Leather's Smithy, Langley - pub details
Address: Clarke Lane, Langley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0NE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 7900)
Macclesfield (2.5 miles), Prestbury (5 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
Suggested by Nicky Griffiths on 13 May 2004.
NB: Information may be incomplete or out of date as this pub is not currently registered.
Are you the Licensee? Click here.
> Current user rating: 4.8/10 (rated by 13 users)
> Local guide: Cheshire pub guide
other pubs nearby:
St Dunstan Inn, Macclesfield (0.5 miles), Church House, Sutton (1.1 miles), Hanging Gate, Sutton (1.3 miles), Ryles Arms, Sutton (1.4 miles), Lamb Inn, Sutton (1.4 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of Leather's Smithy, Langley
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
5 most recent reviews of 10 shown - see all reviews
| Nothing bad to say about this place - good beers well kept and they'll let you try before you buy. The food is excellent and the staff friendly. It's my local and I live 2 miles away - can't be bad!!! tilly69 - 7 Apr 2009 22:55 |
| Having read the previous reviews about the Leathers Smithy, I was feeling a little reluctant to actually go for the meal we had booked. How glad I am that we did go. The pub was busy with many people enjoying evening meals. It was warm, friendly and cosy with a great relaxed atmosphere. The staff were pleasant and more than helpful, answering any questions we had with no fuss. The service and the food were both excellent and enjoyed by all six of us, including my mother-in-law who is not easily pleased. With reference to the earlier comments about the landlady, we found her to be a quiet helpful lady who was in no way unpleasant. If you are considering The Leathers Smithy for a meal or just for a quiet drink, I would recommend you ignore the bad reviews and enjoy yourself. I for one will certainly be a return visitor. Ray15 - 30 Mar 2009 10:24 |
| Great Pub,nice an pleasant landlady.Bit confused to last 3 comments,but have noticed that more an more people seem to think if they buy a drink in a pub,they own it.If the previous 3 comments were accurate,why was the pub happily crowded out last sat night,an most times when I go in,especially with such good other pubs around?I've been going in last 30 years on and off,once or twice a week in last 3-4 years,and have seen landlords an landladies come an go,an theres nought wrong with this one.The bar staff an waitresses are nice young girls trying to do a hard job best they can,menu and specials board imaginative and delicious,chips to die for(handcut fat an chunky,my parents had 2 chippy's so I know good chips!). Real ale is well kept and ever changing,but bombadier is regular an always good.I luv real ale (too much girly says) regulary attend beerfests,try out many pubs,an this ones a good one!I could happily snuff it outside here with a good pint in hand overlooking reservoir,watching sun go down,chillsville langley,cheers. dylwylie - 16 Mar 2009 22:07 |
| Sadly I agree with the last two comments. The landlady appears to be trying for the Miserable Old Bat of 2009 award (and it's still 2008), even at midday. The food is exhorbitant: £6.95 for a thin, chewy steak on a slice of white bread, with a few onions, some Brakes Brothers dip-in-a-paper-pot, and probably ten chips (pretentiously entitled "a pick of chips" - it would be more honest to say "a ripoff of epic proportions"). Our polite enquiry as to whether they had any traditional cider - not unreasonable in an alleged real ale pub - was met with a surly "We have Strongbow on draught". I wouldn't say it's actively unpleasant... but at £33 for a lunchtime snack for four people and a half each, we won't be returning in a hurry. Great location, great building, lousy attitude. el_capitano - 31 Dec 2008 20:47 |
| The Leather Smithy could be the best pub in the East Cheshire area if it weren't plagued by an obnoxious landlady selling average beer and overpriced and uninspiring pub grub. It has a captive market of walkers and day tripper out to see one of the region's best loved walks and it is a 'passage obligé' for anyone who visits the Macclesfield forest. If you wish to sit out on a summer's evening next to the reservoir, or cosy up next to a fire in winter to watch the snow gather on the hills then you might think you had found the perfect spot. You would be sadly mistaken, whichever way you look at it you are not made welcome in that place. I have been going there for years and every time it gets worse, I have now decided not to return. The location is all the pub has left. The beer is not good, and you should not expect a full pint or a honest top up. The food is a pretentious array of frozen stuffs clearly all straight out of the microwave or the frier, and the service is abysmal. The owner cannot get the money out of your pocket and you out of the door fast enough. If it's a real pub you are looking for in that area I recommend you try the Hanging Gate, the Dunstan Inn, or the Crag, they are all within a couple of miles, and they are clearly in a different league. shadokjon - 6 Apr 2008 19:17 |
see more reviews |
| Blog | Forums | Copyright Neransk Limited 2001-2010. All Rights Reserved. Calls to 0871 and 0872 numbers cost 10p/min. |