Beer: Harveys Best Bitter 4.0%, Reunion Ales Vanilla IPA 4.9%The night before we fly to Czech, we’re staying at the Premier Inn at Gatwick and the best of “our boys” in the area is the above establishment, which is about twenty minutes on the train back out from the airport.
It’s a nice looking building, traditional interior... but why is it so COLD in here? Several small fireplaces, stacked with logs, resolutely unlit, adorn the walls – apparently serving as decoration and/or a way to mock customers who aren’t taking coats off. Nearer the bar, staff huddle around little fan heaters.
The beer’s very nice though. It’s “Cask Monday”. The food is good. The staff, and very few customers, seem affable too.
Normal passing customers, we suggest, might be attracted in by the cask deal – but would take advantage of the chilly atmosphere by keeping coats on and leaving after the first pint. People would not stop to have a meal. Apart from us, nobody is stopping to have a meal.
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