tweegy Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Currently sitting in a pub in Middlesbrough, looks crap from outside but ok in, but what is the worst pub you've ended up in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottish_chicP Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 We went through to Love Street years ago for a game and ended up in this wee pub in Paisley. There were loads of Hearts fans in and you couldn't really move so the woman led us through a door behind the bar into what I can only describe as the world's smallest function hall, with no fire exit apart from through the bar and the place was covered in photos of wolves. Worst part was the banners and balloons were still up from someone's 21st the night before. That was an experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Currently sitting in a pub in Middlesbrough, looks crap from outside but ok in, but what is the worst pub you've ended up in? Worst as in what? Decor? Staff? Beer? Atmosphere? Toilets? Just wanting to get a feel for this before I answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweegy Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 Worst as in what? Decor? Staff? Beer? Atmosphere? Toilets? Just wanting to get a feel for this before I answer The totality of all of the above morgan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 A pal and I were driving around in Europe few years ago and stopped in for lunch at a remote pub near Luxembourg City. The place was busy, but as soon as we walked in the whole pub fell silent and everybody just stared at the two strangers. We decided not to eat, but just ordered two half-litres of beer. We drank the beer quick, then went to the toilet before leaving. The toilet was appalling, just like the pub toilet in Trainspotting. I had to hold my breath to stop myself from gagging. Couldn't wait to get back to Brussels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The totality of all of the above morgan! OK. Keeping to Edinburgh then: The Penny Black. The Western bar. The Lorne bar. The International bar at Tollcross. The Lochrin Arms. Not necessarily in that order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 East End of London, near Bow Road tube station. Frequented by all sorts of East End life which, back in the early 1990s was a extremely diverse. Front bar and back bar set up. Front bar had the telly, back bar had the pool table. Watching the 1990 World Cup (an England game that went to penalties), there were only two people in the back bar, a fat male and a fat female on the pool table. They weren't using it for pool. It was once of the worst sights I've ever witnessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 In London in '81 with a mate for the Wembley game. We were wandering around somewhere central looking for a likely spot for our first couple of pints when we saw a traditional-looking pub with a very Scottish name - can't remember what it was called, but it was something like "The Edinburgh Castle" or "The Strathspey Arms" or similar. We walked in, clocking the tartan carpets, wallpaper, and trimmings, Landseers "Stag at Bay" and portraits of Walter Scott and Burns on the walls, on the way in. Also noticeable was the large range of malt whiskies behind the bar. Walked up and ordered two beers. "No Scots fans allowed...", was the response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 A loyalist huns pub in Cambuslang before the league cup final a few years back. Had no idea what it was before entering. Walked out after about 10 minutes, mid-pint. Flute bands, pictures of the queen on all the walls, "up to our knees" bunting above the bar, the lot. Vile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irufushi Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 East End of London, near Bow Road tube station. Frequented by all sorts of East End life which, back in the early 1990s was a extremely diverse. Front bar and back bar set up. Front bar had the telly, back bar had the pool table. Watching the 1990 World Cup (an England game that went to penalties), there were only two people in the back bar, a fat male and a fat female on the pool table. They weren't using it for pool. It was once of the worst sights I've ever witnessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 East End of London, near Bow Road tube station. Frequented by all sorts of East End life which, back in the early 1990s was a extremely diverse. Front bar and back bar set up. Front bar had the telly, back bar had the pool table. Watching the 1990 World Cup (an England game that went to penalties), there were only two people in the back bar, a fat male and a fat female on the pool table. They weren't using it for pool. It was once of the worst sights I've ever witnessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Treasurer Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Dalziel Arms in Motherwell certainly served the worst pint I've ever tasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) No idea what it was called but it was in Glossop, or Glossop on the High Peak to give it its Sunday name. Real Slaughteted Lamb from American Werewolf In London stuff. Edited April 27, 2017 by been here before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@VladMagic Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Ended up in a RAF pub in, I think but it was a few years ago, Kinloss near Elgin? We were up there on a fishing trip. Anyway I digress. It was a bit of a shit hole and we were camping close by. Ended up being "befriended" by some of the locals and playing pool, drinking into the early hours. The local pool champion was a girl. Well she was a big girl is a more accurate description. My mate ended up taking her back to the tent to sink the pink. He was brave but to be honest I don't think he had any choice in the matter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) A wee pub in Leeds. The second we walked in we knew we were getting ****** off. Everybody stared at the 4 strangers and when one of us ordered in a round the lassie behind the bar put her head down and muttered "you've had too much, so I can't serve you". It was our second drink of the night. One helpful local kicked the door open for us to leave with a stupid little grin on his face. Obviously the local haunt for all the social inadequates. ******* weirdos! Edited April 27, 2017 by iantjambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Berwick Jambo Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) Nothing comes close to one special boozer I lived near a good few years ago in Newlyn in Cornwall. The Swordfish Inn is by far the most frightening & unbelievable pub I have ever been in. It sits right on the harbour in the town & is a regular for trawlermen coming back from sea after many days. These guys usually walk off the boat loaded & go straight to the bar for a full on sesh. I realised straight away the landlord had no say over the place as he was so intimidated by the crazy drug fuelled deckhands everyday. Everyone would openly skin up & snort lines on the tables, ignore last orders & deliberately lock themselves in, The local police were shit scared to go anywhere near the place so these guys knew they could get away with it. The puggy was bolted to the wall & all the tables & chairs bolted to the floor to stop them being used as weapons. Even the ashtrays were screwed to the table. I saw folk go flying through the windows on to the street, a guy so off his nut he was sitting naked on the roof in the rain playing the saxophone. It was normal to go past early in the morning & find a few of them asleep on the pavement or the road as they couldn't make it any further. A few years after I left the area I saw a documentary called Britains worst boozer & guess what got a mention? 2mins into the video Edited April 27, 2017 by Ibiza Jambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenbank2 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Dublin 1988 - after we'd beaten St Pat's 2-0. Walking back to the city centre through the Northside (this was before Temple Bar etc was redeveloped - Dublin was a total dump, especially the Northside) - it was a warm summer evening.. It came on a heavy shower and we headed for the nearest hostelry. Huge long bar. Boarded up windows, no tables, only nailed down bench seats against the walls. Gantry was totally plywood. The only thing on it were 2 X 40 ouncers - 1 whisky, 1 vodka. It had 1 Guinness tap and 1 Harp Lager tap. The half dozen or say locals stared at us in silence as if we were an invading army. One of my mates asked for a Bacardi & Coke and they fell about laughing. So Guinness all round. Got chatting, couldn't have been nicer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 A lot of the proper old school dumps have gone. The Clock Inn on Dalry Road The Westward Ho in Leith The Willie Muir in Granton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...a bit disco Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 A loyalist huns pub in Cambuslang before the league cup final a few years back. Had no idea what it was before entering. Walked out after about 10 minutes, mid-pint. Flute bands, pictures of the queen on all the walls, "up to our knees" bunting above the bar, the lot. Vile. Which one was that? There's a few round there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Which one was that? There's a few round there! Couldn't tell you. Was up some side alley off the main street. Was probably more a "social club" than a proper pub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Before the ICT cup final at Easter rd ( the one we won ) went into the Albion bar , what a shit hole Pint of Guinness, served with no head on top and it looked liked a pint of black cider , didn't stop my mate drinking it tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The Raby in Byker has to be one of the worst pubs i have been in. Social misfits coming out the disgusting stained walls, blood stains on the carpet from years gone by and fat Geordie women fighting. The Clachan in Whitburn is up there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Nothing comes close to one special boozer I lived near a good few years ago in Newlyn in Cornwall. The Swordfish Inn is by far the most frightening & unbelievable pub I have ever been in. It sits right on the harbour in the town & is a regular for trawlermen coming back from sea after many days. These guys usually walk off the boat loaded & go straight to the bar for a full on sesh. I realised straight away the landlord had no say over the place as he was so intimidated by the crazy drug fuelled deckhands everyday. Everyone would openly skin up & snort lines on the tables, ignore last orders & deliberately lock themselves in, The local police were shit scared to go anywhere near the place so these guys knew they could get away with it. The puggy was bolted to the wall & all the tables & chairs bolted to the floor to stop them being used as weapons. Even the ashtrays were screwed to the table. I saw folk go flying through the windows on to the street, a guy so off his nut he was sitting naked on the roof in the rain playing the saxophone. It was normal to go past early in the morning & find a few of them asleep on the pavement or the road as they couldn't make it any further. A few years after I left the area I saw a documentary called Britains worst boozer & guess what got a mention? 2mins into the video I'd love to have a pint in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Shin Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I'd love to have a pint in there You drive and i'll buy the beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 You drive and i'll buy the beer I don't drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1874 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 London road tavern outside parkhead, a good few years back we played Rangers in semi at Parkhead got through early pub was empty apart from a tramp out of it sitting in his own piss in the corner and what looked like Rab C Nesbitt serving behind the bar. Pub soon filled up one side Hearts and other Rangers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy T Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 We went through to Love Street years ago for a game and ended up in this wee pub in Paisley. There were loads of Hearts fans in and you couldn't really move so the woman led us through a door behind the bar into what I can only describe as the world's smallest function hall, with no fire exit apart from through the bar and the place was covered in photos of wolves. Worst part was the banners and balloons were still up from someone's 21st the night before. That was an experience. That was the last game of the relegation season. We were in the very same bar. It was cheap as chips tho. But the beer was warm so we switch to shorts...iirc they were about 1.50 a go! It was miles from the ground tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff the Mince Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Pub in Sarajevo at bottom of high rise flats , In Edinburgh Tipplers and The Clock Inn (old mans local) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Berwick Jambo Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I'd love to have a pint in there You drive and i'll buy the beer I have no idea what the place is like now but i dont imagine that it has changed that much. If anyone is actually brave enough to check it out in future just avoid all eye contact and dont mention the french, spanish etc lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The Tavern in Rosewell took some beating in the shite hole stakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff the Mince Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Also some Shiite hole at the bottom of The Falls Road Belfast . Friendly barman assumed I was Celtic , couldn't exactly tell him I was Hearts . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweegy Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 The Cleveland arms in redcar is something. There's also a bar in Stirling called the claymores. Been in a couple of times as it does 35ml shorts. Police outside every weekend though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 When I first met my wife, she was working in a pup in Greenock called The Regal, across the road there was a wee pup called The Green Oak, now that was a dangerous place!!! Not only did it sell Buckfast from Optics behind the bar, if you asked they'd sell in half pints!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb102 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The Royal Nip in Easter Road. It was owned by a friend of mines Faither. I used to refer to it as The Fly Tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The Clock Inn was bad. Last time I was in there was after a game v. Celtic in the early '90's. Mate and I bumped into Bernie and Rover in Dalry Road later that evening and popped in. Didn't stay long. Mostly local Celtic fans drank there according to BB. Left before the fight that was coming our way. The Pop Inn, Portobello. It was virtually on our doorstep about 15/16 years back and went in for a late drink once. Total 5h1tehole populated by Niddrie Hibs fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 We went through to Love Street years ago for a game and ended up in this wee pub in Paisley. There were loads of Hearts fans in and you couldn't really move so the woman led us through a door behind the bar into what I can only describe as the world's smallest function hall, with no fire exit apart from through the bar and the place was covered in photos of wolves. Worst part was the banners and balloons were still up from someone's 21st the night before. That was an experience. Sounds a bit like the Alamo in Paisley which is one of my favourite away pubs because its so odd. First time we were led through to the function room there someone suggested it was Joseph Fritzels basement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Nugget Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Many years ago just round the corner from Kings Cross think it was called Flying Scotsman.Dump of a place with sawdust on the floor, unfriendly locals with some of the scariest strippers ever seen!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaths17 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) white hoose, when you get your pint from a cut out in the perspects you know its no for the faint hearted gunner good companions the good old days before wimmen were aloud in, they got worse when the ban was lifted 20 years ago these were all shitholes ferryboat is grim these days Edited April 27, 2017 by reaths17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gedster Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 A pub in Vauxhall called The Queen Anne. A London landmark owned by a well known London Gangster's sister. Before they danced the girls came round with an old Hamlet cigar tin and you were obliged to drop in a pound. My mate dropped in five 20p pieces at which point he was advised that if they didn't add up to a pound she'd stab him. That and getting searched for firearms before entering ensured we only stayed for a couple. Pub gone now.........shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The Cutter in Weymouth What a cesspit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort Vallance Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The Pilton Hilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Springfield Vaults Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH11_2NL Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The Louden tavern at Ibrokes. Bizarrely great Guinness but populated by hardcore bigots. Probably the most unhygienic place I've been for a pint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Robertson Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Albion Bar. Utter hovel! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 East End of London, near Bow Road tube station. Frequented by all sorts of East End life which, back in the early 1990s was a extremely diverse. Front bar and back bar set up. Front bar had the telly, back bar had the pool table. Watching the 1990 World Cup (an England game that went to penalties), there were only two people in the back bar, a fat male and a fat female on the pool table. They weren't using it for pool. It was once of the worst sights I've ever witnessed. How did they know who was on next? Money on the table or initials on a blackboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pans Jambo Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) The Railway tavern in the Pans would take some beating. Its awful Bar staff are disinterested Lager is crap Decor is bogging Bogs are bogging Time warp of a pub (circa 1988 feel). A known poster on here drinks there but hes not been on this thread yet so I cant name him. I would be interested in his take on the matter. Edited April 27, 2017 by Pans Jambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge of Djoum Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The Black Dog, Brixton. Canny Man's. Complete bell-ends from wall to wall. Strattties, a ****** hovel. Any chain pub, anywhere. Village Inn, down the Fort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge of Djoum Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The Cutter in Weymouth What a cesspit I recall that place. Also, some of the boozers on Union Street in Guzz were...... interesting. The Twigs, Boobs, Blondes. Great days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mir00005 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Albion Bar. Utter hovel! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk If you mean the Albion Bar in Stirling, I once ordered 2 pints of Tennants and received an odd amount of change?? Are they operating half pennies in there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaw Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Not really a 'pub'. The Doodle Bar, London (Battersea), now presumably defunct. Awful house/techno, shots and alcopops, and the big gimmick was differently-coloured marker pens everywhere which you were allowed to use to draw whatever you wanted on the walls and tables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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