The Diamond Xx, Patricroft, Salford

Looking at this place from outside doesn't bode well for what's inside at all. Shattered windows at at the front doesn't make for a good first impression. Inside it is a bit of a mess. A small front bar with a small rear bit that houses a pool table. Once you get over the mothers bottle feeding not only their 3 week old kids but also their 17 year old boyfriends, it wasn't actually too bad. However this was on a sunny after noon so I've no idea, nor wish to know, what its like of a weekend. No real ale.

This pub is a tatty mess I'm afraid and rough as a robbers dog. Nothing looks like it's ever been finished in here. Unpainted plasterboard walls and a scruffy bar with no proper back. There's a pool table to the rear. I have no idea why anyone would visit here regularly, but there were 6 or 7 regulars around the bar who were friendly enough to a complete stranger, if a bit wary. It would have been interesting to hear the conversation after I'd left. No real ale of course and my half of fizz was cheap. I'll not be visiting again though.