The White House, Clapham Common

Awful!

If you want to wait ages to be served by pretentious bar staff who seem more interested in trying to look cool and moving the bowl of limes 2 inches over to left, then this is your place.

The staff are far and away the worst attribute of this place. Their specialty seems to be being rude to customers and serving people in a completely random order, regardless of how long they have been standing at the bar.

We waited more than an hour and a half for our food to arrive. When we then began to eat it we realised it was the wrong order. On pointing this out to the waitress we were barracked for having eaten what we had!

Avoid this place like the plague.

10 Apr 2008 23:52

The Cuckfield, Wanstead

Vastly superior than it used to be.

It has an excellent range of beers and wine (even if it can take a while to get served!), the decor is rather appealing as well plus the beer garden is ideal on a sunny afternoon.

The food however falls a long way short of where it should. On a recent visit with family we encountered a food label in a vegetarian rosti, when we complained the barmaid/waitress was very apologetic and my girlfriend was given a replacement which was undercooked and far too oily. Although to be fair we were given a full refund on the rosti in the end.

Alas there have been numerous separate experiences where for example the chicken is dry and overcooked, excessively fatty lamb and what would appear to be an overuse of inferior quality ingredients which is all too often badly cooked, often with what would appear to be an overuse of a microwave.

I have given this place many chances now with regard to the food and I have far too often been left dissapointed. I'll be giving the food a wide berth from now on, which is a shame because apart from that and the sometimes achingly slow service its a rather good pub.

8 Apr 2007 17:58