The Bull Inn Rolvenden

Reviews about The Bull Inn Rolvenden

• 1 / 5

  By Samantha Vale Noya
  Potentially a great pub if it weren't for the rude landlord. If being treated with respect and common courtesy is high on your list of requirements for a pleasant pub experience then avoid this one at all costs. There's another Bull pub in the next village (Benenden) where you can expect good customer service, go there instead.
  April 15, 2017
• 1 / 5

  By Pete Heard
  I was on holiday in Kent over the weekend celebrating life with my partner and we were recommended to visit this little pub.
  
  I was greeted by a nice bar staff member who explained to me at exactly 8:24 that the pub was still serving food and would be until 9. I was undecided as to whether to eat so I said to her that I would make my mind up by 8:45.
  
  At which point the landlord sneered at me and told me that I would NOT be ordering at 8:45, that the kitchen would be closing soon and that I would need to order NOW because I was holding the kitchen up.
  
  Surprised as I was I returned to my table feeling like a told off child.
  
  Clearly this irked me over the next few minutes so I returned to the bar to make my complaints.
  
  At first it seemed he refused to come back and talk to me about his behaviour, he seemed to be hiding at the other end of the bar. He sent his wife out who gave me the weakest apology I have ever heard from a human being and proceeded to tell me he 'had a bad day'. Diddums.
  
  In my world if I have a bad day I don't take it out on my customers. I still wasn't happy so I asked to speak to him directly. He came over and whilst the words 'sorry' did come out of his mouth he immediately proceeded to justify himself by saying he was just 'telling me how it is'. This guy is so miserable that he feels the need to implicate his customers in his issues about a kitchen being open for a few more minutes. If he had just asked me nicely I wouldn't have minded when I order. His attitude was poor. He strikes me a a deeply unhappy fellow who is unable to article things properly so ends up getting mad.
  
  I asked for a refund for my drinks because I was quite pissed off but they wouldn't give me one 'as the drinks were already open' (of course it's a bar and you serve them open einstein).
  
  Both the landlord and the landlady are; in my eyes vacuous characters who strike me as terribly miserable and stuck up.
  
  If you want my advice go and visit the Bull-in (Penendon) which is just a 5 minute drive. We walked in and the owner couldn't have made us feel more welcome.
  March 24, 2017
• 5 / 5

  By Tina Harrop
  Lovely food and staff. Great atmospher.
  January 21, 2017