This is a pub that we have frequented numerous times each year. Always, in the past, good service and good food.
Something has happened this summer. We had visiting family there this week and were disappointed in the food - and particularly, the service. After food was delivered, it was literally impossible to get anyone back to our table for water and anything else. An entire new set of young faces is scurrying around with little effect.
Jerr, the proprietor, works like a maniac behind the bar and assisting the wait staff. But his time would be better served observing his wait staff and their lack of attention to diners this year. They need retraining and refocusing badly.
And, sadly, the food has taken a bit of a downturn. My Guinness beef stew was loaded with nice, tender beef, but the entire dish lacked any taste. The other six diners agree with this critique of both service and food quality.