‘Hello, my darling,’ says the world’s friendliest landlady when you walk into the Catts. ‘What can I get you?’ which makes a change from the enquiring eyebrow lift and perfunctory greeting you usually get, and having become jaded by such indifference elsewhere you assume at first this must be an act – for surely no one is that friendly, nor indeed does anyone really look and act quite so much like the landlady of your dreams, with blonde locks, buxom figure and a juicy kiss for each of her regulars. By the time you find out she is actually called Annie Darling you’re convinced this is all a con. Or you would except by now you’re on your second pint of deliciously nutty Harvey’s Best and chatting like an old mate with Craig, her partner, and officially the world’s friendliest landlord. The beer in the Catts is great, the wine not great. Food is basic pub grub. And the décor frankly is appalling. But none of that matters for by the time you leave you’re already a local and darling Annie is leaning over the bar to plant a smacker on your lips.
Catt's Inn, High Street, Rotherfield, East Sussex, 01892 852546
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