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Nº 409 in 751 in Newham

CUSTOMERS TALK ABOUT DISHES WITH..pizzachicken
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I'm not sure if it's just today - 27 December - but food was really bad. The fried chicken in the burger was nearly completely black, suggesting that it had been fried in old oil, and the chicken wings tasted so bad that I only ate one or two and left the rest

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Francesco Dell'Accio . 2024-12-28

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Freezing cold , no atmosphere ..sat down ordered drinks to be told no pizzas or burgers available ...OK not end of the world ..order starter to share came out with our mains ?? May aswell call it a side then. No apologies ...our daughters meal came out and it was obvious it had been heated up as the chicken escalope was hard ..really disappointed its a shame as nice area but was let down on our day out ...

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PAUL ELLIOTT . 2024-12-27

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Service was awful. We ordered starters and a main. It wasn't busy when we were there but service was slow. Our main courses turned up before starters therefore we refused to have starters in the end! We sat for ages waiting to pay and in all honestly we could've just got up and walked out but we stood at the desk in the end waiting for someone to take our payment. Will not be returning!

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Andrea Robinson . 2024-12-21

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Booked for 2.30pm....tried to order Pizza...few mins later - sorry no pizza only margarita....OK I'll have chicken and chips......few mins later - sorry no chicken....asked what have you got - answer weve had a busy lunch service! We never got the drinks we ordered... Then the waiter who had looked nonplussed the whole way through said well there's plenty if other places to eat....not great experience. Toilets dirty - would NOT recommend!

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Donna Tetley . 2024-12-21

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The worst pizza I have ever had in my life. When we entered the server told us that they have a special deal tonight: 2 for 1 pizzas and the same for cocktails. We ordered drinks and started looking at the selection of pizzas. When I went to order a pizza I was told that there is no more pizza. It was just the beginning of the evening..

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Nikita Veshchikov . 2024-12-15

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good food reasonable prices friendly staff

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Brian Street . 2024-12-06

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We went to the Fox after 2 of our group had competed at the Hyrox event as we found the fox to be the nearest venue, the building was lovely and looked busy. We requested a table for 5 and the very busy young lady done well, as she had to clear and clean 2 tables. We ordered drinks and food and was pleased with the menu. After eating we then we’re hard pushed to find someone to pay, we found our lovely girl and she took our payment , however this poor girl looked totally overwhelmed in all that she had to do and feel that a lack of visible floor staff ( we only saw 1 waitress,1 serving the food and 1 clearing glasses…..eventually) this put a lot of pressure on staff both taking and bringing out food orders. When you have such a busy event that had been going on all day , enough staff should be employed to cover.

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Carolyn Brice . 2024-11-30

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Pitiful portion and arrived tepid. Orange juice and lemonade was undrinkable. Staff were good and it is dog friendly, hence rating. Food and drink poor quality.

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Simone Foy . 2024-11-24

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Atmosphere was very lively and busy, food was good, staff were... Less so, a tad rude and flustered to be honest. prices were overall not too bad. Building and facilities were good. Overall would recommend for a pint and some grub.

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Matthew Corton . 2024-11-19

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Has the feel of an airport pub .. but cold and without the selection of drinks you might expect. Kind of like a pale imitation of a wetherspoon pub and managing to make wetherspoon look good. 1 person serving on the bar so predictably took an age to get served despite it not being particularly busy at all.. go upstairs to tapa tapa and order drinks there instead

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Robert Tribe (Rob) . 2024-11-19

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Honestly, I really hate writing bad reviews, and I usually choose not to write one rather than post a negative comment. But unfortunately, this time I feel compelled to share my experience. This review isn’t about the lovely blonde waitress or the bar staff. They were all fantastic and deserve 5 stars for their hard work and dedication. They did their best to make our visit pleasant, and I truly appreciate that. We decided to give this place a try despite the negative reviews, thinking that sometimes people just have bad days. However, this review is mainly directed at the owner of the restaurant. It feels like you don’t care about your restaurant, your staff, or, most importantly, your customers. The heating was broken, and instead of making sure customers stayed warm during these cold months, there was no effort to address the issue. We visited on Sunday, 10.11, and it was so cold that my parents were freezing. We were simply told to wear our winter jackets. The waitress, who was understanding, suggested we come back once the heating was fixed. Unfortunately, when we returned on 15.11, the heating still wasn’t working. This time, we decided to stay because my dad really wanted to enjoy some chicken wings on his last night. It wasn’t as cold this time, thanks to the pub goers creating some warmth, but the atmosphere was even worse. The live music was so loud that we had to scream to hear each other, and I woke up this morning with no voice left. While the singing was amazing (10/10), the volume needs to be toned down. It’s a pub, yes, but it’s also a restaurant. If you have a designated “restaurant area,” treat it like one. There was only one waitress doing everything. She was amazing, fast, and efficient. I don’t know her name, but she deserves a raise. She managed to take orders, deliver food and drinks, and even tried to clean tables. The fact that there wasn’t more staff to help in such a large place is frustrating, but she handled it well. The bar staff was also incredibly friendly, which was a nice touch. Now, about the food. Honestly, I’m at a loss for words. We paid £19 for a large portion of buffalo chicken wings, which should have been worth £10 at best. Buffalo wings should be saucy and flavorful, but these were underwhelming. The blue cheese sauce was dumped on the plate. We finished them because they didn’t taste bad, but they weren’t what we expected. I had the salmon with creamy spinach and mushroom orzo pasta. The salmon was dry and super bland. The “creamy” orzo pasta had no cream in it. It was just butter with a hint of parmesan cheese. There was hardly any spinach, and the 3-4 slices of mushrooms barely made a difference. The entire dish lacked flavor. Basil herb crust that didn’t even taste like basil, no seasoning at all. I did mention this to the waitress, and she responded professionally by apologizing and checking with the kitchen. The cook claimed he put in double cream, but it was clear that wasn’t the case. Having worked in restaurants for years, I can tell the difference. That being said, there were some highlights. The BBQ wings were delicious, and the chicken poppers were also tasty. The waitress, once again, was wonderful. She took the salmon away and brought me a perfectly made fish and chips, which was exactly what I was hoping for. To the owner or managers, please take this feedback seriously. There shouldn’t only be one waitress working in such a large place. Get the heating fixed, and decide whether you want your venue to be a restaurant with live music or a nightclub. We want a great dining experience, and unfortunately, this visit left much to be desired.

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Celina . 2024-11-16

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Terrible atmosphere and the rudest bar staff ive ever encountered

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Tristan Carmichael . 2024-11-12

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We had a poor experience at The Fox. It had a real low cost wetherspoons feel to the pub; sticky tables and chairs, cramped restaurant seating and poor service. My wife and I arrived after visiting an exhibition at the excel. We were seated promptly but had to wait about 20 minutes for a drinks order to be taken. The waitress who seated us arrived back and apologised for the lack of service and she told us she was not aware where her colleauges had gone; well I could have told her as we could see them chatting behind the bar. We were unable to order the food we wanted as they had ran out of that food and with limited vegetarian options on the menu we had to order some nachos to share. The nachos were quite poor and we did not enjoy them. 2 stars for the members of staff that did interact with us were pleasant, professional and apologetic for the situation ans standard of the experience.

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David Davies . 2024-11-10

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Nice little pub/restaurant. Cozy atmosphere. Went both for a meal and for a party night both of which were really fun.

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Em . 2024-11-10

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Cramped and claustrophobic, during busy nights generally impossible to move. Security will usually actively try to wind you up and be as awkward as possible to get a rise out of you hoping you react. Takes forever to get served and for the prices isn't worth the hassle. During the daytime, it's usually fairly quiet and the food isn't bad however. I've just had enough bad experiences over so many years that I just actively try to avoid the place where I can.

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Ryan Adams . 2024-11-02

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(Writing on behalf of my partner) The girls toilets are absolutely vile. Covered in sick, toilet seats falling off and no toilet roll (you are expected to pay a toilet attendant for toilet roll.) Attempted to stand in a corner outside of the crowd (in the smokers area) to avoid the business of the area whilst booking / waiting for an uber and was ushered out the way into the crowd where I did not feel safe (I explained this to the guard). Ushered back inside to leave through another exit. However, as I approached to leave the pub via the exit that he said to use I was then pushed backwards into the pub by a blonde, female security guard without explanation (my friend had just walked past her without any issues). I said to her calmly not to put her hands on me (as I had done nothing but try to leave the bar) and told her to use her words to explain but yet I was ignored with no response after having her push me away from the exit I then returned to the previous exit, tried to explain to another security guard what just happened who told me I had to stay and talk to the manager but I told him I had an uber to catch to go home but he wouldn’t let me leave until I said no a few times and then finally left (via the smokers and the initial exit I was at) and was finally allowed to leave. I was having a really fun night until this moment but unfortunately the venue was let down by the security guards who are supposed to keep us safe and as a female I would have hoped the security guards would understand not feeling safe in a busy crowd and seeking a safe space to wait for an uber home

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Owen Spalding . 2024-10-27

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We really enjoyed large gatherings here, outdoors in the front was lovely in good weather around tables with next to know traffic, right outside ExCel. When it was busy, the queues for drinks were very long and took ages to get served. There was live music, which was Awful ! So outside was better, couldn't hear it! Otherwise a good experience :-)

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Nicole Falleur . 2024-10-22

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Let's start with the positives (which won't take long!) - We arrived without a booking and were seated really quickly. - the location was good for somewhere to eat after an exhibition. That was unfortunately as good as it got. - Cod and Chips - the cod was actually burnt and saturated in fat. It was inedible. -Brought me a bottle of wine instead of the glass of wine I had ordered. -Got my husband's order wrong. He wanted the Steak, they brought him Steak Sandwich. They could have clarified what item he wanted if they weren't sure. - my children have food Allergies and they didn't follow their own Allergies procedure which is documented in their Allergen Matrix book. -kids Sausgae and Mash marked in allergen book as Soya free however the Gravy had Soya in as daughter had allergic reaction on the way home! -Service awful. I asked for the bill, waitress brings over the card reader with the amount pre entered. When I asked to see the actual bill (to make sure they hadn't charged me for the bottle of wine I didn't order) before paying she actually huffed, slapped her leg and stormed off. Absolutely awful, my recommendation is find somewhere else to eat !!!

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Fiona Sly . 2024-10-21

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Right opposite the Excel centre, we went in after getting off the tube, to have a sit down and drink. Staff friendly and helpful.

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Bunch of Crazies 5.2 . 2024-10-14

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Sat for an hour with no food, waitress forgot the drinks. Had to ask for knifes and forks and was given a fist full whilst they laid the other tables up. Even the other waiter referred to it as " they have taken the piss". Now Sat with incorrect meal and only half have arrived.

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Ryan Bilding . 2024-10-13

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Visited Sunday 13th Oct Terrible service Awful food, to the point I've left a review on Trip advisor Management need to resolve staff issues and the food

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Clair Tear . 2024-10-13

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What a god awful bar. Served by the most grumpy bar staff. The bar is inadequately staffed and they clearly don't care about customers because all they do is serve people who come for events at the Excel so they don't have to worry about returning customers. Avoid!!

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T Liyanage . 2024-10-10

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The fox has really gone down hill. The staff standing behind the bar kissing their teeth at customers and eating / playing with their phones. A very clear agenda on who they serve first. The outside is feral now, 2 guys brought their own boom box to play outside smoking weed, zero management, really messy, drinks served in any old glass….pre covid the fox was great.

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John Matthews . 2024-09-29

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The average bar near an event venue. Super close to ExCel so simple choice to get here.

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Duncan de Waal . 2024-09-29

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Restaurant has blue sofas with bedbugs in I was asked to not sit on them by the Starbucks staff

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OMG RESIN . 2024-09-14

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Good pub grub with the football on the tv

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Gary Blunt . 2024-09-11

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This review is for the bar / restaurant: service is non-existent: restaurant was almost empty and they were still not able to serve customers. Asking for ketchup with the fries represented a major challenge for staff. The burger came just like that on a plate, no knife, no napkin. Other patrons were loud and enjoying (playing music on their phones non-stop). Avoid this place!

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Markus Walde . 2024-09-03

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Service: horrible Food: meh… Audience: trashy

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Sebastien Roosbeek . 2024-09-02

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Great location if attending a conference unfortunately that’s it. Waited to be seated as its table service, nobody came so grabbed the menus and sat at a table. Ordered food at the bar, food eventually arrived, two out of the 4 dishes were cold. Pizza was very ordinary, would not recommend.

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Simon Sanders . 2024-08-30

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My husband and I had been to the excel centre for an exhibition, we looked up some local pubs / restaurants for a bite and a drink to finish off the day. When we got to the fox we thought it looked really nice. Which the settings inside was so we thought we was on to a winner. There wasn’t anyone at the welcome desk nor a sign to say wait to be seated so we found a seat and spoke to a member of staff to find out of it was a case of going to the bar to order or table service, by which it was table service. At this point the pub wasn’t particularly busy. She had taken our drinks and food order, to be fair the food had arrived really quickly, but after 30 minutes and still not received our Drinks we followed This up with the waitress, a further 10 minutes later we still didn’t have them by which point we had already finished our food. We called over who I assumed was the manger and told him, after 45 minutes we finally had our drinks, unfortunately it wasn’t the experience we had been hoping for, the food wasn’t very nice and a massive delay on the drinks.

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Naw Anne . 2024-08-29

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Im actually changing this review after many years from a 5 to a 2 star, the place has really gone down hill, I've been coming here since it oppwned as the fox, when it was a really good pub with good food, drink and comfortable sitting areas, it's now a poor attempt at a restaurant (Whoevers idea it was to do away with the sofas needs talking to). I ordered 2 drinks and 2 pizzas, the guy taking my order looked as if I was asking him for a drink from his own fridge and his pizza he was gonna eat when he gets home. When he finished my order he just stared at me and said "it will be with your shortly" to which I asked confused "do you bring the drink over to the table instead ?" he then said I can do with an annoyed face, (either give me my drink or bring it over I don't care) when the drinks came, 1 of the drinks was wrong and 1 pizza didn't even turn up, (how bad at your jobs do you have to be to mess up a 2 drink order and a 2 pizza order???? ) when I asked where it was, I never got an apology to say they forgot they just said it will be a bit longer. (20 minutes after the 1st pizza was placed at the table). Definitely the last time I'll be going here.... really disappointing as I use to drink here alot when I was younger and through it might still be a nice place to go.

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Tony Harrington . 2024-08-29

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My son accidentally ordered the wrong thing and the team were great replacing it

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Carolyn Hector . 2024-08-29

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Fine restaurant. We had good chicken, burger and Guinness. Good prices.

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Arnold J. Rimmer . 2024-08-02

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Sign says wait to be seated, which we did. The waiter took out drinks order then never came back. 20 mins later we went up to the bar and he said oh yes you have to order here, which we then did (and took our own drinks) the food was ok but took a long time to come. Then a couple came in, were given water (which we weren’t) and their orders taken from the table. Terrible service

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Lisa McGillivray . 2024-08-01

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We had a lovely experience today. Leah was fabulous- attentive and friendly- nothing was too much trouble. Great venue, very spacious and child friendly which we needed. Food and drinks good quality and not overpriced. Overall a brilliant experience. Thank you.

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ashley kearns . 2024-07-30

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Leah was fab. Super nice and helpful waitress!

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Emma Mcm . 2024-07-29

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Georgia was fantastic!! Lovely nachos and a great valued pint in London!! Will be back 😁

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Karen Skinner . 2024-07-27

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Beers cold service was fantastic, big shout out to Ro

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Shane M . 2024-07-27

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Food was miserable, Service take too long time.

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Tof Fe . 2024-07-23

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Just bought a couple of pints, the person on the bar managed to do that without speaking a single word, no smile, great location though 👍

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Leigh Whiteside . 2024-07-23

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If I could give this no stars I would. The toilets were absolutely disgusting. I am sure the health people would close them down. If the toilets are like this I dread to think what the kitchens are like. They were so bad I couldn’t even wash my hands. My own germs are probably more cleaner. If the toilets are that bad imagine how the food is ??? Avoid the place at all cost

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Linda Ryan . 2024-07-21

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Plenty of staff on but service was poor No check if things were ok or needed anything else Nobody came near us even though the meal was finished ages I had the chicken burger which was nice Wife had nachos and they were awful Wife also stated the toilets were shockingly bad, Stevie Wonder must have checked them at intervals

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Stephen Devlin . 2024-07-17

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Great for watching England win the qtr final

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Andrew Allen . 2024-07-16

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What a shame. It was very quiet in the Fox, we were seated immediately by a great member of staff and the food was great, no issues there. The problem was, we waited more than 20 mins after we had finished our main. We were going to order a desert but no one came to our table the staff were all sat around the bar so I got up, walked over and asked to pay the bill. I tapped my card and the guy behind the bar asked me if I wanted a receipt to which I said no. I walked back to my table, my wife finished her drink and we walked out. We managed to walk across the road when a member of staff ran out and shouted to me that the payment hadn’t gone through, in the middle of the street! How embarrassing! Not impressed at all. Up until this point it had been a decent experience. I put the same card in the machine and put in my pin, it worked fine. The only reason why you are getting a 2 star and not 1 is because the first member of staff who seated us was great and so was the food but the rest of the experience - 0 stars. Very, very poor you made me feel like I had done something wrong - ruined my night!

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Steve Andrews . 2024-06-23

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A bit harder to find but Im glad we reached this pub. They serve the best Guiness beer I have ever drunk. Guiness here is perfectly smooth and creamy and you can really taste the difference. If you love Guiness you must visit this place. The price was also good.

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Petr Gabriel . 2024-06-21

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Nice bar just outside the excel centre and custom house station. Attended an event there and the staff were friendly, quick and efficient.

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Louise Ellis . 2024-06-18

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These guys at the Fox are just amazing! Everyone is so helpful and makes the whole process from start to finish a great experience. A few massive thank yous to Joel, Josh, Jenny and Georgina for looking after the Solution Junkies team on the 6th June. You guys worked so hard and absolutely pulled it out the bag and I promise next year I will do a much bigger pre-order! See you in 2025!

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Sophie Sweeney . 2024-06-13

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I visited back in February, it was London vs wales in the six nations. Food was great, such a lovely setting. Staff were lovely and had great conversations with them! Had amazing banter about the rugby match as I am Welsh and it was an overall great experience

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Holly Stokes . 2024-06-03

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We were ignored by the staff and not served, even though there were only two other couples inside. After 10 minutes we left because we felt we were treated rudely.

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Holger B. . 2024-06-02

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Was massively underpoured when ordering 2 doubles i saw the bartender fill a single measure up to the 20ml line for both drink, i asked him to correct and he did but still only up to the 20ml line. I then watched him proceed to do the exact same thing to other customers throughout the night. Baring in mind the fine for underpouring is £5000, i would make sure my staff are doing it right

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TekTokTV . 2024-05-27

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When you have a ticket to an event they host they will still ask you to buy another ticket on the door with a marked up price. They used to host a really fun comic con after party but year upon year it gets worse and worse with more stupid rules and restrictions. They oversell tickets, have no courtesy for customers and the fact comic con ends at 7 and they expect you to be there before 9 is stupid. Horribly rude staff and security. I'm not sure if it's been taken over by new management but as a customer since 2012 it's just turned into a complete mess. Please don't give them your money. I know it's tempting because it's con but they just take advantage of that fact and have no respect for comic con customers. We are all just money. They don't even spend it on a good dj.

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Midnight Darling . 2024-05-26

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Booked the fox for an after party after comic con!! They over booked and caused massive overcrouds!! Obviously over booked and poor booking!!, they wouldn't allow me food in which I completely understand that's the rules!! But I asked them to keep my food which was fudge to the side which I paid £20 for and I asked them to keep it to the side and write on my name which they did only to find when I came out they have thrown away my possession which I asked them kindly to hold for me!! And spoke to the manger only to get a strug of the shoulders and an apology which isn't good enough!! Beyond let down and horrified by the service and the organization of the after party event!! Would recommend going elsewhere!!

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Tommy Baxter . 2024-05-25

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The service was very poor. After a stressful exam we went to this place to have a good burger. We ordered the southern fried chicken burger. It took more than 40 mins for it to come. The coleslaw was not fresh and the chicken was so dry and bland. The chicken seemed as if it was cooked in old oil or something. The entire burger was not at all tasty for all five of us. After paying the bill, we told our waitress about it and she dismissed it with a carefree 'thank you'. It was not at all worth the fourteen pounds. I will not recommend this place to anyone, especially students after an exam at the Excel centre.

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evlyn joseph . 2024-05-20

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Literally the worst food experience ever. Order took 45 minutes and 2 chases to receive only 1 out of 4 pizzas. The 1 that arrived was essentially raw dough with some semi melted cheese on top. 2 more arrived barely more cooked with raw onion on top and the 4th has yet to arrived. We cancelled it… Staff didn’t care and seemed genuinely surprised we did. If this was my only experience with pizza, I’d choose steak and kidney pie next time.

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John Horton . 2024-05-16

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This is not a hotel, but a restaurant only needs to change the trade. Very welcoming staff, freshly cooked food, and nice coffee to finish the meal

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Nat D. . 2024-05-12

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Nice pub. Really appreciated how knowledgeable one of the staff members was about gluten free/coeliac. Their chips are safe, as fried in a different fryer from other stuff, and their wings are safe too and prepared in a different area.

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Beatriz Silvestre . 2024-05-12

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Had a Saturday lunch. Food served cold - saw it sitting in the bar waiting for the chatting bar staff to bring it out. Just handed it and no service saying how to get cutlery etc. Why can’t they be interested in providing a service? Quite processed food, bland. Advice: Find don’t eat here.

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F DFD . 2024-05-11

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A place where they ran out of coffee before 11am and making few teas and pouring few glasses of soda takes 25 min. The staff know that they can capitalise on their place being one of the very few in the immediate Excel area and are abusing it to a full extent

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Justyna Gruszkoś . 2024-04-24

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The food was not good but manager called Benji came and saved the place! Great service but not for food

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Metin Denizsever . 2024-04-23

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This is the worst food in London with London prices. I will never come again.

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Oguzhan Kara . 2024-04-23

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The food is average pub food but the service is amazing. Benjie was really helpful and smiling guy while the other staff was also good. The service was great.

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Emre Altinok . 2024-04-23

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Terrible experience! We had to wait half an hour to order the drinks, than after 50 minutes waiting, still nothing was on the table, so we just left this place

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Andrea Tóth . 2024-04-18

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Real Ale tasted of vinegar. Horrible atmosphere.

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Robert Newman . 2024-04-14

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Amazing,I’m telling you.you need to get burger and the chips and a side of lemonade it is SO DELICIOUS and the pepperoni pizza ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.I GIVE BIG THANKS TO THE CHEF.BETTER THAN MCDONALDS

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joe nash . 2024-04-10

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The service at this pub is awful. The lads behind the bar spent more time messing around than serving paying customers. Way overpriced and no atmosphere.

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Tom Gee . 2024-04-09

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Google seems to think this is a hotel, but it was a restaurant. The bartender agreed to take our orders, even though the kitchen was closing in 20 minutes. The 5 people in our party began to order, and things quickly went off the rails. The first person was ordering from the menu, but it turns out we were all handed outdated menus. The bartender got disproportionately angry. He was cursing about how if he couldn't order the half roast chicken, nobody could. I was last of the 5 to order. He took part of my order, but refused to let me finish. He also repeatedly told us that if the kitchen messed up our orders, we better not be mad at him. One of our 5 orders was wrong. We told the waiter we could just accept it, but he insisted on getting us the right food. Food was average, a good price. Hostess and waiter were supremely professional and charming.

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James O'Brien . 2024-04-07

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Handy for awaiting a passport application, nothing special but perfectly serviceable. Cavernous place.

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claire begley . 2024-04-05

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Been a while since I've been here. Sadly seems to have gone down hill a bit. Not at all helped by the surly curmudgeon behind the bar. Frankly could do with a better selection of beers too. Or any actual beers at all. Neck Oil hardly counts.

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John-Paul Barnard . 2024-03-30

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Came back try again, and again not disappointed, returned this time with two friends as one of them was 60, and we had an excellent night, we all had starters mains and desserts with drinks and cocktails, The staff were amazing and looked after us all evening... I said I would return and we did, and we will be back again, this is going to become one of our regular places to visit. Stumbled on this place while taking an evening stroll, what a gem.. Had a couple Guinness and my partner had some cocktails, wow! Best Guinness I have had in a long time, we had some nachos off their nibbles menu and they were superb. The staff were just amazing, happy, funny quick service and nothing was too much trouble, made to feel so welcome. I would travel across London to go here and we will be returning..

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Andrew Smith . 2024-03-25

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Honestly - what is going on? I’ve never seen a venue look so horrid and run down. Everything was a mess. It’s in desperate need of a refurb. I can’t plead with people more - don’t go in!

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Jason Window . 2024-03-24

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The chips took ages , the waitress couldn’t find our table apparently however the ticket had the table number on … the manager couldn’t be bothered to help - disappointing experience we’ll never come back.

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Nikolas L. . 2024-03-23

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We came just for food and drinks, waited 30 minutes for the waiter before we went order directly on the bar (the place was maximally half full). We waited another 45 minutes for food. The food was good but unless you absolutely have to, I wouldn't recommend a visit.

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Tomáš Kroupa . 2024-03-23

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This is such a great place to visit Very well priced for it's location, staff are amazing and super accommodating and the building is kept to a very high standard of maintenance and cleanliness Will always be my go to when visiting the excel for multiple days

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Thanex . 2024-03-07

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Good place for a beer after work

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Ulrich Janssen . 2024-03-04

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I was served by a lovely young man called Harvey. The looks of a movie star and the kindness and compassion of a sainted nun. 5 stars.

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Gay . 2024-02-29

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Came here for pug event and it was soo cute!

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Angelina Angelina . 2024-02-25

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Great pub, good service and a good atmosphere. A bit pricey but it's London so it's only to be expected

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Mark Rossiter . 2024-01-27

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Just popped in for a beer after a visit to excel, however very busy and also pretty expensive

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Andy Meighen . 2024-01-26

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Not great food, not great service

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Emil Petersen . 2024-01-26

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Nice pub with decent drinks and ok food. Pizza was a bit underwhelming but I was hungry and it satisfied me.

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Max . 2024-01-25

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Nice large pub, good food but a bit pricey.

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Big Jim G . 2024-01-23

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The only reason I gave 2 star is because of the price of a pint of diet coke for £5.50!!! I think that's ludicrous and an absolute rip off for fizzy pop, I can't honestly believe this place charges that on a Sunday that is on a quiet day. There is no excuse and don't pass the ball to the supplier and say 'ah well its their price, and fizzy drinks are super expensive' Thats not an excuse or good reason for ripping off consumers/customers in these difficult financial times. I thought Dry January some places reduce prices since the season is dead and cold. From now on for any comic con events I am never coming back to here which is my gurantee.

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Dickey Boy English not british news . 2024-01-15

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Fantastic venue good live music, went during mcm October, so had £5 entry tickets. Other days was free entry. Not to crowded. And excellent service by bar staff.

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Avi Kirigiri . 2024-01-14

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Great venue by the Excell and Passport office

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steven garwood . 2024-01-13

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Do a decent veggie burger and a pint - a refreshing change from Costa / Starbucks, the Bagel place, the Deli, and the other slightly samey eateries at the ExCel. They also got me a burger + chips within 15 minutes and apologised for the delay so really impressed. Oh, and not a rip off like the ExCel places either - was just £22 for a main + a pint.

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Tim Patmore . 2024-01-11

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Hard to understand why a pint is £7,50.

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Daniel Rosu . 2023-12-29

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Amazing food and restaurant staff.... Lady behind bar no manners at all, dam right rude. Ruined the visit for us.

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kerry witherley . 2023-12-16

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Great location and great looking venue. Some of the staff look like they don’t want to be there and not very talkative. I brought a very expensive disarono and coke. But that’s probably due to location.

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Belinda Swift . 2023-12-01

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Worn out furnishings. Toilets all blocked. Food average. Undercooked batter but good chips. Verg good service. Friendly and efficient.

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T Robinson . 2023-11-21

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There was a party of 10 of us and we had been told we had to book as they would be busy . They weren't that busy . Despite taking our orders and only 2 of the party having starters all the food was bought out together although there was a wait for 2 of the meals . Two of the party order extra chicken to go on their meal and to be honest the portion of chicken to be shared between 2 was not a proper portion . For dessert some of the party ordered waffles and ice cream .The waffles were served cold 🥶. Question Why ? Some of the party ordered tea and was brought Earl Grey no discussion if they wanted it . 3 people had to wait for their meals . The toilets had ko locks on the doors and were filthy Now I work in the hospitality industry and although it wasn't the worst meal I'd eaten it definitely was not up there with best . It seems to me that more staff training is needed both front of house and in the kitchen and cleaning department I would not recommend this restaurant to other friends

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Lorraine Burgess . 2023-11-21

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Disgusting bathrooms inside. They're being renovated but they are in no state for the public to use. Bathroom attendant was rude as well. Staff are very overworked on busy event nights and queues for drinks took 45 mins - 1hr even when the bar wasn't very busy.

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Corinna . 2023-11-21

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Useful big pub if you are going to an event at the Excel, food is ok and not too expensive. The staff are nice. Can get packed if there is a conference on, especially after it ends because everyone wants to have a drink, but at least it has tables and plenty of seats. It's also connected to the Starbucks upstairs if you prefer coffee and has some sofas to get comfortable. Can get a bit mucky when it's super busy

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Rx Frost . 2023-11-19

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Ladies toilets were so grim I decided not to go!

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Debbie . 2023-11-12

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Fine pub designed to cater for a lot pf people. Food was nice but no atmosphere and was hard to get servers attention.

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Kimberley . 2023-11-08

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An amazing bar, the after parties for comic con are amazingly fun!

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Siber Freak (Siber) . 2023-11-07

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This watering hole is situated adjacent to the Excel Centre on the walkway from Custom House Station. The bar offers good quality food with a large selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Please note that this place gets busy and service could be improved on during these times.

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Daniel David . 2023-11-03

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The Fox is quite amazing when it's not a Comic Con weekend. Great staff and service, highly recommend.

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Byran321 . 2023-11-01

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It's fine. You wouldn't go here unless you've been to a conference. When it's busy it's unbearable. Whne it's quiet it's boring. I don't know if theres a happy medium.

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Darren Dodd . 2023-10-31

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Bartender Jade is absolute lovely, so sweet and took time to tell me the prices of anything I asked

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Phia Graham . 2023-10-29

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Great for comic con. Expensive drinks. Literally none of the toilet doors closed, the doors didn't fit in the frame. Friendly staff, large social space

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Susannah Baird . 2023-10-28

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