The Plough and Furrow Inn, Smallfield

This pub serves good beer and good food at reasonable prices. Especially inviting in the summer with the kids as the garden and play area are excellent.

Sadly the pub atmosphere lacks something and does not match the other couple of pubs within a two mile radius. It is of course personal choice.

The banter about the "Cakage Charge" is a farce and a turn off. I thought they must mean a Corkage charge but was soon corrected. We decided to go elsewhere and the local pub selected actually provided the cake as a complimentary gesture as many restruants do. �1.75 per head for a paper plate and the loan of a knife is taking the perverbial mickey.

It seems that when this is challenged it is not well recieved and it is surprising in these difficult times that business is sacrificed over such a trivial issue.

From the comments posted it seems that it would be desirable for the landlord to cease allienating his pub from loyal customers and capitalise on the opportunites that he is obviously missing.

6 Jan 2011 13:05