The Old Dairy, Finsbury Park

Good food, but overpriced by 20-25%. Service has picked up a bit recently, this place used to be *shocking* for under-staffing the bar. As previous comments have said, they have a habit of serving a (very) short pint.

Note to Old Dairy management : Stop being so TIGHT.

19 Oct 2008 12:41

The Noble, Crouch Hill

Expensive. Some of the staff need to cheer up.

12 Sep 2008 16:55

The Ivy House, Holborn, London

Avoid at all costs. If you go in, look around the door and along the skirting boards along the wall. You'll see that there is a filthy dark smudge running from the floor up to about six inches. These are the marks left by the copious numbers of mice and/or rats running around this pub. When I was there I saw a rat running along the wall 5 times in the space of 45 minutes. A friend of mine said to the bar maid "You've got rats..." she said "yeah..... I know...".

So so so slack. No wonder this place is empty. They can't even be bothered to even attempt to disguise the fact the place is crawling with vermin.

12 Sep 2008 16:51

The Worlds End, Camden

Nice big place, let down by the lack of staff and morbid downtrodder faces of the people serving.

Legendary for having to wait forever to get served.

20 Apr 2008 16:33

The Phoenix, Oxford Circus

Gone totally downhill due to the utterly inept management who choose to completely under-staff the bar. The obviously incapable duty manager also seemed to have a fear of actually serving anyone, thus leaving a single solitary member serving the entire establishment. Also witnessed food being left on the counter for easily 5 minutes. A friends food (chicken) was raw in the middle. My veggie burger was slushy and slightly burnt.

Avoid at all costs, at least until they fire the manager.

7 Jan 2008 00:02