The Punch And Judy, Covent Garden

Very poor. Went to the balcony bar and apart from the view not much going for it. No real beer on tap at all so had Black Cab stout in a bottle which was half decent. Bar staff although vaguely friendly didn't understand what you ordered and almost got the wrong drink twice. Toilets were disgusting (to small, no lock on the door, flush did not work and smelt bad).
If you want to watch the buskers go there, otherwise forget it.

30 Apr 2014 06:53

The Feathers, St James's

Well as I gave this a 1 last time I was in there I am very happy to say that has now gone to a 8. Excellent choice of real ale, good service and pleasent surounds. Still a little un -atmospheric but still good. :-)

2 Oct 2010 01:00

The Eagle, Hoxton

Oh dear.

The evening started okay as the sun had just come out at the end of a chilly day and I was nice and warm. The pub looked okay from the outside and as you went in a nice real wood floor and decent enough decor. Beers on tap looked good Pride, Doombar, etc.

That's where the good comment stop.

20 minutes later the one barman final got around to me. I was quite lucky really as after that there was AT LEAST a 30 minute wait with the bar swelling with 2 barmen only briefly.
Went into the beer garden and put up with the shoddy service for an hour or so. Then came the pub quiz. Well sort of as the chap tried to sell it to the crowd but had no takers so it didn't happen.
Next came the food. A simple plate of potato skins: 40 minutes & arrived burnt to a crisp. When I say burnt to a crisp I mean charcoal black. To their credit they did refund the money...only after saying 'you've had one?'.
We then started to get cold which was odd as the sun was in full burn. However the massive tree in the beer garden had formed a canopy so dense I half expected a monkey to launch itself at us at any moment. Why they had been allowed to grow so large beats me. So we thought we'd ask them to turn on the huge amounts of patio heaters dotted around....only to be told none of them worked!
By this point I was cold, hungry, thirsty and cheesed off I had gone North of the river to bother attending this pub. I certainly won't be making that mistake again.
So points wise 1 for the beer and one for being a pub that is not a wine bar in London. However, that's about the only things going for it I'm afraid.

21 Jun 2010 20:40