Hopefully you will find the answers to any nagging doubts you have about our site in the list below. If not, please contact us.
Pubs are rated from 1 to 9, with 9 being the best attainable rating.
How do you decide on your rating?
Each Fullpint reviewer or member of the public can give a score from 1 to 9. These are then averaged to get the overall rating. The more reviews
a pub has, then the more accurate the score should be. Or at least that's the theory.
We appreciate that everyone has an off day and we'll account for this in our reviews, and we'll also try and visit the pub again if we think we saw it on a particularly bad day, e.g. if there was a football match on and it was full of drunken men, or if the delivery hadn't turned up.
Why are there three overall scores?
Ratings are given by Fullpint staff and also by members of the public. We provide three overall ratings so you make a better decision about a pub.
The three scores are:
1: The average rating by Fullpint staff
2: The average rating by the public
3: The average rating of all scores (i.e. Staff and Public)
I've seen pubs with a higher rating than those in the top 10. Why?
To get in to our charts pubs must have more than one review, otherwise they'd all just be scored as 9. As we have only recently added the public, only 2
reviews are needed to be in the chart. As we get more reviews, we'll adjust this number to keep the chart an accurate reflection of what people
are talking about.
I think a pub is better/worse than your rating
If you haven't registered then please do so, and add your views.
If you still don't agree, that's just hard luck. However, if you are a landlord and there is a factual error, or the pub has changed hands
since our visit, please contact us.
Venue type
We categorise the venues in to three types:
Pub - Traditional British venue, or as close as you can get to it. Think cats on stools, darts etc.
Bar - Bottled beers, cocktails, trendy music and men with aftershave in the toilets.
Gastro - Not just pubs like The Eagle, but any venue that has a dining room or refers to itself as a 'kitchen'. You'll probably find a blackboard on the wall listing out the wine.
We store the following features:
Food available - the venue serves food
Open late - the venue is open later than 11pm on some nights
Dart board - there is a dart board
Pool table - the venue has a pool table
Table football - there is a table football table
Outdoor area - there is a beer garden, roof terrace, or tables on the street
Free Wifi - the venue has free, dedicated wifi access. This does not include things such as The Cloud or signals available from Starbucks next door.
Area for hire - the venue has a room, area or table reseveration service
Gay - the venue is gay or gay friendly
We try to keep listings up to date, but if there is something listed that is crucial to you choosing a certain pub, e.g. a dart board, we suggest you always phone ahead to double check. If you find an error in our listings please contact us.
Reviewing guidelines
- Please make only factual comments.
Saying service was slow, the food was cold and the beer was flat is fine. Saying things like the landlord is a fat bastard
(even if technically correct) is not allowed.
- Please do not make allegations of illegal activity.
Try the police.
- Justify your comments
Don't just slag a place off (or praise it to the heavens) without some justification. The reason you loathed a place might the exact reason someone
else will love it, so provide as much info as you can. Also, landlords will see your comments and might be able to improve something.
- Be original
If you aren't bringing anything new to the party, please resist the urge to share your ramblings with the world.
- Try to give an accurate score
Just because they got your order wrong doesn't detract from the fact that it's a 17th Century coaching in with spectacular views, so awarding a 1 might
not be that fair. Remember we're trying to get an overall score taking into account, but not limited to, Staff alertness and friendliness, queue time,
other clientele, atmosphere, value for money, location, food quality, architecture, history, etc etc etc
- And remember
We reserve the right to remove or edit your review. And we might also lock your account if you're troublesome.
I've seen something in a review that is wrong or offensive
Firstly, please accept our apologies. We don't get to read every review before it appears on the site and sometimes some things slip through. Please
contact us with the details and we'll see what we can do.
What are the archived reviews?
If a pub changes significantly, e.g, name, ownership or focus, we will archive the previous reviews so that they do not count towards the rating of
the 'new' pub. However, we do preserve the text and rating so you can see how the pub has changed over time.
My pub is not on your site!
Oops, we're sorry. We do this in our spare time and we try to only add pubs that one of our staff members has been to. If you are desperate to appear
then please contact us with information about your pub and it's facilities.
If you include a photograph of the exterior, please ensure you have permission to send the photograph. By sending a photograph to us, you give us permission
to use the photo on the site, in any promotional materials and also to edit it.
What services do you offer for landlords?
As a landlord, you are invited to register an account which we will link to your pub.
You will then be able to take advantage of our free landlord services. Currently we have two:
-Event listing (quiz nights etc).
-A pub description, use this to mention special offers, promote your pub facilities, give some history or anything else.
If you don't want to register an account but would like to list an event, email
us the details and we'll add it for you.
I work for a brewery or pub chain and have a big list of pubs!
For now, we're only doing London. We want to get the site looking good and working well before we expand. However, please
email us your list and we'll use what we can.