Noticed quite a few West STreet bars for sale or up for rent. Strange.....would have thought these places would have been raking it in, being on the most popular bar circuit in SHeffield. THE BEDROOM, and V BAR to name but 2 are for grabs......these places are rammed solid at the weekends so they must be making money.......80's BAR also looked as it had closed down...

Originally posted by goldenfleece
80's BAR also looked as it had closed down...

Back of the net :D

The Bedroom is up for sale? It's not long since been refurbished!

probaby due to the rent/buisness rates..mine were pretty steep and i was down the nesbit part of town.

A friend of a friend has just moved into a "luxury" apartment on West Street. He said that the unit below his block of flats is still empty (after nearly 2 years) because every time someone tries to buy it to open a pub or restaurant the tenants complain it will make too much noise and they don't get permission. I imagine this might be what is happeneing with the other bars on West Street.

Personally, I don't see the point of living in town then complaining about the noise at night, surely you expect that ?

Originally posted by GazB
Back of the net :D

The Bedroom is up for sale? It's not long since been refurbished!


I know.....its crazy....someone is obviously in a rush to get out. Perhaps the takings are not as high as they appear......the place was rammed out last Saturday night.......but, its empty every other night apparently.....

Originally posted by nick2
[Personally, I don't see the point of living in town then complaining about the noise at night, surely you expect that ? [/B]


Spot on lad. Like people who buy house near golf courses and whinge about balls in the garden !

It's odd how the bars change so fast on West Street now, years ago there were about 8 pubs that had been there forever, and never changed. I think the drinking population has changed on West Street and the weekday drinkers have gone somewhere else since the old pubs became more "trendy" (for want of a better word).

I used to do a fair bit of drinking down there. Mainly to avoid the plastic and chrome Ecclesall Road. Now West Street is the same.

Did like the old West Street. With boozers that were so grubby you wiped your feet on the way out

Can anyone confirm the Bedroom is up for Sale? I've not even been in there yet, hasn't it only been open a few months?

Probably pub company pubs too....you never make a profit with a pub company. Not worth touching, plus with the high rents and taxes it's not worth doing. Most of these bars rely on weekend trade....they're dead in the week.

Originally posted by Classic Rock
Probably pub company pubs too....you never make a profit with a pub company.

i didn't do too bad..........plenty of fiddles they don't know about:D

It's VERY difficult to make a profit in pubs and bars. Turnover is nowhere near how it seems. Rates are really incidental, as is rent, if it is successful. The biggest cost is staff.

Revolution ( a success) can do £20k on a Saturday, but they would be lucky to do £2k in the week. Thye have a mainly bottle business so the yield is probably quite in excess of 100%, with a GP of maybe 70%+?

Kirky, as a comparable, what were you doing? I'd guess around £5-6k a week? Yield 95 - 96%? GP 60%?

I passed the bedroom last night....I think its just the office space above it thats for sale/lease....not the pub itself?

Originally posted by boyface
I passed the bedroom last night....I think its just the office space above it thats for sale/lease....not the pub itself?


Oh thats a relief. I only saw a blurred TO LET sign when I came out after having had 2 Screaming Orgasms.......(there most tasty cocktail mix). At least they might continue to run the rock night then, as it was such a refreshing change from bland bland bland rest of West Street

I'm the manager of the BEDROOM on West Street, and dont worry cats and kittens we're not for sale, it is the offices upstairs.

As for only being busy @weekends i can confirm that we have a good crowd in each nite of the week, due to our varied entertainment programme,which as golden fleece states contains Rock Nite on a monday.
Live bands on Tuesdays
Speed garage & Bassslines on wednesday
Pound nite and requests on thursdays
Old Skool Dj's Friday
Party nite dj's saturday
Karaoke sundays.

Next month we've even got a hip-hop battle nite.

Its the busiest its ever been and we're looking to extend the hours early new year...You Lucky People

Cheers,
Donal.

why dont you purchase one of these golden fleece??

then all the people off forum could come visit you!!

im sure rent on one of these is a drop in the ocean for you!!