The Orange Brewery, Belgravia

The Orange is now shut. No indication as yet of what will replace it. Rumours are of a conversion to add to the number of posh bars replacing old pubs like The Ebury, The Botanist or Thomas Cubitt.

26 Sep 2008 10:00

The Rising Sun, Tottenham Court Road

Dreadful pub! Poor decor and atmosphere. Went with a group of friends and I tried the Spitfire. It was undrinkable, my friend who got the round in and went to take it back to the barmaid, she asked the landlord, he said it was not off and that was the end of that and so instead of giving a new pint or an alternative my friend had to pay again for a pint of pride. I took this up with the landlord who was very unhelpful and showed no customer service at all, he just mentioned he had won awards for his beer (which looking at the reviews below, you wonder how!) He then tried to blame the barmaid for not telling him the full story. At no point did he apologise or try to resolve the issue. This is the first time in over 20 years of drinking that a pub has refused to deal in some with a 'dodgy' pint. Needless to say he lost any more custom from our group and we went on to far finer establishments then this.

25 Sep 2008 12:14