The Hawkley Inn, Hawkley

GG, I think you may have visited this pub on a day when you were out of luck, beers run out and there is the possibility that other beers racked are not fit to serve - it does happen you know.

Both the GBG and the GPG state that there is UP TO nine beers available, which is indeed wrong, they have potential for up to 11 but for the majority of the time carry two ciders / perrys from the excellent Mr. Whitehead stable as well as a fine selection of beers both from local independant breweries and also a few curve balls from some of the majors.

As to the pub not being as busy as when Al had it, have you not noticed that the square footage has been increased nearly threefold this will always make a pub feel quieter.

All of the staff at the pub are in my opinion good at their job and it may interest you to know GG that quite a few of them have been there since Al sold so saying that "big staff changes" is erroneous.

To say the pub is in decline is also not strictly true a pub in decline that wins their local CAMRA pub of the year award can only say a lot about their local competition.

If you do have issues with the pub perhaps it would be better for you to raise them with the team working there rather than rubbish an otherwise excellent pub on a potentially annonymous message board.

28 Feb 2009 21:25