The Hope, Wandsworth Common

I worked at The Hope in summer 02 and christmas 02/03 just after the pub was rebranded. Summer 02 and the start of 03 were fantastic under Dan Fox who was a brilliant manager specialising in rescuing poorly run pubs. The bar and kitchen staff all got on, regular drinks after work and basically crazily good fun. Predictably Dan was posted to another pub (The Jolly Gardeners in Putney, another complete success under his management)and the Hope started going downhill quickly and has been ever since. I'll admit its been a year since I last visted, but the heart and soul of the place was just lacking and the staff had absolutely no banter whatsoever. Disappointing because it had such great potential.

9 Jul 2008 12:05