The Bell

The bell is not a pub in the traditional sense but quite bar like similar to the oneils or yates wine lodge of a kind but i cant put my finger on which chain owns this venue a there is only an oneils down the road. The place has a red glowing neon sign […]

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Garibaldi

Or should that be “Going-Baldy”, at this place you get the balding men with the piercing eyes as you enter and collect you overly expensive pint. You sniffle in the corner under the watchful eyes and they hurt you with there gaze at every sip, that’s before you notice that the pile of dog-hair on […]

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Hogs Head - the blacksmiths arms

IS it just me or is this chain exactly the same country-wide?? The place is very wooden and lively even early in the evening but its full of teenage mothers, sleazy 30-something-men and expensive drink. At about £2.80 a pint these feel more like London prices than St. Albans. Even […]

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The Waterend Barn (Lloyds Bar)

Opened February 2005 this place is an old historical building that was purchased by the Wetherspoons group and established as a quality Bar and Restaurant. The Pub has tables outside dimly lit in green and inside is a big hall of excited youthful crowds that are packing into the bar for […]

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The Cross Keys(Wetherspoons)
An over-sized Wetherspoons with long waiting times at the bar and bar staff that will gladly spill a pint or two upon you while you sit and chat with friends. Its been some time since i actually went to this pub and i hope its lots some of its rowdy charm and blatant […]

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Batchwood Hall

This club-in-a-mansion-in-the-middle-of-nowhere sounds exotic and it is. The music is commercial and RnB like with a fairly cheap entrance- at about £5 and cloakroom.  The entrance winds round to the right onto the first Bar (where bottles and beer are overpriced) and to the right again is a veranda where a BBQ occurs of […]

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O’Neill’s

Formerly The Philanthropist & Firkin and formerly to that the public library, and for this reason it is a pretty badly laid out O’neills if ever i did see one. I have been to far better. They have bright lights and lots of novelty characters on the walls. The seating isn’t fantastic but its […]

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Pitcher and Piano ex. Casa Bar
 
This place gets way too packed too quickly especially on a Friday and Saturday night. It takes ages to get served and the drinks are particularly well priced for an out-of-London bar. The crowd is not friendly either and there is sometimes jazz playing live at the back- so that’s […]

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