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Great old pub, good food, good beer
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Good pub, quality ales and good quality food (if a little pricey as others mention).
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Ah well - the trick is to be served by the landlord himself! He sold me a pint of Cocker-Hoop swiftly and it was in good condition. Lunch was waitress service, and on my visit was very prompt, no hanging about. Pint and a meal in 45 mins. Mind - I take an early lunch, and by 13:00 on a Saturday as I left the place was beginning to fill up...
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Hmmm, I think everybody who has contributed so far is right! Bar staff are sweet but very variable in competence. Beer is fine, food perhaps a little overpriced and the menu contains ludicrous phrases like 'chipped potatoes'! Off peak I reckon a great place for a drink, it's a characterful building with a handy car park.
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A splendidly sturdy old manor house that looks built to withstand a siege. Seven real ales, five of them from the Jennings range; my pint of Cocker Hoop was excellent. Only downside is that it's in the Bronte tourist hotspot of Haworth - my own excuse for being there is that I took a trip on the Worth Valley Steam Railway prior to attending a rugby match at Keighley in the afternoon - and by 12.40 on a February Sunday it was getting pretty crowded, so I should think it gets rather hectic to say the least in high summer.
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Just been back for another visit over the Xmas hols. Had to tell the barmaid no less than 4 (four) times what I ordered. It wasn't even busy or noisy, she was just not listening. Then I had to get her to top up the short-measured pints (even considering the traditional "head"). After a few hours we had a table full of empties, and none were taken away until much later. Beer, however, was fantastic. And that's kind of the point.
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Really popular pub, rammed at weekends. Used to be owned by Jennings Brewery of Cumbria. Strikes a good balance between an eating establishment and drinking one. The pub as it is now is due to a high quality refit a few years ago... no expense spared and it shows. The Old Hall itself is a beautiful venerable building (just check out the studded front door!) and the interior is much more sympathetic to it than it used to be.
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Went for a quicky there last year at about 6 one wet evening - finally left at about 11-30
Several top pints of Theakestons - If ever you were to get snowed in - this is the place - bar staff were excellent - Quiz night was very good although we got 39 out of 50 and were last by miles
Overall Good Night out !
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You`d be expecting to fall into a timeteam trench after leaving this pub as the fireplaces,doorways,nooks & crannies leave any building enthusiast scratching their head whilst drinking their pint...I had a cracking pint of IPA whilst working out which door Tony Robinson would bound out of & whether it was Rowan Atkinson or Phil Harding that was with him......Then again maybe I`d just had an 8 over the 1!
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