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The Sparking Clog, Manchester
Radcliffe
Postal town: Manchester
M26 3WY
Reviews of The Sparking Clog (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
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Peter Rydings left this review about The Sparking Clog
Called back here this bank holiday what as happened to this pub Marstons have got rid of the old Managers Janet and Peter for a bit of a young kid it was full of rubbish no one in control of it.
Told they have got to have door men on now because of the trouble the food was bad people complaining kids running all over youths swearing at the top of there voice's told there's trouble all the time since Peter and Janet left at the start of April. YES MARSTONS YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB ON THIS PUB.
Was told by a member of staff that two area managers got rid of them a Mike Ward and a Dan Chinn plus an ops director called Ray Weller
On 28th May 2013
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 948 recommendations about 917 pubs]
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Peter Rydings left this review about The Sparking Clog
I called in this pub first about five years ago the couple had just taken over they had there work cut out it was full of people you would no want to drink with.
What a improvement it just gets better every time i go they have time to talk to every one always say hello and good bye that helps a lot.
THE BEER IS SPOT ON AND THE FOOD IS GOOD.
THEONLY BAD POINT IS THE MAN UNITED FANS BUT YOU CAN NOT HAVE EVERY THING
On 11th June 2011
- rating: 10
[User has posted 948 recommendations about 917 pubs]
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Strongers . left this review about The Sparking Clog
The Sparking Clog is a large reasonably priced food led pub that was pretty busy during my visit on Sunday afternoon. I found all of the staff to be very friendly and the Guinness was spot on and again very reasonably priced. I spotted four hand pumps on the bar in amongst the standard draught products and these were drawing Marston’s Wicked Witch, Hobgoblin, Ringwood’s Huffkin and Jennings Bitter. The pub has Sky Sports and the Arsenal game was being shown muted on the two plasma screens as some background music was playing lightly. A quick nod to the bar staff from one of the locals soon had the commentary turned on and the music turned off. Most of the signs on the walls were plugging the food, but I did spot one advertising a weekly poker night that starts at 19:30 every Monday.
There is plenty of parking and out the back there is a good sized paved and grassed area with some seating that is covered by two jumbrellas and at the front there is a covered smoking area that is enclosed by hedges and some trellising. There is no step up into the pub and there is a disabled toilet.
For a cheap food pub I thought that this place was good and I will return next year when I am visiting relatives again.
On 10th November 2010
- rating: 6
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- Accommodation : No last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10% except Monday - last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 06 August 2019 by ROB Camra
