Cheers! Boathouse in Christchurch can now serve alcohol without a meal (From Bournemouth Echo)

Err I've been there a few times and had a beer but nothing to eat.

Having never been, I can only assume this will mean 'offers such as buy one get one free' and young people staggering out of there at 3am after having consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol, fighting and vomiting in the street and urinating through people's letterboxes.

The conditions of the licence should have included a clause requiring the owners to pay for extra policing.

The Boathouse is really lovely place to go and enjoy a drink and a bite to eat. The staff are really friendly and the atmosphere is nothing like a pub or bar.
Hopefully the change to their license won't affect things too much as I'm sure the management won't want to attract any riff raff which would alienate their existing client base!

scrumpyjack wrote:
Err I've been there a few times and had a beer but nothing to eat.

Me too

Bournefre wrote:
Having never been, I can only assume this will mean 'offers such as buy one get one free' and young people staggering out of there at 3am after having consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol, fighting and vomiting in the street and urinating through people's letterboxes.

The conditions of the licence should have included a clause requiring the owners to pay for extra policing.

Cheapest beer £4.50 a pint.
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Wine £6 a glass.
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No, you definitely have not been there!

Bournefre wrote:
Having never been, I can only assume this will mean 'offers such as buy one get one free' and young people staggering out of there at 3am after having consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol, fighting and vomiting in the street and urinating through people's letterboxes.

The conditions of the licence should have included a clause requiring the owners to pay for extra policing.

That's a bit presumptuous that everyone else copies your nights out

twynham wrote:

Bournefre wrote:
Having never been, I can only assume this will mean 'offers such as buy one get one free' and young people staggering out of there at 3am after having consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol, fighting and vomiting in the street and urinating through people's letterboxes.

The conditions of the licence should have included a clause requiring the owners to pay for extra policing.

Cheapest beer £4.50 a pint.
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Wine £6 a glass.
.
No, you definitely have not been there!

... And now I know why I haven't been there - those cheap drink offers tend to attract a certain type of clientele.

woby_tide wrote:

Bournefre wrote:
Having never been, I can only assume this will mean 'offers such as buy one get one free' and young people staggering out of there at 3am after having consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol, fighting and vomiting in the street and urinating through people's letterboxes.

The conditions of the licence should have included a clause requiring the owners to pay for extra policing.

That's a bit presumptuous that everyone else copies your nights out

That's a bit presumptuous to assume that I actually do that and wasn't referring to what I've read in the daily Echo. I choose not to "run the gauntlet" in Bournemouth town centre where according to the comments in the Echo that is the kind of behaviour that goes on. I hear Bournemouth town centre on a Friday and Saturday night resembles a war torn nation such as Lebanon or Afghanistan, and I don't fancy having my leg blown off by an IED.

Love the site but not the high prices on most things.

s-pb2 wrote:

scrumpyjack wrote:
Err I've been there a few times and had a beer but nothing to eat.

Me too

Yep, me too...

Bournefre wrote:

woby_tide wrote:

Bournefre wrote:
Having never been, I can only assume this will mean 'offers such as buy one get one free' and young people staggering out of there at 3am after having consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol, fighting and vomiting in the street and urinating through people's letterboxes.

The conditions of the licence should have included a clause requiring the owners to pay for extra policing.

That's a bit presumptuous that everyone else copies your nights out

That's a bit presumptuous to assume that I actually do that and wasn't referring to what I've read in the daily Echo. I choose not to "run the gauntlet" in Bournemouth town centre where according to the comments in the Echo that is the kind of behaviour that goes on. I hear Bournemouth town centre on a Friday and Saturday night resembles a war torn nation such as Lebanon or Afghanistan, and I don't fancy having my leg blown off by an IED.

So you've taken something you have no actual experience of, extrapolated it, assumed it happens everywhere, then decided its likely to happen at a restaurant/cafe/bar in a residential street in a different town?y

woby_tide wrote:

Bournefre wrote:

woby_tide wrote:

Bournefre wrote:
Having never been, I can only assume this will mean 'offers such as buy one get one free' and young people staggering out of there at 3am after having consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol, fighting and vomiting in the street and urinating through people's letterboxes.

The conditions of the licence should have included a clause requiring the owners to pay for extra policing.

That's a bit presumptuous that everyone else copies your nights out

That's a bit presumptuous to assume that I actually do that and wasn't referring to what I've read in the daily Echo. I choose not to "run the gauntlet" in Bournemouth town centre where according to the comments in the Echo that is the kind of behaviour that goes on. I hear Bournemouth town centre on a Friday and Saturday night resembles a war torn nation such as Lebanon or Afghanistan, and I don't fancy having my leg blown off by an IED.

So you've taken something you have no actual experience of, extrapolated it, assumed it happens everywhere, then decided its likely to happen at a restaurant/cafe/bar in a residential street in a different town?y

Why actually go and see yourself when your sad imagination can decide what it is like for you?

So much easier to stay at home being frightend of your own shadow.

What a lot of rubbish its never been you have to eat , or is that when you used to get a mini bowl of nuts for free ,hence eating, or was this another meeting for the local councillors to clarify this, emmmmm.

scrumpyjack wrote:

woby_tide wrote:

Bournefre wrote:

woby_tide wrote:

Bournefre wrote:
Having never been, I can only assume this will mean 'offers such as buy one get one free' and young people staggering out of there at 3am after having consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol, fighting and vomiting in the street and urinating through people's letterboxes.

The conditions of the licence should have included a clause requiring the owners to pay for extra policing.

That's a bit presumptuous that everyone else copies your nights out

That's a bit presumptuous to assume that I actually do that and wasn't referring to what I've read in the daily Echo. I choose not to "run the gauntlet" in Bournemouth town centre where according to the comments in the Echo that is the kind of behaviour that goes on. I hear Bournemouth town centre on a Friday and Saturday night resembles a war torn nation such as Lebanon or Afghanistan, and I don't fancy having my leg blown off by an IED.

So you've taken something you have no actual experience of, extrapolated it, assumed it happens everywhere, then decided its likely to happen at a restaurant/cafe/bar in a residential street in a different town?y

Why actually go and see yourself when your sad imagination can decide what it is like for you?

So much easier to stay at home being frightend of your own shadow.

... So you're saying Bournemouth needs more licensed premises and "cheap" (£4.50) drinks?
I don't have to imagine it for myself when I can read echo readers' tales of "running the gauntlet" on their way to the theatre on a Saturday evening.

It isn't in Bournemouth.

It is not new.

It has a reputation of being a smart quiet place, somewhere where you could happily take your children and elderly parents for supper.

But why let any facts get in the way?

It might be "a smart quiet place, somewhere where you could happily take your children and elderly parents for supper" now, but it won't be when the place is full of stand-up drinkers trying to get as drunk as possible on £1 shots and cheap booze offers such as buy one get one free.

'Club Epic' is in Christchurch, and there always seems to be trouble outside that place. You people are no better than everybody else, you just think you are.

Bournefre wrote:
It might be "a smart quiet place, somewhere where you could happily take your children and elderly parents for supper" now, but it won't be when the place is full of stand-up drinkers trying to get as drunk as possible on £1 shots and cheap booze offers such as buy one get one free.

'Club Epic' is in Christchurch, and there always seems to be trouble outside that place. You people are no better than everybody else, you just think you are.

I'm a director at the Boathouse and I'd like to thank everyone for their support. Realistically there will be no change apart from customers can now enjoy a drink on the Quay without purchasing a meal.
And to Bournefre: You are an idiot we are nothing like club epic, we serve local lobster for lunch and dinner… we don’t allow irresponsible drinking and stay away from cheap shots!
Perhaps next time you comment on an article you should do a little research…
Jeremy Carpenter