Absolutely astronomical prices. I wish I could say I enjoyed this staple of Camden.
I'd understand if the place was actually nice, or had some sort of unique vibe, but this is just another rundown, old beer smelling English pub. The only difference between this and those gritty neighbourhood pubs, is here they play deafeningly loud heavy metal and it's in Camden.
£7 for 25ml of cheap rail gin.
And even then, I had to tell the bartender to actually fill the jigger, instead of halfway like I saw. His response was, "Well, we never fill it all the way." Essentially, you're telling me, "We love fraud." I'm guessing that is on the direction of the management and not his personal choice. If your single jiggers are standard 25ml English measures which I would assume as you are a bar in England, then yes, actually, you must fill it to the top. Or else you're short pouring. It's ridiculous that 25ml is the standard in the UK as it is (we are used to US ounces which are 30ml -- and 35ml in Scotland), but to short on that?! What am I getting then? 20ml? For £7! It's, as the boomers would say, highway robbery.
I then ordered one double vodka and soda and it came to £17!!! I can get sophisticated cocktails at fancy bars in Soho or Shoreditch for less than that. Why anybody would come here is beyond me.
To top it off, I asked for a slice of lemon or lime and was told they have to charge for that... because they only have one lime. Yes, one lime for that whole night's service. What is going on? I get that things are more expensive these days, but this is borderline insane.
I don't even mind the loud rock music, as allegedly, it is a music bar, but it sure didn't feel like it. It felt like a straight-up tourist trap. Nothing more. I can't say I hated it, as the bartenders were pretty cool guys, but I've been to most of the pubs in the area at one time or another and this really has to be the most overpriced, overrated one. If it was reasonably priced, I would say it's a...
Read moreWe were looking forward to trying this famous bar in our annual London pub crawl. Just 2 of us. This was just number 3 on the list.
We were quite ‘wowed’ as we went in and joined the busy bar. We’re mindful of who’s in front and appreciate that bar staff can’t always keep check. So as the staff were coming towards us we were trying to route them mostly to the guys next to us and patiently waited as others were served. At least 3 people joined the bar after we did and got served before us, despite calls of ‘yes please’, or ‘this guy was next’
Then a girl walked up and within moments was asked for her drink order. In fairness to her she did also try and divert the staff to us. But at the same moment in frustration I said ‘for goodness sake’.
Well, the staff then said ‘all the time you’re shouting you’re not going to be served’ We weren’t shouting at all, it was normal conversation voices for such a loud pub!
I said, ‘well you’re serving everyone but us!’ She then said ‘well you’re now going to be served last’.
So that was that, we left. I hate being treated like garbage. I’m sure she called out to say we’re barred too!
We visited another 10 pubs throughout the day/evening around Camden and back to the west end. Each and everyone with friendly welcoming staff, up for friendly banter despite being busy, totally engaging.
It’s sad because you’d struggle to find, friendlier punters. It was so frustrating it felt like a personal attack, so completely soured the mood for a bit. It could have easily ruined our day.
So, well done. You clearly don’t want us there. So we won’t! You won’t lose any sleep, which is also a shame that you can be so dismissive towards keen and potentially...
Read moreMe, my brother and a friend tried to enter on Easter Sunday and the security guy deemed us too drunk to enter. So, not having drunk anything yet, we tried to enter from another entrance and the second security guy told us we were not too drunk, but security guy 1 told him to not let us in, to go back to the first entrance and speak again to the first guy. We went back and some “manager” was there, with a leather cowboy hat and cheek piercings. We spoke to him for a couple minutes and he repeated we were to drunk to go inside. We tried to have him explain why he thought so and he came out with “you insulted my security staff just now in front of me”. That never happened, so i ask him politely: “are you the drunk one?” (Because he really looked like so), and he replied “maybe, i don’t have time for this” and he left with no further explanation.
Me and my friends were completely sober, just going out for a beer after a dinner at home but apparently we weren't good enough for this place. I recommend this place to people that like to argue with staff and “managers” and like to be judged drunk with no reason.
I have been going to this place for 2 years but this will be the last time. The place is ok but apparently the security staff is very incompetent (or the requirements to work here are very low).
The security guy seemed like he was falling asleep and just wanted to complain about anything. The “manager” seemed like he didn't really care and was just speaking to let the air flow.
If you want to make this pub a better place, focus on the...
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