Mid afternoon and wrong order as no Internet connection available, sadly very quiet just one other chap at the bar however a friendly welcome the barman pointed out late red was available despite not being marked up.

Late afternoon we were the only customers.

This pub is temporarily closed at the time of writing (7 February 2013) awaiting selection of new tenants.

About 18:30 and the pub was starting to get busy with diners. The bar staff informed me that they have a cask of Summer Sizzler in the cellar waiting to go on, and that Master Brew is usually available. Unfortunately the pub does not seem to provide menus so it was necessary to squeeze past about twenty prospective diners trying to read a blackboard to make my way to the toilet.

A quiet pub with just a few guys sitting at the bar. The best atmosphere was in the garden and provided by a few guys and a CD player in a Ford Fiesta in the car park. Various beer mats of different real ales on the wall were a false promise of the beers on offer.

A few couples were in the saloon bar with a couple of blokes sitting at the bar. It was quiet with a slightly impersonal air to it. I was last here 7 years ago and since then it's changed hands a few times and one of those recently going by the 'new management' sign by the door.

This has been sold and is now a Shepherd Neame pub

Real fire and 4 beers on including Hopdaemon Golden Braid and Incubus, Harveys Best and Gadd's No. 7.

Quiet on a Friday lunchtime. Food is a bit expensive compared with normal pub prices, but is well prepared. Beer is in excellent condition. Both Hopdaemon Golden Braid and Incubus were outstanding. Flavours were sharp and precise.

Nice real fire and sofa