In the main chain pubs work for the magority of people. If it was not so they would not exist.The pubs in my town are all managed or tennanted and you would take them for traditional country style pubs ( if such a thing exists ) housed in old attractive buildings. Beef Chilli or Chicken Curry is as exotic as it gets and thats only if they feel like doing food. The big chains will feed you,here you take your chance. Some allow you too take your dog / cat/ polish fighting bear in, others dont. Try doing that in a Harvester or Wetherspoons.
These days walking into a Banks Barn of a Pub is a rare thing for me. I do not dislike ALL chain pubs , it depends on the individual pub. I have been known to dislike the odd freehouse. Usually this is because of ex Wing Commander type of licencee who does not like a Citroen mixing with the BMW/ Mercedes on his car park. Lowers the tone doncha ya know.

rambling Arwkrite ambles off in search of a bacon sandwich.