The Hoop and Toy, South Kensington

This place is a dump and pretty much always has been, too close to the Underground station, but they should be able to make this a real success given the (fairly) recent pedestrianisation nearby bringing in a lot of people. The previous report re: rude staff doesn't suprise me at all. On the plus side, one of the girls who works here has quite the largest assets I've ever seen.

2 Apr 2013 13:38

The Old Globe, Stepney

Nice pub, went in and chatted to the lovely Kate, who apologised profusely when there was no lagers on tap and lent me her darts to play with. Definitely will be popping back in..

24 Jul 2006 17:13

The Famous Cock Tavern, Islington

Whilst doing our marathondrinker.co.uk reviews (linked from this site),we went into the pub on the 13-Oct and the following happened:

"As Su got to the end of her first and only Adnams we noticed huge amounts of sediment at the bottom which looked like wood chippings.
I kindly went to the bar on the way out, in no way looking for a refund and said to the American barmaid:

me: just to let you know there is a lot of sediment in this glass - its the Adnams
her: well it will just have to stay there, I'm too busy at the moment
me; (to a now crowded bar) I was just letting you know so its not sold to anyone else in this state
her: *shrug of the shoulders*
me: I'm not after a refund...it's been drunk... I was just telling you to check the barrel.

Now its the Infamous Cock and I would never return."

Obviously nothing has changed here. Avoid.

14 Oct 2005 15:24