The Black Horse and Hoodens, Borough Green

I could have sworn wrote a brief review of this pub earlier this year but it seems to have gone missing.

Anyway, I noticed the addition in the GBG and I'm glad to read here that it's doing well, I've not been out to Borough Green for a while so I'll have to make the effort to visit again, a very nice pub as I recall.

21 Oct 2011 17:05

The Rose and Crown Hotel, Tonbridge

I had a lunchtime pint here and would have had a bite to eat but as I didn't have much time and the staff seemed otherwise occupied most of the time I was there I didn't. Perhaps I just caught them at a bad moment, they seemed to have a lot on but were pleasant enough so no complaint.

The beer was a bit on the expensive side but the quality was fine.

21 Oct 2011 16:36

The Flower Pot, Maidstone

I had read a lot about this pub in Draught Copy and finally had a chance to pop in for a pint. Now I see why this pub has such a good following, for real ale drinkers it's a proper treat.

29 Sep 2011 16:00

The Compasses, Tunbridge Wells

Popped in here for a beer and a quick bite after a dreadful meeting in the locality and thought it worthy of recommendation here. Very impressed with the staff and the condition of the ales, good proper food and a nice atmosphere to lift my flagging spirits.

4 Jun 2011 14:56

The Vigo Inn, Vigo

I had to pop in for a nose now the Vigo is open again, beers were great, I'm not really a big fan of music so I avoided the evenings it's on. I think the new owners have a lot of passion, I'm sure it's going to be a success.

9 Apr 2011 16:51

The George and Dragon, Ightham

I'm not sure I could agree that the landlord is all that friendly.

Being a publican myself, and having a short break time to enjoy on xmas eve I went to eat here with my husband. They were very busy but found us a table and our order was taken promptly.

Starters arrived and were eaten but then we waited for almost half an hour for our main course. The couple on the table next to ours were eating their starters the same time as us and had received their main course some time before I asked a waitress if ours would be very long.

She went to check and said it would be a few minutes more, my husband mentioned that we were under a bit of pressure time wise and if it didn't arrive in a minute we wouldn't be able to wait any longer. There was no hassle, we could see they were busy and she understood our situation perfectly, she was very helpful. She went off and brought our main courses. No problem, everybody happy.

We had barely raised our knives and forks before the manager flew through the restaurant towards us like a thing possessed spouting abuse at the top of his voice and making a scene. He seemed to think we had somehow been out of order for asking about our main course and wanted us to leave, which we did.

When we got back to our place and mentioned it to some of our locals we found out we were not the first to be treated in this manner.

I would like to stress that the waitresses were great, it was busy but they were keeping it all together. I can only suggest that they lock their manager up in a cupboard somewhere to stop him from spoiling their efforts!

28 Dec 2010 17:51