Spread Eagle Hotel, Rochdale

When in here last night on my way home from Southgate. Its not a bad Wetherspoons and is Much better than the other one near Wood Green Station in my opinion. They had a reasonable selection of guest Ales on of which I tried Three all were in good condition and the service was prompt and quick. Place was reasonably clean and Tables cleared of old food which makes a change going by previous reviews. Mind it was Monday evening.

This is a pub that I and many of my school friends used to frequent when we were much younger and there were a couple of 21st parties held in the upstairs room. It’s a nice looking black and white timbered building, inside there’s a small snug to the left as you enter and a large restaurant area to the right that never seems to get busy and is closed at night. Straight ahead is the main lounge. It’s getting very shabby in here these days and doesn’t look to have had much done to it in the past 30 years. The clientele are older than most pubs in the town centre and it looked a bit like a “grab a granny” night on Friday. There was a karaoke rig set up in the main lounge run by a Bobby Ball lookalike called "Broady". He was playing Bucks Fizz greatest hits when I was in!! There are two handpumps on the bar but as far as I am aware they haven’t been used for years. It’s a pretty poor place at the moment and isn’t worth a visit, unless you like Bucks Fizz and grannies of course.