The Hope and Anchor, Camden

Some of the rudest service I have ever received in a pub! The landlady barked "yes" at me while not bothering to look up from aggressively drying pint glasses - as if I had done something offensive by merely waiting politely at the bar. She then snatched my money from my hand while storming away from me, without any verbal acknowledgement or eye contact. Throughout the hour or so that we were there, she made a point of repeatedly "asking" customers to tuck their chairs in as she shoved past on her bad-tempered rounds. It's a mystery to me why this pub has any punters at all, and can only assume that its proximity to Koko allows this place to stay open.

2 Mar 2006 09:54