Font and Firkin oh how wrong have you gone (Font and Firkin)

Member Name: greatsuper

Product:	Font and Firkin
Date:	16/11/05 (72 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Reminds us of what was once a great pub.

Disadvantages: The poor service, the queues and the chavs.

Once upon a time there was a great friendly pub called the Font in the south lanes in Brighton and from what I can tell some time about late 2003 it was either brought out or received new management, a cheap makeover and lost all its charm. It once was a place where you'd meet your mates, be able to banter with the staff and occasionally listen to some great live music (and an Elvis impersonator) all in a the great atmosphere of a beautiful listed building.

Post refit it has turned into some form of chav hangout, where the décor has lost its beauty and the live music has been replaced by a poor DJ that tries to over compensate his floors by playing his music to loud. Their aggressive new clientele seem not to mind the greatly inflated prices and rude staff but I find it an affront to the great old font. With the bath arms, black lion and so many other vastly better pubs just round the corner I can not see a reason for anyone to go there anymore.

To be fair the new font does have some good points, much like Yates, and the Standard it provides a public service by keeping the type of person who frequents these pubs off the streets and not bothering decent pub goers. If the government wants to make a success of 24 opening hours and wants to put an end to “yob” behavior they know which pubs to gas.

Summary: Poor Poor Poor