The Royal Oak Hotel, Didsbury - pub details
Address: 729 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6WF [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 920) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
East Didsbury (0.7 miles), Burnage (0.8 miles), Mauldeth Road (1.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV
- Food served, Real ale
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> Current user rating: 6.1/10 (rated by 24 users)
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user reviews of the Royal Oak Hotel, Didsbury
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| I visited on Sunday afternoon. New to the area. Popped in for a pint. A bit quiet but it was early. Lady behind the bar seemed nice enough. Got a pint and went for a quick go on the quiz machine. Pressed the wrong button and roulette game came up so played that instead. Won about a hundred quid! The landlady - when I told her I'd never played before told me "that's a lot of shite" and her and the landlord then proceeded to tell me about having another winner "removed" because obviously he'd been "cheating" too!! And it was also pointed out that I was "new" implying I'm a professional trawling around pubs who don't know my and my "special skill" (I'm a Scot) Rude, insulting, ignorant pikey bumpkins. Daily Mail readers will love it. Here's hoping they reap what they sow. glastonburysong - 5 Jul 2011 16:12 |
| This is an ichabod pub - the glory hath departed. I was a regular in the days of the legendary Arthur Gosling, when it was arguably the best pub in Manchester, and one that I should not have been ashamed to put up against any pub, anywhere. Don't get me wrong, it isn't a bad pub now, it's perfectly tolerable, but the management have a lot of work to do to bring back the glory days. The last few pints I have had here were OK, but nothing more. TheGuiltyOne - 22 Sep 2009 17:28 |
| This is an ichabod pub - the glory hath departed. I was a regular in the days of the legendary Arthur Gosling, when it was arguably the best pub in Manchester, and one that I should not have been ashamed to put up against any pub, anywhere. Don't get me wrong, it isn't a bad pub now, it's perfectly tolerable, but the management have a lot of work to do to bring back the glory days. The last few pints I have had here were OK, but nothing more. TheGuiltyOne - 22 Sep 2009 17:28 |
| i have just read the comment above my own from several months ago now, i find it quite amusing that people think i'm a mole of some kind at the royal oak! i dont even know the landlord, i just wrote a review because i thought the place had changed for the better. every opinion counts, i personally think its a nice pub. sorry if you thought it was a false review. i'm not sure the landlord even knows how to work the internet, he doesnt look like the type! lol monroe1984 - 1 Sep 2009 23:43 |
| Well after reading the previous review I smell a rat which is exactly what I smelt when I was in the Royal Oak on Saturday, could it be that the new couple have put a fictitious review on here to advertise their takeover (surely not). The gents toilets still have a terrible smell which drifts across the entire pub and the bar is still manned by twenty - somethings that provide service with attitude. It is so sad to see the demise of this great pub over the last 12 months. I still use this pub regularly purely out of loyalty to the great history that it has that was created by the inimitable legend that was Arthur Gosling. I do hope that they manage to turn the pub back to the great times but this should be done with hard work and love for the pub. I wonder whether they will be returning to the popular late opening times at weekends - this would show that they were giving the regulars what they want. I wait with baited breath. alelover18 - 28 Jul 2009 21:50 |
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