Galvin Hop: A Pub de Luxe

We had a great experience here last night. We didn’t have any food (other than the curry popcorn), but service was outstanding, which really made the experience.
Wade was everything a great bartender should be — friendly, chatty, knowledgable, and a he made a mean Bailey’s iced latte.
The Pilsner Urquell, served as it is from the closed casks, was creamy and smooth — it had the mouthfeel of a milk stout or a nitro pour (though sadly the flavor of Pilsner Urquell, which is just okay). We were tempted to plan for a return next Sunday for a roast dinner, and well, who are we to argue with a nice Sunday roast, easy walking distance from our hotel?
Service across the board was friendly, the vibe was cozy, and I am stealing the bathroom design.

Galvin Hop is trying to be some sort of Gastro pub but they do really not get much right. Any place that wish to call themselves a pub should really have more than one beer on tap. They do of course also offer five kore by the bottle but a very limited selection to start with. The beer on tap is Pilsner Urquell and that is a decent Czech lager bit what was pretty bad was that it was flawed — clear example of production error in that they had diacetyl in it (it is most easily described as a butterscotch flavor and scent that when it is really bad takes on rancid notes). This was a horrible case of it so felt it when they put the beer on the table — asked to have it taken away. No objection so they probably knew of it — came with a new one from another batch which was better but still same issue. If you are then at a gastro pub and they cannot offer a single lager (all the other beers by bottle can where ales, stouts etc) it is just a joke.
Food selection was what can be expected from a pub except for an interesting sounding range of hot dogs. We sampled the range and while the actually sausage was good the toppings just did not work and felt pre-​made. The French fries on the side wheee also clearly ready-​made so a disappointment.
I was leaning towards giving one star as they also charge fairly hefty prices for a pub but to be fair the sausage was good but at £13 I expect more then a decent hot dog but still feels it deserves a weak two stars.