The Kings Arms, Waterloo

Since there is nothing more annoying on a night out than when a pub is happy (or rather miserably in this case) to serve you a pint at last orders, and then try to force you to drink up and get out at 11.01 by standing and shouting at you and putting chairs on tables, I won't be going back to the Kings Arms.

If you want to be served by gloomy bar staff who make you feel like they resent your custom, and to smell stinking toilets all night, go here. If, like me, you prefer friendly bar staff, nice decor and a relaxed atmosphere, go the the White Hart round the corner.

17 Aug 2009 09:44

The Hop and Berry, Islington

This isn't a pub at all - its a snobby wannabe restaurant. On Saturday night we ate a rather nice Vietnames next door & thought we had timed it perfectly to get last orders in at the Barnsbury: we got to the (empty) bar at 10.50 to be told that we weren't going to be served as we had not bought food there! The pub was about two third full with no one waiting to be served and about 3 bar staff stood doing nothing so why they did not want to serve two more people with ten minutes before time is beyond me. The manager (whose dictat the staff were following) is obviously either too lazy to worry about his customers (ie wanted to knock off early) or thinks he is managing Le Gavroche. If they can't be bothered with customers, then they don't deserve them & we certainly won't be going there again.

12 Mar 2007 14:30