Tuesday 20 May 2008

The Fighting Cocks

Quite a punky grungy type of pub, the place where people not only have studs in their ears but in their belts and lips too. If you ask their favourite colour they always say "black", which is the wrong answer.
The place is laid out alright, there's a room off from the bar that is so small in that if you saw someone else sitting in there, you'd be uncomfortably invading their space. We sat in the main bar area.
Not sure what you call that music where heavy metal is accompanied by the sounds of a gurgling tortured man but that was on in the background.
But the weirdest thing, for just £2 you can buy a 'Bacon Vodka Shot'. Yes that's right - shaved meaty goodness mixed with alcohol. One can only assume it's some kind of sick Muslim joke.
Safe, no attitude bar. Respec.
-Alex



This place has always been intriguing to me from the looks of the outside, probably one of the few places in Kingston that dares to be different and I think its carried off quite well. The bar obviously has its regulars as when we walked in most of the barstools were occupied. After placing our usual order we found a free table by the door. The general atmosphere was fairly tame everyone there seemed to be part of a small group and kept to themselves tho things did generally pick up as the evening went on. After a minor spillage, went to ask the barman for a few paper towels to which he decided to come to that table a wipe the whole thing down instead, not bad service at all! Overall a good place even if its not quite up my street I could happily spend an evening there with a group of mates with no fuss.
-Andrew


Drinks Price
(Scrumpy Jack, JD & Coke, J2O)

Snacks

Alex's Score

Andrew's Score

Oliver's Score

£8.35

Yes

7.9

7.5

7.0




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