Roughest pub you've ever been in??

[Captain Turdseye]

There's a new Lidl opening near ours tomorrow. I had no interest in even visiting it until this beer was mentioned on here. It better not disappoint.

Turns out I got the date wrong and it opened yesterday. Just sat in the traffic and battled my way through the crowds only to find they don’t have it. Bastards.

[Josef Svejk]

Paradise bar "and pokies"? Say what?

[razor]

What are you doing driving through Otara anyway?

 

I lived in the directly adjacent suburb for 5 years and wherever I was going, always managed to find an alternative route. Fuck that.

 

Hudu's local.  I knew it.

 

(I had to drive through to Middlemore.  Were you in Papatoetoe or Flat Bush?)

 

Josef, "pokies" means bandits.  Fruit machines.

[Mook]

This one is called the Artful Dodger, it's in Sighthill, Edinburgh - which as you've probably guessed, is a shithole.

 

[Bjornebye]

This one is called the Artful Dodger, it's in Sighthill, Edinburgh - which as you've probably guessed, is a shithole.

 

You sure thats not on Chatsworth Estate?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Looks like a quaint watering hole. Are teeth optional?

[Mook]

Looks like a quaint watering hole. Are teeth optional?

 

Not sure about teeth but it's a cracking place to go if you want to glass somebody & get away with it.

 

https://www.scotsman.com/news/artful-dodger-pub-banned-over-failure-to-report-glassing-1-2663826

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Not sure about teeth but it's a cracking place to go if you want to glass somebody & get away with it.

 

https://www.scotsman.com/news/artful-dodger-pub-banned-over-failure-to-report-glassing-1-2663826

Delightful. Snitches sometimes don't get stitches then.

[Harry Squatter]

Looks like a drop in centre for heroin addicts.

[General Dryness]

This one is called the Artful Dodger, it's in Sighthill, Edinburgh - which as you've probably guessed, is a shithole.

 

As a rule of thumb, any area of Edinburgh mentioned in an Irvine Welsh novel is generally a shithole.

[Harry Squatter]

 

 

Barmaids beating up the customers in the Legion.

[stringvest]

that was strangely erotic...

[Bjornebye]

2 hours ago, Doctor Troy said:

 

 

Barmaids beating up the customers in the Legion.

He did well not to drop her 

[General Dryness]

On 10/28/2017 at 8:55 AM, razor said:

 

Hudu's local.  I knew it.

 

(I had to drive through to Middlemore.  Were you in Papatoetoe or Flat Bush?)

 

Josef, "pokies" means bandits.  Fruit machines.

Just noticed this reply. I was in Dannemora. Always found it ironic that you had to drive through Otara to get to the hospital. Prescient city planning, that one.

[Dave D]

2 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

He did well not to drop her 

Im going to offer to train him for the re-match.

 

  

[Chip Butty]

You have to admire the way people let it roll for a bit. 

[aRdja]

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/haymarket-institution-diane-s-pool-hall-closes-its-doors-1-4604577

 

Did a weekend trip to Edinburgh with Mrs ArDjess a couple of years back. Stayed at the Leonardo hotel in Haymarket, we played Watford on the Sunday and this place was just across the road from us. We went in, it felt real local... I was the only non white person in there and everyone was older than us by at least 15-20 years. We won 6-1. A few high fives with the resident Liverpool supporters, we ended up sat with them. One of the older ladies as she got up on her way to her bar, looked at me lovingly and stroked by hair like she would a kid.. My missus found it hilarious (I was 31 then). The conversation then evolved to Brexit.. one of the guys was an ardent brexiteer, and wanted it to keep the immigrants out. Made it feel a bit awks for me, but by then it was already late and I had a train to catch. 

 

You been here @Mook?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

What was rough about it?

 

And “ awks “

[Bjornebye]

14 hours ago, Chip Butty said:

You have to admire the way people let it roll for a bit. 

Will have quickly got to a point where him cracking her would have been acceptable to everyone in there. Then the fella realises the other fella isn't going to retaliate so its just arl arse watching him get hit. 

[Anny Road]

He would have been perfectly within his rights to slap the face off her.

[Mook]

7 hours ago, aRdja said:

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/haymarket-institution-diane-s-pool-hall-closes-its-doors-1-4604577

 

Did a weekend trip to Edinburgh with Mrs ArDjess a couple of years back. Stayed at the Leonardo hotel in Haymarket, we played Watford on the Sunday and this place was just across the road from us. We went in, it felt real local... I was the only non white person in there and everyone was older than us by at least 15-20 years. We won 6-1. A few high fives with the resident Liverpool supporters, we ended up sat with them. One of the older ladies as she got up on her way to her bar, looked at me lovingly and stroked by hair like she would a kid.. My missus found it hilarious (I was 31 then). The conversation then evolved to Brexit.. one of the guys was an ardent brexiteer, and wanted it to keep the immigrants out. Made it feel a bit awks for me, but by then it was already late and I had a train to catch. 

 

You been here @Mook?

I was barred from Diane's, I told Diane to fuck off when I was about 20 & a bit of a fanny & never went back. It was a good place though, definitely a bit lively at times. An Edinburgh institution.

 

Unfortunately it shut down about 18 months back & has been turned into the worst plastic paddy shithole known to man.

 

If you make it up again before you head home, give us a shout.

[aRdja]

2 minutes ago, Mook said:

I was barred from Diane's, I told Diane to fuck off when I was about 20 & a bit of a fanny & never went back. It was a good place though, definitely a bit lively at times. An Edinburgh institution.

 

Unfortunately it shut down about 18 months back & has been turned into the worst plastic paddy shithole known to man.

 

If you make it up again before you head home, give us a shout.

Will do mate. I loved it there. The town is very picturesque. We went out to this nice restaurant called Scran & Scallie and had probably one of the best meals I’ve had in the UK there. Went back last year and took my parents who were visiting. Did a bit of a drive up the highlands to Glen Coe. Amazeballs. 

[Tony Moanero]

20 hours ago, aRdja said:

We went out to this nice restaurant called Scran & Scallie and had probably one of the best meals I’ve had in the UK there. 

What did you have?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

3 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

What did you have?

Can’t have been a breakfast as we would have seen the photo by now.

[aRdja]

4 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

What did you have?

I had the steak pie, my dad got the steak.