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Virtue, Hastings
Hastings
TN34 1HY
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Steve C left this review about Virtue
Back in the 1980s the establishment was called Electric Grape before being known as Grape and then more recently Electric Stag. It is now called Virtue, but remains part of Grand Electric which, the very amiable barman informed me, is the name for the collective street level bars that are joined together by an underground club called the Crypt. Sounds a little to Dusk til Dawn for my liking!
I popped into Virtue on a recent Friday just after the doors opened at 17:30 so it wasn’t surprising that I was the only customer. This small venue is primarily a cocktail bar so there is a healthy menu of fruit based alcoholic drinks. Thankfully there is also a small keg selection of Stella Cidre, Becks Vier and Hop House 13 Lager which I found quite tasty, but expensive at £4.90 a pint. The cocktail are half price from 17:30 until 20:00 and 22:00 until midnight every day. The food stretches to toasties and panninis. The décor is minimal with some student art for sale on the walls. I found the music to be quite loud and I noted the presence of a piano at the rear on the way to the toilets. Out the front are a couple of tables and some chairs.
I had a pleasant chat with the barman, but this isn’t somewhere I would go out of my way to visit again.
On 19th February 2016
- rating: 5
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- Accommodation : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Beer Garden : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Car Park : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Child Friendly : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Darts : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Function Room : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Hot Food : Yes - Toasties - last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Jukebox : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Karaoke : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Live Music : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Micropub : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Pinball : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Pool Table : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C
- Real Ale : No last updated 09 May 2014 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : No last updated 30 January 2016 by Steve C