Pub of the Season
Winter Pub of the Season Presentation
The Haven Inn, Barrow Haven
Our Winter Pub of the Season goes to the Haven Inn, Barrow Haven.
Originally a farm building, the Haven has been known as an inn for centuries.
It was extended in the 70's to include a restaurant, function room and guest rooms and,
now run by Gillian Bayram, is renowned for its hospitality, food and comfortable lodgings.
A previous Pub of the Season, the Haven Inn underwent extensive
refurbishment last year in a dramatic fashion, due to being a victim of the
tidal surge of 5th December 2013 which devastated large parts of the
local area, including the entire downstairs of the Inn. As reported by
Gillian, the pub was full at the time with customers taking their drinks
with them as they ran from the two feet of water that poured in.
Although everything downstairs had to be replaced, Gillian was very keen
to retain the traditional style that reflected the character of the
establishment that customers were waiting to come back to and the
renovations reflect this very well. During the closure all the full-time
time staff were retained and tasked with redecorating all the upstairs guest rooms
ready for reopening.
Closed for five months, the Haven Inn opened its doors again on Friday
2nd May 2014 for drinks and was packed out with regulars eager to
return. This was followed by the restaurant and hotel reopening the next
day.
The restaurant is well appointed with a team of chefs who have produced
a varying menu that offers a blend of traditional English fayre alongside
dishes with an Italian and Mediterranean influence. Since reopening
trade has been excellent with, for example, more than three hundred
customers every Sunday for the carvery.
And finally, on the beer front, the Haven Inn serves three real ales;
Timothy Taylor's Landlord and a range of rotating guest ales that are all kept in
excellent condition.
We congratulate Gillian and her staff on their resilience, hard work and
well-deserved success with the presentation of the award on Saturday
7th March.
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