The Glass Works, Angel, Islington

A Lloyd's Bar is only going to start off with a score of 5 anyway, but any hope of redeeming points was quashed when their bouncers accosted the 4 of us and firstly demanded to know how many of us there were (whether this was to test to see if we could deal with elementary mathematics - or simply because they could not - was unclear), then demanded to see ID (the youngest in our party was 28), and then warned me that I had to take off my hat or I wouldn't be allowed in. It's not like the place was even 50% full, so based on the otherwise lacklustre performance given I think we'll be going elsewhere in future.

7 Mar 2007 15:06

live lounge, Leeds

Pretty chilled out place - not overly pretentious and normally an easy, low light spot with decent tunes.

We were a little taken aback that there wasn't a single beer on tap, and though it's a cocktail bar it just feels like it's in the wrong place or setting to be a pure upmarket cocktail bar.

Service is great though, the bartenders are friendly (they turned the music down for us so we could talk), and overall I can guarantee we'll be back.

4 Jan 2007 21:13

The Grand Union, Westbourne Park

Erk. I take it all back. It's poncey now.

26 Sep 2006 18:10