The Halfway House is an extremely busy and popular destination pub situated proudly on the main road between Falmouth and Helston, in the quaint village of Rame Cross.
The pub has a history of a strong food and drink offering and is as a great base for locals and holiday makers to enjoy rural Cornwall.
Area:
The Halfway House sits on the northern edge of the Lizard Peninsula and is nestled neatly between rural countryside and the south Cornish coast. The road that runs to the front of the pub is the main route in and out of the university town of Falmouth and passes through Rame Cross on the way to Helston, on the northern edge of the Lizard.
Its prime location makes it a great stopping-off point or place to stay for a drink or something to eat. It offers guests a creative and welcoming internal design. The pub offers different areas for drinking, dining, pub games and entertainment, giving customers great reasons to visit, whether it is a family meal, drinks with friends, live entertainment, or a lunchtime snack.
The pub benefits from a traditional pub look and feel, has benefited from significant investment and has grown an exceptional reputation over the last few years. It enjoys significant footfall all year round being well supported by locals and benefitting from year-round tourism.
For those looking for an escape to Cornwall, the pub has five traditional camping pitches for the more adventurous guests. It is a great place to rest & relax whilst exploring the Cornish countryside or for guests celebrating special moments together.
The pub delivers an exceptional Sunday Carvery offer and all-day dining experience. The kitchen can cater for up to 200+ covers throughout. The pub has an excellent local reputation for its seasonal menu and range of local and craft drinks
Internally, you will find lots of character in this traditional rural style pub.
The Halfway House has been at the heart of the local community for many years. The business is unspoilt by time. You will need to embrace the style and create the atmosphere through astute zoning of the sections to create defined spaces for your guests.
From dining & entertainment and from beer to bingo, this pub caters to the needs of its community. You can make it excel as the true hub of the area.
Vision:
Cornish destination village pub with a warm welcome and a quality drink and food experience. Vibrant local pub for locals and holiday makers, retired market, guests seeking entertainment and visitors looking for a unique pub experience in Cornwall.
Operator:
You will be taking the helm of an archetypal and successful destination pub, which means we are looking for an outgoing, engaging, and upstanding pillar of the community to become the next great Managed Partner at The Halfway House.
Being currently local would be an advantage (although not essential), whilst being fastidious about serving a perfect pint is mandatory.
The pub needs a motivator, leader and a natural at spotting talent to bolster the team. You will be a great listener and speaker and someone who relishes getting involved.
You will derive a profound sense of achievement in planning and organising pub events regularly, as an integral part of the community.
These skills are essential to be successful at seasonal trading whilst giving locals a great reason to visit during the winter months.
Skills & Behaviours
* Fanatical about driving an exceptional guest experience
* Ability to engage, develop and retain talented team members
* Enthusiastic about driving sales
* Keen, enthusiastic, hands-on, charming, and charismatic
* Passion for food- creating & delivering a balanced menu that fits the location and style of pub, which delivers for the guest and commercially for the Managed Partner
* A process driven and detail orientated individual
* Must demonstrate a willingness and desire to engage the local community
* Proven record of achievements in a similar position
Pub:
Old rendered stone building with extensive internal and external trading areas Restaurant (70 covers) Bar (15 covers) Garden (36 covers). Large kitchen situated behind the bar/ restaurant. Outside garden with 5 camping pitches. Large car park for 50 cars. Refurbishment of trading area, toilets and kitchen.
Planned investment to pub exterior in March 2025.
Accommodation:
Extensive staff accommodation. Three double bedrooms, open plan living room/ kitchen, office and bathroom.
The Partnership
Ready to run your own business, manage your own team and define your own wage structure? Love working closely with an Operations Manager to build an incredible pub legacy with uncompromising standards and stand out guest experience? Then the Punch Managed Partnership is the perfect option for you.
Alongside tonnes of day-to-day support and a brilliant framework to grow your business, we give you an uncapped cut of top line turnover to pay yourself and your team it is your structure to own. We understand how important it is for the pub operator to completely own their own team.
In our Partnerships, we love pub obsessed entrepreneurs that embrace out industry leading support and who want to partner with a five* Pub Company. We love to partner with people that help us create pub legacies that stand the test of time.
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