The Egerton Arms, Chelford

This 16th century country pub is conveniently situated a short walk from Chelford railway station which is on the Manchester Piccadilly to Crewe main line and has a good service. If arriving from Manchester, exit to the main road and turn right, walk along the pavement over the railway bridge and straight on, if arriving from Crewe then exit onto the little lane and continue walking along the main road, after not more than an easy ten minute stroll you will find yourself at the Egerton Arms.

Enter through the door at the front of the pub attractively decked out with hanging baskets containing a beautiful display of flowers and find the bar ahead of you. The bar staff are very welcoming and the landlord extremely pleasant, no cold reception here. We believe the Landlord is soon to become the owner after having bought the pub from the brewery, hopefully this will be good for the pub's future.

The interior of the pub is of a traditional style, which we like very much, quaint old oak beams with
interesting inscriptions on them, some stained glass windows and pictures of country scenes which all add character. With sturdy tables for dining and comfy seats to relax on we find that there is a good pleasant atmosphere and nice surroundings to enjoy a drink and some food.

There are well kept real ales on offer, Bombardier, Black Sheep and Courage Directors, of which the latter went down very nicely thank-you, the last time we were there.

Now .... the food.

We have been to this pub several times in recent months and we have to say that we have never had a poor meal here, in our opinion the food is simply superb. The bruschetta is a favourite for starters, other starters sampled have been the soup of the day and the pate which was beautiful. For a main, the haddock with crayfish and white wine sauce from the special menu is first class, the duck is to die for, they do a great burger and very tasty vegetable lasagne to name just a few but whatever you pick, we don't think you can go wrong.

We have no hesitation in recommending this pub to anyone, in fact we recently recommended the Egerton Arms to a work colleague who wanted to take his wife out for a nice meal on her birthday. He was very pleased and gave a favourable report when asked about his visit.

This pub is nice surroundings, nice atmosphere, warm friendly staff, good ale and great food, in fact
this pub really has become one of our firm favourites.

We do hope they keep up the good standard and we're happily looking forward to our next visit.

18 Sep 2009 20:30