The Dog and Duck, Soho

a really lovely little pub, great interior, good beer and decent punters, but I won't be visiting again any time soon. why? stroppy bar staff. last night two bar staff on duty, busily talking amongst themselves. I couldn't catch their attention so my friend took over, calling down to the bar to them. when Mr Stroppy finally deigned to come over (it turns out they knew we were waiting to be served but were ignoring us because they were in the middle of a conversation - a simple 'we'll be with you in a minute' would have been nice) he refused to serve us as he felt that calling out to catch their attention was 'incredibly rude'. though his ignoring us for several minutes was apparently not. go figure. no time for such nonsense, so we took our custom elsewhere. such a shame when a decent boozer is ruined by the staff.

27 Feb 2010 13:55