Me along with my 2 colleagues went along to the pub this evening on the 19th of April. We arrived, and although it smelled of smoke and the tables were instantly sticky, we decided to stay and discuss our weekly performances. We ordered a couple of drinks from a frankly unresponsive female bartender, and then left for a cigarette out the front, expecting to return to resume our conversation and endulge in the drinks and hospitality that we had already paid for. When we attempted to come back in, we were met with refusal, and that the pub was ‘shut’ (it was 10:30pm and the pub closes at 12am). When we asked as to why we were refused entry back in to finish our drinks, we were told by a rather kind and sympathetic male security guard who let us in earlier, ‘the owner said no’. Another female security guard completely blanked us in comparison. A more senior member of staff came out and told us to wait 15 minutes outside in the cold so that the owner could come out and ‘speek to us’. After 20 minutes of waiting, no one came to acknowledge us. Peeping through the window, we witnessed the owner, IAN G, talking with bartenders and laughing at us through the window. After waiting for an eternity to simply resume our meeting and drink our drinks, we decided to call the pub via phone to see if we would get a quicker response. We witnessed the manager inside through the window completely ignore our phone call. We were left to conclude that we were discriminated against by the owner, IAN G, as we had no problem minding our own business before we left for a cigarette break. We are a young, yet professional group of 3 that only showed complete and yet yet respect towards the unfortunate pub, & we didn’t deserve such treatment. We left the scene feeling extremely discriminated against, and deflated, with no show from the owner Ian, who refused us entry via his security team, after we paid for the pub’s hospitality and drinks. This feeling was further confirmed when bartenders inside the pub intentionally caught eye contact with us just to laugh at our situation. Overall, the attitude demonstrated by this pub is extremely volatile. After settling in calmly the first time, we were refused entry back in after paying for drinks. Extremely unprofessional and not impressed at all. I would like the owner, Ian, to contact me as soon as possible. Considering our most recent interactions, I will surprised to receive a response as that’s in line with their unprofessionalism. I look forward to an explanation. Pictured are the bartenders who felt it was appropriate to laugh at our situation, aswell as the owner with the manager together in another picture. I would advise to stay away from this pub, unprofessional, smelly, sticky, and discriminatory. Avoid at all costs!