Jolly Sportsman — Restaurant in England

I've been to this pub a few times now and it always seemed so upbeat and had a lovely crowd. However recently it seems to have really gone downhill - unsure as to whether new owners have taken over but it seems really unorganised. A fair few times completely running out of many drinks and beer, young barman being rude to people and a constant flow of groups of men joining each other in the toilets. I'm pretty sure it isn't to have a friendly chat whilst they use the loo either. This was such a lovely pub where I would see young children playing in the garden last year which is now so run down I wouldn't let me child loose. Never would I allow a young child in to the toilets after the amount of substance that's probably floating around and after watching one of the bar staff be rude to a 'punter' I wouldn't go back. Bring back the...

Going concern businesses like this one are deceptive. They look the same as the old one, serve the same and are even in the same location as the old one but they don't trick me. With their salt on the windows to keep out the underground snail people, the black hodded gowns that are hung up behind the bar but the thing that gives it away for me the most is the lack of eyebrows on the staff pets. That's a pub I...

As a visiting technical stage manager for the elgiva theatre, Deborah and Ben made me feel very welcome, it can be lonely touring with shows, And even went to extent of cooking me Christmas Dinner which I haven't had from any pub in 35 year's of being in the business, she is a fair but firm landlady and always puts the effort to make a good atmosphere, with occasional live music highly...