The Rope and Anchor, Dunham Massey - pub details
Address: Paddock Lane, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 5RP [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 19483)
Altrincham (3 miles), Navigation Road (3.1 miles), Hale (3.1 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
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> Current user rating: 4.8/10 (rated by 5 users)
> Local guide: Cheshire pub guide
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user reviews of the Rope and Anchor, Dunham Massey
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| >>"This pub has gone - another casulty of the smoking ban. We may all live >>longer now with nothing to do!!" It had absolutely nothing to do with the smoking ban. This was a planned closure, sale & planning application by new owners which has taken over 12 months to complete. dunham - 17 Oct 2008 13:47 |
| To be open by Deckers as a flagship restaurant in March doncaosdelanada - 2 Sep 2008 20:50 |
| This pub has gone - another casulty of the smoking ban. We may all live longer now with nothing to do!! Jagcat - 26 Aug 2008 02:18 |
| A real shame this! 11 years ago I went with my girlfriend (now missus) for a meal- it was amazing & the place was packed to the rafters because it was a REALLY superior place. Over the years I have been going an watched the place go downhill. The new owner had just started & was ringing the changes: I went quite a lot last year but went today to find it boarded up!! What a sad testament to our declining country that a place like this becomes flats. Like the 'Bleeding Wolf' if some of you remember what happened there.........shame on you developers. marcusmuck - 25 Mar 2008 20:24 |
| The Rope is a fantastic old building but it has a poor history of change and inconsistency. I think the last 10 years can be attributed to transient landlords/managers usually existing for 12 -24 months. The possible root of the problem is that it a leased managed house whereby the ‘tenants’ have paid a small initial investment and then are tied to buy the beers/wines from the brewery. As a remote quiet pub with an ever eroding reputation there just isn’t the margin for the tenants and the brewery. The situation for the brewery isn’t a disaster as they have the equity of the building and every 12 -24 months another tenant and therefore investment. The result for the customer is a rollercoaster of instability and inconsistency as new tenants arrive, have initial enthusiasm and subsequently leave due to low turnover and high costs. It just shows reputation is everything and unfortunately after so many years of this situation this fantastic old pubs reputation is possibly thrashed to death. Having said the above there have been some very good tenants. Peter (the chef) and his wife Jan, fantastic and it looked like they were turning it around at last. Then of course a fall out with the brewery and they left. The current landlord is also an absolute gentleman but with the pub up for sale and the end of the contract due it’s the same situation. It appears even the brewery have had enough and as the building is up for sale I assume they are just cashing in an investment. The current unconfirmed rumour is that Deckers group (Bowden,Sale water park etc) are interested in buying. anonymous - 10 Oct 2007 13:30 |
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