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Pub Quiz! Which pub is this?"for those who are not prepared to give up three hours drinking time to go and see a film the cinema can still be a source of entertainment; this prime vantage point allows you to spot those people nervously waiting for their date to turn up and play guess who is going to be stood up, followed by the chance to indulge in some spread betting to see who can predict how long the unfortunate jilted individual will stand around until they admit to themselves they’ve been stood up." ReviewHow is it possible to have two separate bars sharing the same entrance, dancefloor, toilets and customers? Here at Rubber Soul in Mathew Street are the Rubber Soul French Bar and the Rubber Soul Oyster Bar, both of which share the aforementioned facilities. Down the centre of this large pub is a fake street, each side of which is a bar. The street is like a tableau in a museum with fake cobbles, pavements and Victorian shopfronts; there is nothing, however, behind the mock shop façades other than glass partitions into each bar. It isn't a realistic depiction of a Liverpool street, as doors at each end prevent drunks from stumbling on the kerb. It's not apparent why the left side of the pub is the French Bar and the right is the Oyster Bar (or is it vice-versa), as both sides are similar. One of the bars is notable by its Roman pillars, Victorian light-fittings, whole barrel, ship's wheel and inane 'My Goodness, My Guinness' quotes; is this the French bar or the Oyster bar? Near the dancefloor is a third bar, although this is called the Bottle Bar And Servery. The high ceiling tapers down towards the rear of the pub, where there is a glass case full of tat. In warmer weather, the pub's left and right frontage can open up onto Mathew Street. The dancefloor - large, surrounded by lights and with an excellent sound system - occupies most of Rubber Soul's rear section and is more akin to a nightclub. The 60s, 70s, 80s and modern pop music in Rubber Soul caters for everybody, and there is a Karaoke night on Wednesdays, when Mathew Street's musical legacy is shattered forever. Car Wash, a night inspired by the Rose Royce title track to the 70s movie of the same name, happens on a Thursday, which can't impress Flares pub and club across the street. Rubber Soul is busy until the early hours of the morning, thanks to its late licence, and is popular during the day with sport fans watching the big screen TVs. Apart from the late-night drinking and dancing, the big screen sport and the street mock-up, the highlight of Rubber Soul is the amazing women.     Review by mr_psm Musical Liverpool and The Beatles
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went to this pub last night with a bunch of family adn friends as we were out for my 18th went in there atmosphere was good and it was packed we went to the left of the bar dont know which one it was just easiest to get to bar
the music on in there was great (being a DJ myself i love all types of music)
Just been to this place on a pub crawl that took us through many varied pubs along the dale st. area. - this was the only pub that refused me entry cos i was wearing trainers!
Ok, i can agree if this was a rule but 12 out of our 20 people who were out were also in trainers! Some blokes and some women.
When trying to get in, and noticing that 2 of our party (both women) were wearing white trainers - mine were dark, i was not allowed in. When i asked the bouncer (typical bouncer mentality - sorry, don't mean to sound snobbish but they REALLY don't have any reason to their logic!) why the women were allowed in and i wasn't he informed me that that was the way it was!
I asked him if he realised this was a very sexist attitude and he told me that it wasn't (bouncer mentality!)
I would like someone from the pub to try to explain why there is a diff rule for some people - until then i can say that i shall not be entering this place again (and neither will my 20 friends who come on the pub crawls!)