davieG Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 Just in case it's anyone's match drinking hole https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/soar-point-leicester-set-reopen-3152535 Doesn't look very suitable for football crowd?
Christoph Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 10 minutes ago, Papasmurf said: Looks like hipster hell to me. To be fair it is a student pub so it isn't that surprising.
KrefelderFox666 Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 29 minutes ago, davieG said: Just in case it's anyone's match drinking hole https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/soar-point-leicester-set-reopen-3152535 Doesn't look very suitable for football crowd? It's no different than before other than having a refurb. Still the same place with the same "motto". It's a nice place, popular with students but mainly in the week. Have been many times for a nice craft beer before a match. Lots of fans go and drink there before a match I must add.
Stuntman_Mike Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 Do you need tickets to get in? It didn't really need changing seeing as they only refurbished it fairly recently. Although I'm all for promoting working space in the city, I don't think this bar is suited to it.
Voll Blau Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 Will always have a soft spot for it as it's where I saw the game that clinched us the league. Was absolute carnage in there, madder than any of the scenes that were captured by TV.
UniFox21 Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 36 minutes ago, Papasmurf said: Looks like hipster hell to me. 25 minutes ago, Christoph said: To be fair it is a student pub so it isn't that surprising. Oi, some of us are young here you old gits
Guest Papasmurf Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 14 minutes ago, UniFox21 said: Oi, some of us are young here you old gits If you are young and drinking craft beer you need to have a word with yourself.
grobyfox1990 Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 That looks awful. The place died when they stopped doing quids on Tuesdays
CollinsLCFC Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 Soar Point has been s***e since it was bought out from Scream Pubs. Expensive and the the beer is nearly always flat. Half the time it comes in generic pint glasses so any livelyness just dies out within seconds. If your paying high prices, you expect a bit of quality. A lick of paint wont improve it all that much. Can roll a turd in glitter..
UniFox21 Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 34 minutes ago, Papasmurf said: If you are young and drinking craft beer you need to have a word with yourself. Ay calm down, I can be young and appreciate a craft beer. Not every night is a smashing jaegers down night
RoboFox Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 Used to love it in there on pound a pint night when it was a Scream bar. Good times. Dickie Stearman and Jimmy Wesolowski used to swan in giving it big licks buying students rounds of shots. They were in reality probably spending about a fiver on about 20 Apple Sours. Haven't been there in a few years. Made the mistake of ordering some grub last time I went. Probably would've had a tastier, more satisfying meal chowing down some of the swamp litter from the surface of the river.
Langston Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 1 hour ago, CollinsLCFC said: Soar Point has been s***e since it was bought out from Scream Pubs. Expensive and the the beer is nearly always flat. Half the time it comes in generic pint glasses so any livelyness just dies out within seconds. If your paying high prices, you expect a bit of quality. A lick of paint wont improve it all that much. Can roll a turd in glitter.. I don't think it was bought out, Scream was a Stonegate owned chain that they decided to bin. It's never really been for me but if I'm ever going to the footy I'll nip in. Sooner booze in town mind. The Font was the biggest loss in that area. Streets ahead of Soar Point but never catered enough to students with offers.
LinekersApples Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 i had a few too many in there once and fell into the giant jenga game that was a few hours in
Bayfox Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 3 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said: That looks awful. The place died when they stopped doing quids on Tuesdays Used to love the place. £1.20 A pint And a chip sandwich before the game. We even had the gold card for a while so still got the discounted price about 10 years after any of us were still students. Not been in, in years. Last time we did the place did nothing for us and now it's as expensive as everywhere else so it's lost its usp.
SemperEadem Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 9 minutes ago, Bayfox said: Used to love the place. £1.20 A pint And a chip sandwich before the game. We even had the gold card for a while so still got the discounted price about 10 years after any of us were still students. Not been in, in years. Last time we did the place did nothing for us and now it's as expensive as everywhere else so it's lost its usp. Yeah with the previous refurb the prices shot up. Love the spot and had some good times in there but for me its lost it’s charm. Like Langston said the Font going was a big blow.
urban.spaceman Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 I’m going on opening night dressed as Paul Calf and tell everyone individually “you’ve got shit shoes on you shitty shoed bastard”.
urban.spaceman Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 Sadly none of them will get the reference and will probably just beat me up.
Stadt Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 There aren't many interesting pubs about in Leicester. There's plenty of standard pubs you could get anywhere in the country but not many with any semblance of character.
CosbehFox Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 13 minutes ago, Stadt said: There aren't many interesting pubs about in Leicester. There's plenty of standard pubs you could get anywhere in the country but not many with any semblance of character. No pissed stained carpet, smell of wet dog or extremely warm ale. (this is largely a joke but the point's valid, the traditional pub in city centre Leicester is few and far between) We've seen another place with character of a different kind (Orange Tree) get rebranded.
RoboFox Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 48 minutes ago, Lcfcwigstonblue said: It's a pony boozer Like, where everyone drinks out of troughs?
SemperEadem Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 51 minutes ago, Stadt said: There aren't many interesting pubs about in Leicester. There's plenty of standard pubs you could get anywhere in the country but not many with any semblance of character. Recently Criterion, Orange Tree and Broood going have all impacted that.
grobyfox1990 Posted 31 July 2019 Posted 31 July 2019 35 minutes ago, RoboFox said: Like, where everyone drinks out of troughs? 1 hour ago, Lcfcwigstonblue said: It's a pony boozer I am also wondering if pony means good or bad
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