The Bear, Oxshott

"Pint of Ordinary Bitter and a small glass of house red please" "That will be the Rioja" "Fine" "That's �8 please" "�8?" "Yes, �8" "�4.95 for a glass of house red. In a Youngs pub?" "Yes (showing the till receipt) it's expensive here".

OK that's annoying, but even more annoying is that it turned out that there were at least 2 other cheaper reds on the wine list, the cheapest �3.20. Are the staff actually trained I wonder to not understand what the term "house red" means? Or is there a new trend that I've missed out on to make the house red the most expensive wine by the glass on the menu.

Nice pint of ordinary but the experience left a bad taste in the mouth.

26 Jan 2010 21:36