Hello!
I am Emma and with my husband Mark write Foodie Explorers, which is a food and travel website.
I am a member of the Guild of Food Writers and British Guild of Travel Writers.
We have a wide range of judging experience covering products, hotels and have judged, for example, for Great Taste Awards and Scottish Baker of the Year.
Along the way Mark gained WSET Level 2 in Wine and I have WSET Level 2 in Spirits as well as picking up an award with The Scotsman Food and Drink Awards.
Usually I can be found sleeping beside a cat.
They don’t pay their staff properly, there’s a rats nest in the bar and the owner has taken to harassing staff to get what he wants.
If you’ve ever known anyone in the hospitality industry or you possess basic human decency you won’t support this bar.
Horrendous treatment of staff: -1 star
Illegally withholding pay from staff: -1 staff
Rats nest under the bar: -1 star
Verbally and physically abusing staff and supervisors: -1 star
Stealing from till then taking it from tips: -1 star
deleted their facebook page because they don’t want anyone to know how horrendous they are to their staff.
Always found the bar to be a great place to stop after stepping off a train. Met the owner a few times and he was always polite and courteous. Staff seemed to always have a laugh and joke with him when I was there. This flurry of posts look a little suspicious to me but Im just a punter seeing one side. Time will tell.