Eagle Hotel, Rochdale

The Eagle Hotel was my second pub, and second Samuel Smith’s pub, of the day on a recent Monday crawl through Rochdale. I’m not a huge fan of SS pubs, but the OBB was £1 for a half so can’t complain. As usual there are no televisions, there is no music and communication devices such as computers and mobiles are banned. The usual SS keg is available, but the hand pumps mentioned in the previous posts have been removed. The interior consists of two front seating areas, the left of which houses a dartboard. An L shaped bar runs up the left wall facing seating up the right and a dartboard at the rear. Out the back is a small enclosed beer yard with a couple of picnic tables for smokers, and people wanting to use their phones. I found the service to be friendly and would return here if passing.

A nice friendly Sam Smiths pub. Couldn't see any stuffed animals though there was a good collection of dead flies stuck to the flypaper hanging around. The 4 handpumps only dispensed Old Brewery Bitter. No stout available.