Manor Arms, Rushallback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
The Manor Arms was my second stop of the day during my midweek visit to the West Midlands. My first pub had been the Four Crosses at Shelfield which is not listed on here. The Manor Arms didn't look too welcoming from the outside and its car park was empty, whereas the Boathouse at the end of the road looked busy. The Banks's sign outside didn't make it too appealing either. But inside felt like another world. The main bar area, without a bar counter makes the place feel very old and it is indeed one of the oldest pubs in the country. There are at least two other traditional rooms. As the Banks's sign suggested, the ale range is all from Marstons - Thwaites Wainwright, Wychwood Hobgoblin Gold, Banks's Bitter & Sunbeam & Jennings Cocker Hoop. Rolls and pork pies are available at £1.20 each. This is a fabulously well preserved and historic pub that deserves much more custom than it had during my Tuesday afternoon visit.
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Excellent quaint pub run by family from Cheshire - as described in other reviews. We moored our narrowboat right outside on the towpath for the night - March 2012 - no one else about.
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Found this pub today by a frozen canal in the mist and fell in love with it (or was it with the lovely little barmaid?). Good food, a good selection of beers, quick service, and the only beer pumps I've known that are in the same space as the drinking area. Yes it's unlikely a brick building has stood here since 1106 but likely the building has been rebuilt a few times.since then. A gem.
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This is my favourite pub in Rushall. The oldest pub stories are completely untrue, but this is a lovely local pub with a good choice of nice beer, decent food, and a great proper pub atmosphere. The locals are extremely friendly, and the beer garden is excellent.
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The building is a lovely rendered former farmhouse, largely 18th Century brick, but yes, it does reuse late medieval material. Inside is a mish-mash of little rooms all deck-out in the black and white. It lies by the Rushall Canal and the old limepits - its fabulous.
I am not going to get into the age argument, except that if i had a penny for each time i heard oldest pub claims, secret tunnel claims and claims of family trees they back to Nero (yes, i have had it!), i could buy a pint a week, and i dont mean at Spoons prices either!
There are the usual taps, hidden slightly under 6 real ale taps. It's a Banks's house, so it has cask MILD and bitter, Jennings Cocker Hoop, Ringwood Old Thumper, Marstons Lord Taverner's Ale (decent stuff)
Service and locals were friendly. I will be going again.
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Great - one of my favourite type of pubs, a multi-roomed classic (bit like the Sair or the Coachmakers but by a canal). Really good Banks range of beers, so unlikely to attract the CAMRA tickers, but doing decent trade and very hard to fault. Makes youn want to move to Walsall (anyone know if the Four Crosses down the road is any good now ?)
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By far one of the nicest canalside pubs I've been to. Good food, great Sunday lunch and lovely pub goers always ready to chat. The staff are charming and I can't understand one review that said "worst ever" must have been a one off. Go and check it out. Great walks on it's doorstep, dogs, children, everyone made very welcome. My wife loves the place as do I.
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We had Sunday Lunch at the Manor Arms last week (11th November 2007. The service was smiley & very quick and the meal was one of the best Sunday Lunches we had eaten at a pub for a very long time. The meat was tender and very tasty. We'll go again soon!
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These comments are well out of date now - most importantly they keep a nice selection of beers well, and the pub has a cosy atmosphere (apart from the over bright wall lights)
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Overrated, and by the way, its not even the oldest pub in Walsall, let alone England. OK so the foundations are old, but it wasn't a pub till the 18th Century. Spoilt about ten years ago by a landlord who ignored its listed status, opened out cosy little rooms and put in a small bar, taking away its only original point. PS The oldest pub in Walsall is the Bell in Willenhall.
Jimbo Smith - 7 May 2004 19:12 |
This is one of the worst establishments I have had the misfortune in visiting. Unfortunatly I had invited my son and soon to be daughter-in-law from Bristol to visit me in Walsall, my home town. The pub was overpriced, however the rudeness of the staff on the 27th Decenber 2003 spoilt the reunion and Christmas spirit. I can supply the details if required. I will never use this establishment again along with friends and relatives. My son and girlfriend went back to Bristol with a terrible impression of Walsall.
Paul Coffey - 5 Jan 2004 09:14 |
Supposedly the oldest licensed premesis in England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book. Olde Worlde pub with a good atmosphere despite being reputedly haunted!!
Excellent food and a nice pint with regular Bank's beers and guest ales. A good selection of wines also. Set in a nice location by an adjacent canal. Worth a visit for sure.
Andrew Carter - 12 Oct 2003 17:10 |
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