Le Gothique, Wandsworth

First visit today. Quirky, difficult to find, and hugely overpriced. For a pub which hosts twice yearly real ale beer festivals they had 4 hand pumps with NO BEER available - had to settle for a half of lager, plus a small Bacardi & Coke for my wife - total £7.85 - at least £4 more than my local. The ladies toilets were filthy (I'm told), didn't try the mens. On the plus side, the girl behind the vbar was very pleasant and friendly, and the pub was generally very attractive and clean, but I do suspect very directed towards foodies NOT drinkers.

16 Feb 2015 18:49

The Beehive, Wandsworth

Called here for the 1st time ever today. Pub looked ok and (appeared) to offer a good beer selection. However an obviously inexperienced barhand wasn't sure which beers were actually available - I opted for the Brains which he thought was "on." Despite my wife being directly next to me he didn't immediately ask what she wanted, proceeded instead to turn away to the til. She then asked for a small white wine and would have just been given the first bottle he came to had we not stopped him to ask what choice there might be (apparently there were 2 other options on the wine list at the tables, but these were not offered). The operative then had to ring for instructions! I accept staff have to learn, but shouldn't be left to fend for themselves unsupervised.

16 Feb 2015 18:40

The Widdrington Inn, Widdrington

Went there on one of the hottest days of the year - the welcome was warm, the beer was the correct temperature (and yes, unfortunately there was only 1 real ale of the three available - it had been a very busy weekend and this was Monday Night), but the one was in great condition. The Food was SUPERB, the staff couldn't have been nicer, and yes the place was pretty busy - certainly for a Monday night. Will definately be back when I'm next in the area

17 Jul 2013 01:19