The Gin Tub — Restaurant in Great Britain

Fabulous gins, great decor, but unwelcoming and rude staff. When we arrived as a party of 7 there was a kerfuffle about where to sit. You can't just go and sit down apparently. You have to wait to be seated. It's just a pub people! You can't move the tables together because they are screwed to the floor so we had to sit on 2 tables. And we couldn't move to another as even though a party had got up to leave, apparently it was booked. Even though you're not allowed to book. When a friend tried to join us later she was made to wait at the door for at least 10 minutes even though we were seated really close by. The security guard apparently had to get clearance from the Front of House because people apparently "pretend they know people inside all the time..." On to the gins, which were excellent. Lovely glasses and proper tonic, as you'd expect for a minimum of £8 a glass. However, paying the bill was even worse than trying to get a seat. Took at least 20 minutes and 2 phone calls to arrive and was brought by the rudest member of staff that I have met in a long time. Initially,we weren't allowed to split a bill of £119! They did eventually relent but we had to pay the exact amount only and there were complications as a couple of us had paid cash. When we had finally paid, amidst much eye-rolling and tutting by our server the very efficient Front of House was overhead saying that we had spent far too long paying our bill and this had meant the 1 cash machine being on our table too long so other tables were not going to be allowed to split bills from now on. Sheesh! Ps Get over yourselves guys or you'll be out of business quite soon. Oh, and 1 female toilet for the whole...

I heard such great things about this place. However I went in January when it wasn’t that busy and ordered the “You’ve got mail” drink which was £15 and included a Polaroid picture which they send to you in the mail. The first Polaroid turned out bad as the staff member quickly came over and didn’t let us get ready so it was all of us getting ready for the photo and turned out very blurry. The staff member then came back and said they would take another one and this time we were ready however we did not get shown the Polaroid that was going to be sent in the post. I have just received the envelope with the Polaroid in to find it is completely black and the only thing visible in the Polaroid is the light. I find this appalling that they have the audacity to send a Polaroid picture which is completely black yet I paid £15 to have the Polaroid picture included with the drink. I do not recommend getting this drink as it will be a total...

To start with, the only major negative comment about this place is the cost of drinks - the gin cocktails here are VERY good (and quite large too), but certainly have the price to match. With that said, The Gin Tub has a very relaxed and cosy atmosphere with incredibly friendly staff. Unlike most bars, where you order drinks at the bar, you instead use phones which are fixed to every table, removing the need to step away from your friends and fight to get to the front of the bar. One thing that I enjoyed - which may not be to everyone's liking - is that the bar is surrounded by a faraday cage, meaning that your phone signal will be at a bare minimum, if available at all; forcing you to spend less time looking at your device and more time interacting with the...