The Palm Tree, Mile End

I am part of a social running group called hash house harriers. We always run from and back to a real ale pub. After the run we all drink in the pub therefore bringing in alot of money to the pubs concerned. I live in East London and thought that since this pub was CAMRA nominated would mean that it would a great pub. This was not the case.
When I arrived a asked for a glass of water which I was refused. Despite running from alot of pubs in London I ahd never had this reaction before. I am now told that it is a legal requirement to give someone a glass of water if asked. I did not want bottled water.
The landlord also then asked our group if we thought that the pub was some sort of hosterl or that it was a charity for our benefit. I'm not sure where this very rude comment came from but some in our group had ordered drinks. If he had taken timeto find out more about us he would have found out that we were going to spend alot of money on drinks after the run. I will not be visiting this pub again.

25 Nov 2007 16:57