The Marquess Tavern, Canonbury

Just returned from a very annoying evening at this pub. This was my third visit to the pub - each previous time I was willing to put the problems down to teething troubles (very slow service on visit 1, my main course turning up 15 minutes after my fellow diners on visit 2), but no more.

On this occasion, our waiter returned 5-6 times to tell us that various items we had ordered were not available (putting the exucse down to it being Monday) and when the starters arrived, 2 of them were of sub standard quality. The waiter agreed to take them off the bill, but at the end of the evening, the manager decided to argue the merits of each dish with us and refused to take them off the bill, seemingly unaware of how to deal with unsatisfied customers. Considering the night was a special occasion - and we had already made them aware of this - this arguing the toss was the last straw.

When there's one of the best gastro pubs in London less than 2 mibnutes from this place (The House) there's no reason to go back to this place - avoid at all costs...

21 Aug 2006 23:37