Red Bull, Stockport

I first came in here years ago when it was a small, neat pub. It isn't anymore, it's been broken through into the building next door and is now a large pub with several small areas, in what is really one big room. It's been done very well and is now a very smart looking pub. The first thing I thought as I entered was that it stank of sewers. I thought it may have been the nicotine bouncer in the entrance, but the smell pervaded the whole pub. I have no idea how the many people who were eating dealt with it. I wouldn't have ordered food, the smell was that bad. This is supposed to be Robinsons flagship pub, so it was rather disappointing to find that only 3 ales were available on their 5 handpumps. Just to add to the confusion, the 2 that weren't on hadn't had their pump clips turned round. The Hartleys XB was a decent pint though. As a flagship pub, it should be so much better than it is I'm afraid.

This isn't a small pub anymore. A Robinsons with the usual suspects. The layout is the bar as you enter then different drinking areas left or right. Its a good pub

The Red Bull is a small Robinsons tied house. I had a drink of Robinsons bitter which was very nice. Pub visited 18 March 1989.