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We enjoyed our experience and would definitely go again. Very handy for pre theatre dinner.

Love this pub. Went for a gig. Great atmosphere. Good choices for drinks- decent prices, friendly staff. Didn't have food.

Very highly recommended! Wonderful food, great prices and very, very pleasant people.

Lovely little pub full of history, decorations are varied and drinks were really nice

Horrible lugar, la cerveza estaba apagada, el lugar era sabroso, un grupo de chicas usando un lenguaje horrible, baños vergonzosos, olor a humedad y estaban sucios.

I visited the Gooseberry Bush with two friends of mine. We had a great evening until one of my friends struck up a conversation with a young lady he had previously met, and purchased her a drink. I was present for the conversation and it was friendly and cordial on the side of my friend. Less could be said of the young lady. Shortly thereafter, bar staff refused us service on the basis that we were ‘too drunk’. We had caused no problems, kept to ourselves, and had a minimal amount of alcohol each. I can only assume that said young lady had made a complaint about my friend’s generous and harmless approach, even though he purchased a drink for her, and suggested we should not be served any longer. I may be incorrect in this assumption, but due to the fact we were neither raucous nor outspoken, this is the only feasible explanation I can imagine. I have worked behind the bar in the hospitality industry for six years, and although I understand that the establishment reserves the right to refuse service if customers are intoxicated, it is very much an unspoken rule unless customers cause overt disturbances. Therefore, I can only guess that the reason we were refused service is because the young lady felt so disturbed by the free drink she was bought by my friend (after which was consumed and all verbal/non verbal contact ceased) that she felt the need to make a complaint. We promptly exited the pub after being refused service, seeing it as a waste of time to argue the ruling. I would hope, in future, the pub staff seek a fair and diplomatic approach to such claims before making such a decision as to eject quiet, respectful, paying customers for no reason other than that a young lady who accepted a drink purchased for her, and had a conversation that lasted all of two minutes felt ‘uncomfortable’ and chose to make a complaint to staff hours after the aforementioned interaction. If I am misinformed on my perspective of events, I accept full responsibility. However, the fact we caused no outspoken disturbances, kept our conversation limited to the three of us, and did nothing but laugh and have a good time, I cannot understand why we refused service outside of the innocent interaction my friend held with a woman he had previously met. I also find it ironic that we were refused service when there were several young men taking cocaine in the men’s toilets. As I say, I worked in the pub industry for six years across the country. I recognise the sound of a coke baggie being opened and a person snorting a line in the cubicle very well. These sounds recurred almost every time I went to the men’s toilet, with young men (possibly students) leaving the cubicles moments later. All I ask is, in future, staff and/or management take a moment to reflect on the possibility of the broader situation at play. It is not always a man’s fault for having a harmless conversation with a woman and being stitched up as the baddie, especially when he purchases her a drink and she accepts it without any further pressure to engage in interaction. Maybe keep an eye on the junkies and coke heads abusing your toilets for a quick fix (as I understand, JD Wetherspoon has a zero tolerance policy to drug consumption on site) before bastardising innocent, recluse customers who stirred up no trouble other than the baseless claims of a young lady who felt so uncomfortable, she took a pre-purchased drink from my friend, and all contact ceased thereafter. Again, if I am misinformed as to why were refused service, and there was an alternate reason, I am open to being enlightened, and will accept full responsibility for our actions. However, I find this unlikely, as my friends and I purely sat at a table and reminisced on nostalgia quietly all night. Hardly a crime to do that, is it?