The Toll Gate Inn, Manchester - pub details
Address: Seymore Grove, Trafford, Manchester, M16 0TG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 29065) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Deansgate (1.5 miles), Trafford Park (1.6 miles), Manchester Oxford Road (1.8 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Sky TV, Big screen
- Fruit machines
- Food served
- Outside seating
> Current user rating: 5.4/10 (rated by 7 users)
other pubs nearby:
Trafford, Old Trafford (0.5 miles), Bishop Blaize, Old Trafford (0.5 miles), Hanrahans, Salford Quays (0.6 miles), Exchange Bar and Grill, Salford (0.7 miles), Matchstick Man, Salford (0.7 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Toll Gate Inn, Manchester
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| Just over the road from Trafford Bar tram stop. Decent food at reasonable prices and a couple of cask ales. alexw - 13 Apr 2019 20:01 |
| My hotel for my first few trips to Manchester was just up the road from here so I can almost call myself a regular. This year I stayed in the city centre but still hopped on a tram to visit and unlike some pubs this trip, everything seemed the same. Efficient service, value for money beer (Pedigree @ 2.65), popular beer garden, in fact the pub was quite busy. As pubs seem thin on the ground around here I guess it gets rammed with cricket & football fans on match days , but otherwise it is a pleasant place. In previous years I have eaten here too, and the food has been good value. Queenslander - 13 Sep 2014 23:20 |
| great clean, friendly and welcoming pub opposite the trafford bar metro. very popular with man utd fan esp on match days - good banter with no trouble and no drunking louts. the new management have increased the match day bar staff from 8 to 10 bar staff so the waiting time is minimal plus there is also an outside bar and delicious bbq. now open for breakfast mon-frid. great pub grub served 7 days a week plus new juke box has been installed with all the latest tunes (inc man utd songs), pool table and dart board. there is a charge for the car park on match days and i found the parking attendant very friendly and accomodating. highly recommend this pub if you are visiting on match days or popping in for a drink and/or meal. theresaj - 11 Feb 2014 18:03 |
| Parking attendant is far too eager to the point of intimidating. I pulled in and he was straight on my case telling me there was no parking and he�d clamp me if I put my car in the car park - before even finding out if I was going in the pub or not! I did go in and had a J2O. While supping in the sun I overheard some other customers complaining to the landlady that they�d been clamped and the landlady had to get the guy to take the clamp off so the paying customers could leave. Probably won�t bother again. Jaybone - 7 Aug 2009 14:22 |
| The service we received here last weekend is quite possibly the worst we've ever had in a pub. We visited on a Sunday afternoon, to have the traditional English lunch advertised outside. From the outset it was like one of those scenes in a western, where everything in the saloon grinds to a halt when 'strangers' enter. We certainly felt uncomfortable immediately, but in general the place looked OK, so we looked around for menus. There weren't any. We figured we'd have to ask at the bar. There were a few people in, but the pub was by no means full, so we reasonably expected to get served at the bar fairly promptly. However, even though there was only one other customer waiting to be served, we were left standing for FIFTEEN MINUTES whilst the two members of staff completely ignored us, and even served other people (clearly regulars) within seconds of them coming through the door (after our arrival). Eventually we got our menus and ordered our roasts: two lamb, one beef and one chicken, plus desserts of apple pie and chocolate cake. To cut a long story short AN HOUR later we still hadn't been served, yet a family who had arrived after us had been seated, served a main course and dessert, and left during the time we were waiting. We looked up from time to time at various members of staff and caught their eye as a gentle hint, but they were unresponsive. Eventually one of us was elected to go and ask what had happened to our order. He was informed, with a very half-hearted apology, that we had been forgotten about, despite the fact that we were seated in full view of the bar, with very few other customers around us. We were told that our food would be out immediately. Another quarter of an hour later there was still no sign. As we were on the point of asking for a refund and leaving, the bar maid bellowed at us over the bar that there had been 'a disaster with the lamb:' (it wasn't specified what). She said there was only enough lamb for one person. We agreed which one of us would have it, and five minutes later the meals finally arrived. I held my hand up when asked who wanted the lamb and was handed a plate..which looked identical to the beef. There was no mint sauce, and none was offered to me. There was also no cutlery. The cutlery arrived shortly afterwards: one fork short, which we had to go and ask for. When it arrived it had gravy dried onto it, as did my knife. We decided to live with it anyway. I viewed my 'lamb' with suspicion. It was in flakes and had a Yorkshire pudding on top...as did the chicken (which was a strange white flat affair, reminiscent of the side of a trainer). I took a mouthful of the lamb. It was beef...not even roast beef, but had the look, texture and taste of canned stewing steak. My companions agreed with my verdict, as theirs was the same. Despite all this we ate the meal (one of our party has a medical condition which requires that he eat at regular intervals, and by now he was two hours overdue for his carb intake, so was pretty much ready to eat the table). I couldn't finish my 'lamb' however, as it was pretty nasty. We waited for someone to come and clear the plates away and bring us our desserts. No-one came, so we went to the bar to chase things up, only to be told that there was no apple pie because it had all been given to the family who had placed their order half an hour after we arrived. Completely hacked off by then, we asked for a refund on the price of the desserts (which we'd paid for in advance). At no time were we offered a partial discount, or possibly complimentary drinks by way of apology we left then, all agreeing that it was the worst place we had ever been to, either collectively or individually, and we certainly won't be going back. Girasol - 8 Apr 2009 10:23 |
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