The Temperance, Putney Bridge

This pub is an absolute disgrace. The menu changes to accommodate what the chef has in, with no warning to the staff or to us, the paying customer. When I went in with a group of friends, it took over an hour and a half to get a roast for 6, when there were only 4 other people in the pub. When they arrived...finally, the yorkshire puddings were still frozen in the middle, when I pointed this out, it was just scoffed at and a plate was handed to us to place our cold puddings on...they literally must have just shoved them in a microwave to heat up because they came back all soggy and limp. The (what seemed to be) manager had a blazing row with the chef and then proceeded to sit at the end of the bar and drink copious amounts of beer. This place is so unprofessional, and needs to be shut down. If health and safety got in there, they would be closed immediately, in fact, someone should probably call them right now. The toilets are disgusting and when I pointed this out to the staff, they just shrugged their shoulders and said 'so, what do you want me to do about it, I serve drinks not clean loos'. That's disgusting!!! The company that has the bar should sack the bar manager and the staff. The staff stand drinking at the end of the bar, are extremely unhelpful and blatantly rude - sorry if I was disturning your drinking time, but I would also like a drink!? Honestly, avoid this place like the plague...the service is crap, the beer tastes funny, the surfaces are sticky as hell and the places stinks...literally...bad bad bad form.

18 Sep 2009 12:22