The Rest is Noise pub to close

[editor]

Some anonymous internet bod comments... "Eurgh hideous, went there once and NEVER again, omg disgusting etc"

A regular patron comments... "It was an unfashionable pub that had it's faults, but generally a good place to have an enjoyable drink in unpretentious surroundings"

Which do you think is more likely to be closer to "Da Real Troof" ?

You might like like cavernous, characterless pubs with rude staff and stinky toilets, but it's clear lots of people didn't share your enthusiasm for that sort of boozer, and that's why it got such dreadful reviews.

I went there several times and it was always grim.

 

[RaverDrew]

How much is that Drew?

I'm willing to pay a premium to drink a well poured pint in decent surroundings, but do you not think it's ever so slightly taking the piss being given a can of Red Stripe in a pint glass, and then charged £4 for the pleasure by surly staff who shrug their shoulders or pretend they can't hear you over the top of the loud music when you have the cheek to complain ?

Maybe the dafter your attire and haircut the bigger a discount you get ?

 

[editor]

The staff were always friendly and chatty when I went there, so maybe the mahoosive chip on your shoulder was the problem here?

 

[paolo]

It's £3.65 for a pint of Red Stripe.

Maybe they charged you extra. What were you wearing?

 

[RaverDrew]

You might like like cavernous, characterless pubs with rude staff and stinky toilets, but it's clear lots of people didn't share your enthusiasm for that sort of boozer, and that's why it got such dreadful reviews.

I went there several times and it was always grim.

Never had any problems with the staff in there, in fact quite the opposite. A couple of them I know had been working in pubs round the area for years. A handful of snobbish reviews is par for the course with any chain pub. The toilets were often dreadful, although usually no worse than other bars in the area.

 

[RaverDrew]

It's £3.65 for a pint of Red Stripe.

Maybe they charged you extra. What were wearing.

An ironic chip on my shoulder supposedly

That is still a pretty hefty price for a standard lager btw

 

[clandestino]

I'm shocked by this too. I liked The Rest Is Noise and thought it made a decent addition to Brixton - not something you'd necessarily expect to be here or even particularly want to visit (the music on the weekends was pretty grim/deafening), but it made sense with the Academy bringing in so much transient trade. I can only imagine that it was a commercial success and would still be going if it hadn't been for the ding dong with the landlord. Just goes to show.

Oh well. Maybe the Queen's Head will benefit - anything that helps that pub get on its feet has to be a good thing, as it was pretty ropey when I went in there last. The Canterbury will probably pick up some of the pre gig crowd as well. I'm sure Brixton will be fine.

 

[paolo]

That is still a pretty hefty price for a standard lager btw

Compared with spoons yes indeed. They don't sell Red Stripe in the Beehive, but they have 5.0% Heineken at £2.65.

But that's Spoons.

Let's carry on with our tour of "most other pubs in Brixton"...

I'm in the Albert.

No Red Stripe here either, but Stella is £3.35

Clearly a pub aimed at Artfag hipsters. (As opposed to "full of old blokes, and no decent women", as claimed on some graff recently spotted on a poster in the mens )

 

[RaverDrew]

Good work Paolo try and keep going until you find us a more expensive pint of Red Stripe in Brixton

 

[paolo]

Good work Paolo try and keep going until you find us a more expensive pint of Red Stripe in Brixton

Trouble is, I couldn't find your £4 pint.

It's very heartening that they've lowered their prices. Something to applaud, clearly.

 

[killer b]

especially with the vat rise - every other pub i know of put their prices up last week.

 

[paolo]

Good work Paolo try and keep going until you find us a more expensive pint of Red Stripe in Brixton

Well that was easier than I thought. First pub I tried.

The Prince. The only 5% lager was Staro. £3.85!

Where next I wonder.

 

[paolo]

Strike Two! The Trinity: Cheapest 5% lager: £3.73!

 

[Orang Utan]

you shoud probably be charged over £4 for a can of red stripe in a pub like that, esp with all the other nice beers to choose from.
it's a tax on poor taste.

 

[RaverDrew]

Well that was easier than I thought. First pub I tried.

The Prince. The only 5% lager was Staro. £3.85!

Where next I wonder.

Staro is ALWAYS a lot more expensive than Red Stripe, you'll have to try a lot harder than that.

 

[RaverDrew]

Strike Two! The Trinity: Cheapest 5% lager: £3.73!

Another premium brand yes ?

The Trinity is a posh pub anyway, so I'm hardly surpised.

 

[killer b]

it is pretty shit lager isn't it? it tastes no better than carling, but has that exotic sheen being from reggae land gives stuff.

cf. wray & nephews

 

[editor]

Trouble is, I couldn't find your £4 pint.

I reckoned they took one look at Drew and added 35p to his pint just for the lolz.

 

[RaverDrew]

And here come the beer snobs...

 

[killer b]

as if not liking red stripe made you a beer snob.

 

[RaverDrew]

This thread is a perfect example of the gentrification of urban

 

[paolo]

Another premium brand yes ?

The Trinity is a posh pub anyway, so I'm hardly surpised.

The cheapest, at £3.73, was Stella.

Based on availability so far, it looks like your choice of Red Stripe is the most exclusive. Nowhere else has sold it other than The Rest. All the other more generic 5% lagers have been more expensive than the Rest (Albert excepted: 30p cheaper than The Rest)

 

[twistedAM]

The cheapest, at £3.73, was Stella.

Based on availability so far, it looks like your choice of Red Stripe is the most exclusive. Nowhere else has sold it other than The Rest. All the other more generic 5% lagers have been more expensive than the Rest (Albert excepted: 30p cheaper than The Rest)

£3.50 for Red Stripe in the Windmill.
Red Stripe is quite an expensive beer at wholesale prices.
And its only 4.7% though it costs more to buy than Kronenberg (5.0) and Stella (5.0 i think though it used to be 5.2).
It's a niche-marketed beer and way too sweet for me.

 

[paolo]

Strike three! White Horse, £3.70 for Kronenbourg.

So, three pubs in a row that are more expensive than the Rest.

 

[lang rabbie]

It seems odd to name your pub after a book of modern classical music criticism.

I feel that before it closes there ought to be a flashmob of musicians to perform a work of music analysed in Ross's book in the pub.

Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians?

The Sea Interludes from Britten's Peter Grimes?

John Cage's 4'33" ???

 

[lordnoise]

Wetherspoons should have taken over from the Firkin chain rather than build the new Beehive across the road. Given Spoons pricing policy an old shoe shop was never going to big enough. Thinking further they should really have saved The Railway - Brixtons original 'all comers' cheap and cheerful drinking pub - which is what The Beehive has become.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

The Beehive is nothing like the railways was

 

[editor]

The Beehive is nothing like the railways was

Yep. It's completely different. There's no live bands, no random poetry or any of the mad stuff that made the Railway a fucking incredible pub.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

the beehive is my fav pub.. great selection

best enjoyed with companythough

 

[lordnoise]

Yep. It's completely different. There's no live bands, no random poetry or any of the mad stuff that made the Railway a fucking incredible pub.

Your wrong right. The Railway under Youngs and Bradys was a music free pub and welcomed all Brixtonians who wanted a natter. It became a music pub later and got trashed by unsympathetic owners then by squatters. You cant please everyone in a pub based around music - someones always going to feel alienated. What Brixton needs is a larger version of the Beehive where people can go and talk to one another which is what The Railway was up until some point in the 90s.