The Travellers Friend, Woodford Green

I meant when the beer is undrinkable, they drink cider or bottled brands, of course! Sorry!

24 Jan 2014 10:18

The Travellers Friend, Woodford Green

Are you the official Pub Spokesperson Beergoogle?
Had you read what I have mentioned, I said that my husband and his friends for that matter have found the beer to be average most days and the odd day very good. When it is drinkable they have bottled beer or cider. You seem to know where the wine originates from, I do not. Frankly speaking, I have aired my thoughts and those of my friends and my husband at their request and of course in response to the owner's own invitation to do so last November. If this is the kind of response you receive when one does bring concerns to their attention then I will not bother in the future. We all like the pub and wish it every success, we would like to spend our money there but would like quality and consistency.

24 Jan 2014 09:10

The Travellers Friend, Woodford Green

Troyes, on the 24th November last year the new owners used this forum to invite suggestions and this is what I any my friends are doing at their invitation. I go out with my husband and friends for a drink not as a 'Troubleshooter' to use my night out to tell them how to run their business. All I want is a decent glass of wine, not paint stripper, I am prepared to pay for the same as are my friends who are all professionals and value their leisure time. My husband likes his real ale and is not the only one to complain about the inconsistency of it. We are not asking for much more than this. We will drink elsewhere if things do not improve but by judging by the emptiness in the place at times, I would have though the owners would want to keep the customers they have and attract new ones.

23 Jan 2014 14:51

The Travellers Friend, Woodford Green

So you are 'The real customer?' Eh? The amount of money we spend in there weekly warrants us as real customers also, spending a little fortune when we visit. We have been told what the wine costs by the staff. It is cheap old plonk marked up at an extortionate sum. We would rather pay more money for quality, something that you obviously do not understand. You can buy a bottle in at £10 and still make money by selling it for double not a £3 or £4 bottle and selling it for over £10. We do not care what we pay for drink as long as it is good quality and presented well. As for insulting my husband, I doubt if you would to his face as if you saw him he would probably make you quiver in your boots. He suspects that you are one of the big slugs that hogs one end of the bar,, talking rubbish. The beer has been of an inconsistent standard for years, average being the normal quality except on the odd occasion when he says it is super, normally in the past when they have had cover when on holidays. As for my husbands toilet habits, bad beer is like having a bad meal. We are loyal customers who want to spend money in the pub but our loyalty as is that of our friends is being tested to the limit.

23 Jan 2014 10:10

The Travellers Friend, Woodford Green

So we have been told that that Lucy and her daughter are going now but it seems to me that what people want namely good wine and beer are still not in sigh or forthcoming. My husband is constantly complaining that the beer is rubbish and as for the wine, it is still cheap old plonk being served at top prices. Will the new owners please listen? Will they just get a stock of wine at say cost to them £ 8 to £ 12 a bottle and double up on it rather than the £ 2 bottles they sell at over £10.? People are willing to pay for quality. As for the real ale if you do not know what you are doing, which is obvious, get someone who does, as I am sick of my husband complaining about it as are my girlfriends with their husbands! He says that the beer is that bad on occasion that it affects I his guts and I can vouch for this by the state of our loo the next day. As for the new owners the little one is sweet as they come but his mate has something of the night about him and we have witnessed a nasty side to him a few times now and it may only be a matter of time before he completely goes over the edge. I hope he does not turn out to be worse than what we had. Just saying.

22 Jan 2014 10:18