The Reefs, Southampton

Advantages: fruity, easy to drink
Disadvantages: the colour, too easy to drink

...So what tipple do you think makes a Duskmaiden tipsy? Well actually I like a wide variety of alcoholic drinks depending on my mood. When I want something refreshing and fruity I often to\urn to Reef. Yes I know it is a teenyboppers drink but I do quite like it!! So when I was in Kwik Save doing a mini shop I was delighted to see a new flavour of Reef. Great I thought. Something noice to drink and something I can review fir Ciao (well I think that of any product from Rice Pudding to Washing Up Liquid!) The new flavour in question is Pear and grape by the way. \What is Reef? Reef is one of those dastardly Alco pops that corrupts teenagers and turns them in to junior alcoholics. No seriously Reef started of, as a still variety of Hooch b at Hooch seems to have disappeared of the face of the planet. It is a bottled vodka and fruit... Read review

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Advantages: An okay vocal performance from John Rhys-Davies.
Disadvantages: An appalling waste of pixels.

...After his parents are scooped up by a net, young fish Pi has to relocate to the reef where he meets beautiful Cordelia. But shark bully Troy also has his eye on her and will go to any lengths to get her. Soon Pi finds himself in the unenviable position of having to protect the girl and the entire reef. Luckily there?s a venerable old turtle on hand to help. Computer-generated animation has come a long way in the past ten years, but you wouldn?t know it to look at this shoddy pile of drivel. It?s hard to believe there were three directors working on it, the quality is so appalling. Most of the animation was farmed out to a studio in South Korea, where it is cheaper and quicker to produce. Now that may be a bonus when you?re making something like ?The Simpsons?, where time is of the essence so your topical gags still work and you... Read review

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Advantages: Helpful and considerate reception staff
Disadvantages: Off-hand restaurant staff.

...On the whole we enjoyed our short stay at this hotel and the reception staff were extreemly helpful and pleasant. We are Gold VIP Hilton Honours members and we enjoy the little extras that our loyalty usually brings. We are entitled to an upgrade to an executive room and can use the facilities of an Executive Lounge if the hotel has one. Southampton does not have an executive floor but the receptionist made sure we were given several extras to compensate. She sent a bottle of wine and a small box of handmade chocolates to our room along with bathrobes and bottles of water. We were impressed! The room was quite a good size and it was clean and nicely decorated, if a little dark. We didn\'t eat dinner in the hotel so I can only comment on the breakfast. There was a wide range of hot and cold choices but the scrambled egg had run... Read review

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