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Permalink Reply by SARAH BATTY-SMITH on February 5, 2014 at 23:09

Roland, I have been tardy at looking at this and fear that it is now too late to object. I think tomorrow Thursday 6th February 2014 is the last day, I could be wrong though. I am sure the pub is listed so how can it be allowed to have these changes? Surely the glass frame outside falls within that too. Shouldn't the CoL be saying that the glass screen is not within the grade 2 listing? Does it go through if no one protests at the pubs proposals?

Inside now is a dot matrix menu board that looks soooo tacky. I marvel at its ugliness every time I walk past.

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Permalink Reply by Simon Brauner-Cave on February 24, 2014 at 19:15

Does anyone know anything more about the pro posed changes? What do people think?

Personally, I think the pub has improved no end under the new management - I can eat good food now at my local - frito misto! Lobster! Parma ham... I am really interested to know what we all feel.

Simon

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Permalink Reply by Simon Brauner-Cave on February 26, 2014 at 20:45

Christine, yeah definitely good on the right occasion. They are Anglo-Italian and the mother, when about, used to cook with Delia! It is not fine dining - it is a pub - but pizza is better and cheaper than can be had locally, pasta is reliable and they sometimes make soca and sgabei. As pubs go this is okay. Before it was all beer and crisps and, frankly, urine!

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Permalink Reply by james kelly on April 24, 2014 at 20:48

Simon, I agree with your description of the Shakespeare. They are a nice family. The staff are friendly and courteous when they serve you good food  from a good varied menu, with a decent selection of wines, spirits and beer at a reasonable price, that doesn't leave you feeling you have been mugged for the sake of pomposity.It is a pub, it is not pretending to be fine dinning, it is a business that that has to work around different customers at different times of the day, such is the nature of its city location. It will not be to everyone's taste, but nothing ever is. My own idea of a nice evening (fine dinning?) is the above, in  the company of good friends - family or something with a romantic attachment,as opposed to , is my knife the proper distance from the fork, or whether the toilet seat is from the wrong era, garnished with conversation you have no interest in. I find theses tedious attacks on the Shakespeare distasteful and unnecessary. For those people who are averse to dot matrix boards avoid that stunning iconic building THE ROYAL  COURTS OF JUSTICE  as it has a dot matrix board just inside the main doors, you don't even have go press your nose against the glass it can be seen from the upstairs of a passing bus.   

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Permalink Reply by Maria Elizabeth Prior on April 25, 2014 at 23:28

James, you have lots of good points.  At least the Shakespeare is having a makeover, unlike Crescent House, for example, with its paint flaking everywhere, poor repair jobs, like the ones Nathan showed on another post, and rubbish being allowed to sit on the landing for long periods, and so it goes on. 

james kelly said:

Simon, I agree with your description of the Shakespeare. They are a nice family. The staff are friendly and courteous when they serve you good food  from a good varied menu, with a decent selection of wines, spirits and beer at a reasonable price, that doesn't leave you feeling you have been mugged for the sake of pomposity.It is a pub, it is not pretending to be fine dinning, it is a business that that has to work around different customers at different times of the day, such is the nature of its city location. It will not be to everyone's taste, but nothing ever is. My own idea of a nice evening (fine dinning?) is the above, in  the company of good friends - family or something with a romantic attachment,as opposed to , is my knife the proper distance from the fork, or whether the toilet seat is from the wrong era, garnished with conversation you have no interest in. I find theses tedious attacks on the Shakespeare distasteful and unnecessary. For those people who are averse to dot matrix boards avoid that stunning iconic building THE ROYAL  COURTS OF JUSTICE  as it has a dot matrix board just inside the main doors, you don't even have go press your nose against the glass it can be seen from the upstairs of a passing bus.   

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