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£4.30 for 2 halves of cooking bitter. A chipped glass. Depressed looking bar staff.
Avoid at all costs.
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This pub is on the fine line between grotty & quaint. I lean to grotty. Looks reasonably flash outside but decayed within. I was charged 4.15 for a pint of Landlord, a good 45p more than any other of the 20 Manchester pubs I visited this trip. Needless to say the service was less than pleasant, as if they were seeking a full suite of black marks.
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I had a bad experience here last Summer. It’s a pub I’ve liked for years & with my girlfriend stopped for a quick pint on a sunny late afternoon. Got our beers & sat at trestle table outside. It promptly toppled backwards so we were flat on our backs, shaken up & covered with beer. I went inside to report the incident & the landlady wasn’t at all sympathetic or interested. I pointed out that several couples were sitting on the same side of similar tables to watch sport on TV so there was obviously something wrong with this table. “Nothing I can do about it” was her response. Didn’t even offer a replacement drink. Disgraceful. Avoid this pub.
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A traditional pub that was fairly busy on our Sunday afternoon visit. Football was being shown on the TVs. Service was hard to come by, despite the fact there were 3 bar staff all looking bored. Whilst they noticed the regular walk in behind us, they failed to acknowledge us for a good few minutes, despite still not having anybody else to serve. The ales were all fairly average - Flowers Original, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin & Taylor Landlord. The Flowers was past its best. Promised much, but offered little.
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Me and my friends have lived in castlefield for over 10 years and regularly enjoyed drinks and football at the White Lion. Until last night that is. We had a couple of drinks in the sun before heading in to watch the AC Milan/Barca game. A this point the owner began lambasting one of the bar staff for having the football on 2 TVs but only sound coming out of one of them. As the barman quite rightly pointed out the TVs were showing 2 different games, so having the volume up on both would have been pointless. She continued to abuse the member of staff in front of all the customers, who fell deadly silent. He complained to her about swearing at him in front of the customers again, so this is obviously a frequent occurrence. As customers we felt incredibly awkward and decided to tell the owner this. Her exact words were 'you don't have to work with him!'. Now I manage people and I would be horrified if one of my team said that to a customer. You hired him for God's sake and besides he had done a cracking job of serving us. After saying this to the owner we were literally told to 'F@ck off!' At which shocked point, we thanked the barstaff for their service and made the decision to never step foot in there again. This woman is dragging one of Manchester's finest boozers in to the ground!
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I'm used to London prices but even there, �3.70 would get half a raised eyebrow. The TT Landlord was in good condition granted, but the pub was average, pretty uncomfortable and the service not exactly with a smile. Cashing in on the location opposite the excellent Museum Of Science And Industry, perhaps. Sorry, but no thank you!
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Went in to watch man utd in early october 2011 and there was about 15 or so empty seats up near rhe screen..as we went tosit down we got told by some people near them that they are taken?..then the landlady starts saying in a horrible tone that they are for the locals who are coming in to watch the match?. Always been first come first serve in any other pub i have ever been in, will never cross that threashold again ...let them have there little clique Plenty more better pubs in mcr city that sell a lot better beer at a lot better prices and where the landlords have no bad attitude....anyway the locals turned up just before ko for there reserved seats that could of been taken several times over ...joke of a pub....
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What a good pub should be. Real Ale at a decent price and spot on. Loads of memerobilia on the wals, including photos of Cantana, Giggs and other greats visiting the pub. Convivial locals willing to extend a warm welcome and a dj playing not too loud music out into the beer garden..
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Awful!
This used to be a great pub in a great location.
Now beer was awful, and �3.70 a pint of Timothy Taylors landlord in a plastic glass, a rip off even for a City Centre pub!
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Went in 5th dec, football was on the big screen so the pub was very busy, good atmosphere and good ale tho. Either i was pissed or the pub seemed to have a victorian theme which was good.
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Good outside area. Beer not so great and not so great prices either but cheaper than the Ox down the rd.
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About as much charisma as a dead dog!
Disinterested service of a less than average pint of Landlord.
Won't be back!
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Opposite the museum of Science & Industry. Was a good pub 10 years ago when I visited and two recent visits resulted in many pints of Deuchers IPA being consumed, best pint I have ever drunk in Manchester. Nectar! Friendly & efficient staff too!
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Used to go when I was younger and had good memories of comedy tent and the usual stuff you get in castlefield. Went in a few weeks ago and am still having nightmares about the pint of ale we had. Truly a horrifying experience. Definitely geared towards young families and scally wags! Honeslty though, it tasted like something had died in the pipes.
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Found this place by chance and stayed for 5 hours. Good food, good beer. Made to feel very welcome. that was acoupl eof years ago. i hop eit hasn't changed.
palmwinedrinkard - 26 May 2004 14:36 |
Easily spotted by the white lions outside.
Nige - 9 Apr 2004 13:55 |
