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I hear the grumpy chef has been sacked for being bad with customers
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Narrow pub very pleasant landlord (recognised him from Mulligans) and landlady very grumpy chef so didn`t eat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Odd clientelle beer average
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Cracking traditional pub, all wood panelling up the corridor and in the snugs. It's a strange layout, with 3 sepearete rooms all on the same side off the corridor. It's really unspoilt and out of place amongst the chain stores of this shopping street. Robbie's yet again, which is Ok but I suppose you get fed up of it in nearly every pub in Stockport! It is kept as well as can be though. Another Stockport classic- it's full of them.
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Stockport has no shortage of good old fashioned boozers and this is one of them.The mild was off the day I visited,so I had a half of Old Tom.Serious stuff at 8.5%,to be honest a half was enough.
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Attractive interior, lots of wood panelling and little rooms off the bar area. Robinson's pub, now I'm not a big fan of Robinson's but in here you get a really good pint of it. Friendly and welcoming bar staff.
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This is a really decent town centre boozer. Well run, pleasant staff, excellent feel to the place and the beer is very well kept.
Unfortunately, this is Stockport town centre so you're likely to encounter the occasional chav/pikey scum for which Stockport is notorious. Not threatening, mind, just ill-educated and, occasionally, loud.
Great place, nevertheless.
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Much improved pub under new management. Impressive range of Robinson's beer now available, with 7 on my visit this weekend, including the uber-rare Dark Hatters, Chocolate Tom, and a cask of Old Tom on the back of the bar. I tried a decent selection, shall we say, and 50% of them were good to excellent, the others were served warm and slightly uninspiring. A smaller range with higher turnover might be in order here.
Still, a lovely little pub and certainly a lot better than my previous visits. Very busy on Friday lunchtime, less so on Saturday evening - the opening hours are now extended also.
f1_mw - 22 Dec 2008 17:57 |
In addition to the review by JohnBonser the pub was also closed Sunday evening (9/11/2008) which came as a bit of a shock. So might be best to ring and check opening times for those who are commuting from a far!
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ps. Robinsons Unicorn bitter & Hatters mild in good condition.
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Odd layout with a pleasant wood-panelled snug to the front left, the longer side of the central bar then serves something of a corridor, albeit with a couple of tables opposite. Further on to unremarkable rear rooms, and I’m grateful to JB (below) for confirming that there are, indeed, two of them – I thought my memory (ha!) must have been playing tricks. The gents loo is across the back yard, & this was the first time I noticed they have a few tables with seating outside. Surprisingly busy at 12:30 yesterday; a sign declared that anyone seeming to have had too many would not be served further – maybe that’s why the locals start in here!
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Small traditional Robinsons pub located on a pedestrianised street in the shopping centre - the only pub on its street, Princes Street.
Its bigger inside than it looks from the outside as there are 2 rear snugs to give it a more rommy feel.
The pub is listed in CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors for its unspoilt wood-pannelled interior which dates back to the 1920's apparently.
The pub was very quiet last Friday evening - it closed at around 9pm ( not sure if this is normal ) - but it is apparently quite busy at lunchtime with trade from local shoppers.
My Friday visit was also memorable, despite the overall quietness, for my sharing the splendid front snug with a larger than life Peter Kay sound-alike who was knocking back bottles of Old Tom at an alarmingly impressive rate of knots!
This pub is well worth seeking out
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The Swan is a cracking pub. Great Robbies beers that are served well. I really like this pub as it is quite charming inside and a quiet oasis way from the shopping centre. There are two comfy rooms to the rear of the pub; the wood panelled room is timeless and a small snug type is nice. Quite simply a classic.
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Nice little pub. Right in the middle of the pedestrianised Stockport shopping centre; the last pub left in the shopping street. Has recently been saved from threatened closure.
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