Old Grapes, Manchesterback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
flat lager, watered down guiness and rude, surly bar staff. terrible pub. avoid.
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Largish pub in a side street off Quay Street ( main road to Salford ) , but within the Manchester City Centre boundaries.
As previous posters have correctly pointed out, this is " Vera Duckworths pub " and the pub is adorned with numerous photos and press cuttings of our Vera and other cast members.
In many other respects, its a somewhat unremarkable pub, with, despite a reasonably traditional feel, the slightly impersonal ambience of a City Centre circuit pub. I gather it does indeed get impossibly busy on Friday and Saturday nights.
There's no real ale.
In conclusion, I found it a pleasant enough place, but unless you're a big Corrie addict, I see no real reason to specifically seek this one out, given nearby alternatives.
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Was quiet when I passed yesterday afternoon but I imagine there were a few celebrations in the evening to mark the departure of Vera from Corrie.
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Was in for lunch and then a few pints watching the England footie match on Saturday. Only a handful of people in there when we arrived, so got a good seat right in front of the telly. Ordered some lunch, but they had clearly had a problem ordering stock - half the menu wasn't available. My lasagne was average and service not great - my mates meal arrived 10mins after mine. That aside, beer was good and is a pleasant enough place to spend a few hours, as long as you don't mind Duckworths face staring back at you everywhere you look
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Got off with Ena Sharples in here! Actually, it really was an eventful night. A fight broke out after someone called Mike Baldwin a cockney twa-t. Len Fairclough was arrested for chatting up some six year old. But funnily enough, Bert, the shirt, Tyldesley disappeared with a duffel bag into the toilets and wasn't seen all night. He was OK, though. It later transpired that he'd accidentally got locked in a toilet that was already occupied. Now that must have been embarrassing. Average pub, average beer.
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This pub is owned by Liz Dawn and is a mecca for fans of Coronation Street - see memrobilia on the walls. No real ale, but good for a cheeky VAT.
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Not a favorite keg beer only can get packed at weekends, no character.
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Fairly non-descript place. Not somewhere I would go out of my way to visit.
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Make up of the punters can vary massively depending on the night.Right next door to The Opera House,so full of theatre goers when there`s a show on.Also been in there when gangs of Salfords finest have put in an appearance.
Think as a rule the customers are probably older than your average pub.Popular with middle aged I say.
And you would definately NOT be lucky if you were in there when Les Battersby is boring everyone in earshot,which is everyone in the pub in his case.
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This is a must for Coronation Street Fans! Sometimes if you are very lucky you could bump into Les Battersby (he's the same in real life)
Bexy - 9 Aug 2004 14:29 |
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