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Gone down the drain. Any further down and it'll end up in the Irwell.
anonymous - 18 Jun 2007 11:00 |
This unpredictable place hasn't been serving real ale for about 6 months now
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The cheese and pate menu is fabulous and the pub's proximity to Deansgate make it a perfect pit stop when dragged around the city centre shops by your missus. It can get a bit smoky when busy so not quite perfect but with Hoegaarden on tap I wouldn't lunch anywhere else in Manchester.
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so so pub but ace location. service not great but on a sunny day with a load of friends on a halcyoned summers day...
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Good situation and nice lunches, and certainly popular after work. Staff however not wonderful,and it's certainly not a cheap place to drink.
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The 'canalside' Mark Addy is actually beside the River Irwell. I agree with the comment about the indifferent barstaff but you can't beat sitting outside on a warm day with a pint and a platefull of bread, cheese and pickles.
Dr Piffy - 12 Oct 2004 11:04 |
Sounds like Lesley had a bad experience on a busy Friday.
Stange thing is my experience is almost the complete reverse .... when I go I take the family coz it is a nice environment by the canal, pleasant staff and good value food (especially the famous lunches!). This is one of my top pubs ... got to be at least a 9 out of 10.
Thomas - 23 Jul 2004 18:43 |
Dirty glasses, dirty cutlery, rude service staff.
2 bar staff on a Friday lunchtime.
Disgusting!
Lesley - 23 Jul 2004 13:54 |
unusual pub.
Drinks bit pricey. used to go after work when i work in the ricerside building.
Plenty of the office staff go there after work especially on a friday -you could easily have an affair in this pub.
Amy - 11 May 2004 11:45 |
Named after a Mancunian life-saving hero who saved over 200 lives. Why did they keep falling in the canal though?! Surprised this pub hasn't been rated yet - and there aren't some rave comments. Firstly, it is half glass on one side so you get a great view of the canal even when you are inside. Secondly, there are really comfy chairs and it is a chill-out sort of place, and thirdly - OF COURSE - there is the famous cheese lunch. Yes, you will be astonished by the quantity of cheese (and it is help yourself to pickles etc). Trouble is I guarentee you will not be able to face any more cheese for at least 2 weeks! I prefer a country pub and this is near the centre of Manchester - but even so - surely this is one of the city's finest?
Thomas - 26 Mar 2004 18:34 |
Went there years ago.
Plougman's (men's?) lunches with wide variety of cheese/pate.
Vindaloo - 24 Aug 2003 17:05 |
Sort of underground, but also not because it overlooks the Irwell.
Sells cheese.
Tim Bannister - 13 Aug 2003 15:39 |
