The Rose and Crown, Halstead

Went to the Rose and Crown last weekend...and had an excellent time. Being a big fan of real ales I was really looking forward to going there and was happy my expectations were met. The pub itself is nice - old village style with a beautiful garden, friendly & polite staff and new eager manager. Judging from the regulars in there and the comments on here the new manager has a lot to live up to and from what I can see he's going to do well.

After having a couple great pints I had a real bad one and when I complained he tasted it himself and agreed...he went down and checked and then changed the barrel, apologised and gave me a fresh one of what was much improved, he seems to be a big real ale fan contrary to some reviews on here, he's polite, very knowledgable and intends to really take the pub forward.

I don't know much about what the pub used to be like but it definitely needs improvement...it doesn't have to become a modern pub with loud music...just a better one.

I'll definitely go back :)

7 Jul 2010 13:00