Chris's reviews
Review of Shout
22 Apr 08, 00:11
Worth A Try! 
I was slightly scared about going to this place having heard some horror stories but I was pleasantly surprised after giving it a try. My friend Paul Holmes was a little over dressed in his suit jacket and he seemed confused by the whole thing - I think he was expecting some romantic chemistry. But this is not somewhere you would go to pull. However desperate you became. Instead it's somewhere you go to get really drunk. And it certainly delivers on that. You pay once then all the drinks are free. I was drinking Cherry VK (or something very similar) and my lips actually turned a lovely shade of red! It shuts a bit early - at 2am, just when it's starting to get going, but this seems to be late enough for most people. The 'free' drinks are conditional on holding on to your bottle and being able to stand unassisted at the bar. From bottled beer and alcopops through to a complete range of spirits with mixers you cant go wrong. I was particulrly impressed that the decor inside was actually quite smart and not dissimilar to a normal nightclub. The only thing that put me off slightly was the machine by the bar where the guys had to hit the punchbag as hard as possible to score points, and they spent all night walloping this thing it made me slightly scared what would happen if they kept drinking and became annoyed by someone! Overall a fine night out and definitely worth sheding your preconceptions and giving it a go - but leave your dignity at the home as well.
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Review of DP Furniture Express
20 Apr 08, 22:15
Fantastic Value
This is a superb place to buy furniture. It's cheap and good quality and because it's a less well known store you won't find your friends recognise your furniture as coming from Ikea for example. I bought a wardrobe from here and I am still really pleased with it, although building it was a major mission! Go and have a look round because they might just have what you're after. Best for wardrobes, bedside tables, bookcases and chests of drawers.
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Review of McDonald's Restaurant
19 Apr 08, 00:19
A Piece Of McHistory 
This was the UK's first McDonald's Drive Through, and something we're proud of in Milton Keynes!!
As a branch of Maccy D's it's as you'd expect, Slightly less clean than the average, and it's usually full of school kids when I go in there but nothing major wrong with it.
In fact once when I went through the drive through I got somebody else's food which included 3 cheeseburgers and a mcflurry so it was an unexpected mcbonus!
Watch out when exiting though because if you turn the wrong way you end up driving the wrong way on the dual carriageway.
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Review of Milton Keynes Railway Station
17 Apr 08, 23:55
Is This The Age Of The Train? 
One of the best things about MK is the fast rail link to Euston - you can be in London in 40 minutes and the trains have always been punctual if a little crowded in my experience. It needs a bit of modernising which they're working on but it does the job and the staff seem friendly. The only negative us the queues at the ticket machines which made me miss my train once because there was an idiot in front of me who couldnt operate the simple touchscreen interface. No idea why not - he had the usual number of fingers, opposable thumbs and no obvious vision issues. Just a muppet I guess.
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