The Plough Inn, Finstock

As an occasional visitor to this pub and I have noticed a change of atmosphere. I know some locals, and many are absent from what is an excellent pub (i.e. building) but now has something of an unhappy atmosphere. The last post sums this up - for a pub which has no trouble so many people seem to be barred and it is telling that little or no custom has moved from the Crown since that closed in the village. The owners appear to have purchased the pub a few years ago as a life-style change, tried to sell it last year and couldn't, and now seem trapped there. It now has a reputation of closing early if there are only a few customers, turning them out. The food side still seems to be holding up and the female bar staff was fine when I last visited but to revive this a local needs a change of attitude from management or a change of management. I will await my next visit to see if things have improved but I fear so many locals have been upset that I doubt it.

24 Sep 2011 17:30