Reserving tables in pubs

[Atticus]

Utter disgrace!

[Narnia]

Not really a proper pub if you can do that.

[SeanMacGabhann]

I'm guessing attics is having another spat with pen of scott's pubs?

[Narnia]

I don't know. I saw an advert here somewhere where Hoopers were advertising booking a table. That's not one of Scott's is it?

[Atticus]

SM you either have a great sensitive memory or simply hold a grudge. Nothing to do with any pub in particular, other than those that allow people to reserve a table. Bygones SM, let them go, the world might suddenly seem a better place.

[Mick Mac]

He does not get much sleep. Bless.

[SeanMacGabhann]

You seem to think I view the world negatively but I don't start many negative threads. I'm a happy bunny

And im only busting your chops as it was such a minimal post. No grudge here, i promise

I'd be surprised if problems happened at Palmerston or franklins but any other pub around the lane, I'd be less confident. Or the mag is ok with bookings too. Others tend to move things around pub style to accommodate drop ins

[karter]

Booked a table at the Palmerston for 14, no probs there and it's the Palmerston, maybe Atticus is just having bad luck.

[Atticus]

Karter, sorry for lack of explanation. I just don't like 'pubs' and for that matter, bars that allow people to book tables. First come first serve a much better/ fairer policy.

[*Bob*]

I guess the pub (or bar) is weighing-up the financial benefits of (eg) fourteen people who are definitely looking for somewhere to booze all night - against the possibility of someone else maybe dropping-in for one or two.

The former being the ones who (these days) keep the pubs open.. unfortunately / fortunately (depending on which way you look at it)

[Annette Curtain]

You don't have to book at Harvester.

Give that a go.

:-SNette.

[Scribe]

Ha! In my book, the words 'pub' and 'Lordship lane' are no longer compatible. No, most of the licensed establishments that line Lordship lane can only be best described as refurbished bistros that serve a variety of seaweed ales. My guess is that this new policy of booking tables is a fad that's been imported from Battersea and Clapham, and is being trialed in ED. Worry not, I'm certain it will fizzle-out in due course.

[OliviaDee]

yeah i would much rather have broached the honest sticky carpets of the uplands for a real pint than have to dangle off a high stool in the actress and contemplate a sunday dinner on a pizza

[katie1997]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> I guess the pub (or bar) is weighing-up the

> financial benefits of (eg) fourteen people who are

> definitely looking for somewhere to booze all

> night - against the possibility of someone else

> maybe dropping-in for one or two.

> The former being the ones who (these days) keep

> the pubs open.. unfortunately / fortunately

> (depending on which way you look at it)

unfortunately (in my view).

although I do question how often these people who book for 14 are actually doing this? Sure, they might guarantee a huge profit that night but are they regulars?

I agree with you atticus, I much prefer places that don't reserve seats. that sort of thing really gets on my nerves.

Unless of course, karter has invited me to the Palmerston? B)

[felt-tip]

I much preferred pubs when the food was crap, the beer was off and the welcome was an eyeballing from a scag-head in a floppy baseball cap while his staffy pissed on your new Timberlands.

[katie1997]

At extreme ends of the spectrum, yes, they're all rubbish.