The Royal George, Barningham

July 2006 I stayed round the corner in a B & B. The first night I ate here the food was fine and the wine pleasant enough. However the landlady was in my opinion bossy and unfriendly. The waitress on the other hand was charming and efficient. I tried to eat there again two nights later. Food was meant to be served until 8:30 and I arrived after a hard days work at 8:15. I was appalled when I was rudely turned away, told the chef was no longer cooking. I was then forced to drive 12 miles to Bury St Edmunds to eat which was not what I wanted after a 12 hour working day. I checked out of my B & B and moved to Bury St Edmunds which is full of restaurants and pubs with hospitable landlords and landladies. Why work in the hospitality industry if you are not prepared to be hospitable. I have subsequently worked a second four week stint in this area again staying in Bury St Edmunds. I think my bill the first evening was around �30. I could well have eaten there 25 times during the last two summers. That's a lot of custom to turn away?

28 Dec 2007 12:34