The Deco

The Deco in Southsea has reopened after a refurbishment and it looks brilliant.

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00:00and camera's running. Hello there, my name is Matt Brydon, I'm the manager of The Deco,

00:05a rock and metal pub in Southsea on Elm Grove, well known for its pint cocktails. We've just

00:11undergone a fairly extensive refurbishment and we're happy to open our doors to everyone from

00:16this weekend. Okay, so Matt, tell me about this refurbishment please. So a small team of just

00:21six of us undertook over a thousand hours of work between all of us to basically facelift the entire

00:28venue. Literally the only things we've left are the bar and the carpet. Okay, so these are the

00:33original counters as it were, from the restaurant back in the day? Yeah, from around 20 years ago.

00:38Okay, so everything else is new? Everything else, yep, new furniture, heated banquettes,

00:43the works, yeah. Finally giving the place the loving it deserves. So you're implying that it

00:50needed it, Matt? It very much did, yes. We had very much run it into, well close to the ground

00:56at one point. Furniture was in dire straits need of replacing. Okay, okay, so I mean you're opening

01:03up this weekend? Yes, well we've had our first day of the weekend yesterday, last night.

01:09What was the response like? It's been fantastic. Everyone's super happy to see it, you know,

01:14having a new lease of life and really embracing what it is. Okay, okay, and how does that feel

01:18for you? It feels fantastic. It's so nice to have a place where, you know, everything works. It's

01:24all in one piece. Lots of work and it's all come back together. Indeed, it very much feels that

01:29it was worth the work. Great, thanks very much for speaking to the news. No problem, thank you for coming.