The May Garland, Horam

We had the misfortune to enter the May Garland after a game of golf, about 8.30pm, four of us in good spirits in need of a little refreshment. I asked for two pints of Harveys, a Fosters and a soft drink. The woman behind the bar said nothing and walked out of the bar, we were slightly bemused but she was replaced by an incompetent who didn't know one pump from another. He started pulling the Harveys from the wrong pump, when corrected, continued using the correct one - no clean glass. The Harveys, when it arrived was cloudy and did not taste "right" and we complained. There were about four other people in the bar having a meal, one of which it transpired was the landlord. He took exception to our complaint, stormed behind the bar and pulled a 1/4 glass and said that there was nothing wrong with it, however, it was still cloudy. At this point he started getting angry and we could tell that he'd had "a few". I asked him to refund the entire round and we would leave. I told him that it was the weirdest pub I'd been in at which point he became aggressive, pointing fingers and we left. We will not make the same mistake again.

10 Jun 2010 08:32