Bench seating with a positive no-nonsense attitude from staff..ie stopping the one person hogging a whole section with one coke for two hours waiting for their mates to turn up..this is always going to be a good sign.
However can I just say a real roaring fire with a pub cat beside it will be a real winner each time!
The smell of a real fire, as well as the heat, really adds to the pub experience.
I particularly recommend the Dead Poets in Holbrook and the Magpie and Parrot in Shinfield. In the former you also get beer from the jug, and both are child-free for the child-haters amongst you (joking).
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Bench seating with a positive no-nonsense attitude from staff..ie stopping the one person hogging a whole section with one coke for two hours waiting for their mates to turn up..this is always going to be a good sign.
ReplyDeleteHowever can I just say a real roaring fire with a pub cat beside it will be a real winner each time!
"However can I just say a real
ReplyDeleteroaring fire with a pub cat beside it will be a winner each time"
Now I know I got off at the wrong planet.
What use is a fire for the dead
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What about the 99p a pint sign?
ReplyDeleteSquare meal for a round pound?
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy clean toilets. I see that was listed in your choices.
The smell of a real fire, as well as the heat, really adds to the pub experience.
ReplyDeleteI particularly recommend the Dead Poets in Holbrook and the Magpie and Parrot in Shinfield. In the former you also get beer from the jug, and both are child-free for the child-haters amongst you (joking).