BITE user comments - adam74
Comments by adam74
What a place! We went for New Years Eve this year and last and had a ball! The place was transformed into 3 floors of dancing, and the atmosphere was friendly and lively. The DJ was plastered on both occasions, but that just made for a more amusing night! The drinks are a little on the pricey side: �3 for a pint of nat's pee and it was �20 to get in, but worth it. The ladies behind the bar (and indeed in front of it) were very pleasing to the eye, and we will definitely be visiting this coming New Year's Eve. Top night, not too crowded, prompt and attentive bar service, and - dare I say it - friendly bouncers!
6 Jan 2007 19:37
Hoochimama's Bar Bistro, Tooting
We have been regulars here since Hoochi's opened, and while it does have it's ups and downs service-wise it's a great little bar! Every time we come in, we end up chatting to randoms and making friends. It's a very sociable, safe, friendly bar which is full of local atmosphere. Definitely worth a visit, but be flexible with the beers you choose to drink - they frequently run out of draught lager! D'oh! We need more bars like this in Tooting!!
6 Jan 2007 19:32
The Heeltap and Bumper, London Bridge
A lovely unassuming bar which shares a lovely courtyard area with a pretty old pub, The George. The bar is spacious and clean, and the loos are also kept clean. There's the usual selection of draught beers, and this is an excellent drinking hole. The service was also rapid.
However, if you are planning to eat here, think again! 5 of us ate, and only 2 of the meals were edible. Focacia bread was listed on the menu, but we got rock hard burnt baguettes. The fillings (chicken, bacon etc) were dry and clearly prepared well in advance and put under the grill to warm. The shared platter wasn't big enough to satisfy even one vaguely peckish person, and all the contents were burnt like charcoal. When we complained, we were just offered a refund (which we clearly took), but little apology. The manageress was polite enough but her tall colleague looked like he hated every minute of his shift.
Great place for drinking, unthinkable place for eating. 0 rating for food, 10 for everything else.
18 Aug 2005 10:44
A nice bar if you want to watch sport. The plasma screens are distracting and spoil a nice atmosphere in the evenings. Friendly bar staff, and the service is rapid even when it's busy. Very smokey though.... They keep changing the look of the bar and consequently the place always looks like it's unfinished. The ceiling's still unpainted a year later.... Good for a New Year's bash (tickets only), but don't expect an announcement at midnight....
If you're after a quiet drink away from footie, suggest Hoochimama's a few doors down - good tunes and sport-free!
20 Nov 2004 11:10
I'm a chain smoker, and still cannot even set foot inside. If you can see the bar through the smoke you have to fight your way past all the elderly winos. The pub reeks of stale booze, vomit and BO. The loos are so filthy you will be glad for the reek of the bar. It's also filthy and in need of a refurbishment. If you have 10 pints of wife-beater you will still feel sober compared to the old soaks that frequent this hell hole. The worst Wetherspoon in the country, surely. With all the lovely bars that there are in Tooting, why go here? AVOID AT ALL COSTS! 0/10
20 Nov 2004 11:05
The Tooting Tram & Social, Tooting
Great place only if you are desperate for a late drink at the weekends, as they don't charge entry. Can't remember when they close (3?) due to mucho cerveza. Mostly Polish / wannabe gangster clientele. Couldn't get in on several occasions due to police presence - rough as fcuk! Oh - and the loos are so rank that you're better off going in the alleyway.
6 Jan 2007 19:41