Royal Marine - Runnymede

Had the Royal club sandwich... which is the best club sandwich in surrey totally recommend it can’t wait for the Thai prawn curry to be next on the menu

Trip adviser and Google listing showed it as open, but at 9pm it was shut. This meant we had to look around for somewhere else locally. we went to the Golden Grove instead, that was excellent.

We decided to make a long overdue return visit The Marine on a stormy wet Saturday night and were disappointed to find it closed (OK,we should have looked at the website! . Nevertheless,we returned on Sunday at lunchtime and were pleased to find the pub completely unchanged-a proper English village pub,nothing pretentious here,just good hand pulled beers and what looked like good grub.Friendly long serving landlord and a mixture of local customers. We don't live far away,so we have no excuse not to return soon.

I was dismayed to read Kays17 critical review of the Royal Marine, which is a traditional village pub whose landlord and landlady, Pat and Sue, could not be more welcoming and friendly. They also provide excellent food and beer at a reasonable price. The pub is small and intimate. The review gives a completely false impression. I was at the Royal Marine with my wife and disabled father in law at the same time as the reviewer and her party. It was sometime after they had arrived that I needed to go to the gents, which I could do only by clambering over their various baby equipment, which was blocking the route. I said nothing but the landlady obviously saw the situation and came over to speak to the ladies. She was the epitome of politeness and what she said was completely reasonable. My disabled father in law uses a walking frame and wheelchair. Wherever we take him he insists that his equipment is stored completely unobtrusively. Pat and Sue are excellent with him. We cannot recommend the Royal Marine highly enough.

Went to have lunch after a baby class in the village hall. 3 of us with well behaved babies 6 months old. We were just sorting the babies before going to order our lunch and were asked by a female member or staff to make space, as we will be having a busy session with the builders coming in soon . We will be very busy with them and it 's a small pub . This made us feel not at all welcome to say the least. Needless to say we left. A shame as we will be in the village hall every week and were looking for somewhere close to go for lunch nearby each time. Would have been very willing to move our pushchairs to somewhere else or back in the car if we had been approached in a friendlier manner.