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Beer of the Week (w/e 27th April 2025) with Thuck Phat
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Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Brainy Pool left this review about Hogarths
Faux gin palace with cheap beer, it will definitely appeal to the Wetherspoons drinkers that want to watch the sport. The crowd in here were quite a bit older than the other pubs but no less loud. On the bar a very generic range of beers with Moorhouses Under The Sun alongside something dull that I can’t remember, I didn’t really care much for the place, but it’s probably better in midweek.
On 25th August 2024
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1174 recommendations about 1136 pubs]
Real Ale Ray left this review about Hogarths
The bar area on the left hand side is very striking with two large columns supporting a large pediment with a massive flat screen TV incorporated. The bar front had lots of large polished timber draw fronts along with handles along with a couple of mocked up safe door fronts.
The chandelier in the main lounge area was impressive and the original steel safe doors, I especially liked the small room at the rear, which was tastefully finished. Three ales on handpump, Bombardier, Theakston's Light Foot and Moorhouse's Blonde Witch. The Moorhouse's was decent and prices were very reasonable.
On 19th August 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3645 recommendations about 3645 pubs]
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ROB Camra left this review about Hogarths
Amber Taverns have spent a lot of money converting this branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland into one of their Hogarths gin palaces. The main room is light and airy and has chandeliers hanging from the ornate ceiling. There's a small room to each side of the entrance to the rear room which will be available for private bookings once the coronavirus issue is reduced. They're set in the old bank vaults with steel doors several inches thick and called Rake's Progress and Harlot's Progress. When opened they will seat 8 - 12 people each. The rear room is also nicely decorated, but with a much lower ceiling as it's converted from the old offices. At the rear is a large, wood decking beer garden. The bar is quite ornate and may well have been built specially rather than rescued from somewhere else. All this is the good news, the bad news is that in the opening week it was stocking typical Amber Taverns cask ale along with the usual Fosters, Carling, Strongbow and John Smiths tosh that they specialise in. Three handpumps, all in use serving Wainwright, Tetley Bitter and Hobgoblin, so nothing here for the beer ticker. However, both pints I had were in good nick and whilst already competitively priced, the fact that they take CAMRA vouchers made it downright cheap. A lovely building, saved and well restored. Overall I'm glad it's now part of the Rochdale beer scene. It will be in competition with the Wetherspoons Regal Moon next door for cheap lagers and gins, but it can't compete on the cask ale front and there's no food as far as I can see. It will no doubt find its place in the local market of the coming months and I, for one, wish them well.
On 12th August 2020
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3286 recommendations about 3196 pubs]