The Monks’ Retreat - Reading

Visited 7th February 2010.

Continuing our visit to Reading we take a walk to The Monks' Retreat. Tricky taking photos as they have the awing down which means you cannot see me outside the pub, just a side view. By now we are hungry so we get inside quickly, past the small bar and head towards the rear of the pub, up a few stairs and sit down in one of the many side booths near to a larger second bar. Mrs S. opts for a BBQ chicken melt with myself going for a mixed grill and a pint of Hullabaloo. Now an odd thing happened. Back at Christmas time I received a fair few Wetherspoon vouchers which I have been using without any problems but they seemed to be a completely unknown quantity to The Monk. "Well they look OK", "Have you ever seen these before" and "How do these go through the till" were just a few of the comments. The manager was sent for who immediately pointed out the £5 and £2 voucher buttons... Wow, confusion over. Perhaps a little more training required. The staff were very good when it came to the food service, they were attentive without being annoying and cleared the table quickly. All in all we enjoyed our visit. And now onto the next...

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