Anglesea Arms

If you like the pile for the bar and being insulted by various members on the monied classes then this is the overpriced pub for you . Often nice beer but the company sucks. The bar staff match the clientele. Being told that you are lucky to get glasses for your bottle of wine is common. Fair enough, it excells at one thing; if you want your bag stolen this is the place to be (two occasions now; once for me and once for a friend). Sorry for being depressing but this place is starting to deserve its customers.

I used to come to this pub quite often, then stopped after a friend of mine got her bag stolen. I decided to give it a second chance and coincidence or not, someone else got her bag stolen that evening. Apparently from some of the comments of people having a drink there, it seems that this pub has been targeted for quite some time as there have been numerous incidents like this one. I googled the pub once I got home and sure enough found quite a number of comments about thefts of handbags going back to 2008. I think this pub should put up clear notices stating that pickpockets are operating in the area. I guess they do not want to do that because it may put off customers, but honestly they should do something about it. The reputation of the pub is at stake.