Antony (23 February 2008)

We went on a Saturday for dinner with some friends - I hadn’t been there for years and was looking forward to it .It was a thoroughly depressing experience. We were met by an aggressive barmaid, who knew little English and had little experience working behind the bar.

We turned up half an hour early for our 9.30 pm table and were told that we had to order right then as the kitchen was closing. We had to persuade her and her colleague to lay a table for us in the back, as she suggested eating at the bar and they reluctantly did this, then we waited 50 mins for bad food .On paying the bill we noticed that one of the dishes was £5 cheaper off the bar menu, when we questioned this we were told sarcastically that it was the same dish and she'd told us to eat at the bar. One of party was writing an article on London for American GQ, we had to beg her not to write anything, in an attempt to defend what was once a fantastic pub. We were left embarrassed, confused, hungry and about £140 lighter. It was a shame.