Ashley Palmer-Watts

Yeah, I mean, the one surprising thing with the Devonshire is I thought there wouldn't be this local thing, you know, because it's London, it's busy.

You wouldn't see those locals.

There are so many locals that come, you know, as part of our inner circle.

But then also customers from all over the country, from Europe, even Australia, the first place they come when they come here every year, they come to Devonshire.

So I consider them a local when they come, you know, when they can only come once or twice a year.

they're in as well.

And I think it's about a real eclectic bunch of cool people that just want to have a bit of escapism time, you know?

Yeah, it's a bit of a tricky one, this.

Well, the best way is to book online.

We release...

Tables every Thursday at 10.30 in the morning.

We release a whole week's worth in three weeks.

But you need to be ready, card ready, et cetera, et cetera.

If you can't do that, we do take about 100 walk-ins a day, which is quite a lot.

So if people are patient, they're polite to the team, they're happy to have a drink, wait 10, 15 minutes, we will take as many people as we possibly can.

We hate saying no.

So those that persist a little bit more than others, they do get in.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, that's a good one, actually.

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