New Inn, Hook

Interested to see a previous comment, as I called into this old pub one day during the snow, and overheard a conversation between the landlord and a customer regarding the snow and slush outside the entrance. Landlord didn't have a good attitude at all, and said that if you see snow, then you know it is slippery. Surely the same goes for beams - if you see them you duck, so why put signs everywhere? Anyway, safety apart (and I thought all landlords were obliged to have a 'Duty to Care'), most customers will arrive at this main road pub by car, in shoes, so wouldn't it be courteous to clear the snow? Incidentally, I visited 3 other pubs before this one, and every one had cleared the entrance way! The purpose of my visit was to select a possible venue for a meal for 40 members of my local book club, but needless to say the New Inn has lost our business. I didn't eat, but did observe sliced carrots - what a turn-off! So many more things you can do with carrots. This pub has the potential to be a good upmarket eating place, but at the moment it's a bangers and mash, pie and chips sort of place.

10 Feb 2009 22:48