The Oddfellows, North Shields

My partner and I have been to this pub several times and always thought it friendly and welcoming. The pub seems to have a lot to offer to its customers having a great selection of real ales, free homemade soup and BBQ food and an interesting book swap system. Unfortunately our recent visit left a lot to be desired. As previously mentioned free bar food was always an unexpected but delightful aspect of this pub however on this occasion we were made to feel extremely unwelcome through a mere misunderstanding. Unfortunately on this occasion the "free" bar food was apparently only available to a select number of customers which was in no way made clear and which we were unnecessarily informed of in a most unfriendly and accusatory tone, by the blonde middle aged bar maid, utterly humiliating my partner and I. This is not the service we had come to expect from this little quiet pub and we will not be subjected to such treatment again as the whole experience has left us with an unpleasant after taste and so we won't be frequenting this establishment in the future.

4 Jun 2012 22:22