The Defector's Weld, Shepherds Bush

went here on saturday night for a drink, with some mates who had been before - and had an otherwise nice night evening ruined by bizarre and over-the-top bouncing:

1st up, me & a mate went in a couple of minutes after our friends, the bouncer took one look at our shoes (trainers?) and proceeded to tell us there were 'too many blokes' inside. tried to explain we were just out for a drink, and what diference did it make how many blokeswere inside (it was pretty empty, for a saturday night) and eventually got in by showing the bouncer that we'd already been bought pints.

once inside, told i had to 'take off my hoodie' (it's not like i was wearing it up, obscuring my face, or doing anything other than drinking a pint) and another mate forced to literally take off an anorak, as it had a hood on it too!

and so it went on... got followed into the loo by another bouncer (nice, always welcoming). had them telling other people to remove hats (a wooly one. dangerous), hovering over the tables, saw them trying to chuck another guy out of the loo for literally doing nothing, and generally hassling the punters.

yeah the beer was okay (but pretty pricey), and the music was good, but this ain't ibiza, i'm not some kid trying to start a fight, and any pub with a 'shoes and shirts' policy is a pub i don't go to. cross that one off the list.

20 Nov 2006 13:44