Wyldes, Bury

Large Holts - open plan single roomer, with grand staircase leading to the loos. Bitter was the only cask on. Good condition and tasting exactly as I remember it.

Wyldes is a large open plan high street pub with a mezzanine level at the rear that is available for hire. Televisions are located throughout for watching live sports, muted horse racing was airing during a recent Wednesday afternoon visit. Along the left wall is a small pizza kitchen with clay oven that adjoins the bar behind. The usual Holts keg range is available as is Holts Bitter from two hand pumps. The Holts Two Hoots was off and a fourth-hand pump was unused. This place is great for a cheap pint, the Holts is almost half the price I pay for a pint of Harveys down south and I prefer it.

Holts’ own version of a town centre drinking barn. pleasant enough but very dull on an afternoon, I almost found myself nodding off. Holts Bitter, IPA and Two Hoots reasonably priced. there’s very little to say about it really.

This place is a bank conversion so isn't a typical Holt's pub, in fact as noted below it's a bit like a Spoons. There was very little in the way of furnishings on my visit apart from low tables and chairs on the two slightly raised areas. There is an upstairs area that I didn't look into that is available for private hire. There are TV screens everywhere which were mostly showing silent horse racing but two showing 1980s pop videos with the sound on. Although there are something like six hand pumps only Holt's Bitter (£2.45) was available which was in decent nick. The barmaid said that they may do more after the renovations so that may have explained the lack of furnishings.