Bit of a grump about todays Bubble meet

[fildigger]

Agreed on the Stenson Bubble as being ideal in most cases !

The Cherry tree as most of us know is also a good venue, having a huge carpark, which is essentially a free for all (referring to the bigger space away from the Pubs dedicated parking area)

It also has the V Power at the Shell garage and the option of a few eatery places, Plus it is very accessible and easier to find for new members! Finally the Cherry Tree does have a childs play area with the A38/A50 being the Adults

[Bigfootgman]

could always get forestforever to stick his burger van on the gravel carpark

[gurn]

could always get forestforever to stick his burger van on the gravel carpark :thumbup:

GENUIS!!!!!!!!!!!

we can get served by MARIO!!!

[hendo]

I think he does gymcarna events on sundays. The coffee shop was spot on tbh your better off going across to there.

[whiteknuckleride]

i am certain there are other pubs that meet all of our requirements

the problem is actually being ar53d to source and organise a new venue

i think the bubble meets the majority, but not all of our requirements and if only we could be made to feel wanted and welcomed by the current management and staff then peeps would be happy

we seem to be a hindarence to them and not a monthly asset to them

more and more are talking of using the cafe across the road rather than the bubble so at what point does the bubble become a good venue simply because it has a field for us to park on!!!!!

if that is the case then is the bubble that great a venue just because of the field???........which personally i would rather park in a decent car park!!!!

i am sure the MS owners are reading the thread and taking in peoples thoughts

lets hope the bubble take on board our criticisms and meet our requirements over the next few months

i personally think a new venue could be found if the bubble do not sort themselves........it simply needs the time and effort to find one and go and speak to the staff

(something i would be happy to look into if the owners really wanted me to)

[Azz]

Once again, I have to apologise for any unhappy members, but for many years I've been sorting this out for MS and have done a hell of a lot of ground work into looking for other venues and meeting with the owners of these places. To be quite honest although a handful of people are unhappy with the service of the Bubble, quite frankly other places just don't cut the mustard and the Bubble is quite central for MS and we always get a decent turnout here.

The previous owner was always disappointed with the amount of people that actually used the pub, because the numbers of people eating were quite small compared to the number of members attending the meet and at one point it was getting to the point where it wasn't worth the hassle and extra staff for him.

Now under the new ownership we may still be ironing a few problems out and im afraid the good outweighs the bad regarding our aims of having the MS meets there. We just dont seem to be able to get the numbers of people attending anywhere else like we do at this venue. So as far as Im concered the Bubble is the place to be.

As for the discounts I will contact Connie and ask him if he will increase the membership discount to more than one person per membership card and also everyone is free to phone up and reserve a table but it was mothers day on Sunday and the tables would have been booked up well in advance.

[richard555]

well said azz, you cannot please all the people all the time

[Sheepy]

indeed.my 2 penneth

if we did find somewhere else to go and it didnt work out with attendence etc,

i very much doubt that the bubble will have us back,so leaving us without anywhere to go again

i shall leave my 2 penneth at that for a change.

[hendo]

Also agree with Azz-they let us use the electric free for the dent man and to be fair i dont eat in the pub due to service issues, my choice, but do have a drink. Other than that the venue is perfect. As for discount issues, 10% ON A £6 MEAL = 60 Pence, so aint worth the aggro asking for it.

[Scratch]

>because the numbers of people eating were quite small

Aggro of people not buying food ????

WTF

It cost me best part of £20 for 8 drinks (and one of them was blackcurrent squash as they had run out of fruit shoots for the kids.....HTF do you organise such a stock cock up on mothers day when you tables are fully booked, and there are bound to be loads of kids...smacks of incompetance to me....)

But anyway, if you consider an perhaps 30-50 people turn up at an average of £2-3 a drink, then they get £150 even if peeps only buy one drink each, chances are people will buy more than one.....

So it's hardly an effort to open a gate for over £150 extra turnover. As parking isn't normal in the field so that's the only effort required, surely opening the gate. When we go we usually eat, but that was several landlords worth ago before the scoob spent 2 years off the road. This was only my second meet back in the saddle, and the last was at Larch Farm.

I'm sure people would give some genuine indication of the likelyhood of them eating if the Landlord wants some indication so as to know if he needs extra staff or not ???? Thus then surely everyone is happy, landlord makes more moeny, and doesn't push up his costs unnecessarily ??? Just a though.

I simply don't get it, the country is going down the toilet, you'd think people would be desperate to just give the smidge of extra effort to attract custom, but it would seem not. I guess common sense really is dead (see Marv's post )

[fildigger]

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[initial_g]

I must admit being my local its brill for the meets but the foods not great and the staff are igronant at the best of times.... When i go a walk down with wifey we go to the cafe its spot on nice family owned joint... How about the ankor at oakerthorp good location massive car park (pleanty of car meets and bike meets there) theres another pub up the road thats equally as good and the foods great.

[Andy]

I must admit being my local its brill for the meets but the foods not great and the staff are igronant at the best of times.... When i go a walk down with wifey we go to the cafe its spot on nice family owned joint... How about the ankor at oakerthorp good location massive car park (pleanty of car meets and bike meets there) theres another pub up the road thats equally as good and the foods great.

Appreciate the suggestions and both the Anchor and I think its the Peacock your refering to are to far north to make realistic options.

[initial_g]

Yep the ancher thats the one tbf it not as far as the old meet larch farm was it? Il get my thinking cap on if we are to move

[scoobyboothy]

http://www.nottspubs.co.uk/index.asp

would this be of help to anyone

[Sam widges]

if i where u lot id stay well clear off the bubble the new owners a cock and a con man no pun intended the last owner was more accomadating food was excellent and he never made any suggestions that there was never enough people eating compared to peeps turning up just my honest opinion

[fildigger]

Welcome to the Mids Scoobs Sam ...

....not the normal way to introduce ones self ....but 10 outa 10 for getting stuck-in with a rant !

[whiteknuckleride]

if i where u lot id stay well clear off the bubble the new owners a cock and a con man no pun intended the last owner was more accomadating food was excellent and he never made any suggestions that there was never enough people eating compared to peeps turning up just my honest opinion

we don't use the bubble for our monthly meets anymore

we use the clock warehouse at shardlow on the first sunday of every month

[wrx gaz.]

i no of 2 pubs. in the eastwood area. about 5 mins from junction 26 of the M1. the first 1 has hard standing car park that has around upto 40 plus spaces great food and no boocking req for food its pub grub! just turn up and order and wait not much for kids to do tho here tbo. the other has a great big green field that is much bigger than the bubble! they do carverys on sundays but you have to book!! theres a park for the kids here and ive always enjoyed there food. if the mods want me to go and have a chat i will.

[scatty]

The Clocks just fine at the moment gaz. nice healthy discount and pretty central for everyone.....