OK taking wife away for 20th Wedding Anniversary to Whitstable soon - 
need to know which pubs to avoid - Whitstable being a seaside town - and 
which ones I should not walk past?

Lurch wrote:

> OK taking wife away for 20th Wedding Anniversary to Whitstable soon - 
> need to know which pubs to avoid - Whitstable being a seaside town - and 
> which ones I should not walk past?


Here's a potted pub guide from a local, namely me (look them up on 
Yell.com for map links):

Four Horseshoes - lovely little Shepherd Neame pub with friendly 
landlady (Jane), always has Masterbrew and Best, always in perfect 
condition, my favourite pub in town
Rose in Bloom - cosy pub with conservatory dining room, nice garden with 
sea views, beer passable
Jolly Sailor - rotten, keep walking
Blue Anchor - populated by customers of neighbouring caravan park in 
summer, desolate in winter, beer OK but not great
Sportsman - more of a restaurant than a pub, beer OK, food /excellent/ 
(but not cheap)
Two Brewers - horrible, keep walking - the quicker the better
Noah's Ark - keep walking, because it is now an Indian restaurant :-(
East Kent - beer quality hit and miss, atmosphere tends to be loud and 
smoky, not my favourite pub in town
Coach & Horses - nice pub if a bit dingy, beer quality varies from OK to 
very good (MasterBrew plus the seasonal Shep's beer)
Neptune - the pub on the beach, great for sitting on a picnic bench on 
the shingles and looking across to the Isle of Sheppey, but the beer is 
overpriced and usually awful (and they often run out anyway) and the 
staff are extremely rude
Ship Centurion - absolutely essential you do not walk past this one, 
landlord is mad German ex-submarine captain (though his son seems to 
have taken over day-to-day running), beer is always superb - regular 
Adnams and Black Dog mild, plus guest beers
The Wall Tavern - keep walking unless you want to watch the football 
with a bunch of loud tattooed yobs
Royal Naval Reserve - not bad but a bit strange - probably best to keep 
walking, unless you enjoy those stranger-walking-into-a-wild-west-saloon 
moments
The Smack - nice pub, beer's not great, sometimes has live folk music
Bear & Key - keep walking, because it is all boarded up :-(
Duke of Cumberland - pleasant enough, beer usually OK
Prince Albert - smashing pub, tiny and usually has a motley crowd of 
locals propping up the bar, beer always excellent, good-value 
home-cooked food
Quayside - horrible, keep walking
New Inn - charming little backstreet local, only ever has Masterbrew but 
it is /always/ in perfect condition, licensees are a lovely couple
Hotel Continental - only outlet in town for Whitstable Brewery beers, 
which are not brewed in Whitstable and are usually only available as keg 
rather than cask, and overpriced to boot, bar is usually populated by 
DFLs (down-from-London)
Waterside - upstairs bar at Whitstable sports centre, has balcony with 
sea view, beer usually not too bad but feels a lot like the bar in a 
sports centre rather than a pub
Marine - large sea front hotel with comfortable bar, beer usually OK
Royal - odd looking place, never been in there

hope that helps!

d.

"davek"  wrote in message news:3rt0mcFl50b0U1@individual.net...

> Lurch wrote:
> > OK taking wife away for 20th Wedding Anniversary to Whitstable soon -
> > need to know which pubs to avoid - Whitstable being a seaside town - and
> > which ones I should not walk past?
>
> Here's a potted pub guide from a local, namely me (look them up on
> Yell.com for map links):

Vast Snip

Hi Davec, If only we had a book with a resum of every towns pubs to that standard!!
On the other hand the publicans would shout "Slander" even when it was true. 8^)
--
Dave Croft
Warrington
England
http://community.webshots.com/user/crftdv

davek wrote:

> Lurch wrote:
>> OK taking wife away for 20th Wedding Anniversary to Whitstable soon - 
>> need to know which pubs to avoid - Whitstable being a seaside town - 
>> and which ones I should not walk past?
> 
> Here's a potted pub guide from a local, namely me (look them up on 
> Yell.com for map links):
> 
> Four Horseshoes - lovely little Shepherd Neame pub with friendly 
> landlady (Jane), always has Masterbrew and Best, always in perfect 
> condition, my favourite pub in town
> Rose in Bloom - cosy pub with conservatory dining room, nice garden with 
> sea views, beer passable
> Jolly Sailor - rotten, keep walking
> Blue Anchor - populated by customers of neighbouring caravan park in 
> summer, desolate in winter, beer OK but not great
> Sportsman - more of a restaurant than a pub, beer OK, food /excellent/ 
> (but not cheap)
> Two Brewers - horrible, keep walking - the quicker the better
> Noah's Ark - keep walking, because it is now an Indian restaurant :-(
> East Kent - beer quality hit and miss, atmosphere tends to be loud and 
> smoky, not my favourite pub in town
> Coach & Horses - nice pub if a bit dingy, beer quality varies from OK to 
> very good (MasterBrew plus the seasonal Shep's beer)
> Neptune - the pub on the beach, great for sitting on a picnic bench on 
> the shingles and looking across to the Isle of Sheppey, but the beer is 
> overpriced and usually awful (and they often run out anyway) and the 
> staff are extremely rude
> Ship Centurion - absolutely essential you do not walk past this one, 
> landlord is mad German ex-submarine captain (though his son seems to 
> have taken over day-to-day running), beer is always superb - regular 
> Adnams and Black Dog mild, plus guest beers
> The Wall Tavern - keep walking unless you want to watch the football 
> with a bunch of loud tattooed yobs
> Royal Naval Reserve - not bad but a bit strange - probably best to keep 
> walking, unless you enjoy those stranger-walking-into-a-wild-west-saloon 
> moments
> The Smack - nice pub, beer's not great, sometimes has live folk music
> Bear & Key - keep walking, because it is all boarded up :-(
> Duke of Cumberland - pleasant enough, beer usually OK
> Prince Albert - smashing pub, tiny and usually has a motley crowd of 
> locals propping up the bar, beer always excellent, good-value 
> home-cooked food
> Quayside - horrible, keep walking
> New Inn - charming little backstreet local, only ever has Masterbrew but 
> it is /always/ in perfect condition, licensees are a lovely couple
> Hotel Continental - only outlet in town for Whitstable Brewery beers, 
> which are not brewed in Whitstable and are usually only available as keg 
> rather than cask, and overpriced to boot, bar is usually populated by 
> DFLs (down-from-London)
> Waterside - upstairs bar at Whitstable sports centre, has balcony with 
> sea view, beer usually not too bad but feels a lot like the bar in a 
> sports centre rather than a pub
> Marine - large sea front hotel with comfortable bar, beer usually OK
> Royal - odd looking place, never been in there
> 
> hope that helps!
> 
> d.


That is Wonderful - Just what I wanted - the wife wants to kill you 
though!!!!

Lurch wrote:

> That is Wonderful - Just what I wanted - the wife wants to kill you 
> though!!!!


Well, hope you have fun in Whitstable - it's a lovely place, which is 
why I live here! I may go into hiding while your wife is about, though. :-)

I realised I missed one pub off the list - Pearsons, aka the Crab & 
Oyster, which is near the beach. Not a great pub, beer is patchy, but I 
did meet Ray Winstone in there once.

d.