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This has been called Cape for about a million years now, come on, sort it out.
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Has had a facelift and is now called 'Cape'. Went in there last Friday to watch the Euro 2008 game between France and Holland. The Thomas More used to be an OK place to watch the match, loads of screens and spacious, but Cape was a disappointment. It feels more like a coffee house than a pub, with the refurb taking away any of the charm (not that there was much of that to begin with, but at least the TM attempted to create a traditional atmosphere). Clearly they are trying to cater for the more upmarket crowd. To be fair to them, the food looked OK and they were doing a great trade, but the place left me cold. The Truman Arms, just up the road on Dock Street, is a much better boozer for football, beer and atmosphere. I went there for the second half.
snote - 20 Jun 2008 15:09 |
Went to the Thomas More bar on Saturday , ordered some food , half an hour after ordering the waitress came back to us to advise they run out of our original choice ! Depiste the place not being full we had to wait another half an hour later before our burgers turned up. Microwave focaccia bread , chewy burgers !
If you are planning a party there , think again!
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Last night was great!! Was in there for the footie last night... Massive Arsenal fan!! Wohoo!! (go on you Gunners!!)... atmosphere was wicked!! Especially when we scored the first time and everyone was jumping around like crazy!! Though i did spill my drink over but the bar staff were kind enough to pour me another! Ordered food in there last night and it did take a little bit longer however i kind of expected it considering how busy it was. When the food turned up, to my surprise, it was actually quite nice! Its not restaurant cuisine, but did definelty go down a treat and will be returning in the future.
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A poor excuse for a pub.
Poorly trained bar staff who cannot cope when the pub is busy (i.e. lunch times and after work, in an area surrounded by offices). Beer badly looked after which is very very warm in the summer. Loud music blaring out and badly maintained toilets.
Oh and almost everything on the menu is deep-fried. Do yourself a favour and get some exercise by taking a stroll to the town of ramsgate where you'll have a much better pub experience.
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Awful service by most of the staff and the place is just a big room rather than a decent pub with atmosphere.
This is a shame as this could be a good venue for sporting events. However it will not be until the area manager comes around and kicks some butt.
As posted by 'Colonel' previously, the glasses were all filthy and when I asked for a clean one, (how dare I), the response was 'it is clean, they are all like that!'
This simply is not good enough, if you run a pub then you should give a monkeys about the state of your glasses. Perhaps your glass cleaning machine needs fixing! Oh and don't bother me with the 'it's just water marks' excuse, as this is not good enough, decent pubs clean their glasses properly. This simply means you are terrible at your job and can't be bothered.
While I'm on the subject of fixing, I'll mention the speakers. We went into watch the rugby on Saturday and the speakers in one half of the pub were not working. Instead of apologising and explaining when I asked the 'manageress', she snappily replied, 'the amp is broken, it comes on and goes off there's nothing I can do.' How about getting it fixed sweetheart?
Management:
First of all, sort yourselves out and then in no particular order;
Get your sound equipment fixed
Get your glass cleaning equipment fixed
Get some decent bar staff who can understand the English language and do actually want to work there
Clean and fix the toilets
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yeah not a bad pub
does get packed during big games and can sometimes put a entrance fee (done this for world cup)
nice food, very good
service from bar could be better
have waited nearly ten mins before
all in all a nice place
very big
guest ales most times
usual lager mix
try it
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Great pub, with a wide choice of food at reasonable prices.
Gets busy during the big games - depends on whether you like that type of thing.
The only let down at the moment are the bar staff - they used to employ friendly types. However, recently they've attracted staff who make it obvious they dont want to be there or indeed serve you. Huffing and tutting seems to be the way these days unfortunately.
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An absolute dive. Only used by people because there is nowhere else.
The staff were rude. One even huffing when I requested a clean glass as mine was covered in what looked dried out beans.
There is no atmosphere, the beers are not well kept and the music/TV always seems to be on a ridiculously high volume setting.
Only upside is the lunches are reasonably priced and the food isn't bad at all, plus you never have to wait long for it to turn up.
However, in the evenings avoid at all costs unless your knuckles drag on the floor and you like yelling "F*cking Hell" at footy on the TV as often as you can.
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Nearest place to my house that is open on a Sunday, though they will try to kick you out at 10.30pm. Crap chain pub that attracts larger louts for the footie. If there is a game on there is no where to sit, sometimes stand. Expensive. Standard pub grub. Used to go on Saturday nights before the Rose reopened. Only redeeming feature is the pool table.
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A traditional pub? No way! It's a mega bar...but a friendly one, for all that.Ale is well kept (although can be a bit warm in the summer)...customers are mixture of locals and business. Drawback is that music can be to loud on friday night, and if you hate footy, then don't come here.
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Great pub,close to work. Food is good and reasonably priced. great to outside in the summer. Good selection of ales on offer.
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Dreadful, soul-less place -- great if you like loud football and short pints. I have never been served a full pint there, and have stopped going as a result. It seems to be company policy.
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I work next door so have to visit the Tommy Moore for convinience. not a lot of character here at all, but still quiet cosy if you can get into a booth with some good mates. the food is not bad for pub food and I will even go so far as to say the burgers are top notch. have chilli and cheese topping
Wardy - 18 Jul 2005 13:53 |
The Old Monk - re-done. Not a pretty pub by any stretch of the imagination. Serves beer and food,but nothing to write home about. It's saving grace, if you are a sports fan is its plethora of tv's. Shows mostly premiership/UEFA football action plus rugby when no big footie matches are on. Handy if you live in Wapping but not much to offer if you don't if i'm honest.
Fantastic bar staff. No idea where they find 'em but i'd bet that the interviewing is fun.. ;)
anonymous - 16 Feb 2005 00:46 |
