Comments on: The Woodman is a nice pub in Battersea

By: Pete Baran

Pete Baran — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:15:18 +0000

Yes, I run a bar (but I don’t work in “hospo”), and always tell my staff to give the tonic to the punter to decide how much they want to put in themselves. Don’t want to drown the gin, do we?

The Woodman has always been a nice pub,. and this was indeed a low point. It has bounced back of late, and last time I was there the staff were excellent. This post just goes to show that in “hosp” its the little things that count.

I understand that for the Rugby World Cup final this year, The Woodman was already booked out for a wedding, so the landlord booked another pub, loaded his regulars in a charabanc and off they went - which is really rather an excellent thing.

By: CarsmileSteve

CarsmileSteve — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:41:31 +0000

is using the phrase “hospo” a sure sign that one is australian? born to serve etc…

i think pete’s point was that he’d like to pour his own tonic into his gin rather than just getting the whole bottle (may have been related to another post on same around the same time)

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:13:29 +0000

Pete obviously in a picky mood that day, but… wannabe yuppie? ouch. Pete, stop running that aspirational student bar and fight back!

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:57:45 +0000

You sound like you have never EVER worked in hospo before - The staff at the Woodman are awesome and they do a great job with putting up with the moaning and groaning of wanna-be yuppies like you Pete. I mean, Pete, the whole world must have gone topsy turvey for you when they put TONIC in your GIN AND TONIC..How on earth you survived the ordeal is a mystery. But at least it gives you someone to moan about on the internet.