A couple of people were in at the bar but other than that it was quiet.

Dead tonight, seems people have given up on this town. The line-up is pretty awful for the 'Pub of the year', hey-ho you can't win them all.

Out for St Patrick's day but for some reason Ramsgate is like a ghost town tonight, the quietest I've seen it in a long time. Still had a few drinks here before trying to find a bit of life.

Really busy with a fair amount of excitement about the band soon to be playing. We listened to 3 songs before deciding it wasn't our cup of tea and headed back to the artillery, a bit barbershop for us. Recently announced as Thanet Camra pub of the year 2010.

I didn't mind too much when Churchill's decided to show the Rugby, but showing the football is a bit far for me and it seemed to upset a few of the other regulars as well. Luckily it was only on briefly before a band started playing. Hendrix and The Doors covers mainly, perfect for a Sunday evening.

Really busy tonight, really good to see, however, the vast majority were all around 18 so did feel an old man which doesn't happen often.

A mates birthday so a group of us bundled in here. Showing the rugby tonight which was odd, seemed to work though as the pub was packed.

Nothing on at the cinema so thought we'd come out for a few pints instead. Bumped into a few old friends, other than that pretty uneventful.

My mate was down from London so despite feeling hideous from the night before I was obliged to go out. A band were on and they weren't really our cup of tea so we ran away after just the one.

Managed to gather enough pennies to be able to afford a couple of pints. Quiet and subdues tonight, midweek is often a depressing time in Ramsgate.

Huge group of us taking up the entirety of the upstairs, almost reminded me of being back in the Munich beer halls. Great night, even managed to get the barmaid to join in the banter.

6th year running I've been here on Christmas eve, no particular reason really. Very good atmosphere I wish every night of the year could be like this. Ended up sitting on a table of people I didn't know jabbering about nonsense. I love christmas eve.

Another friday night and another visit to Churchill's. The usual crowd in, myself and my friends were here until closing, by which point we were all barely able to stand. Success!

The usual midweek trip to the pub, got here at around 8. There was a big group of us and we took up most of the upstairs. Beer line-up was a little boring perhaps.

It had been a full 2 weeks since our last trip here, so me and my friends came down for our standard night out. It was pretty busy tonight with a fair few young people in. Pete gave us the usual rundown of upcoming beers.

A colleague was playing here with his band so I was obliged to come along, in fairness I end up here most saturdays anyway.

In just after 10, virtually empty tonight. Chatted to Pete for a bit then sat up front. Why don't more people go out on weeknights?

Got here at around 9 with a large group of friends. This is a great pub to bring a group as there's something for everyone. Good lineup behind the bar and Pete was on great form as usual.

Got here at just gone 11 to find Juicy Lucy playing, a pleasant surprise. Good crowd of people had come to see them so the place was heaving.

Good band on tonight, a blues-jam band type of afair. Not as busy as usual for a saturday night, but enough people to create a decent atmosphere.

Sat chatting to the barmaid for a while until a band started playing, not my cup of tea really and they were very loud. I sound so old, but nipped back to the artillery to escape the racket.

Arrived quite late at around 11 after having a meal over in Margate. Really good band called 'Crazy Train' were playing, I'd recommend seeing them. Pete the Landlord was in a merry mood and talked us through all the beers he's got coming up. He also mentioned that he's thinking of doing a 'Test your Strength' evening of beers all over 10%.

First night of the cider festival, I was helping out behind the bar. I didn't even have 1 half of cider the whole night, which in hindsight seems a little off. At one point a man came to me and exclaimed that I looked like a man who knows his cider prompting laughter from everyone else behind the bar. He couldn't have been more wrong if he tried. Good night with a solid crowd of people. Had a good chat with Ian which was getting more and more drunken on both sides as the evening wore on.

2nd Thanet Cider and Perry Festival which was as the 1st year, excellent, a must event of the year now. Spent the first bit chatting with Blair and then sat with Eddie Gadd and his wife plus Steve and Kim talking about what makes a good cider/perry and then about beer in general and finally to Blair behind the bar about Sheffield and other northern cities. I hadn't had anything to eat all evening so I have a feeling that I was pretty drunk. Really can't tell.

Arrived quite late but the place was still busy and a band was playing. Grabbed a seat upstairs as it was too busy by the bar.

Not as busy as it should be on a friday night, but enough people to produce a decent atmosphere. Sat up top and sank a couple.

Popped in for a quick pint to see if anything interesting was on. Good line-up as it happens. No more bands on a sunday which is a bit of a shame.

After a scorching day at the beach, a few pints were definitely in order. Always busy on a sunday afternoon here, the band EK1 were playing and they were great.

Quite busy with a lot of people eating, I reckon that's probably the key to keeping this place busy on weeknights. Nice relaxed atmosphere as always.

Band playing so it was really loud inside. Roasting indoors, we could only take it for a couple of pints then we had to seek out somewhere cooler!

Had the usual band playing on a saturday night. We were all a little worse for wear at this point so we had one pint and then went our seperate ways.

Pretty quiet tonight which surprised me. No band on though so that explains it. Still a nice relaxed atmosphere.

Got here at around 11.30 expecting it to be really busy, but it was instead absolutely dead. There was only us and a couple of blokes at the end of the bar. Not sure what went wrong tonight...

I was realy in the mood for a pub trip all day, so by 7 I gave in and dragged my mates along with me. We just caught the end of a blues band that were playing, they were great. An extremely drunk man did come up to the group of us and offer us outside, I found it a little odd but he wandered off after a few minutes of being the brunt of our jokes so it was fine.

For some reason it seemed like a good idea to come here after The Butchers. After running from The Butchers to Herne Bay train station then Ramsgate station to here I had really earned a pint. We'd just missed the band that was playing unfortunately. Still very lively with a right old mix of people.

Came out for the usual mid week pub trip. Chatted to Alistair about his latest adventures then joined my mates.

After being forced into going to the trendy wine bars of ramsgate it was good to get back to what I know. Busy with a lot of people stood watching the band playing. There was a large group of us so we sat upstairs.

We visited the Foy Boat first but didn't stay as they only had one guest on and it wasn't very interesting. Churchill's was busy with plenty of people eating. We ate too. Fish n Chips and a pint of Landlord was £5.50! Ian got chatting with the landlord who did a cellar run for us.

2nd pub on our tour and the lunch special was exceptionally good value. Landlord very kindly did a cellar run of the Dark Star Saison for us

Only 5 other people in. I haven't seen it this quiet in a long time. Although it has to be said; the ale selection seems to be slipping mildly as of late.

Came to see the band Juicy Lucy. Pub was packed out, great atmosphere.

There was a band on, and they were a bit rubbish. A couple of my friends were obviously a bit drunk and decided that it would be a good idea to boo them as they finished. Surprisingly it didn't go down too well. I left them to it and hid by the bar.

Came for a quick pint after the Arty just to see if Pete had anything interesting on. To be honest I was pretty drunk at this point, more drunk than I deserved to be as well. But my memory fails me at this point.

Pretty busy, it always is these days. Grabbed a seat up top. We've been on a quest for a nice dark pint of something tonight and even Churchies has disappointed us.

I just can't keep myself away from this place. It was absolutely heaving as a local band were playing. Great crowd, great beer and great music. I left at 1am but it showed no signs of closing.

I was in such need of a good pint that I actually ran here from the station. Pretty quiet in tonight, but then everywhere is in ramsgate on a friday night. No Pete tonight which was a shame, but had a good session nonetheless.

Officially my favourite pub in Thanet now. Pete is a fantastic Landlord. Probably the best band I've ever seen playing in a pub. The Shaggy Dogs, they were french but it's not their fault I suppose.

It was packed with people eating as they have a budget busting new deal on food midweek. Felt more like a restaurant than a pub tonight, but it was still good to see a pub doing well.

About twenty or so people scattered around the pub. Great atmosphere in here, and it has to be said; Pete is a fantastic landlord. A band were just setting up while we were here, but we were on a tight schedule and only had one.

A few people in, enough to make it seem busyish anyway. Hadn't been to the pub in a while so it was good to be here. Pete the Landlord was his usual hospitable self, even informed us of the new Gadds' he was hiding out back.

Relativel busy around the bar, we got our drinks and assumed the usual position upstairs. Only here for a short while as we got here at 10.

They've had a refit since I was last in. Not much has changed, just some new carpet really. Pete was a great laugh as always, even brought us over a taster of Dark Consiracy when it came on.

Stop no. 3 on the Ramsgate crawl. Not particularly busy, so I sat by the front window looking out over the bay. Seems to be a day for winter warmer beers as this one had 3.

Advertises itself as CAMRA's Thanet Pub of the Year 2004. Arrived with my wife about 1 pm and there were very few customers in the bar area but by the time we left about an hour later there was certainly more activity. Staff were friendly and helpful and we had a geat value meal. The Guest Ale was Doom Bar.

Very busy with quite a good band playing. We couldn't hear eachother over the music unfortunately, but the atmosphere was definitely good.

Pretty quiet in tonight, which is odd for a thursday. You can always rely on Pete to have an interesting beer on, this time was no exception.

Came to see a friends band, unfortunately arrived 3 hours too late! Sat top and had a couple before heading gome.

Really busy with loads of people eating food. The amount of people eating actually detracted a little from the atmosphere but hey ho it's only a small niggle.

A friend of mine is moving to Wales, so we had a going away shindig here. There was about 15 of us, so the pub went from being dead to fairly busy.

I can't actually remember what the atmosphere was like for some reason. I'm sure it was good though.

Came along for the second night of the cider festival. I could only stomach 1 pint of cider this time around. Not as busy as the night before downstairs, the upsatirs was geaving though.

It was the 1st Thanet Cider & Perry festival, so I had to go didn't I? A great evening with Phil Lowry, Alistair, Eddie Gadd and Blair (who I got to meet at last!!!).

Came for the cider festival, despite the fact I don't actually like cider all that much. Good to see so many people turn out for it, and finally met Ian! Tried a good few ciders, I'm still an ale man though.

It was a gorgeous day so we sat outside and basked in the sunshine. Juicy Lucy were playing in the evening. It was a good day.

The landlord really loves his beer, which is great. I'm not sure if he's new but they've really stepped it up a gear these last few months.

It was quite nice outside so sat out and looked over the harbour.

Really busy with some strange band playing. We weren't impressed with the band or the beer line-up so we scarpered pretty quickly.

Really quiet for a friday night, no band on as well which was odd.

There was a heavy metal band playing and it was packed with bikers. Made for a different experience.

Very quiet, but then everywhere is on a monday night it seems.

Always know you're going to have a good time here. Still find it difficult getting on with the staff though.

There was a band on and it was really busy. They get a really mixed crowd in here. Nice atmosphere.

Very quiet, shame. Really wanted a good atmosphere to end the night on. Oh well.

Got here at 8 and there was a fair crowd in. Out for a friends birthday so there was a huge group of us.

Got here at around eight and it was fairly quiet. The landlord may just be the friendliest man on earth.

Had a band on but it was pretty quiet still. Everyone was down at the 'Powerboat' festival at the seafront.

Arrived at about 2pm. It was pretty quiet and all talk was of the water-ski championships that were being held near-by and the fact that the pub had crocodile with mango sauce on the menu board. I've been in this pub before, but years ago in my youth, it has certainly changed - I would argue for the better.

No DJ tonight unfortunately. Only here for about twenty minutes before getting the cab to Marghetto!

Really busy in tonight, great to see. Big group of us pretty much took up the whole of the upstairs.

Had a dj in tonight, very Phoenix Nights, but in a good way!

Lovely evening so had to come out for a few. Quite busy with a great friendly atmosphere. This pub has really gone up in my books lately.

Had some pretty awful customers in tonight but thankfully they left after a while. Other than that excellent as always.

Stop number 3, this place was fairly quiet. Deserves more customers although it is big so that could just make it feel quiet. Friendly staff though.

Pretty busy for a wednesday, was here all evening.

Very quiet, but I was with a large group so it didn't mater. Just good to be somewhere that wasn't showing the football.

Pretty quiet, came with a big group of friends and I think we trebled the number of people in here. Still a good friendly atmosphere though.

Really busy with a quiz going on. Good friendly atmosphere.

Absolutely dead, hugely disappointing considering it was St Georges Day.

Fairly busy, good vibrant atmosphere. This pub is really growing on me.

Absolutely packed in here, the counterfeit notes were playing. Really lively with a good crowd of people.

Quite lively in here, just had a quick one. Sat up top, really stunning view from the window.

Popped in just before last orders, had a quick couple. Quite busy and staff were friendly.

Fairly busy but I was in a hurry so I stood at the bar and drank my half in about 2 minutes.

Being a large pub it takes quite a lot to make it look filled. There were plenty of people in but it still felt fairly empty.

Early in the evening and it was busy with people eating and generally getting into the Christmas spirit. Good atmosphere and shame I was only having a half.

Large corner pub, with lots of wood and several food and drinking areas. Located on seafront.