Jailhouse Review: The Second Prison Bar in This District
Jailhouse Review: The Second Prison Bar in This District | Alcotraz holds a 4.8 and this holds a 4.3, and the difference is entirely the sample and the promise
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Cocktail Club Shoreditch Review: The Fifth, and the Lowest
Cocktail Club Shoreditch Review: The Fifth, and the Lowest | Two branches in one district, four-tenths of a star apart, and the difference is which street they are on
Cocktail Club Old Street Review: The Fourth One, and the Rule Holds
Cocktail Club Old Street Review: The Fourth One, and the Rule Holds | 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.4 – and the branch with the fewest reviews wins, every single time, in every chain, in every district
Cornershop Review: A 3.7, and It Is Not the Bar’s Fault
Cornershop Review: A 3.7, and It Is Not the Bar’s Fault | A cheap late-opening sports bar in the busiest drinking street in east London is being punished for every single thing it does right
Be At One Review: Two Branches, and This Time They Match
Be At One Review: Two Branches, and This Time They Match | Six matched pairs in this survey and every one of them differed. Here are two that do not, and it complicates everything.
Be At One Piccadilly Review: The Fifth One, and the Case Is Closed
Be At One Piccadilly Review: The Fifth One, and the Case Is Closed | 4.6, 4.6, 4.3, 4.5 and 4.6 – and every one of those numbers is explained by the street outside
Bar Alta Review: A 5.0 From Two People
Bar Alta Review: A 5.0 From Two People | Two. And we have refused this number in five postcodes and six hundred articles and we are not going to stop now.
Bar Daskal Review: 4.7, and It Is Small, Which Is the Whole Prediction
Bar Daskal Review: 4.7, and It Is Small, Which Is the Whole Prediction | Eight postcodes and eight hundred venues, and there is exactly one variable that has ever predicted anything
Camden Pub Crawl Review: The Third Crawl, and It Is Not a Pub
Camden Pub Crawl Review: The Third Crawl, and It Is Not a Pub | It has removed every single thing that produces a bad review, and it did not do so on purpose
Archer Street Review: 3.3, and It Is About the Door
Archer Street Review: 3.3, and It Is About the Door | The lowest score in the Soho file on a serious sample, and nine hundred people have told you exactly what went wrong
Be At One Regent Street Review: The Fourth One, and Now We Have a Curve
Be At One Regent Street Review: The Fourth One, and Now We Have a Curve | 4.6, 4.6, 4.3 and 4.5 – and the spread is exactly what the sample sizes predict
Radio Rooftop Review: The Fourteenth Rooftop, and It Landed at 3.8
Radio Rooftop Review: The Fourteenth Rooftop, and It Landed at 3.8 | Eleven of the fourteen are now at 4.2 or below, and it has never been about the altitude
Amano Rooftop Review: The Sixth Rooftop, and the Sixth 4.1
Amano Rooftop Review: The Sixth Rooftop, and the Sixth 4.1 | Every elevated venue in both surveys has landed in the same narrow band, and it has nothing to do with the bars
Cocktail Club Mansion House Review: The Better Number Is the Smaller Sample
Cocktail Club Mansion House Review: The Better Number Is the Smaller Sample | 4.7 against 4.5, and the only difference between the two branches is how many people have walked through the door
Auberge Review: A 3.8, and the Word Means a Place With Beds
Auberge Review: A 3.8, and the Word Means a Place With Beds | An auberge is an inn, which meant lodging, and it is the same legal category we found in four other districts
Roxy Review: A 3.8, and the Late Penalty Is the Harshest Force in This Survey
Roxy Review: A 3.8, and the Late Penalty Is the Harshest Force in This Survey | Eleven hundred people, and the venue is being marked down for being open when everything else is shut
Cocktail Club Review: Two Branches, Two-Tenths Apart
Cocktail Club Review: Two Branches, Two-Tenths Apart | The ninth matched pair in this survey, and the number has moved again, and it has nothing to do with the drinks
Simmons Piccadilly Review: The Last of Four, and the Case Is Closed
Simmons Piccadilly Review: The Last of Four, and the Case Is Closed | 4.8, 4.7, 4.7, 4.7 – across twelve thousand people and two districts, and nobody else has come close
Avenue Bar Review: 3.3 From Twenty-Six People, and Nothing Else
Avenue Bar Review: 3.3 From Twenty-Six People, and Nothing Else | The lowest-rated venue in the Notting Hill file, on a sample too small to convict and too large to ignore
Charlies Corner Review: No Rating At All, and That Is How South Bank Ends
Charlies Corner Review: No Rating At All, and That Is How South Bank Ends | Eighty-three articles in this district, and it finishes with a venue the system does not know exists
Ester Review: 4.7, and It Is Small, and That Is the Whole Prediction
Ester Review: 4.7, and It Is Small, and That Is the Whole Prediction | Seven postcodes and six hundred venues, and there is exactly one variable that has ever predicted anything
ELK Review: A 5.0 From Eighty-Three People
ELK Review: A 5.0 From Eighty-Three People | A perfect score on a real sample, which we have found three times in seven postcodes, and we cannot explain it
Turtle Bay Review: A 4.8 From Six Thousand People
Turtle Bay Review: A 4.8 From Six Thousand People | One of the biggest numbers in this survey, and it belongs to a chain, and we have to explain that
Simmons Monument Review: The Tightest Chain in Five Hundred Articles
Simmons Monument Review: The Tightest Chain in Five Hundred Articles | Three branches, three postcodes, and a spread of one-tenth of a star – which nobody else has managed
Rum Kitchen Review: 4.9, and Twenty-Two People Is a Rumour
Rum Kitchen Review: 4.9, and Twenty-Two People Is a Rumour | We have refused this number in every district and we are refusing it here, and the reason is a matched pair
Bootlegger Review: The Other One Has a 5.0 From Twenty-Two People
Bootlegger Review: The Other One Has a 5.0 From Twenty-Two People | Same chain, same concept, two branches – and one has five hundred reviews and the other has twenty-two, and the difference is everything
Freedom Review: A 3.7, and We Are Going to Defend It
Freedom Review: A 3.7, and We Are Going to Defend It | Twelve hundred people, a low number, and a venue that is being punished for exactly the thing that makes it useful
College Arms Review: The Sports Bar Is Punished for Something It Cannot Control
College Arms Review: The Sports Bar Is Punished for Something It Cannot Control | Half the room is unhappy by definition, every single time, and about half of those will blame the room
Savage Garden Review: The Seventh Rooftop, and the Seventh 4.1
Savage Garden Review: The Seventh Rooftop, and the Seventh 4.1 | Seven elevated venues across four postcodes, and the number will not move, and it has nothing to do with the bars
MAM Review: A 3.8, and It Is the Riverside Tax
MAM Review: A 3.8, and It Is the Riverside Tax | Two hundred and thirty-nine people, and most of them had already walked eleven thousand steps before they sat down