Lamb Hotel, Ecclesback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
A Holts pub with an unspoilt interior including separate traditional rooms. Well worth a visit if you're in Eccles.
alexw - 13 Apr 2019 19:59 |
An oddly designed place this is. There's a bar that you see when you enter. A smallish room to the left of the entrance, a snooker room and another very small looking room. The only ales I saw were Holts Mild and Holts Bitter, we went for the former. I'm not sure how much it was as I didn't buy it but my mate said he got change from a 5er for 2 pints. Another decent Eccles pub. Probably the best looking of all the ones I went to. Barmaid seemed okay and the locals were okay (talking about "Conservatives who lead The Labour party", probably not the best pub topic).
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Great pub that doesn't seems to have changed much over the years and is all the better for that. Beer very good and very cheap and there is safe and relaxing atmosphere.
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Classic Edwardian Holts pub.The mild idsuperb,best pint during 2 weeks in England recent visit.I am sure the bitter is just as good.
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Great feel to the place, a traditional Holts house. One of a dying breed, I sincerely hope this pub continues to thrive.
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Another impressive Eccles pub architecturally. But sadly only Holts Bitter & Mild are available for real ale drinkers. A large lounge is on the left as you walk in. To the right is a snooker room and a tiny public bar. The bar itself curves around from the public bar to the lounge and features some great woodwork. Elsewhere, a staircase with some original tiling dominates the central section of the pub. Very impressive interior. Pity the drinks selection is not more extensive.
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The third, grand pub built by the Holt's brewery in Eccles. A red brick and terracotta affair, standing opposite the Metrolink terminus.
The vault has a separate entrance. On the other side of the bar is a drinking lobby, with an 'open' room opposite, separate 'Bar Parlour' and a magnificently unspoilt 'Billiard Room'. This has raised seating throughout to enable people to view the games. The table, apparently, is the original, installed when the pub was built in 1906.
Holts Mild and Bitter on pump, the fridge was stocked with a full range of Holt's ales - I had a bottle of Sixex - a 6% porter priced reasonably (but oddly) at �2.02.
Of the three grand pubs of Eccles this was my favourite and I could have lingered here a bit longer.
Recommended.
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This pub has got everything you want: friendly staff and regulars, immaculately preserved Edwardian interior (including the large billiards room), cheap, well-kept Holts bitter and only a short stagger back to the tram stop.
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Splendid Holts pub close to the Eccles Metrolink terminus.
This pub is supposedly the crown in the jewel of Holt's Edwardian drinking holes and is listed in CAMRA's National Inventory of Unspoilt Interiors, for its splendid mahogany glass fittings and etched glasswork.
The building itself dates back to 1906 - note the date on the external brickwork high up.
In true Northern pub style, there's a typical drinking lobby which lead to 4 rooms in total. These rooms are traditionally furnished and decorated with pictures of the area in times gone by, including the inevitable pictures of Ye Olde Eccles Cake Shoppe.
To get here, take the Metrolink Tram from Piccadilly.
The journey goes through Salford Quays, which is aspiring to be Manchesters equivalent of London's Docklands.
Eccles is not short of Holt's pubs - try also the Stanley Arms, a mile or so further down the A57 towards Patricroft, a pub which I have unsuccessfully tried to get listed on BITE.
My beer was certainly not sour ( see previous posting ) and both this pub and the Stanley Arms are highly recommended for fans of decent cheap beer in traditional welcoming surroundings.
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A lovely Edwardian pub, but beauty on the outside does not always transfer to the beer pumps inside. The pint of Holts bitter I had there was sour. In fact I suspect that it had lain below the bar for a while, because when I ordered it, I got it much quicker than I'd ever got a pint in a Holts before, very suspicious I'd say. Maybe it was because I'm not a regular and the barmaid tried it on, or the beer really is that sour. I haven't ever been back since.
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Fantastic pub and easy to get to, near the tram, bus and train stops in Eccles just 20-30 minutes from Manchester. Old Holts multi-roomed pub that has a nice look and feel to it. There�s the public bar, all bench seating, wobbly tables and betting slips on the bar. Then there are two comfortable and well decorated lounges and an incredible snooker room with spectator seating around the table. Full range of Holts draught and bottled beers. I recommend a visit
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