The Black Lion Hotel, Salford - pub details
Address: 65 Chapel Street, Salford, Manchester, M3 5BZ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 6363) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Salford Central (0.3 miles), Manchester Victoria (0.4 miles), Deansgate (0.8 miles)
Pub suggested by Tim Bannister on 21 Jan 2004
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> Current user rating: 7.2/10 (rated by 13 users)
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user reviews of the Black Lion Hotel, Salford
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| Reopened........but don't bother! The closure of the Black Lion in Salford, over a year ago, was a tragic loss. Tim Flynn, the excellent landlord of the nearby New Oxford, had done wonders in his brief tenure. But rumour has it that impossibly high rents charged by the owners forced him out. So when we heard it had reopened a few months ago, we were interested. It was however, a big dissappointment. Calling in on a Saturday night, we found it to be as rammed full and raucous as any other tasteless Deansgate pub. The clientelle were young, perhaps in their twenties, and the music playing was what you'd expect for that for that target group. There was nowhere to sit, whilst the bar was surrounded by many more customers. Of the four or five handpumps, only two were working, One was Jennings Cumberland, usually a mediocre brew which announces 'tied pub' to the world. The other was Roosters Yankee, which we were intending to try. But as the football song chanting at one end of the bar grew louder, we realised that this was a place we were never going to use, and left. So if you want yet another loud nitrokeg pub filled with kids, give this a try. Otherwise, keep walking.... Roy22 - 4 Dec 2011 22:03 |
| I'd planned to do a mini pub crawl along Chapel Street and could not believe the number of pubs closed. At one point I counted 5 derelict pubs in a row before finding one open. What a terrible shame. The Black Lion appears to be the latest victim. blue_scrumpy - 21 Jan 2011 22:05 |
| Closed! Got here Fri 30th July, after a nightmare 4+ hour coach trip, in serious need of refreshment. Turning the corner to find the place closed was like a smack in the mouth. The Black Lion had maintained a wonderful range & quality of real ale lately. The place was beautiful and the bar maids always charming. Only lacked one thing - sufficient customers. Damn shame. Roy22 - 20 Aug 2010 19:15 |
| What a shame that this place never really took off. One less real ale place to go to. R.I.P. The Black Lion. realalerules1983 - 28 Jul 2010 10:46 |
| CLOSED!!! nokegthanks - 24 Jul 2010 20:59 |
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