W Samuelson

Review of The Longroom (Faringdon Craft ...

For me a pub has to tick a few different boxes. Fi...

For me a pub has to tick a few different boxes. Firstly the beer has to be good. Tick, the beer here is excellent. Fantastic choices... However, another box a pub has to tick is atmosphere and service. For me here is the problem. After visiting the pub on a relatively quiet lunchtime I was told I could not sit at the bar because the owner was 'funny' about it. Normally that would be fine if there was some place else to sit, but since all the other tables were taken I would have been forced to share with a stranger or stand in the middle of the pub on my own! Frankly all I wanted was to enjoy a quiet pint and not have to listen to someone else's conversation or intrude in other people's space. For me this pub fails completely on this alone. Sorry, not for me. Very pretentious attitude, not from the bar-staff but from the management. Not an enjoyable experience that I would ever want to revisit or encourage through my patronage. I'm sure all the locals and people who like this pub will hate on this review, and that's fine, I can see the potential, but this was my first and last impression of the venue and frankly, we didn't hit it off.