I was working as a fundraiser at the time and our team decided to take a break so we can rest our legs. My female colleague used the toilet and ended up buying a lemonade and peanuts from the bar.Me and my friend were strapped for cash, but as no one else was in the pub and someone had paid for something, we decided to take a small break in one of the booths before we headed out.10 minutes rest later, before we left, my colleagues left me to take care of their items, as they went out to smoke.At which point I was aggressively approached by a woman and asked if we had finished as quote 'This is a business, not a Charity!!!'. At which point I tried to be civil and replied 'In the future I may choose to come back here, I just don't have any money at the moment and my friend did buy something'. At which she replied 'Well if you spend money here in the future with us, you'll be welcome to come back, but it's not my problem if you need a rest as I'm running a business'.I may have understood if we were taking up space that other customers were using, but as I said literally no one else was there.It was an aggressive outburst that frankly wasn't warranted, even when I tried complementing her on the interior design of the pub she just made a snarky comment on how 'Yes this business!!! Is nice isn't it'.I for one will tell my friends to go elsewhere if they're ever in Kingsbridge, as I'm sure there are much more affable places in such as nice town.
Nick Bradshaw
The Dodbrooke is the best pub in the town and one of the best in the country. Friendly, plenty of locals and holidaymakers, the food is excellent and locally sourced and the beers are immaculately kept with a good variety and interesting guest beers featured every week. Gilly and Mike Dyson are the owners and run the pub so well there is an easy, relaxed atmosphere that belies the hard work that goes in to maintaining the pleasant and enthusiastic alehouse so well.
