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One of those few pubs in life that you love to be tucked within, supping good beer, eating a good varity of beer snacks and enjoying colourful, intelligent conversations on all levels, whilst the snow continues to fall outside. Head off there for yourself, before the winters end and sample it for yourself.
10 Jan 2010 20:26
Very much like France it's self;a nice enough place, but full of smelly, horrible,pointless people.
10 Jan 2010 20:18
The Hoop and Grapes, City Of London
It's a very sad reflection upon England's oldest brewery, Shepherd Neame, that they have somehow allowed a piece of pond life such as "mikestokesambii" below to manage their "Hoop and Grapes" pub in Farringdon road.
Is recruitment within the British drinks trade so pushed that such an in articulate and prattish prol can believe that he may pass comment upon one of the leading and professionally run pub's in the country, such as Ye Olde Mitre and get away with it with impunity? Can he in fairness attack the quality of the beer? No. The decor? No. The cleanliness of the place? No. The very Landlord himself, Scottie? No, he wouldn't dare and couldn't for that matter find any true fault. Why? Because he's a gutless coward!
He had to attack "Uncle John" instead. One of the Britain's very best barman and loved City characters of old. Anyone of worthy drinking note, who has ever had the pleasure of meeting John at the Mitre, knows him to be a hard working, well turned out, very pleasant, humourous, knowledable and attentive fellow. On first name familiarity with countless thousands of City workers and visitors over the years, and particularly with the heads, past and present of all the leading brewerys in the land, who treat him with the due respect that he has earned from hard work and service to the trade over countless years.
So frankly, "mikestokesambii", (Manager of the Hoops & Grapes in Farringdon Road), your attack against him as being, "slow and and difficult , the aged barman being deaf as a post and having to repeat everything", is insulting, untruthful, and illegal. As I pointed out to you last week, when I dropped by to ask you, for your sake and that of Shepherd Neame, to quietly remove it from this posting site. You have wrongly attacked John on his age, health and ability; all illegal under the present legislation. And costly to your employer, Shepherd Neame, as you find fit to speak for, without I am sure their true and full awareness, on this web site. My quite and friendly pointing of this simple fact out, you address as a threat. Very true, to the extent that I and other members of the public, will be reporting you to your head office, the media and every other British brewery group to your gross unsuitability for future employment within the drinks trade in South East England.
Having observed you face to face, you certainly have a damned cheek to comment on others in the pub trade; your unshaven and unkempt apperance. Dirty, unironed shirt and inarticulate and badly spoken state leaves a lot to answer for? No wonder "The Hoop and Grapes" is one of the worst managed Shepherd Neame pubs in London. Let's hope it improves with your soon removal?
11 Dec 2009 01:01
It's a very sad reflection upon England's oldest brewery, Shepherd Neame, that they have somehow allowed a piece of pond life such as "mikestokesambii" below to manage their "Hoop and Grapes" pub in Farringdon road.
Is recruitment within the British drinks trade so pushed that such an in articulate and prattish prol can believe that he may pass comment upon one of the leading and professionally run pub's in the country, such as Ye Olde Mitre and get away with it with impunity? Can he in fairness attack the quality of the beer? No. The decor? No. The cleanliness of the place? No. The very Landlord himself, Scottie? No, he wouldn't dare and couldn't for that matter find any true fault. Why? Because he's a gutless coward!
He had to attack "Uncle John" instead. One of the Britain's very best barman and loved City characters of old. Anyone of worthy drinking note, who has ever had the pleasure of meeting John at the Mitre, knows him to be a hard working, well turned out, very pleasant, humourous, knowledable and attentive fellow. On first name familiarity with countless thousands of City workers and visitors over the years, and particularly with the heads, past and present of all the leading brewerys in the land, who treat him with the due respect that he has earned from hard work and service to the trade over countless years.
So frankly, "mikestokesambii", (Manager of the Hoops & Grapes in Farringdon Road), your attack against him as being, "slow and and difficult , the aged barman being deaf as a post and having to repeat everything", is insulting, untruthful, and illegal. As I pointed out to you last week, when I dropped by to ask you, for your sake and that of Shepherd Neame, to quietly remove it from this posting site. You have wrongly attacked John on his age, health and ability; all illegal under the present legislation. And costly to your employer, Shepherd Neame, as you find fit to speak for, without I am sure their true and full awareness, on this web site. My quite and friendly pointing of this simple fact out, you address as a threat. Very true, to the extent that I and other members of the public, will be reporting you to your head office, the media and every other British brewery group to your gross unsuitability for future employment within the drinks trade in South East England.
Having observed you face to face, you certainly have a damned cheek to comment on others in the pub trade; your unshaven and unkempt apperance. Dirty, unironed shirt and inarticulate and badly spoken state leaves a lot to answer for? No wonder "The Hoop and Grapes" is one of the worst managed Shepherd Neame pubs in London. Let's hope it improves with your soon removal?
11 Dec 2009 00:58
It's a very sad reflection upon England's oldest brewery, Shepherd Neame, that they have somehow allowed a piece of pond life such as "mikestokesambii" below to manage their "Hoop and Grapes" pub in Farringdon road.
Is recruitment within the British drinks trade so pushed that such an in articulate and prattish prol can believe that he may pass comment upon one of the leading and professionally run pub's in the country, such as Ye Olde Mitre and get away with it with impunity? Can he in fairness attack the quality of the beer? No. The decor? No. The cleanliness of the place? No. The very Landlord himself, Scottie? No, he wouldn't dare and couldn't for that matter find any true fault. Why? Because he's a gutless coward!
He had to attack "Uncle John" instead. One of the Britain's very best barman and loved City characters of old. Anyone of worthy drinking note, who has ever had the pleasure of meeting John at the Mitre, knows him to be a hard working, well turned out, very pleasant, humourous, knowledable and attentive fellow. On first name familiarity with countless thousands of City workers and visitors over the years, and particularly with the heads, past and present of all the leading brewerys in the land, who treat him with the due respect that he has earned from hard work and service to the trade over countless years.
So frankly, "mikestokesambii", (Manager of the Hoops & Grapes in Farringdon Road), your attack against him as being, "slow and and difficult , the aged barman being deaf as a post and having to repeat everything", is insulting, untruthful, and illegal. As I pointed out to you last week, when I dropped by to ask you, for your sake and that of Shepherd Neame, to quietly remove it from this posting site. You have wrongly attacked John on his age, health and ability; all illegal under the present legislation. And costly to your employer, Shepherd Neame, as you find fit to speak for, without I am sure their true and full awareness, on this web site. My quite and friendly pointing of this simple fact out, you address as a threat. Very true, to the extent that I and other members of the public, will be reporting you to your head office, the media and every other British brewery group to your gross unsuitability for future employment within the drinks trade in South East England.
Having observed you face to face, you certainly have a damned cheek to comment on others in the pub trade; your unshaven and unkempt apperance. Dirty, unironed shirt and inarticulate and badly spoken state leaves a lot to answer for? No wonder "The Hoop and Grapes" is one of the worst managed Shepherd Neame pubs in London. Let's hope it improves with your soon removal?
made a grave mistan allowing as is a cosy ultra traditional pub.
Service was slow and and difficult , the aged barman being deaf as a post and having to repeat everything.
Ales undoubtedly fine , though the range is less than when it was a free house.
Soft drinks very overpriced .
Go somrewhere else if you want to eat - all they do is toasties and they are absolutely terrible consisiting of burnt bread and cold uncooked filling of horrible processed cheese. Surely a toastie is not difficult to get right ?
at least the quality is consistently atrocious though
11 Dec 2009 00:54
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The Ship, Ripley
I dream of being here!
10 Jan 2010 20:28