http://philtheone.com Right-leaning Blackpool blog covering South Shore, North Shore, Marton, Bispham, Cleveleys and the rest of the Fylde discussing politics, local life, tourism, national issues and the rest of the world. Lively discussions encouraged! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:05:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://philtheone.com/2010/08/savoy-review-is-no-surprise/ http://philtheone.com/2010/08/savoy-review-is-no-surprise/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:35:29 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2976 YOU WOULD have thought with a name like Britannia that a hotel chain would exemplify the truest of British values throughout its accommodation. Well, you might actually be right according to Mr and Mrs McEwan who slammed one of the group’s Blackpool hotels as ‘filthy’, ‘really dirty’ and ‘covered with mould’. The Savoy hotel, which [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/08/savoy-review-is-no-surprise/feed/ 6 http://philtheone.com/2010/03/restaurant-review-red-hot-world-buffet-liverpool/ http://philtheone.com/2010/03/restaurant-review-red-hot-world-buffet-liverpool/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:55:32 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/2010/03/restaurant-review-red-hot-world-buffet-liverpool/ Went on a day visit to Liverpool yesterday with the girlfriend and some mates and on very strong recommendation gave Red Hot in the fabulous Liverpool One a try. For £12.99 you get an international all-you-can eat buffet including chinese, cajun, indian, italian, japanese, english, thai and mexican cuisine. We had booked ahead for 7pm [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/03/restaurant-review-red-hot-world-buffet-liverpool/feed/ 13 http://philtheone.com/2010/03/review-fayez-tandoori/ http://philtheone.com/2010/03/review-fayez-tandoori/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:50:50 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1807 A few weeks ago my girlfriend and I were headed to the Vue cinema in Cleveleys to watch Up in the Air and on the way we decided to try out the Fayez Tandoori on Victoria Road West. My favourite curry house is Michael’s in Thornton because the food is consistently good and the service [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/03/review-fayez-tandoori/feed/ 13 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/review-west-coast-rock-cafe/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/review-west-coast-rock-cafe/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:52:42 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1543 Almost everyone that’s been into Blackpool has seen the ominous looking doorway to the West Coast Rock Cafe on Abingdon Street, but few that I have spoken to have actually been in. I’m one of them. Well, okay, I had been there once before over 13 years ago. But I had a 2-for-1 voucher so [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/review-west-coast-rock-cafe/feed/ 13 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/local-reviews/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/local-reviews/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:50:52 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1523
I was inspired by a thread on Live In Blackpool’s forum about good places to go to eat/drink and since I’m always wondering where might be a nice place to go I thought if I went in anywhere in town I’d do a quick review of it. I have added a category for Blackpool Reviews [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/local-reviews/feed/ 0