BITE user comments - BRG
Comments by BRG
The Highwayman Hotel, Kidlington
This is a very disappointing venue and nothing in real life like it is portrayed on it's fantastic website!
We waited ages for the barmaid to finish reading her paper or what ever she was doing out the back before she realised we were actually in the bar. She was a very nice, pleasant girl though. The landlord (I assume he was the landlord) was texting when we wanted serving again and finished doing this before he served us.
The filthy, once white, sofa near the fireplace could benefit from a cover! The loos are clean and the garden is quite nice.
The Old Hooky was cloudy but the Brakspears was a bit better. Two friends of the landlord came in and ordered food which looked nice.
I would have been disappointed if I had decided to come here from seeing their website and then saw the place in the flesh!
6 Jun 2012 19:52
This is a large, stone floored pub with a separate dining area and smoker's patio overlooking the canal. They have an earlybird menu with 2 meals for �9-95 between 3pm and 7pm. The meals looked fairly substantial. The real ales on offer were Copper Dragon Best, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin and Moorhouse's Pride of Pendle, all excellent! A handy stop over for boaters on the Rochdale canal being situated near the town moorings. The staff were friendly but one was a bit deaf giviing me a pint of Pride of Pendle instead of a half of Copper Dragon but I managed!
4 Jun 2011 22:03
The White Hart Hotel, Todmorden
From what I understand this pub has been taken over by Wetherspoon's and will re-open about June/July 2011.
30 May 2011 16:22
The Rose of Lancaster, Chadderton
This could be described as a versatile pub. We recently went here three times in three days and had a different experience every time! After a long day on the canal we fell in here for a pint and some dinner on the first evening. We went in the main restaurant area. The Lees beer was very good and the steak pie and chips was acceptable, if a little pricey. The next day we went for just a couple of pints and sat outside on the decking with our dog. The piped music was a little loud for our taste (old codgers) but once again the beer was ok. On the third occasion we went into the back 'sports type' bar where there is a tv, darts etc and found this a nice change from the chaotic food side and the loud piped music outside. So three pubs for the price of one can't be bad!
28 May 2011 16:44
This is a really friendly (and dog friendly) pub. The landlord and landlady were very welcoming to us and our dog. It is an interesting building with a chequered history. The tables in the tap room are actual mortuary slabs! The beer selection is good, there were 3 real ales on when we were there, including 2 from the Copper Dragon Brewery. We had the Copper Dragon Best which was excellently kept. They don't do food any more as there is no demand but they do do butties Fri, Sat and Sun. The loos were clean and well supplied with loo paper, soap and a hand dryer that worked (so many pubs neglect their facilities)! I would recommend this pub to anyone who would like to enjoy good real ale in ambient surroundings.
28 May 2011 16:29
Old Royal Oak, Hillmorton
We visited this Hungry Horse, primarily family eating pub on Easter Saturday afternoon during a narrowboat cruise on the Oxford Canal. The staff, although busy, were very friendly and efficient, especially the young man who looks as though he works out a lot!
There were 3 real ales on - Greene King Abbott, Old Speckled Hen and Greene King IPA. The Old Speckled Hen was very good and a very reasonable £2-89 a pint.
We didn't have a meal ourselves but the menu was typical for pubs of this type and reasonably priced. The dessert display was attracting a lot of attention!
The loos were warm, clean and functional.
All in all not a bad place to shelter from a hail storm!
30 Mar 2013 19:29