The Undercroft Bar

For such a wonderful station, glorified, almost modern Gothic, one would think that the bar situated int he departure lounge would be world class, perhaps with subtle similarities with the champagne bar upstairs? You would indeed be wrong. The undercroft bar, much like its dull choice of name is a modern, expensive, uncomfortable canteen of a bar with a long line of folk queuing just to get soft drinks, leading out of the door, past the mess of cheap chairs and tables. The staff seem pretty miserable to be working in an underground bar with no natural light and the effect rather puts the excited traveller in a disagreeable mood.

Overall the undercroft bar is the complete after thought of this magnificent project, its selection, the prices, the attitude of the staff do nothing except to highlight the need of the station funds to have been cut just to pop any old bar in the departure lounge - quite a shame - 2/10