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If you love the British pub, you will like this blog. Here I will review the pubs I drop into in my wanderings around my home region - urban, rural, posh, homely, fun pubs, restaurant pubs, and local backstreet pubs. I hope to encourage people to appreciate them.
I will score each pub out of five points each (30 points maximum) on its ambience, decor, service, whether it serves real ales, state of the toilets (but I can't vouch for the state of the gents because I don't use them!) and what extras it has - games, beer garden, newspapers, serves food, karaoke, quizzes, live music.
If after reading one of my reviews you decide to check out a pub, I hope you enjoy the experience. But bear in mind that I have only visited some of them once, and pubs and pub managers change. If the review needs updating, please leave a comment.
Ups and downs? Well, people drink when they're down. And they drink to celebrate, when they're feeling 'up'. Besides that, this is hill country. It's full of ups and downs.
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Tuesday, 3 May 2022

The Royal Oak, New Mills

 

The Royal Oak, 25& 29 Market Street, New Mills, SK22 4AA
01663 744415

decor - 3
Spacious, bright, mostly wooden seating

ambience - 0
This is because, after visiting the pub myself, I found a review about it on Tripadvisor for April 2022 from Nikki 1792, which says "Awful discrimination - had my full drink taken away and kicked out for kissing my date. Apparently the landlord has no problem with the 'gays' as long as there's no show of public affection."
I've no way of checking the details of this incident but assuming it is accurate - I loathe discrimination. If the landlord dislikes PDAs in his pub that should apply to everybody. And it doesn't warrant kicking people out, just ask them to observe more decorous behaviour. Simple. Fair.
And by the way, it is not the 1970s we're in, it is the 2020s. Being openly gay became socially acceptable some years ago. Catch up.

service - 0
If the staff discriminate against gay customers, the service has to be s---

real ales - 2
A Robinson pub

features - 3
dog friendly
TV screen
live music on some evenings

toilets - 3

Score 11 out of 30
Not lowest score I've ever awarded (The Abbey in Oldham had that distinction) but low enough to be an embarrassment. I have another trip planned to New Mills but this pub won't be seeing my money again.


                                                          

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