The Old Black Bull, Preston - pub details
Address: 35 Friargate, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2AT [map] [gmap]
Preston (0.4 miles), Lostock Hall (3 miles), Bamber Bridge (3.2 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV
- Real ale
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 5.1/10 (rated by 17 users)
> Local guide: Lancashire pub guide
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Dog and Partridge, Preston (0.0 miles), Roper Hall, Preston (0.0 miles), Sun Hotel, Preston (0.0 miles), New Britannia, Preston (0.0 miles), O'Neills, Preston (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Old Black Bull, Preston
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| If you get a good pint of real ale in here, consider yourself lucky. If you get an excellent pint, fill out a lottery ticket! breadfan - 1 May 2008 12:06 |
| Update re anonymous - 1 Jan 2007: I wrote to Mr Eaton the landlord and have had a favourable response. Steps have been taken to ensure this sort of thing won't happen again. I am very pleased with Mr Eaton's attitude it was not at all like his staff's. I just hope that his staff don't let him down again. brian.duckworth2 - 13 Jan 2007 19:32 |
| I'm really surprised to read the negative reviews of the Old Black Bull. It's the pub where I learnt to love real ale and have never had anything like the experiences you are speaking of. I have always found that if I ask for a pint to be changed it will go to a senior member of staff and it's replaced with very little fuss. The staff are very knowledgable about the beer and, whilst it's still at its heart a town centre local, there is never, ever, any trouble in there - it's a very safe environment. Knowing the landlord as I do,I would be very surprised if he hasn't dealt with the below issues - if he's been made aware of them that is... MelJC - 13 Jan 2007 16:49 |
| I visited this pub with friends on Friday the 29th December 2006. I purchased two pints of Leyden, Winter Gold which smelt like vinegar and tasted off. I spoke the the bar staff who tatsted it and said it wasn't off. I asked to speak to the bar manager who also tasted the beer but said there was nothing wrong with it. At this point another customer came to the bar with the same problem. We both asked for the beer to be changed or our money back and the bar manager refused and left the bar. Then another member of bar staff came to me and said "If you don't like it get out of here". I told him he shouldn't talk to customers with that attitude and suggested his customer relations could be improved and he replied "I don't give a f*** about your customer relations f*** off!". He then walked down the bar laughing with the other members of staff. I have never been so insulted in my life. I asked to see the bar manager again and told him what had been said and asked him what he was going to do about this. All he said was please leave! As you can imagine I will not be going to this pub again and wish to warn other patrons to avoid this place. anonymous - 1 Jan 2007 12:53 |
| Recently visited the Black Bull again, and had a much less pleasant experience. One of my friends ordered a pint of Bombardier, which tasted distinctly soapy and generally a long way away from what it should taste like! We informed the bar of this, and the very arrogant young manager tasted it (or at least pretended to) and said it was fine, before joking with the other bar staff about our comments. The three members of my group who drink real ale regularly, myself included, all thought that the pint was terrible, and made this clear, yet the pub refused to replace it. We were then rudely asked to leave at about 11:05. This used to be one of my favourite pubs in Preston, but the ales are often not on form, and the new bar manager seems to be an absolute pratt. I will be much less inclined to visit in the future. woodyptom - 25 Aug 2006 01:03 |
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