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[Albion] Catering
- Thread starter Guinness Boy
- Start date
I walked into what I'll very loosely and briefly describe as a "work night out" the other day wearing a Brighton shirt (one of the retro British Caledonian shirts - I don't have the waistline to carry off a striped shirt
) and promptly got buttonholed by a Chelsea fan who RAVED about how our pies are the best in the country.He later broke somebody from my office's thumb throwing a netball at him. Seemed a nice lad.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,232
For what it's worth, I thought the kids in the NS kiosks did ok yesterday. Seemed far more switched on than in previous early season matches 
METALMICKY
Well-known member
- Jan 30, 2004
- 6,774
Since we've been at the Amex the only thing that's been consistently palatable have been the pies. The only negative is trying to eat them without a mess and/or burning your mouth. At a push the giant sausage roll is OK if a little dry and needing of a dollop of sauce.
Burgers are awful. Tasteless dry pap and on more than one occasion I've had to get it changed as barely luke warm.
Burgers are awful. Tasteless dry pap and on more than one occasion I've had to get it changed as barely luke warm.
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
Can't understand why the East End Upper bars were closed post-match. Stupid decision, forces everyone who wants to stay behind into a packed North.
brighton_tom
Well-known member
- Jul 23, 2008
- 5,507
Yep, that was shambles yesterday. All bars in the east upper closed at full time so went down to the north. Massive queues that seemed not to be moving. When we FINALLY got to the front we saw that they didnt have enough staff for the tills that were open, one guy was jumping between two tills trying to serve two queues. Surely you just close a till rather than running back and forth? And out of the 3 beer pumps only one was being used meaning the wait for beer to be poured was a snails pace. I dont expect the people employed at the bars to be super experienced so I wont blame them, but the stocks levels, productivity of the beer pumps, and the general organisation of it all is just non league standard.
Billy Seagull
Bookie Basher
- Jul 5, 2003
- 1,445
The WSU screens stated they would stay open until 16:00. Bars then shut at 14:55 & we got shunted out soon after 
It was pissing down again by then so just went straight to the trains as there was no queue.
It makes absolutely no sense at all to close the bars so early on afternoon kick offs, it just pisses people off, even when we’ve had a great win.
It was pissing down again by then so just went straight to the trains as there was no queue.It makes absolutely no sense at all to close the bars so early on afternoon kick offs, it just pisses people off, even when we’ve had a great win.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,232
That kiosk-running franchise needs a severe rocket up its arse from PBOBE. His 'customers' deserve far better
Sussexscots
3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 3, 3, 3, 3 ,3 ,3 3 coach chuggers
Gave up on the catering last season.
Quite like the pies but nothing else. Certainly not enough to persuade me to stand in a long queue and pay the prices for what's on offer.
Quite like the pies but nothing else. Certainly not enough to persuade me to stand in a long queue and pay the prices for what's on offer.
Paranoid Android
Active member
- Mar 4, 2023
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Well if Bombay Potato pie doesn't appeal then I don't know what more the vegan pie can do for you to be honest. I've found the difference with the vegan pies is they actually put effort into seasoning them instead of just letting meat do the legwork, give it a go next time you might be surprisedUm, I'm admittedly no expert in these matters, but strongly suspect a vegan pie is not solely defined by the ingredients used in its pastry
Motogull
Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
- 10,429
They do one with no fee. I'm tempted, just to use at the stadium.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Striped shirts are slimming shirley? it's the hooped shirts that enlarge one's girth.I walked into what I'll very loosely and briefly describe as a "work night out" the other day wearing a Brighton shirt (one of the retro British Caledonian shirts - I don't have the waistline to carry off a striped shirt
He later broke somebody from my office's thumb throwing a netball at him. Seemed a nice lad.
I'd hate to be a QPR fan!
I've seen enough people wearing striped Brighton shirts over the years to have severe doubts about this.
If they do then some of those people must have been dropped into their seats by a forklift while I wasn't looking.
Jimmy Come Lately
Registered Loser
Stayed at my seat to clap the team off (obviously a mistake) then as the south-end kiosk in WSU was closed joined one of the mahoosive queues at the central kiosk to get a celebratory pint while chatting with my seat-neighbour whom I hadn't seen since last season.The WSU screens stated they would stay open until 16:00. Bars then shut at 14:55 & we got shunted out soon after
It makes absolutely no sense at all to close the bars so early on afternoon kick offs, it just pisses people off, even when we’ve had a great win.
Queued. Watched the highlights. (At least those go up really quickly these days.) Got to the front just as they decided they were going to stop serving, sticking absolutely rigidly to the "WSU closes thirty minutes after final whistle" rule. I thought they might be a little bit flexible for the first game of the season, a lunchtime kickoff, and obvious high demand. (The queue was still at least ten deep behind us.) But no.
So well done Sodexo. No cash through the tills from us or, I expect, the several dozen other people turned away. Obviously we could then have gone down to the West Lower or North Stand but by that time the post-win glow had faded a bit, we'd seen the highlights, had a bit of a chat, and to be honest were pretty pissed off. So we just went home, and I've learned not to stay for a drink after matches in future.
Weststander
Well-known member
For what it's worth, I thought the kids in the NS kiosks did ok yesterday. Seemed far more switched on than in previous early season matches
Give it time, the year one undergraduates haven’t arrived in the city yet.
southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 6,035
Maybe when the new fan zone opens later this year, there will be a big re-think on the food offered. Good opportunity to introduce some new items.
By then you’d have waited another 30 mins at least for a pint in the North, which would have been served to you in two washed-out coffee cups.
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
- 9,302
There was half a sausage on the stairs up to the WSU before the game so either it was so crap someone just threw it away or some poor kid was being told off by their parent for dropping £3.25 of sausage.
- Mar 23, 2023
- 2,080
Perfectly fine and understandable to have inexperienced staff, what isn’t acceptable is to not have an experienced leader at each kiosk directing them - from a licensing point of view don’t they need a licensee in each stand at least? Maybe not but they need a chief to direct everyone.