Shelley's aunt always says that you can judge a place on how clean their toilets are, based on that, previous experience had taught us that we should never ever go to the Sunflower Lounge, however the fact that it was the nearest pub to our rail replacement bus pick up point (exclusive fashion boutique TK Max) meant that we took our chances and hoped that we didn't have to answer when nature called !!
Largely unchanged since it opened, Sunflower Lounge is a magnet for trendy indie kids, many of whom go there before heading off to Snobs nightclub. The music is of the 'alternative' variety and is always played at volume eleven which, that night, was probably quite a relief to Shelley as she didn't have to listen to me moaning about non existent buses and Blues's desperate home form.
Although there was no real ale there was quite a good selection of world beers to be had and I gave a loud Wunderbar when I saw that my favourite German wheat beer Erdinger was available on draught.
Although I ordered Shelley a half of cider the volume of the music meant that the barman returned with a pint meaning that I had to strenuously deny Shelley's claim that I was 'trying to get her drunk' !!
Whilst our trip to the Sunflower Lounge was an impromptu one there are certainly worse places to drink so we moved the upstairs lounge and mingled with the germ free adolescents. Although I quite like alternative music I felt all of my 47 years during our brief stay and barring a single song by The Stone Roses I didn't recognise any of the music.
Time for a sharp exit.........
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