The Horse and Jockey, Chorlton cum Hardy - pub details
Address: 9 Chorlton Green, Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 9HS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 1763)
Trafford Park (1.7 miles), Humphrey Park (2.1 miles), Deansgate (3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Quiz night, TV
- Outside seating, Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 6.2/10 (rated by 29 users)
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user reviews of the Horse and Jockey, Chorlton cum Hardy
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| To me this is a great pub,with 6 rotating ales,all on tip top form when I visited,plus a friendley atmosphere what more could you ask for hangarman2k - 22 Jul 2010 19:57 |
| My great disappointment with the Horse & Jockey: Despite my earlier review, I feel this pub is going down the wrong path, by not living by it's own principals, and trying to be everything to everyone, and becoming like every other bland corporate pub. It might as well be in Didsbury village (this is not a good thing.) The music is still often too loud, the sky sports screen too obtrusive and always on - now they've started showing sports which they said they'd never do (there's plenty of other places that do this) They often do have 2 or 3 bitters on, but this can be a gamble as they're never the same ones - there's no standard you can fall back on if you don't like the guests. The food is still not up there with the best in Cheshire (this is the sort of pub that they're clearly basing their template on.) I would say to the proprietors, if you have a spare afternoon take a trip out to The Goshawk in Mouldsworth, Cheshire and see how a great dining pub is run - the food is about 100 times better and it's around the same price. Scottie_chorlton - 25 Mar 2010 09:36 |
| Visited the place on a Saturday night, so maybe it wasn't showing it's greatest side. Music a bit loud, TVs cycling round irrelevant Sky Sports news features, tables uncleared etc. It just seemed to be missing a little of the polish I think it is striving to achieve. My major complaint is about the real ale. One of the things they are selling the refurb on is their real ale. Eight hand pumps and a brewery in the offing. They do, however, have the attitude that it is fine to run out of real ale. Only four beers on when we came in, none left within an hour of being there. Why do so many pubs seem to think it is fine to run out of real ale. Saturday night, 10pm, there would be riots if the lager ran out, but it's fine to not have a single real ale on. I have been in the Horse and Jockey before and never seen more than 4 or 5 real ales on at a time. While these are generally good beers and kept well, I think they should try harder to live up to their own real ale hype and take it seriously. andy.ingham - 20 Dec 2009 14:00 |
| Mixed reviews for the new Horse & jockey I see below. Now it's had time to settle in, here's my new review. The good: - They seem to have got rid of Landlord and IPA as regulars now they are not tied in to a brewery, and they often have 3 or 4 different real ales every time I go in which I really like. The woman buying the real ale is extremely knowledgeable and used to work in The Bar. Now they have a request book for real ale, which is a great idea. - All the staff in my experience are all really friendly and helpful. - The interior - obviously a massive improvement. The Bad - The piped music. This drives me mad. In a group of at least 10 of us - none of us like it. The problem is it's often too loud (though they will turn it down if asked.) It seems to be for the benefit of the staff. A pub like this is where you go to chat to your mates, not listen to a 10 year old dire Robbie Williams record. - The giant screen. Ok so it doesn't play sky sports, but it's intrusive and you end up blankly looking at it if you're in that room. It is also totally against what the management set out to try and achieve with this pub. - The food is still not quite right. If you look around you of an evening, there are often few people eating. Despite a new chef which was a massive improvement (the fish & chips is super) unfortunately the other dishes do not represent good value for money (and the reputation has quickly gone around.) In terms of food, it falls short of the kind of gastro pubs found in Cheshire which it clearly has been influenced by (in price as well.) I'm not a fan of the chips either (more like wedges.) To conclude, still a massive improvement (and it is my local) but could still do better! Scottie_chorlton - 24 Nov 2009 10:20 |
| Pretty nice environment to sit and have a drink, but in my opinion choice of lager and cider is poor. Don't bother with the food either.... Frankly overpriced for what they are serving, you could go to a proper restaurant for the prices they are charging and at least then you'd get table service and wouldn't be expected to pick up your own cutlery and sauces from a table like a Wetherspoons. We were a table of 10, they forgot 1 order and the rest were far from exemplary especially considering the price. The potted salmon salad turned out to be two turgid pots of oil with fishy shards floating around and a couple of sprigs of lettuce. If you are going to call something a salad then it should resemble it! It's trying very hard to be a high end gastropub, but apart from the prices, failing miserably. The menu is unimaginative and badly executed. FIne for a quiet drink, but nothing else. dank4000 - 12 Nov 2009 11:22 |
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