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Food led, country pub. Positives - very welcoming hosts - attentive and chatty. Bravo, it doesnt take much but makes a world of difference. The food menus looked good, everyone else was dining and seemingly regulars - down to ordering their usual dishes.

Negatives - one cask Wye Valley HPA - a beer I know well and love. This didn't have the pin sharpness and was definitely on the turn. I should have trusted my instincts, as looking round, no one else in the room was on cask. I will ask for samples in the future. Its too much of a risk.

No rating given because apart from buying the drinks I was either in the back yard, where there are a dozen or so tables, or in the playground on the green behind the pub supervising my two-year-old grandson. I wasn't impressed with the bar maid telling me the house beer was the most popular before pulling me a pint of something that looked a little stale - so may have been in the pipes for four or five hours - and didn't taste much better (NBSS 2, £5.80/pint); I went back for a Robinsons Unicorn which was better - my daughter had a half of Dizzy Blonde but no good asking her opinion as she had lemonade in it. Maybe I'll come back another time, but I'm not a big fan of Robinsons beers, so it's quite likely I won't.

Took this photo on 2 May 2026. According to Camra, it was refurbished in Spring 2018 but it closed down February 2020 and later became a private house..

A return the other night and the pub's still good, though with just London Original and TTL though on quality form; what wasn't so good was the dog and baby in a pram which could vie for road space with the increasing number of Range Rovers outside.
As mentioned, the pub is a magnet for the East End film industry, attracting the attentions of Legend, Pierrpoint, The Missionary, The Kemps and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

As it was open I did call in expecting so buy a quick half and have a look around. Luckily there was no-one on either side of the bar, so I had a look around and left. No idea why there are two of these places so close together in central Manchester.