The Manor House Inn, Consett

Official site of The Manor House Inn - themanorhouseinn.com

Official site of The Manor House Inn - themanorhouseinn.com

Two room hilltop pub on the main A68 road. It has a dining room to the left and a bar with five pulls to the right. Guests from Morland, Bateman, and Sonnet43 when I visited. Beer quality was excellent. Exposed stone walls and tasteful pictures among a plethora of chalkboards as decor. Traditionally furnished in both rooms it's fairly food led.

Been a while, but the food was very good (I had the lamb), they had a local brewery - Larkin's Ales, I believe - and an impressive collection of tap badges. But the most memorable encounter was with the pub parrot, Leicester, who performed a perfect imitation of a heavy smoker's cough. The pub was a good size, there was a wedding party setting up in the back room & there were folks stopping in after a day's work, waiting for the rain to slack a bit.

21/11/08. Friendly service, Nice locals, good log fire in the harth. I had one of the best pints of beer that I have had this year. "Nels Best" which comes from High House Farm Brewrey. They also had 3 other local real ales plus one real cider 7%. The food looked rather expensive, but I will test another day. 20/2/09 Tested the food 7/10. Service 6/10. But the Beer Nels Best was excellent 10/10. 18/6/09 visited this pub again,the beer was excellent. This pub has to be one of the best in the area?