"I can’t really review the pub or the food but only my experience a few weeks ago. Myself and 3 sisters had driven from Oxford on our way to our sisters funeral, at St Elizabeth’s convent just 20 minutes from Wareside. We had stopped at the pub many times over the years. It was a Monday. There were many signs outside the pub, all saying it was open. We were early for the funeral, so decided to stop for teas and coffees (as we had in the past) As we got out of the car and made our way to the entrance, a woman was sat in her car in the car park, opened her door, and asked ‘can I help you’ we were like, it’s ok thanks, we are stopping off here for coffee?. Her response was ‘well, the pub is closed, and it is a pub, we sell alcohol if you want coffee, you should go back and stop at Costa’s!! Her tone was very rude and sarcastic! We pointed out that the signs said it was open, to which she replied, they forgot to take them down. We asked her if the pub over the road was open (Chequers) to which she replied it is a pub , they sell alcohol.We were all shocked how rude and sarcastic she was. I’m assuming she was the landlady. If she was a member of staff then whoever manages her needs to teach her how to talk to customers. I just checked on the website, and they serve tea and coffee?"
