The Love Apple Cafe, Bradford

We went to a live gig at this cafe bar the other night with some friends - haven't been for a while and it has been slightly re-decorated which is a considerable improvement. However, in all my time of going out I have seldom come across such incredibly rude, surly and downright offensive staff. Every request is met with a blank stare and a heavy sigh as if it's just all far, far too much trouble, the shaven-headed guy behind the bar positively growls at anyone daring to ask for drinks (a female friend thought he was 'scary')and the woman with shoulder-length dark hair who collected glasses etc, quite literally walked 'through' me, shouldering me physically out of her way with a snarl when I could get out of her way fast enough in a doorway.

To be honest, for Bradford (& I love Bradford) The Love Apple is a cut above the usual, but it's still a rather smelly (old food & dirty washcloths), tatty place with dodgy food cooked by a boy (he looked about 18) with long ginger dreadlocks dangling into the plates, and staff who seem to feel us punters are a dreadful imposition.

A few tweaks and this could be a great venue for a night out, as it is, we won't be returning unless there's an event there we really, desperately want to see.

1 May 2008 12:43