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I must disagree with some of the comments.
I called in here one Saturday before a football match. Staff friendly and plenty of them.
Obviously a bit food orientated. Real ale Thwaites (not one of my favourites) but perfectly OK.
I would go there again.
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Drove past this pub on the way to the football at Gigg Lane and the outside was packed with football fans. Assume it was busy inside too. Called in on the way back and no-one outside. At the restaurant entrance they had a sign up saying “no football fans due to a wedding party in the restaurant”. That appears to have been an outright lie as the restaurant was sparsely used and certainly no big groups in it. At the front the staff were all hanging around outside and told us they were trying to keep the football fans out. So they are happy to take football fans money BEFORE the match but not afterwards? Very cynical and I don’t think I will return given that attitude. And the hand pulled pint I had was pretty awful.
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as an ex member of staff i have seen the owner chase away the regulars and witnessed first hand their attitudes towards customers with constructive criticism. not a friendly pub and would not reccomend
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We went to this pub after a few recommendations from friends and family. When we arrived we were astonished by the attitude of one of the staff (have since found out that he is called Sean). He was one of the rudest people I have ever had the misfortune to meet. Despite the fact that there were plenty of tables outside he did not want to let us sit there as there were 8 of us and we had had the nerve to not book prior to our visit. His attitude was absolutely terrible and we left pretty promptly without eating lunch. I have passed on this to the people who recommended this pub and actually one of them knew staright away who we were talking about as she had also had dealings with him and his bad attitude when she had asked to be moved to a different table as her and her companion had a constant trail of waiters/waitresses etc walking past them and they wanted a little more privacy. He took objection to this despite the fact that there was an alternative table available. When are people in the service industry going to learn that we are customers - we pay your wages. Without customers you would not exist. After just coming back from 2 weeks in Turkey where the customer service is first rate, when nothing is too much trouble for the bar and restaurant owners I am astonished at the dire customer service in some establishments in this country. They seem to think that they are doing you a favour when actually they would not exist without custom ! I will never go to this pub again and I know other people who have said the same. Maybe they need to sort out some staff training in how to treat customers or else change their staff !
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superb food, excellent service from Sean and the team,very friendly, great atmosphere. Look forward to eating here again.
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What has happened here? This used to such a nice pub. I haven't been for a while but on a recent sunny day I went out for a drink to the Swan with my daughter and her 7 month old baby girl.
What an unpleasant experience. Fences erected, doors slammed shut to bar access - you name it, you got it.
I spoke to the owner. He told me "if you don't like it, you can go somewhere else". Even more amazingly, he then said that his customers enjoying a drink outside should not be there because, since they were not eating, they were breaking the rules. So, he must have shut the door to "punish" the customers.
Do any of us need to be "wecolmed" like this by an obnoxious sod when we go out to relax? I think not. Pity that such a good pub has been ruined. Unless and until there is a change of ownership, I will never go back. Also, I will pass the word around about his attitude.
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we went as a party of 7 for dinner yesterday as a birthday meal out for my sister.........was rather disappointed with our meals, not up to the usual good standard, most of food was cooked very nicely & well thought out......we got the feeling that the kitchen were rather lacking or having issues........... garlic & mushroom starter had very little garlic or Stilton in the sauce, the lamb special casserole was tasty...but very fatty lamb was used........we was given bullet garden peas instead of mushy as was on the menu with my fish, and was not informed that mushy peas were not available......... black pudding starter was very dry as if kept warm for a good while....... steak was cooked medium as requested on mixed grill but very tough...also the fried egg had been forgotten from our mixed grills, told the waitress and all she could say was she is sorry.....but did nothing about it........waitress was rather rude, we were asked around 6 times during our meal if we would like any more drinks, by 2 separate waiters . Waitresses...........we skipped dessert (normally the best part of a meal) as we could wait to get out of there....... from this experience we will not be rushing back.
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A good pub with an interesting mix of pub and restaurant clientele. 3 cask Thwaites ales available. The Sunday roast is advertised as the "best in Bury"... while it's above average, if it really is the Best in Bury that doesn't say much for everything else!
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Great pub and food made really welcome by new owners and staff.
Excellent menu and choice of food at really good prices-really recommend beer garden at the rear -WHILST WE ARE HAVING GOOD WEATHER- 10/10
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Now 3 Thwaites cask ales (Wainwright was excellent|) and also has Sky/Setanta
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Not bad, but nothing special.
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One Thwaites cask ale, was OK.
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nice food here
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Good pub good food good manager, been going in for a good 5 years now so yeah... good
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