The Lord Stanley, Camden

my girlfriend and i started using this place a few months ago and although we love the building and the location; the staff are pretty poor. no-one pays attention to whether there are any customers waiting much less who was at the bar first. as for the comment about the slack service being due to it 'being busy therefore they must be doing something right' is complete nonsense. they are just slack barstaff. the food has been good on both occasions that i have eaten there and i'm sure that it shall remain as such. However; i've never had a good drink there (shorts with mixers) the ice is always half melted, the drinks themselves are always tepid and it has usually taken an age to even get them. poor drinks, poor staff, time to find another local.

1 Sep 2009 19:10

Canal 125, Caledonian Road

Sunday roast... not great, in fact not even good. Tasteless beef, bullet peas and bitter wine gravy. �14 x2 not well spent. Do not bother eating your Sunday roast here. Good service although it was just about empty so really no excuse to be anything other. Can't speak for the evening drinks, so shall have to drop in sometime in order to comment. Hope it's better than the food.

5 Feb 2008 19:49

The Globe, Moorgate

Barstaff are completely oblivious to any order of serving. As reported before it pays to be the loudest and wave money about. Tubby guy in his late 30's especially rude, consistantly gets orders incorrect and then wants to give you an argument about it. Could be good. Nice location, great space outside in the summer, it evan has grass to sit on and actually has a nice feel inside when it's not full of shouty city suits.

14 Oct 2007 15:04