Jenny Chapman
11/09/2023
What used to be an AMAZING pub, has died !!! I attended the Kevin Bloody Wilson event there on the weekend and was not impressed. It was laid out so that you had to walk from the stage area out through the back decked area, down the ramp, through the car park and into the front bar to get drinks (There was a small bar in the staged area, but had minimal drinks, couldn't even get a coke). There was a curtained entrance into the stage area near the pokies entrance with Security stationed there. When I attended the bar to get a drink, I was informed that I could go back through there. When I approached Security and advised him that the bar staff said I could go through there, he let me through under sufferance. I then continued to walk through the car park to get my drinks most of the night. At the end of the event, I was in the main bar area and went to walk back through the curtained area and was told no (Along with many other people who were trying to). The owner then came through, got in my face, and said "Well, I am the owner of this place, and I said you cannot walk through here" I advised that it was his bar staff that said I could. To that he responded "I don't care who said that, but if you are TOLD to do something by one of my staff all you say is YES'. Just for context ....... To walk from the stage area, out the back of the pub, down the ramp, round through the car park and into the main bar, you have to walk alone through the car park where there were no security and poor lighting. This is a serious safety risk to the patrons. I witnessed one patron slip on the ramp when going around to the bar and not knowing who was in the car park area was also a risk. Everyone attending the event had on green wrist bands and there was no reason that the curtained area could not have been opened to those that had on the wrist bands (this is how it was set up the weekend before when I was there) as the back deck area was set up like that to get back through when you came back from getting a drink. Do you remember the times where you have gone to leave a pub and tried to walk into the car park with a drink in your hand to only be stopped by security and your drink removed?...... This is because their liqueur license does not extend to the car park (unless they have prior approval and it is the only a one-off permit required for each event, I have not been able to find any approval document to show that they did have a permit for this event). At the end of the night a patron walked towards the front exit to leave the venue and had a drink in his hands, it took three "Rent A Cops" to tell him he couldn't take a drink off the premises (into the car park) .......... Hmmmmmm but they had been telling us to do that all night to get drinks. Very poor form from the owner and the Security Staff. I little bit of respect and courtesy goes a long way to sustaining return patrons and building a reputable business. For the past 20 years I have been going to the Kinross Woolshed and can say this was by far the worst experience I have had at the Kinross and possibly at any other pub. It has lost all of its "Country" Pub charm that it once had and gained and arrogant pig of an owner with "Rent A Cop" Minions !!!!!!!!! DISAPPOINTED !!