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Comments by RosemaryAndBasil
A fine bar. I was comfortably ensconsced here with my regulation G&T whilst my dreamy hunk Basil was waiting for some of his friends from his Naval days. The decor is good, the trains rattling overhead actually add ambience and the menu appears most interesting although we haven't yet had chance to sample it. In summer the balcony is pleasant, too.
Basil is most impressed by the selection of beers - being owned by the Marble brewery it always has some good pints including the rather alcoholic ginger beer, even if it's not a pint he'd wish to have all the time.
After a few G&Ts and beers things became a bit hazy. Basil's friends turned up and introduced me to something called 'sambuca'. I remember getting home myself in the early hours, and vague memories of a mass of writhing bodies thereafter. The following morning I awoke with a pounding headache, covered in seamen.
I am most cross with those navy boys, don't they know I'm trying to be a lady?
15 Sep 2008 01:59
This has certainly become a favoured watering whole of a lady such as myself. The G&Ts are perfectly chilled, there is respectable ambience and Basil remains most complimentary of the Bank Top. I was most impressed by the lady singing on Sunday a few weexs ago and was fair jiggling in my seat.
All the cute and curvy barmaids were away so my beau Basil was chatting to the smooth skinned attentive barmen. I think he was regaling them about his days in Naval Intelligence, when he urgently had to go on a mission 'down under' with some strapping sailors, and returned a week later, completely shagged.
15 Sep 2008 01:46
The Briton's Protection Hotel, Castlefield
Basil introduced me to this, and when I arrived my eyes popped out even more than the first time Basil took me home! Whilst I am generally into gin, my head was turned by the hundreds of whiskeys they have.
Basil also enjoys a tipple, but was most complimentary about the beers too. There are many attractive nooks and crannies and it is a very comfortable place to chat, except after concerts, when half of Bridgewater Hall ends up here.
11 Apr 2008 14:42
Basil and myself regularly visit this splendid pub; whilst I am tucking into my gin and food, Basil is checking out the many traditional ales (and probably the bar staff too, the scamp!) and is highly complimentary.
When matches are on, it is a little busy for A Lady such as myself, so I go to lunch at Napoleons whilst Basil does his male bonding thing.
11 Apr 2008 14:33
Whilst this is more my young Basil's style than mine - I'm a lady, you know, I must admit I found this most agreeable and was soon ensconced in some gin whilst rockin to Wumpscut.
Basil finds the selection of beers here most impressive and loves the ambience, even if sometimes it is standing room only.
11 Apr 2008 14:22
I did use to love my gin fueled escapades in this eccentric melting pot, but over the last year it sadly declined. Basil, my young hunk, was most upset by the plunge in beer standards and we left for pastures new.
Lately, things have improved, although Basil still complains the beer is occasionally a bit of a lottery. I'd worry about his head being turned by some of the women, but the available ones are probably too innitastic for him.
11 Apr 2008 14:06
I would not deign to be seen in here - don't you know I'm a lady? Basil, my young paramour, used to drink here, but even he is now too old for the hoop earring infestation.
11 Apr 2008 13:46
Very impressed; the pub is lively and I do like the decor. My husband Basil loves the Bank Top and the prices although he is a bit too complementary about the curvy attractive bar ladies and the fiesty landlady. I did suggest to him that I'd love to pinch the cheeks of the tall and tasty scamps behind the bar, and that shut him up.
At the moment, it's probably the best pub in Horwich.
11 Apr 2008 13:44
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Mr Thomas' Chop House, Manchester
Mr Thomas' Chop house is an old fashioned tiled pub, with a very strong emphasis on its restaurant section. It is not a suitable drinking hole for a lady such as myself, or anyone wanting a quiet drink.
Whilst I was terribly impressed by the tiling and mammoth bar with an overabundance of wooden carvings and brass, I was most put out by the lack of space for drinkers. Basil, my gorgeous dreamboat, rated his pint of real ale as extremely average and very expensive.
Basil did, however, get invited down below by a fresh faced young gentleman and came back somewhat flustered after some time exclaiming that the view in the toilets is fantastic. The pictures of Victorian Manchester in the ladies are certainly very good, although I did get some odd looks.
We would return again for a meal; Basil was certainly keen to check out the extensive range of meaty treats on offer.
12 Feb 2009 15:00