The Miller of Mansfield, Reading

This is an attractive and fairly imposing ivy clad building situated on a slight bend in the main street of the village. The interior however is at odds with this initial appearance, being of a curious supposedly modern appearance that is hard to describe. Panelling is painted grey, and the two fireplaces curiously have seemingly random words stencilled on, the one where I was sitting said "Being". The area to the front of the bar is subdivided into three, the central bit having "gentleman's club" style armchairs and small tables, another area has tinny round tables and uncomfortable hard seats, the area I sat in had silver and black wallpaper on one wall, and a huge TV on the end wall (switched off). The low beamed ceiling timbers appear to have been stripped back to bare wood...I wouldn't have thought that was a good idea. The rear area is given over to a large restaurant with tables laid out in regimented lines. There were three handpumps on the bar, two on, Rebellion IPA and West Berkshire Good Old Boy (£3.30). The Good Old Boy was a decent pint however, but this is a rather strange place.