It's great when you discover a great pub hidden away in one of the outer suburbs that isn't your…read morestandard pub. The Strand is definitely one of a kind. My first discovery was the take-away coffee shop that they have out the front for those who are on their way to work. I've never seen a pub set one of them up before, and I though that was pretty cool. Mind you, I wasn't looking for a coffee, I was actually looking for lunch, and the owners were more than happy to oblige. They have an assortment of beers of tap, and even offered to give me a taste of one that I hadn't had before to make sure that if I were to buy a pint I would actually enjoy it. This is something that not many of them do - if you order it they give it to you, and if you don't like it then tough. The meals were awesome. I always like my steaks well done, and they certainly cooked it exactly the way I liked it, and my brother thought the sausages were pretty good as well. This is definitely a pub that I would recommend visiting if you happen to be up in Ipswich - it is well worth the time.

Hmm, the lack of reviews for, well, pretty much any pub in Ipswich seems to suggest that this is…read moreone of those places that very few Yelpers travel to (with, maybe, the exception of myself, but then again I do tend to travel here, there, and everywhere). Anyway, this is another pub that I actually don't want to knock except that I feel I have no choice but to namely because the staff really seemed to be incredibly cold and blunt. Maybe it was just me at the time because the pub itself looked pretty nice, and the beer garden was really cool as well, however the staff really sort of did it in for me.

I've only come here for Thursday nights "jam night" because I've heard nothing but awful things…read moreabout what goes on here over weekends. The Metro is a really great, old building with most of character so it's too bad that nothing better has been put in to replace this nightclub with such a bad name for itself. I mean, jam night was OK. I went with a friend because we both know most of the guys and girls that play on this night. The small patio area where it's held is quaint. The crowd was small, but we knew most of them as well. I was very irritated when one of the bartenders ignored me not once, but twice, to serve his already drunk friends before me although I'd be waiting at the bar first. Not sure who the Metro thinks they are selling $8 something drinks but I think a reality check is needed. I'll never come here aside from coming to support friends for jam nights. I've even heard from many people that the taxi drivers will stray tourists away from Metro when they ask for a good place to go out.