I was intrigued by this off-the-cuff exchange. I note that the
Harrow at Steep has not been reviewed since 2013 when Tris39 "felt more like an inconvenience rather than a valued customer" when he bought a round :eek: and found the landlady "standoffish"; and Quinno's review, copied from the dark side, I believe, and with a score of 3 (but dating from 2007, when he was nobbut a callow youth, I estimate :p) is responsible for dragging this pub's average rating down to 5.5, the lowest of the 179 different pubs suggested by the 25 contributors so far. (The average rating for the 176 pubs on the list that have been given a score is 8.5. Thanks for asking.)
I hope Komakino's review of his pre-Christmas visit will be more encouraging. Perhaps the landlady has recently retired, which would certainly seem likely to have given the pub a boost! ;)