Bootys, Limehouse

This has to be the unfriendliest pub I've ever visited since coming to London - which is saying something. The staff barely look up as you walk in, eventually serve you in a bored, contemptuous fashion, and generally make you feel uncomfortable if you are not a regular. They had some Sunday papers next to the bar, clearly out on display - I went to get one, and a large man working there, who I think was the manager, actually grabbed it back and told me that they were his, and he was about to take them away (? - at 4pm in the afternoon?) The tables are decked with sad wilting bunches of carnations, the food is microwaved rubbish (had a rubbery tasteless chicken burrito here about a year ago) and the toilets less than clean. A real shame, as it's got bags of character and could be something special in the right hands. We couldn't wait to leave! Avoid.

18 Aug 2009 17:55