Pubs & Clubs @ DrinkingRodney

So you have now sampled the music of Southend. What do you do now?... Well leave it to us!

This page will tell you the best pubs and clubs to go to in and around Southend. We have made it our duty in the name of this web site to go out and get verrry drunk for your benefit. So here it is... the ultimate guide to what we think are the best and worst pubs and clubs in and around Southend. Every month will feature two to three reviews plus you will be able to order your free Drinking Rodney Guide by just sending us a self addressed A5 stamped envolope. (This will only be available at the start of September, sorry!)

(PLEASE NOTE... Our reports tend to be mostly accurate but in some cases we have had to make up minor details and descriptions because our eyes and ears are not the most reliable tools when under the influence of the nasty liquid stuff.)

= "Very very very wrong"
="Get off me NOW!"
= "Nice and Comfey"
= "That's the spot...don't stop now"
= "Oooo yes baby!!"

THE PUBS...

The Last Post

Now we know what anyone from Southend is thinking when reading this, "Why on earth have you chosen to review a JD Wetherspoons pub first, when there are far more pubs that are unique to Southend?"
Well the answer is this... if you are are going to start any extended drinking session in Southend, this pub is a must. The reason why it is so good is not the occasional bar brawl or the tweed jacketed old crooners who never seem to leave, it is THE CHEAP DRINK dumb ass!!
Every drink in this place is affordable, you could probably go in with ten pounds and come out very very happy. I know there is no music and not much of an atmosphere but HEY WHO CARES!! I have personally had some of the best days and nights in this place. You go in sober, you come out blind and your bank balance won't kill you, need i say more?

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The Sun Rooms

That's better, a pub that can only be found in Southend! "But what type of pub is it? What can I expect to find there?" well here are your answers....
This pub could be classed as a club as well (a very very small one). The Sun Rooms is situated down a small back street off the main highstreet. This is an ideal location as it does not attract the usual Southend clientel. You would best describe this pub as European with a look to it that is remeniscent of the coffee shops of Amsterdam, (thats the ones you can smoke the green stuff in). One of the main attractions apart from the booze is the music which you can listen to while sipping your drinks. Any musical style seems to be given a slot in this place apart from Metal or anything that spawns from the metal scene. (But thats not bad unless you have sold your soul to metal and can not listen to anything else incase of spontaneous combustion)You can hear Soul, Jazz, old school rock, Drum and Bass, Hip Hop, you name it you will most likley hear it here.
The drinks are fairly pricey but thay do serve such things as Absinthe, Chilli vodka, Hoegarden and many more wierd and wounderful drinks that you will be hard pushed to find anywhere else!
This bar is a must if you are drinking in Southend. Also if you are drinking there on a Friday or Saturday they open up the upstairs which adds the spice of a cheeky little dance floor and further seating areas.

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The Pink Toothbrush (Home Of The Rodney!)

We figured that we better review this club since it is the home of The Rodney. Now lets get one thing straight, it maybe the home of The Rodney but it was no way invented by the staff there. The Rodney was invented back in 1998 by a young man named Richard Spratt, while drinking by the small bar with friends Uncle J and Spencer. Now you may be saying "what a load of beard", but with two witnesses and the bar man Andy, who still remembers who did it. I think we at Drinking Rodney could be telling the truth. Also other Brush favourites such as the Del Boy and Uncle Albert and a long line of other faviourites such as The Yoda were invented off the back of The Rodney by Uncle J. So since The Rodney is the Brushes number one selling drink followed by all of Uncle J's fine collection of cocktails, we believed that it was about time that the makers got some credit. So we salute Mr Spratt and Uncle J for making our drunk nights out a little more fun!!

Anyway enough of that, here is what the acctual club is like. Now people will try and tell you that it is one of the worst clubs you could possibly go to. WELL THEY ARE WRONG. This club may have a floor which could stick an entire elephant to it's surface, stopping it from ever returning to the wild, but I can tell you now you will grow to love the stickyness and dirt. This is the club wich everyone loves to hate.

It open's on Friday's and Saturday's and sometimes opens during the week for various live music nights. Friday's music tends to stick on the more heavier side of things, playing endless amounts of Rock and Metal anthems, from such bands as System Of a Down, Korn, Nirvana, Machine Head etc etc. Saturday's tend to lean towards the indie rock side of things playing such bands as Pulp, Oasis, (errrrrrrr) and more listenable bands such as Pixies, Gomez, and The Rejects (yes that pop punk band you also love to hate gets a slot in the DJ's goodie bag). So what night depends on what your tastes are, for the more hardcore brush go'ers both nights will do as long as there is plenty of RODNEY'S on tap!

So whatever you do at the weekend it is about time that you took a visit to the place where the Rodney was conceived, and head for a long night down The Pink Toothbrush. (And remember it's not the place that counts it's the Atmosphere... well that's what we keep telling ourselves each time we end up there!!)

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That's all for this month's Pub Club reviews, but tune in next month where we will be reviewing Chinnery's, The Alex and Sax's. Now go drink a Rodney (i don't care if it's 10.00am, DO IT!!!).