Tried it Saturday and to be fair, it's a good refurb, which has smartened the place up.
They had Slater's Premium & Rye, plus Doom Bar - and good to see them supporting local brews. The food menu seems better, and although we didn't eat, the meals coming out looked pretty good. Customer service looks to be greatly improved, with genuine desire to do something other than serve the drinks and plonk the food down - saw a guy checking back on food quality and chatting with the customers, always a good sign.
I'm pondering which market they are trying to hit - I've always classed this place as a 21's and under sports bar - and it still has around 12 screens, so no escaping Sky Sports. Most of the customers on our visit seemed to be the younger lager-drinkers, although there were a few family groups as well, so will be interesting to see if the change of name and addition of cask ales attracts a wider market.
They are up against pretty tough competition - Two Wetherspoons, The Sun and Market Vaults now picking-up with their burger-tastic menu (excellent, actually), and competing against The Post House for the younger weekend crowd.
Only observation we had is that it's difficult to manage the loud lager boys (and, wow, was he loud) against the food buyers, who probably want a bit more quiet.
But hey, good luck to them, and good to see a change of approach