The Castle Hotel, Manchester - pub details
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Address: 66 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 26521) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Manchester Victoria (0.5 miles), Manchester Piccadilly (0.5 miles), Manchester Oxford Road (0.8 miles)
Pub suggested by prestwichchap on 2 Nov 2005
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> Current user rating: 7.0/10 (rated by 43 users)
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user reviews of the Castle Hotel, Manchester
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| Robinsons pub with 7 of their beers on - Elbow, Dark Hatters, Old Tom, Hartleys Cumbria Way, Dizzy Blonde, Unicorn & Black Beauty. Cider was Westons Traditional Scrumpy. Old Tom Ginger & Old Tom Chocolate were also available in bottles. The interior is traditional, but a bit too gloomy for my liking. May be back one day. blue_scrumpy - 27 Nov 2011 13:39 |
| The Castle used to be a traditional town centre boozer - a bit rough, but cheap and friendly. It's been done up a bit since then, and is a tad more gentrified, although not without some of its former charm. But the prices! £3 a pint for Robinsons is just having a laugh! Go to any of the Holts pubs in Manchester to see what a local brewer should be charging for their beer. arihall - 11 Jul 2011 18:30 |
| Situated at the top end of Oldham Street, this is one of Manchester's little gems. OK, it's a Robinsons house, so if you're not a fan (like me) it's easy to give it a miss, but it's worth a try. This long narrow 3 room boozer centre's on its front room bar, immediately behind that is a small snug type room and further down the corridor behind that is a bigger function room (with small stage) The décor is a little esoteric but tasteful & given it's former look is much improved. As already mentioned, the beers are all Robinsons and I'm not a big fan, even less so @£3 a pint. That said, the Old Tom, Dizzy Blonde & Double Hop were all in good condition. The young girl serving was pleasant enough but was pre-occupied talking to friends at first. She also spilt my drinks and didn't offer to fill them up, but she did apologise, so I guess that's OK?? I haven't been in since last year so I was somewhat surprised & disappointed to see how tatty it was beginning to look? Flaking paintwork, grubby tables & a general lack of cleanliness throughout. The latter was further compounded by the toilets. These on my last visit were immaculate, but on this visit (25/6/11) I found the toilet roll holder smashed off, graffiti all over the door & a leaking urinal (with a full mop bucket underneath) OK, it's not the end of the world & I do appreciate this is difficult area for management to control, but it's hardly a good advert & surely some kind of inspection & maintenance regime needs to be implemented. The clientèle? This appears to have changed from those early pre-refurbishment days, on my visit (Sat PM) it was largely young student types with no sign of the old stalwarts that used to occupy the front room? To summarise, if you're touring the Northern Quarter, this is worth a visit, even just for the Old Tom. I just hope the drop in standards I noticed is just a blip and not a trend of things to come. Les Walker Pub/Beer Critic (BeerNorthWestUK) - Twitter Overal lwalker101 - 27 Jun 2011 21:49 |
| Enjoyed the Old Tom and the friendly atmosphere after recent City match - a real gem. mtaylor40 - 11 Jun 2011 17:48 |
| Great for the range (entire?) of Robinson's beers. Interesting rooms at the rear including one with a stage. The copper topped tables that were here last time I came, are now gone - probably lost the battle with verdigris! JBGatelad - 13 Mar 2011 13:30 |
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