Birdys Bar, Highams Park

Ventured in here for the first time yesterday, having livied in the area for 3 years. I had been warned that it was very unfriendly and cliquey by some people that I know. I can confirm that they were wrong. Barman was very friendly upon our arrival and there were no funny looks from any of the patrons. The bar was full of the sound of people having a good time and had Sky Sports on the tele. Like other reviewers have previously said, it's not the smartest, but is light years ahead of 'The County'. Reasonably priced too.

16 Aug 2010 17:09

The Southwark Tavern, London Bridge

Just read jpm's review. I witnessed the "it's there for a reason" incident. Truly shocking. Coincidentally, my poor experience was about 5 minutes prior to this.

9 Jul 2010 17:00

The Southwark Tavern, London Bridge

Nice venue, decent beer. Rude staff who seem to prefer chatting up girls and getting telephone numbers to serving beers (who doesn't, but they are there to serve drinks, not service frippet). Took about 20 minutes to get served on my last visit and it wasn't even particularly busy. When I raised this (politely) with a bearded member of the bar team, he looked at me as if I was something he had just stepped in and went about his business filling the dishwasher with glasses, without saying a word. With customer service skills like that, it's no wonder he's been restricted to collecting dirty glasses. I can imagine he'd swing for anyone who made a difficult order or made some kind of complaint.

9 Jul 2010 16:56