Sports Bar & Grill - Clapham Junction Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Great service despite being an extremely busy."
• "Really quick and polite table service (throughout the evening), very fast serving of food and finally delicious food."
• "Good service... staff are lovely by the way! Abhi and khadijia thank you so much for making us feel so welcome... you guys were awesome!"
• "Very impressed with the quality of the table service."
• "Had fantastic service here on Saturday with all staff really friendly and going above n beyond."
• "Another lovely visit experience. Dom was very helpful and gave recommendations on what to eat. Service was swift and respectful."
• "Exceptional service! The bar exceeded my expectations with its inviting ambiance, knowledgeable staff, and an extensive selection of top-notch beverages."

Cons:

• "Service ridiculously slow... I have never ever seen slower service!"
• "The service was not good. You are meant to order drinks and food from the bar. This is fine, but our table had drinks from the previous occupants and the table was dirty."
• "Came with friends for lunch... Awful service. Food was cold."
• "Dreadful service. Very long wait."
• "We sat there for 15 mins, while the two staff members talked back and forth to each other and never came to our table."
• "Aggressive bar staff and manager. I can’t believe that a bar tender too busy on her phone is more important than a paying customer."
• "The waiter brought our burger to the wrong table, and when he realised it he took it from her and tried giving it to us after she had been touching the food."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was amazing, the drinks were also amazing as well."
• "To my surprise the food came out in good time and the quality was also fab."
• "Very enjoyable. Had a nice 'American style' meal and bottle of wine. Food very tasty and hot. Service very good."
• "All food and drinks we pre ordered was served promptly and the hero buffet was delicious especially the cheese burger sliders!!"
• "The ribs were really soft and the chicken wings were nice and crunchy with a good marinade. The food was good value for money."
• "Food was delicious and drinks came very fast."
• "We had one of the sharers for food, it was enough to feed 3 people so great value for money."

Cons:

• "Once the food did finally come out, which was not all together and came out over various times within the hour, was then cold or burnt."
• "Ordered rare steak came raw sent it back then got a lecture on rare steak but even rare steak is hot not cold."
• "The food was terrible and staff were rude and moody... The food is very expensive."
• "Had a pizza with basil........clearly a frozen, prepared job with pea shoots."
• "The steak we ordered was not really cooked as we ordered it and was a bit cold."
• "Burgers were very average. Chips and garlic bread came out stone cold."
• "It was burnt to a crisp.. the 'stone baked pizza' was clearly shop bought and they charged me £15.50 for the privilege."

Staff Attitude

Pros:

• "But Lee the manager came up and sorted it out.... What a legend."
• "Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Will be back here again soon."
• "Perry and John looked after us so well! Great weekend in London. 10 / 10 for anyone who is planning on coming."
• "But the real star of this establishment are the incredible staff that always go above and beyond. Kind, funny and helpful."
• "The staff are the greatest, amazing atmosphere, drinks are always fresh and the food is great too."
• "Best group of staff possible and management always go above and beyond."
• "We was greeted by a member a staff, and was seated in a lovely private booth with our own tv screen."

Cons:

• "The staff, particularly the girls, were rude and unsympathetic."
• "Never again! The food was terrible and staff were rude and moody, they all looked like they really can't be bother to work there."
• "The manager Tom, WOW... Never known a general manager to be so abrupt and rude."
• "Who do these nasty rude and vile staff who clearly think it is Ok to taunt a person of 61 in such a vile manner and get Delight from it."
• "The security on the front door was arrogant and rude and very miserable."
• "Very rude staff, in particular Aaron (presumably the manager)."
• "When I spoke to the Asian manager about it he was very obnoxious and rude."

Ambiance and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was sooo brilliant. I would highly recommend anyone to go here."
• "Went to clapham sports bar and grill to watch the rugby final. What an amazing atmosphere!"
• "Really nice atmosphere in here."
• "Great new layout, individual booths with their own screens are great."
• "Really nice atmosphere in here. Clean and really friendly staff willing to go that extra mile."
• "Awesome you can get your own preferred game on you own personal TV!"
• "It's a nice pub... good for sports."

Cons:

• "Music was WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY too loud."
• "This place is loud past 8pm, so loud that you can't hear the person next to you shouting in your ear."
• "The audio system is too deafening and would be so much better if it was turned down a notch so that you can speak to your friends without bursting a blood vessel shouting."
• "Sound is low in games and you just can't get into the game."
• "Music is pumped up to 11. I can't hear the people next me."
• "Great staff and service but is let down with the lack of atmosphere."
• "Now you get a rubbish pint, no service, no communication even from the bar, terrible food, messy everywhere."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "A welcomed revamp of the Slug and Lettuce providing a good range of drinks and food at reasonable prices for London."
• "Staff are friendly and efficient, and prices, whilst still hefty, are not the dearest in the area."
• "Food here is nice..only when it's half price..."
• "Lovely food, great section of beers, staff were friendly, the range of sports shown around the bar on huge tvs makes it second to none when watching sports with friends!"
• "All in all the place is ok. It's quite clean too."
• "Open till later than other places around near Clapham so that's a plus."
• "Probably one of the best places to catch any type of sport."

Cons:

• "For just under £60 for minimal food is a joke to be honest."
• "I got charged £50 for 2 glasses of Prosecco! Then I went out for a smoke and the very rude security guy wouldn’t let me back in because I was wearing shorts!"
• "Booked a booth for 6 and was given a booth that fit 2 and worst of all our booth was the only booth where the TV was not working!"
• "£7.45 for consistently flat beer in Clapham Junction feels like a bit of a joke to me."
• "Drinks are overpriced and lacking."
• "Food twice the price of a spoons, a fraction of the quality."
• "£16 for a cold katsu chicken burger and fries…and a wonderful not fresh xxxxs coleslaw portion…"