JUst as the title says - does anyone know anything?? It was shut last Friday, and last night????

According to reports from Staff, the ruby lounge is closed down for good. (As the staff are all looking for new jobs etc). Appearently, and this is second hand info, so don't bite my hand off over it, cos we all love abit of gossip, but the staff weren't told they were closed, and weren't paid for their last shifts. haha. According to reports it's actually be "flooded". I don't know if this means that it's going to be drained and re-opened, or if that marks the end of it. The one in barnsley is closed too I think. Again, I'm not 100% sure. So in answer to your question, yes, it's been flooded. But I'm not sure if it's going to reopen or not. Looks pretty shut down to me...

Shame cos I thought it was one of our better bars..

i had heard that they had no electricity, possibly due to flooding, but that's also 2nd hand info

According to a mate (so again second hand info).
They were losing money, and never actually made any profit. Allthough to be honest, everytime I've been past during the day it's seemed quite busy during dinner time etc.

A friend of a friend ;) has heard that it is being shut down for refurbishemnt.

Sign outside it last friday night said "Closed Due to Flooding"...

Our band, Grey Cooper Love Party, were due to play there on Tuesday, and it was cancelled because the place HAS shut down.

It may re-open soon, who knows. :cool:

I was in Lloyds next door over this weekend and there was a big white lorry picking up furniture which appeared to be from the Ruby Lounge. It's a bit of a shame as it was nice when it started but seemed to get a bit run down. I think it suffered from being right next door to Crystal, they were both going for the same kind of market and Crystal was always going to win hands down, it really has more than the edge over the Ruby Lounge. If it had been the other side of the city centre or even a few roads away it would probably have worked.

I hate to see local businesses shut down, especially if they've had to shut down there other branch too. Running your own business is a tough life.

a re-furb? erm, its not so long ago it was dick heads, sorry, dickins!! it is shame, its not a bad place really, shame to see it go, if it does!

Flooded my ass, strange how two pubs with the same name owned by the same company close at the same time.

Do you think they might have gone bankrupt :rolleyes:

I think Ruby and Crystal more fed each other..

The manager did a runner with all the cash apparently. Bye Bye Ruby Lounge! :(

probably find the vermin [IF ITS TRUE HE DID A RUNNER] in some sad arcade in mabelthorpe,hope the guys who stuck there money into the bar catch up with him.:hihi:

This happened to The Deep End in Hillsborough, and also the White Horse just off of Halifax Road.... It's catching!!

I used to have a job at the ruby lounge, until they closed the doors without telling anyone and not payin them either. apparently they were havin lots of money probs. the last night i worked there the taps were all empty and the fridges too so presume they had no £ to buy booze.
think one of the managers was gonna try n buy the other one out so maybe it'll open again

Originally posted by Hook
The manager did a runner with all the cash apparently. Bye Bye Ruby Lounge! :(

Think you'll find thats libellous matey. The manager is a good friend of mine, I went to school with him and you ought to be more careful what you say about people.

What really happened is the owners were paying themselves a wage that the bar could not sustain and as previously stated they had no money to buy booze. One owner is trying to buy the other out as far as I know so it may be open yet.

Originally posted by chriswvtr
Think you'll find thats libellous matey. The manager is a good friend of mine, I went to school with him and you ought to be more careful what you say about people.

What really happened is the owners were paying themselves a wage that the bar could not sustain and as previously stated they had no money to buy booze. One owner is trying to buy the other out as far as I know so it may be open yet.

'Tis only what I heard down the grapevine.

As for what you're saying, paying yourself a wage you can't sustain (with regards to the owners!) is tantamount to robbery - at least for the staff!

It'll be a shame if they don't manage to reopen, it's a nice place.

The Ruby Lounge will, all being well open back up on thursday :clap:

to be honest, i think its closed down...

Trust me I know;)

One of the owners has bought the other ones out and hopefully the Sheffield one will be open on Thursday.

Chriswvtr who are you and do you have a number where i can get in contact with any of the managers? I used to work there and am owed wages. Also would like to know what went on and why they didn't tell any of the staff

why don't u and other disgruntled erstwhile employees picket the entrance until they cough up with your wages....shudn't take too long as i'm sure they wouldn't like the adverse publicity, or should i say even more adverse publicity....

Originally posted by walts
Chriswvtr who are you and do you have a number where i can get in contact with any of the managers? I used to work there and am owed wages. Also would like to know what went on and why they didn't tell any of the staff

Anybody got any more info? :) :confused:

The Ruby Lounge opened again yesterday. Apparently the manager owed lots of money that he couldn't afford to pay so had to close both bars. He's since been bought out by one of the other managers. Lots of people are still owed a lot of money though.

Yeah I went in there last night... Open again.

Originally posted by walts
Chriswvtr who are you and do you have a number where i can get in contact with any of the managers? I used to work there and am owed wages. Also would like to know what went on and why they didn't tell any of the staff

Its opened back up now, go and see John, he's still the manager there.

Dont really want to give a stranger his no. he might not be too happy!

I went there last night and had a hilarious time! :D

glad its back open again