Imagine Keanu Reeves strolling into your local for fish and chips… that’s precisely what happened to the owners of The Robin Hood in Tring, Hertfordshire.
Yes, the 58-year-old actor paid a surprise visit to the much-loved eatery to savour some very British fare, and he was more than glad to stop for a talk with the bartenders.
Laura Rolfe, a barmaid, couldn’t believe her eyes when the A-lister stepped in at 12:30pm, while the crew was just going about their usual Saturday duties.
‘The door swung open, and it was him!’, she exclaimed saying she then uttered an expletive to owner Stewart Canham.
‘He came to the bar and ordered a beer (Seafarers Ale) and just walked over to the corner. He ordered fish and chips and Nat’s shepherd’s pie,’ she shared.
‘When I took the cutlery down, I asked, “Oh is someone else joining you?”, but he said, “No, we want to try both.”
‘He was with someone else. Presumably a driver or friend, maybe?’
Laura said she left the actor in peace, because he ‘deserves to sit and enjoy his lunch just like anyone else.’
But, as you could expect, the two boys working in the kitchen were overjoyed!
Laura stated that once Keanu completed his lunch, he strolled over to the bar and stepped into the kitchen, proving himself to be the nicest celebrity on the earth.
Keanu then shook the hands of the two kitchen workers and thanked them for his meal.
Not content with that, he thrilled employees by posing for photographs behind the bar.
‘One of our cooks was so excited he looked as though he was going to pass out,’ Laura joked.
‘He didn’t explain why he was in Tring, but I didn’t ask. When customers come in, they’re entitled to sit and have lunch in private without anyone asking about their business.’
She hailed Keanu as a ‘lovely’ person, but he was out the door soon enough, ‘and that was that!’