The Maypole, Cambridge

have been visiting the maypole for around a month now between once and twice a week and was delighted to find such a lovely welcoming pub in the centre of cambridge complete with good quality food and excellent beer choice including one of my very favourite beers on tap franziskaner.However yesterday i visited the establishment around 5pm and was disgusted at the treatment of myself and my friend we casually attempted to walk into the bar i was body checked by a man i didnt recognise he then told me that neither of us could enter the bar as we were drunk i initially thought he was joking and took it one in good spirits even if he was become irritating.Myself and my friend were NOT drunk we hadnt at this point even had an alchoholic beverage during the day,my friend was the told he was drunk as his flies were undone which I was unaware was a sign of intoxication I then tried to pass him and enter through the door on around 3 more occasions he blocked me off and moved aggresively towards me standing almost directly infront of my face.I felt intimidated at this point I then asked if he worked there and he said no my friend then asked to see barry whom we believed to be the owners name which I now realise is mario another man then spoke to my friend and snapped that noone called barry worked here I was astonished to realise this was the owners son,he had watched the whole incident and did nothing which in itself was an indication he saw nothing wrong with this mans unacceptable behaviour i actually became quite upset at this point and me and my friend just turned around and walked away in all my previous visits i have found the owner mario to be magnificent in terms of service and comes across as a genuinly lovely man however he witnessed none of this and i feel sure if he had he would have been astounded.I wont visit the maypole again after this encounter and I feel sad about that as I really enjoyed my previous visits there but the events of yesterday afternoon were dispicable

6 May 2013 13:42