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The Grapevine, Rye
Rye
TN31 7LE
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
Blackthorn _ left this review about The Grapevine
Located down a pleasant cobbled site street just off of one of Rye’s many picturesque shopping streets, I’m not sure this technically qualifies as a pub since it’s table service only and there was no sign of anything available on draught, although there did appear to be bottled beer available going on what we could see on the shelves, although this was not noted on the menu that was brought to our table..
The pub is split in to a couple of rooms, a larger one to the left which includes a band area, and there is, I understand, live jazz most evenings. The smaller room to the right has a bar counter, but as mentioned, the service is at your table. Décor wise it’s a little difficult to discern what it was like due to the extremely low light levels, but I think it included taupe paint on the walls and ceilings and plenty of wine bottles lining the walls, as well as rustic wooden tables, pictures, theatre masks and a few musical instruments including a trumpet. A couple of old wine barrels had been set in to the wall, and there were also various items of furniture that had been made from old barrels.
The jazz band that were on were pretty good, and all in all it was a very relaxed setting, with friendly service and decent drinks, at least if you’re not after a beer, and I enjoyed my glass of red and a cocktail. This is a difficult one to mark, as a pub it falls woefully short, but I would happily pop back in again to listen to the music and chill out.
On 1st March 2024
- rating: 7
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Grapevine
This is a wine and champagne bar, not a pub. It advertises itself as a Jazz champagne bar which is a fairly accurate description.
Small and intimate with table service only it has a good background sound track and then live artists primarily on weekend evenings. These are mainly solo artists but they remarkably manage to squeeze in Jazz trio’s occasionally, such as during the Rye Jazz and blues festival, for which they are one of the free music venues dotted around town.
I will not rate it because it is not a pub. But if you are in town and want a cosy wine bar with a decent jazz soundtrack, then it’s a very solid 8 in this respect.
On 28th August 2023
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Komakino . left this review about The Grapevine
A champagne & jazz bar just off Rye's narrow High Street, itself at the top of a steep cobbled lane which leads you down to the Waterworks micro, this is a small and intimate place which tends to open a little later than the other licenced venues in Rye. Roughly staple-shaped internally, seating is a mix of cosy tables or armchair-style chairs. Jazz muzak in the background (obviously) with occasional live music, the drinks menu is (also obviously) heavily grape-oriented, although bottles of local Old Dairy Red Top best bitter were available.
On 14th September 2020
- rating: 3
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