My "local", which was a regular old fashioned pub for grown ups, now likes to think it's a family gastro pub, where children, who were initially restricted to the restaurant area, are allowed (by parents and staff) to run and scream around the whole area including the "grown ups" bar, along with their not-so-grown up parents sometimes!
It really oughtn't be beyond the staff to maintain some kind of segregation between the two areas, so people coming in for a quiet drink can have one, but it is. The parents, like the dog owners who frequent the place, have little respect for other customers, each thinking their pet should be adored by all. Families now sit at the unnumbered tables in the bar area for meals.
Don't start me on how the music volume has gradually been increased, and a speaker put into the "snug" area, which used to be the one area you had a chance of a quiet drink and a chat.
Oh, and some nights they have no beer on....
That'll be the Three Frogs, London Road, Wokingham. On TripAdvisor many people like it, but none for the beer and pub atmosphere!
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