Red House, Croxley Green

Afraid to say cost cutting is starting to show in this once great pub. Regulary the pub is out of drinks and i do mean regularly. Something which has been a problem over the last couple of years and as i have been there occasionally over the last 10 or more years it really highlights this problem. This is not reflected in the beer prices though, which are soaring. Premium Larger is now an incredible �3.75!!!!
On the subject of beer i have seen this change particularly. According to my friends which are regulars the most popular beers were taken away and replaced with a "coloured water" called carling, amoungst others. Apprarently despite protestations to the relatively new owners nothing has changed. It is surmised that this is a rather feeble ploy to make people buy the premium larger (see above)
Had the sunday roast today and particularly considering the price was a dissapointment. The beef was so rare i'm surprised it didn't try to run away!
Other member of the party had the chicken and although tasty was a dissapointing portion, something that has also been noted by others.
In short although money has been spent making the place comfortable and modern, it has lost al lot of it's character and has lost a lot of custom to the local fox and hounds partly due to this. It is family friendly, but unfortunatley that is the best thing i can say about it.

19 Dec 2010 15:06