]

Serves woodford reserve

 

[Leighgull]

At least one old codger who has sat in the same spot and drunk the same drink since before the current landlord.

An old fashioned till operated by someone who does all the adding up in their head, none of this touchscreen crap.

The only substantial food available is ham sandwich or cheese sandwich. You cannot get a ham and cheese sandwich without buying one of each. They are already made and sitting under a glass cloche. They are not particularly tasty but are served immediately and cost a pound.

There should be a selection of the underworld from wide boys up to proper gangsters. They will all be perfectly friendly and even buy you the odd round. One without a nose for trouble would not really notice them, except when a couple of young men in smart shoes walk in when they roll their eyes. This is shortly followed by a barmaid saying "evening officers - will you be staying for a drink?"

They serve good beer - that this may also be real ale is incidental.

Lock-ins. With smoking.

An old brass with a mouth like a sailor.

An old fashioned jukebox that broke down years ago and they had the good sense to never repair.

Outside khazis. Reasonably clean, fully functioning and draughty.

I'd be happy to give this place my custom.

Can I throw in a dusty trophy behind the bar won by the pub darts/pool/crib league in 1977 and some witty graffiti in the bogs?

 

[Questions]

Anywhere HKFC and Nibble don't go.... Moaning their f.ucking heads off.

 

[Bill Cassidy's tie up]

At least one old codger who has sat in the same spot and drunk the same drink since before the current landlord.

An old fashioned till operated by someone who does all the adding up in their head, none of this touchscreen crap.

The only substantial food available is ham sandwich or cheese sandwich. You cannot get a ham and cheese sandwich without buying one of each. They are already made and sitting under a glass cloche. They are not particularly tasty but are served immediately and cost a pound.

There should be a selection of the underworld from wide boys up to proper gangsters. They will all be perfectly friendly and even buy you the odd round. One without a nose for trouble would not really notice them, except when a couple of young men in smart shoes walk in when they roll their eyes. This is shortly followed by a barmaid saying "evening officers - will you be staying for a drink?"

They serve good beer - that this may also be real ale is incidental.

Lock-ins. With smoking.

An old brass with a mouth like a sailor.

An old fashioned jukebox that broke down years ago and they had the good sense to never repair.

Outside khazis. Reasonably clean, fully functioning and draughty.

Exactly proper pub

 

[Eeyore]

One that serves an old fashioned roast with peas and carrots, none of this articulate, designer veg.

 

[MissGull]

you can walk to it...

 

[Questions]

I would go to a pub that does food but it would never be my local. I don't blame them though because they make good money from it.

Gave up going in North Laine pre match because all the tables have 'reserved' signs on them for diners.Why be a micro brewery ?
Same has happened to most of the pubs in Shoreham, good food but if you just want a drink it's tricky.

A bit of basic nosh at lunchtime but not an evening gastro pub for me. They're restaurants.
Fullers have given most of their boozers around here over to that area now.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I would go to a pub that does food but it would never be my local. I don't blame them though because they make good money from it.

Gave up going in North Laine pre match because all the tables have 'reserved' signs on them for diners.Why be a micro brewery ?
Same has happened to most of the pubs in Shoreham, good food but if you just want a drink it's tricky.

A bit of basic nosh at lunchtime but not an evening gastro pub for me. They're restaurants.
Fullers have given most of their boozers around here over to that area now.

This is why Craft has it right in my opinion. I often need something more substantial than crisps and a scotch egg or some cheese fits the bill. If I want to have a proper meal then I go to a restaurant.