The Londesborough, Stoke Newington

I was looking through these posts and just had to respond. I worked at the Londesborough for quite a while over a year ago but still drink there. I will say although I see where everybody is coming from, I have also been on the other end trying to explain these seemingly nonsense rules and felt it only fair to explain the method to what seems like maddness.

1. Personally I still eat there because I know the food is fresh and aside from paying some poor person to sit and cut the hand cut chips 24 hours a day it goes against what the place is about. It's not a boozer it is a gastro pub for people who do want to eat a full meal and stay where they are for a drink or ten without being shoved along. They have an adequate snack menu for those who don't want to eat. Although I think it does serve chips now.

2.... It is Stoke Newington! Everybody has a bike! You let one in you can't turn the rest away. Or ... they could let everyone and their bike in and the pub would be over run by bikes which someone would inevitably trip over while drunk and sue the pub. You don't ask at a supermarket, a restaurant, a cafe, the cinema,the doctors or your office so why ask at the Londesborough.

And 3. It is Stoke Newington! Everybody has a kid! There are families living here.There are kids everywhere. If you don't like children don't live here or simply accept that they are a part of life here and get on with it.

So although I do have my personal reasons to love this bar ,most of you have already agreed with one or all that it's good food, good drinks, friendly staff, good music, good atmosphere, generally happy and placid clientele and a nice garden. If we're fair I thought thats what it was all about.

26 Nov 2008 05:37