I just had a very disturbing experience at the Tattered Tartan on Main St. in Andrews…read more
I am a 69 year old woman, and after hiking all day, I stopped in for a drink and a bite to eat at the Tattered Tartan around 6:30 pm on Friday evening, Sept. 4, 2026. I have patronized this pub for years now, whenever I come to Andrews to visit my family,
but this was the first time I'd been there on my own.
I sat at the far right end of the bar, by myself.
The man tending the bar and waiting on me was slender & medium height. He had a beard with considerable grey in it and was wearing some kind of a cap, so I don't remember any hair.
When I described him later to my family, after telling them what he did to me, they were sure he was the owner.
I drank a pint of Smithwicks and had the spinach-artichoke dip,,
I sat very quietly, minding my own business and catching up on my phone.
At one point, that man asked if I wanted another pint, but I told him I was driving, and asked for a water instead.
When he brought me the bill, I thought it looked rather
high. I saw that he had added a pint of Guinness at the very bottom.
I got his attention and told him, 'You added a Guinness to this.'
He said nothing - threw that bill away and quickly printed out
another one. When I checked the new bill, it was the same
total because he had added another Smithwicks to it.
I flagged him down again and handed the bill back to him.
'I only had 1 Smithwicks,' I said, emphasizing the '1'.
He suddenly got very angry at me! He never said 'Sorry'
or 'My bad' or anything even remotely apologetic.
Instead he said, 'Don't raise your voice at me!' and became
very threatening, like I was getting out of line and he would
have to discipline me or something!
He wasn't sorry at all for overcharging me. He was angry that
he got caught and annoyed with me for not rolling over and
playing along.
I got the very distinct impression that he overcharges
people all the time and they're usually too old or too drunk to even notice.
Again, I am a 69 year old woman, dining on my own, and after trying to overcharge me TWICE, he never apologized once and instead, got all angry and offended at me for refusing to be overcharged.
I don't want to see this happen to anyone else, especially elderly people or ladies dining alone.
Overcharge me once, we can call it a mistake.
Overcharge me twice, and then get angry and blame me without
even apologizing, like I'm doing something wrong?
He's just gotten way too comfortable with overcharging people
who don't/can't bother to check his math.
People who regularly patronize the small businesses in Andrews
deserve much better. I strongly recommend you spend you hard-earned money elsewhere.
