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Old Jan 28th 2009, 6:39 am
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I went for a few beers with a mate last night at Time Cafe, at Ramee Royal Hotel,

jesus this place is literally under the Maktoum Bridge, its RUBBISH, dead dark, 4 crap pool tables and the worst covers rock band 'White Rabbit' I've ever seen, they did appalling versions of Nickelback and Guns'n'Roses, the female singer had pjama bottoms on and they were just awful,

our waitress, a young russian lass was so miserable you could have curdled milk if I'd ordered some and the manager had a striped almost pimp like suit on,

it was rubbish, like Trillians in Newcastle but bigger and worse,

I LOVED it....heh, thats what we need, no swanky bollocks, just down and dirty crap bars,

oh and I ordered a steak and ale pie and chips and the pie was about a foot long,

awesome.
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
I went for a few beers with a mate last night at Time Cafe, at Ramee Royal Hotel,

jesus this place is literally under the Maktoum Bridge, its RUBBISH, dead dark, 4 crap pool tables and the worst covers rock band 'White Rabbit' I've ever seen, they did appalling versions of Nickelback and Guns'n'Roses, the female singer had pjama bottoms on and they were just awful,

our waitress, a young russian lass was so miserable you could have curdled milk if I'd ordered some and the manager had a striped almost pimp like suit on,

it was rubbish, like Trillians in Newcastle but bigger and worse,

I LOVED it....heh, thats what we need, no swanky bollocks, just down and dirty crap bars,

oh and I ordered a steak and ale pie and chips and the pie was about a foot long,

awesome.

simplicity is a nice thing ... isn't it

how much did it cost for a pint lol

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how much did it cost for a pint lol
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thats where the Dubai tartan army hang out..Its not a bad pub.

To be honest i prefer a boozer like that to some of the 'wine bars' that a lot of the wanabee gimps seem to frequent.
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simplicity is a nice thing ... isn't it

how much did it cost for a pint lol
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Any of you long-timers in AD remember Bugsys?
God I loved that place! Nowhere quite like it now.
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I went for a few beers with a mate last night at Time Cafe, at Ramee Royal Hotel,

jesus this place is literally under the Maktoum Bridge, its RUBBISH, dead dark, 4 crap pool tables and the worst covers rock band 'White Rabbit' I've ever seen, they did appalling versions of Nickelback and Guns'n'Roses, the female singer had pjama bottoms on and they were just awful,

our waitress, a young russian lass was so miserable you could have curdled milk if I'd ordered some and the manager had a striped almost pimp like suit on,

it was rubbish, like Trillians in Newcastle but bigger and worse,

I LOVED it....heh, thats what we need, no swanky bollocks, just down and dirty crap bars,

oh and I ordered a steak and ale pie and chips and the pie was about a foot long,

awesome.
I hear you...give me that over some poncy joint where they charge Dhs35 for a bloody pint.

The UAE needs more of these places - if only to annoy the flashy twats who are so insecure they have to flaunt everything even when they have nothing.

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Iour waitress, a young russian lass was so miserable
Did you give her "a ruddy good time" to help cheer her up?
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
I went for a few beers with a mate last night at Time Cafe, at Ramee Royal Hotel,

jesus this place is literally under the Maktoum Bridge, its RUBBISH, dead dark, 4 crap pool tables and the worst covers rock band 'White Rabbit' I've ever seen, they did appalling versions of Nickelback and Guns'n'Roses, the female singer had pjama bottoms on and they were just awful,

our waitress, a young russian lass was so miserable you could have curdled milk if I'd ordered some and the manager had a striped almost pimp like suit on,

it was rubbish, like Trillians in Newcastle but bigger and worse,

I LOVED it....heh, thats what we need, no swanky bollocks, just down and dirty crap bars,

oh and I ordered a steak and ale pie and chips and the pie was about a foot long,

awesome.
that's my local... it is a blackhole, tend to leave before the "entertainment" starts...

however it's a walk away so no cab nightmares. plus cheap beer.

I'm so classy...
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Did you give her "a ruddy good time" to help cheer her up?
If I was single I may have, miserable tart.
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that's my local... it is a blackhole, tend to leave before the "entertainment" starts...

however it's a walk away so no cab nightmares. plus cheap beer.

I'm so classy...
its great because its under a bridge, its a proper dive and I love it, just a few games of pool and a giant pie, happy days.
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I went for a few beers with a mate last night at Time Cafe, at Ramee Royal Hotel,

jesus this place is literally under the Maktoum Bridge, its RUBBISH, dead dark, 4 crap pool tables and the worst covers rock band 'White Rabbit' I've ever seen, they did appalling versions of Nickelback and Guns'n'Roses, the female singer had pjama bottoms on and they were just awful,

our waitress, a young russian lass was so miserable you could have curdled milk if I'd ordered some and the manager had a striped almost pimp like suit on,

it was rubbish, like Trillians in Newcastle but bigger and worse,

I LOVED it....heh, thats what we need, no swanky bollocks, just down and dirty crap bars,

oh and I ordered a steak and ale pie and chips and the pie was about a foot long,

awesome.
.. most likely your 'steak' was a horses knob..
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If I was single I may have, miserable tart.
lucky for her you are single. that could have pushed her over the edge!
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If I was single...
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lucky for her you are single....



O right, I see. I've been in the "single but taken" place before . Exgirlfriend wasn't too happy though when I had to tell her I was hedging my bets (she turned into a righ mentalist ).
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.. most likely your 'steak' was a horses knob..
heh heh, that did make me laugh out loud.
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