The Orange, SW1

Tris C left this review about The Orange

I came here twice before on dates: once in 1988, then again in 1999, when this was still the Orange Brewery and I discovered Porter, brewed onsite, naturally. Now it's Doom, Hammerton's N1 and Five Points XPA, good, though £6.00 a pint.
Sadly, all the wonderful rich Victorian brown wood has been ripped out in favour of a bland palate of pale woods, steel and wood bar back, with pizza oven to the rear and rag washed vanilla-coloured walls and ceiling. The left bar features a snug of sorts to the rear, with drinking ledges and plastic wicker stools located to the front. Given that a sign above the snug informed the reader that accommodation and dining were upstairs, I naturally thought that the right/rear room was a lounge and informal dining, given that although there were several diners and tables laid with cutlery and glasses, there were some empty, unlaid tables at which I attempted to sit. A waitress arrived and said: ‘Are you for real? What do you think you’re doing?’ I told her that I’d quite like to sit down for a drink, to which she responded that this was the dining area, the bar area being from where I’d come. I retreated to my drinking ledge, to note that there was no mention whatsoever, that no one was to enter the dining room under pain of death; how many more diners were they expecting at 9.30 on a Sunday evening? And is this little bitch always so rude to customers?
This is a terrible stuck-up place – avoid.

On 8^th November 2021 - rating: 2
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