The Penderel's Oak, Holborn

We're fairly good fan's of spoons on the whole but out of the many we have visited have to say this was the worst, so much so that we only had 1 drink here before leaving. Reasons for this were, firstly it wasn't particularly clean, tables were loaded with empties n not as if pub was that busy, think was down to staff as they were not very welcoming, not very helpful n certainly not in the mood to serve anyone or rather I should say they were choosing who n when they were serving, having got a drink to sit with n mull over our lunch choice on return to bar, bar staff purposefully ignored for nearly 10 mins which just made us leave which we promptly did, going round the corner to Knights Templar pub which was by far a more superior pub than this one could ever wish to be, definitely one to avoid in my opinion

30 Oct 2010 14:01

The Knights Templar, Chancery Lane

We visited this pub on Thursday as part of our real ale trail of pubs, it was our 2nd of the day the 1st being awful but that's another review. Anyhows, what a wonderful pub, gorgeously splendid interiors, very clean, comfortable & friendly atmosphere. The staff were very efficient & there was a wonderful selection of ale's & cider's on. We also had something to eat here & the food arrive promptly, well cooked & hot. The cost of any drinks were all reasonable what you'd expect from JDW. As a female I have to say the biggest highlight of this visit were the ladies toilets, they were amazing, really worth a visit to the pub if only for these, tho i'm told the gents weren't as grand but hey can't have everything. Definitely recommend it as somewhere to go that's not overly busy with either office/tourist peeps a general mix of all sorts 5*

30 Oct 2010 13:53