I have drank in Traders many times and it used to be one of my favourite pubs in the town centre. It was always busy but not too busy that you couldn't get served at the bar, with a good crowd of varying ages. There is a beer garden at the front of the pub and I've spent a fair few summer evenings sat there with a drink or three! The DJ is really good, playing a wide range of music, mostly indie which is good as not many of the other bars in town play indie music.
A couple of weeks back I was out in town and my friends and I got dropped off at Traders as our starting point for the evening. This was about 8.30pm so i was expecting the place to be quite busy, but when we walked in we were the only customers! We walked straight back out! We popped up again about 10pm to see if it had got any busier, but there were only a few people in there, and the music was SO loud it could be considered dangerous! I'll definitely look in on Traders the next time I'm having a night out in town as I've had some really good nights in there in the past, so this could have just been an off night. I hope so! read more