The Portico — Local services in London

I attended the 2017 Burns night ceilidh here. The venue is much bigger than it seems from outside. The ground floor is an art gallery and the lower floor holds a function room. The ceilidh was great but packed. The room could barely accommodate everyone, but that just added to the fun. The haggis was good, by all accounts. I had already eaten so did not partake. The burns poems were fantastic and delivered with drama. The beer was cheap and the venue had a large clothes rail for coats and very friendly staff. A great night out. Tripped over my own two feet every two minutes but there was always a friendly dancer ready to remind me...

Very friendly, smiley staff but there are a few things that could be improved. It was rather cold inside, the music was a bit too loud for what it was and the food had odd temperature (ie beans were hot but the sausages room temperature). However eth was tasty and they really seem to be making an effort, so I will be going back and maybe...

I was actually here for the Pop up shop on Tuesday evening. It's open between 6-7.30 for refills of cupboard food and liquids. I got shampoo and conditioner as well as laundry liquid in my own bottles and rice in my own container. I will be back again! It is open at other times, but this is the only one I can get to as I own and run a...