ARmy Rumour SErvice

**Fireplace** · 10-10-2011, 05:47

I did not care for Greene King on draught in the club bar, so crossed Egware Road, took the first left and made The Carpenter's Arms my local. There's a second pub on the same street; both are (were) excellent.

**FNUSNU** · 28-10-2011, 22:40

I had to wait hours for my room, despite only arriving at 11am, then the room was a twin and not a double & didn't have a shower. I'd always used UJC before and always have since.

**Filbert Fox** · 28-10-2011, 22:52

forget the 'Im a squaddie so I must stay in a squaddie club' bollox, get on the United Kingdom Hotels | Cheap UK Hotel Deals | Hotwire UK website, type in the area you want to stay and the dates, press go and choose a hotel. I stayed at the Intercontinental ( ???title.Hotel.Description.Overview.New??? ) on Park Lane last month for £55 quid. Hotel and room were fantastic and not a pissed up squaddie/fireman/ambulance driver in sight.

Also stayed at the London Hilton through this site for £100 2 weeks ago.

**LoneTree** · 28-10-2011, 22:56

I hope they ( the RAF) got the bed I swamped a few night previous. When ever I stay in C London now its UJC for me all the way.. & out of respect I,ll piss out the window or even make it to the kahzi.

LT.

**LoneTree** · 28-10-2011, 22:59

Originally Posted by spaz

I stayed there once, got back at midnight and the keycard for my room had stopped working, took the cunts 2 hrs to get my door opened. Most impressed.

In all honesty the place reeked of the RAF, I shan't be returning.

Shitcunts.

Drunk post.. was quoting Spaz.

**chrisg46** · 28-10-2011, 23:00

I stayed in the UJC this week and will be again next. No dramas with the place, went for the basic package so had the shared washroom. Fot what i paid for, which was fine by me. Only complaint was that the window overlooked the Waterloo train oine, so had those clanking things going by until late hours. So i shut the window.

**Filbert Fox** · 28-10-2011, 23:08

The only thing the UJC is good for these days is if you have to get up at really early o'clock to get a train from waterloo, its not cheap any more and its open to just about anyone these days who wears what is loosely described as a uniform and getting a room is not easy because of this and the VSC is a dive. Get out of the must stop at a military themed club mentality, the internet is full of cheap deal sites, hotels will almost give away rooms rather than have them empty and the hotels are top quality.

I spent years staying at the UJC whenever I was in London, its great if you like looking at the pictures and reading names on the VC wall, but you can do that by just nipping in for a drink if youre in the area.

**oldbaldy** · 28-10-2011, 23:09

For functions my Corps Association changed from VSC to UJC a few years agao, reason was cost.
I've stayed at UJC quite a few times but now I tend to look at what's available & if I want to just use the UJC bar.
As FF says staying at an Intercontinental can be very cost effective, I stay in them all over and never pay rack rate. As more hotel are using room rates these days though for a single person UJC can be a better deal