The Hare and Billet, Blackheath

Very poor pub now, and has gone massively downhill recently. Until late 2010, early 2011, it felt rather middle class, with good beer and plenty of friendly locals, along with nice food.

Unfortunately it now feels like an utterly soulless plastic chain pub, with no special beers on tap, a very small menu of utterly standard pub grub, and poor beer. The music is loud 'muzak' and the clientele have now become the rather noisy, chavtastic elements which appear to have migrated up from the village.

Add to this the refusal by the landlady to accept payments by card for under �10 (although some staff do take this if she's not around), and if you protest, you're directed to the cash machine which charges �1.85 per withdrawal. This has the stink of a scam about it, and is very customer unfriendly.

Such a shame as this was a lovely country pub, and it is now completely ruined. Avoid at all costs!

29 Feb 2012 13:26