The Fox Inn, Monkwood Green

This is a lovely traditional pub - however our visit was marred by an incredibly arrogant and rude barman - if he had not starting pouring our drinks we would have walked out of there. Initially he blanked us (I can only assume as we were not locals) he then completely ignored my girlfriend when she asked him the name of the pubs dog - the second time she asked the question he then told us the dog was called Terry, my girlfriend continued to fuss the dog, until we later found out that he was called Jojo, and he had just lied to us - for not reason whatsoever (the barman not the dog)

We have however ratde this pub at a 7 - had we had left any sooner, it likely would have been a 2/3. However, the saving grace of this pub was the land lady herself, who came into the pub a little later on, and whom was incredibly pleasant, there were also a number of locals that came in who were all very friendly and chatty - had we have received this welcome initially the pub would have easily ranked at a 9/10 - however the initial greeting to the pub was a disgrace, I have no idea why anyone would work in a pub if their people skills were so poorly lacking

21 Nov 2011 21:04

The Dodford Inn, Dodford

Fantastic country pub, and one we visit regularly - always got good beer and cider on, and always a pleasant welcome.

Food is good, but for us the best feature of the pub is the large beer garden / events they run during the year - plus they are dog friendly too - can't think of anywhere else I would rather spend a summers afternoon drinking

21 Nov 2011 20:56