Candlemaker Pub

Oh dear.
Candlemaker started off so promising.
So, allow me to set the scene.
It was my friend’s b’day and everyone was going to a fireworks show in Battersea Park. I declined because frankly I dont want to contribute to global warming by burning sh1t unnecesarily just for «entertainment».
Anyway, so I do the walk from Wandsworth station, not a big deal, and upon walking in, two things take my attention.
a) The crowd is young and beautiful and appear to be having fun — score.
b) When I walk in, the DJ (obviously deliberately) plays The Meters’ Cissy Strut, which now sounds like I am calling myself a sissy but, listen to it and you’ll know why. Anyway, as this track drops, time slows down, and I get to do a slow-​mo swagger to my group of mates who are sitting on the other side of the room, pointing at a girl I know at the bar, and smiling at another whom I don’t. What a great start.
After the ‘hellos’ and ‘happy birthdays’, another friend and I make our way over to the bar. From here, the party was over. Why? Well, this was absolutely the worst service I’d ever experienced in a bar in my life. I sh1t you not, I was at the bar, waiting for 25 whole minutes before, I had to basically plead with one of the TWO people serving to please get me some drinks. Now, I’ve spent some time in bars over the years so I know that bars get busy but TWENTY-​FIVE MINUTES!!!
The reason I was so annoyed was that the guy just kept serving the ladies, looking at me, and I should point out, I wasn’t scowling, but smiling, trying to be nice, and then ignoring my ass to serve another girl. The girl behind the bar, I swear, was just chatting away to people, serving the occasional drink.
Man, I was so fcuked off, but I had no choice as I’d offered my friends jaegarbombs!
Twenty-​five minutes.
Another guy I knew went round to the other end of the bar to try get served, but nope, no difference.
Im giving Candlemaker 2 stars here instead of 1 because the rest of the music was good too and I did like the venue generally.
Just a shame that the staff were, frankly, shite.

Lovely pub, great vibe and the food is consistently excellent. Good selection of beers and wine as well. I only wish they didn’t turn the music up quite so much quite so early on Fridays and Saturdays. Though that does make me sound like a cranky old man.