Wetherspoons, Hampstead

Nice for an 'early' when it isn't crowded. Dodgy in the evening when it is as it can take ages to be served. They could devote a member of staff full-time for the food and coffees that create the queues. Beer nice, and cheap too. Food microwaved and not-so-nice

6 Apr 2009 11:40

The Black Lion, West Hampstead

Actually the pub breaks the law in more ways. There are cameras in the gents toilets which you can hear periodically taking snaps. The 'pretty garden' is in fact a potential death trap given the number of young families that frequent the place (steep uneven unguarded steps- perhaps they'll do something about that when they get sued). I have more than once seen badly cooked, overpriced food returned uneaten. Service at certain times wanting, mainly because the robot of a manager won't muck in. Well worth avoiding.

14 Nov 2008 10:02