BITE user comments - Dave1965
Comments by Dave1965
Good pub. Great selection of beers, foreign and local, nice decor, pleasant atmosphere and there's the sea if you look out of the window. There should be more pubs like this around and this really is a "must visit" if you're in the area.
10 Aug 2006 18:15
Excellent pub, much missed since we moved to Manchester. Jeff and Chris are great, the crowd is friendly and the atmosphere wonderful. This is how pubs should be.
10 Aug 2006 18:13
Pity, as this was a great eccentric pub and a wonderful place for a pint.
10 Aug 2006 18:12
Used to be a good pub. There's a pretentious (and not very good) restaurant attached which serves.... ostrich. Amongst other things. It's South African themed and the hook seems to be that if you've not eaten an impala recently...... Probably explains why the restaurant is nearly always empty. Smokers (in the pub) are not very welcome and, yes, they serve real ale, but most locals drink the local brew, so the ale I had was off - to say the least. Whether it was the dodgy meal or the dodgier ale which nailed me to the lavvy when I got home, I can't say, but not surprisingly I've not been back to find out. However, this is a better pub in a town with "one other decent pub".
10 Aug 2006 18:09
Run down but with character. Unfortunately the Deuchars IPA tastes off by several miles. Could have been so much better - needs money throwing at it.
9 Aug 2006 16:49
Quiet pub, as in "funereal". Another sterling example of the pub vacuum that is Middleton
9 Aug 2006 16:43
The Marble Arch, Manchester
This is a great pub - yep, one of the best in Manchester. The interior is pretty much unchanged from the last century and the building drips with character. Unfortunately, the beers, brewed in house, don't. The Marble Arch is a microbrewery, and also a vegan one, if memory serves me right. The range of home produced beers is somewhat lacking in character and taste - they're OK, but if you've just staggered back from a beer festival, you'd probably ask yourself what all the fuss is about. Nonetheless, recommended.
10 Aug 2006 18:19