The Northcote, Clapham Junction

Never have I spent �100 in a pub and been treated so appallingly. My friend and I arrived there about 2 o�clock on a Friday afternoon and found a table which we shared with various other people throughout the course of our stay. We had a couple of burgers and three bottles of wine which were very nice to be fair. The day shift staff were very friendly as well. Later into the evening one of the evening shift bar staff (possibly the Manager) comes along and surreptitiously slips a brown tile onto the table. I thought nothing of it because there was another identical tile already on the table with the salt and pepper on it. About half an hour later the same guys comes along to tell everyone sitting on the table that it had been reserved and we all needed to vacate the table pointing at the tile which on closer inspection had some writing scrawled on it. So, after a little bit of confrontation we left the table and finished our drinks standing up in the packed pub while three young ladies who the bar staff obviously knew - and most likely want to nail - moved in. I think our treatment speaks volumes about this popular establishment.

30 Dec 2011 18:04