8th August 2007
UPDATE:
UPDATE:
It's happened. Really I always knew that it would do, but it still hurts.
Some one in a "marketing department" (I don't mean to sound scornful, but I am so that's how it comes across) have "done" The George. Proper computer screen tills, the beer has taken a plummet, the staff have lost their manners and the menu.... dear Lord the menu!
A pub that used to be a bastion of good, old-school pub food has sold out to poncey ciabatta's, Mediterranean wraps, the same old boll*cks you can find in any third rate pub.
And maybe I'm being unfair. Maybe I am the only person who likes a ham sandwich with a handful of crisps at lunch rather than a cherry-tomato-and-mozzarella-style-cheese sandwiched-between-gently-toasted-ciabatta-rolls, or a bit of home made pie, or for the bar man to gladly ask "chef" if he can knock up a bacon sandwich rather than flatly intone "It's not on the till. Can't do it."
Seriously. What is the difference between a beef-burger and an Angus Rump Patty? (About £3, and 6oz apparently.) And I want it in a burger bun not a friggin ciabatta!
Look, it's still an alright boozer, great place to go for a drink and a chat. The building still has bags of character, and I would rate it at 3 stars were it not for the fact that it used to be SO much better and more pleasant. I'm thoroughly depressed. I'd go for a pint and a sandwich but I'm scared the Porter will have gone tits up by the time I get there.
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PREVIOUS REVIEW
Rapidly elevated to top 5 in my "favourite pubs in London" mental list. Spacious, friendly, good food, reasonably priced, good "provenance" (if it's good enough for Mr. Dickens...), admittedly very busy later on in the week but surely that's testament to it's merits. Nice house beer as well, if you like that kind of thing. One of the few pubs in town where you can get what I describe and good, honest, straight forward pub food.
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