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Strongers . left this review about The Banshee
This unit with Castle Chambers written above the door has had a busy few years as a vegan restaurant called the Allotment and then a Viking bar called Vinabod before being taken over by the owner of the Cracked Actor up the road and being renamed The Sandman. That didn’t last very long because about a year later it became the Glass Spider, and on my visit to Stockport on a recent midweek evening it was all change again, the latest incarnation being an Irish themed bar called the Banshee. The bare boarded bar area with maroon painted walls and some Guinness and Caffrey’s advertising merch is open plan with a mix of standard and high furniture in the front and a double sided serving counter about three quarters of the way up that separates the seating from a dartboard across the rear. In the front left corner is a tiny stage for the advertised regular live music, expect fiddlers and such things. Fairy light are found in the front windows that are part screened by stained glass topped partitions. There’s a television for live horse racing, which was muted for some Irish background music. Up the right is a raised red carpeted seating area that is separate from the bar. Premium keg was available so I decided to have a pint of Guinness that was served by the friendly woman behind the counter, and cost less than a fiver. This is the most raucous bar I’ve visited in Stockport, and one of the few in the centre of town that actually sticks to its advertised opening times during the week.
On 25th March 2025
- rating: 6
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Will Larter left this review about The Glass Spider
What might almost be a classic pub interior, with wooden screens creating areas of privacy and coloured glass for decoration, though it's quite clearly a former shop unit - the counter would not look out of place in an old betting shop, or could it be a pawnbroker, with those bars. But behind the perspex screen is a row of 10 keg taps. I didn't see anything I really fancied as most of the beers were either mainstream or American or both. I managed to get myself talked into a beer from Dry & Bitter (a Danish brewery) called Undulate Stout 5.8%, which I read subsequently "has a smooth oaty body, notes of dark chocolate and features tart black cherry juice." (No mention of it being cold and fizzy.) And then after asking for a third of a pint I found that I'd been poured two-thirds (I blame it on the perspex screens) which I found a bit of a struggle to drink, what with it being so cold and fizzy. I'm obviously not of the demographic that the Glass Spider is aimed at, though the young man who served me - who confessed that he was also a real ale fan - was very friendly and helpful. It was a fairly quiet early evening when I was here, with some quite interesting background music and a good atmosphere, but I imagine it can get busy later.
On 10th October 2021
- rating: 6
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peter ashworth left this review about Vinabod
Was closed today at 2pm but according to Whatpub should have opened at 12pm however i glanced through the window and saw axes, fake animal skins large horns and lots of other Viking items in fact it looked like an up market version of the Flintstones cave. This is a Viking Tapas bar but from what i can gather there is more emphasis on the bar side rather than the tapas. Around 4 beer taps but i think the in drink is the mead which is served in a large horn.
On 2nd October 2019
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