点评:Used to absolutely love this pub - in fact I think I wrote a 5-star review here years ago. But recent visits have been very disappointing for two main reasons: the lack of food and the rudeness of the manager.
In the past we used to eat here regularly - the landlord and his son were always very friendly, in fact everyone behind the bar was great. We'd usually go for the food - there was always a great selection, including some delicious specials on the board. Over the last year or two the menu had been greatly reduced, which is a shame - sometimes it was nice to just have a sandwhich/filled roll, rather than a full meal. But even more recently, we've been told either there's no food available at all or, even more bizarrely, we cant have food if we're sitting in the garden (this on the sunniest day of the year when the garden was packed). All of this is made much worse by the manner in which that information has been imparted - on both occasions by a rude bar manager who seems almost to want the business to fail. His attitude was completely couldn't care less - he seems to almost resent having customers speak to him. It's a great pity and I worry for the future of what was once a firm favourite, not only with me but with a large extended group of friends, all of whom share my feelings.
翻译:我以前非常喜欢这家酒吧——事实上,我记得几年前我在这里写过一篇五星评论。但最近几次来却非常令人失望,主要有两个原因:食物匮乏和经理粗鲁无礼。
过去我们经常来这里吃饭——老板和他的儿子一直都很友好,事实上,吧台后面的每个人都很棒。我们通常是为了食物而来的——那里总是有很多选择,包括一些美味的特色菜。在过去的一两年里,菜单大大缩减了,这很遗憾——有时候,只吃一个三明治或夹心面包卷比吃一顿完整的饭菜更舒服。但最近,我们被告知要么根本没有食物,要么更奇怪的是,如果我们坐在花园里就不能吃饭(这可是一年中最阳光明媚的日子,花园里挤满了人)。所有这些信息传达的方式都让情况变得更糟——两次都是一位粗鲁的酒吧经理传达的,他似乎希望这家酒吧倒闭。他的态度完全是漠不关心——他似乎甚至讨厌顾客跟他说话。这真是太可惜了,我为这家曾经备受喜爱的餐厅的未来感到担忧,不仅我,还有一大群和我感同身受的朋友。