The Rose and Crown, Sandridge

Sad that individuals who dont visit the place anymore (and if they do i wish they would sod off) have to comment out of spit when the pub is actually moving forward. The comments from those who matter however prevail. I seem to recall 90 people having a fantastic carvery here yesterday!! or maybe i just mis counted the number of people who now enjoy Sundays here!!!

28 Nov 2011 21:01

The Rose and Crown, Sandridge

This is, in my view, by a long way the best pub in the village. However it has suffered over the past few years from Owners/Brewers not putting anyone decent in there to run it and create a stable environment to attract locals back in. The last two incumbents were a disaster. However at last the new company running it have remedied that by putting a decent manager in some six months ago, who seems to know what he is doing.

The food has improved 100% and they are now attracting the right sort of people back, having weeded out the not so good bar staff (and punters). The portions are a highlight as is the quality (everyone talks about the chips) and there is a real buzz particularly with the adoption of a Sunday carvery. (shame they put the Carvery prices up so much so quickly a couple of weeks ago, accepted it is a commercial world we live in, but they could have built up a bit more goodwill first!!!)

As a regular user who refuses to drink in the other village pubs!!! i am glad to see there is some consistency at last with the new manager, who seems to have some good ideas for moving things forward and is trying to embrace both regulars and new customers. I hope the new company recognise this and keep this stability or they will fall into the same problems as previous owners.

There are still some teething problems while the new staff re-energise the place, but there is definitely an improved clientelle using the pub and a good spirit developing among the customers who like the new manager Shaun.

14 Nov 2011 14:29