The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar — Restaurant in London

Good location and great beer. We had a great time, until a group of highly intoxicated guys came to the pub and caused trouble.

The group of guys came into the pub heavily intoxicated (two of them couldn't stand up properly), and they were still being served alcoholic beverages. One of the guys kept leaning on my partner's mother and gave her uncomfortable looks.

I politely asked him to leave her alone and move away, but himself and his friends threatened to attack me, followed by insulting me with foul language. I informed the staff at the bar, and the staff moved the intoxicated group to one side. They carried on going near us, antagonising me and threatening me. The staff refused to ask them to leave, so we decided to leave instead.

Very poor management. It was my partner's Birthday, and this pub ruined her night. Myself, my partner, her sister, and her mother, felt extremely uncomfortable, because of the intoxicated guys being creepy to my partner's mother, and threatened to attack me.

We will never be visiting this establishment again. Safety is an absolute priority, and this place is not safe. The staff already broke the law by serving intoxicated clientele. If one of the intoxicated cliente harassed us even more, I would've contacted the police.

There needs to be security in...

I visited the other day to watch a production of The Merchant of Venice.

▶️Venue:

The exterior looks traditional, but inside it looks like it's recently had a fresh coat of paint. Décor brings some modern touches to the building.

My friends all enjoyed the drinks and got more during the intermission.

The theatre is located up the narrow stairs. It's akin to a studio; quite small, for an audience total of 54 people. Chairs were pretty uncomfortable but it wasn't too distracting. The stage lacked a backdrop and set; the only set pieces and props were three benches, three chests on tables, and a sprig off a tree. Seemed like a fine sprig though.

▶️Performance:

That said, the performance was fantastic. I was torn on the interpretation; it incorporated a fair bit of comedy. It was enjoyable for the parts where suitors came to open the boxes, but some felt forced.

However, I loved the addition of the scene at the end; Jessica receiving a letter to learn of her father's fate reminded us that not everybody won, among...

We usually really enjoy this pub and go there semi regularly as it is not far from where we live and a change of scenery! My friends and I were there the other day and playing a card game in which there were occasional levels of excitement/cheering. The group by us was consistently at a loud level, so the pub was not quiet and it was late enough that a play wasn't going on upstairs. A woman (i think the manager, geometric glasses) gave us a hard time upon ordering earlier in the night but came up to us as we were playing the game and told us she could hear us from the cellar so we had to be quiet. We were confused as the group by us was loud the entire time compared to our bursts of noise and otherwise relatively tame levels of speaking. Not sure what was bothered down in the cellar from a card game level of excitement but we all felt it was handled aggressively and we will not be returning unfortunately! (We want to point out that the young man working alongside her was incredibly lovely and helpful, very...