The Alexandra, Clapham

This is a good pub and i've consistently drank in here for the 3 years i've lived in Clapham. Ideal for watching the footie, especially if you are a Man Utd fan as the landlord is a Red and always shows them over Arsenal on Champions League nights. Unfortunately though i've fallen out of love with the place and that's mainly down to the rude & miserable Eastern European bar staff that work there. I'm really not being racist but in a busy London pub it would go along way if a barmaid knew that serving a flat pint of lager is totally unacceptable. It would also help that when you politely inform them of this you didn't get a load of attitude back and a flat refusal to do anything about it. I even had to explain to one of them what Pork Scratchings were.
It's quite sad to see the place go this way, also the recent addition of a Thai food menu now means you have toffs crowding the bar to order chicken satay when you're trying to get a pint.
If you want a drink you should try the Firefly up the road. More a bar than a pub it's great in the summer, shows the football and the bar staff are friendly and really can't do enough for you. The Alex could learn alot from this place.

12 May 2008 14:14