点评:Gotta admire how Scotland manages to attract soooooo many visitors. Lived here nearly 40 years and always enjoyed visits to the Moulin.
However.....
Friday last I was off to treat myself to their legendary fish & chips AND A BEER.
12.15.
Totally empty until I arrived in the bar with my dog. Member of staff suggested, quite politely, I should sit in the restaurant area rather than the bar. When I questioned why and when policy had changed i.e. food was not served in the bar, he said it was "a few months ago".
I asked if I could speak to a manager and she did indeed explain, again quite politely, that the policy was that the bar should be saved for locals who ONLY wanted to drink.
I`ve been going, out of my way, to this bar for nearly 40 years.....
By the by, until some 10 years ago they had a famously passive/aggressive barman. Always shirt and tie and he managed to tread that, oh so fine line, between just acceptably hospitable and borderline rude. He had a talent rarely seen but once experienced, never forgotten. Where is he now?
翻译:不得不钦佩苏格兰居然能吸引如此之多的游客。我在这里住了近40年,一直都很喜欢去Moulin光顾。
不过……
上周五,我打算去享受一下他们闻名遐迩的炸鱼薯条,再喝杯啤酒。
12点15分。
在我带着狗狗走进酒吧时,里面空无一人。一位工作人员很有礼貌地建议我,最好坐在餐厅区而非酒吧区。当我询问原因以及相关规定何时有所变动——毕竟以前酒吧里也是提供食物的——他说那是“几个月前的事了”。
我询问是否可以和经理谈谈,她果然又非常有礼貌地解释说,酒吧的规定是只接待那些纯粹想喝酒的当地人。
近40年来,我一直特意专程去那家酒吧……
顺便一提,大约在10年前,他们店里还有一位出了名的态度阴阳怪气的调酒师。他总是穿着衬衫打领带,总能很好地把握那个度——既不会显得过分热情,也不会显得粗鲁无礼。他拥有一种极为罕见的天赋——一旦领略过,便终生难忘。他现在在哪里呢?