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The Hare & Hounds, Manchester
Manchester
M4 4AA
Pub Type
Punch TavernsReviews (Current Rating Average: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about The Hare & Hounds
A classic inner city Manchester pub that needs no further description, historic if slightly plain interior with paler wood and leaded glass. Very much an old man’s pub and none the worse for than. Excellent Holts Bitter and an untried Robinson’s Dizzy Blonde which seemed odd in a Holt’s house.
On 11th June 2023
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Hare & Hounds
Heritage pub opposite the Shudehill Interchange, with a fine-looking interior of three service areas around the gantried bar set halfway along one side. The main part of the counter is in the central lobby (featuring some fine tilework but limited seating), with the ends serving the front 'vaults' and rear lounge. Holt's Bitter (£3.20) and Robinson's Dizzy Blonde available from two of the four dispersed handpumps.
On 31st May 2023
- rating: 7
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Delboy 20 left this review about The Hare & Hounds
One of two pubs right opposite Shudehill interchange and very handy if using the Megabus. I had a swift half as my bus was due but it was a decent drink. I'll spend a little more time here when i call again!
On 9th June 2022
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Quinno _ left this review about The Hare & Hounds
Oddball. Multi-roomed place with what felt like a refurb had happened sometime in the last few years, something didn’t sit quite right with me – but I see no mention of it elsewhere so maybe I was imagining things, it was the final pub at the end of a long day’s crawling. It’s CAMRA Inventory listed, anyway. Some bits of tiling, a nice-looking bar with impressive canopy with leaded glasswork and some dull elephant grey banquette seating with a few areas to explore. A codger’s pub, I must have been the youngest customer by a good 10 years. Three cask options spread out all over the bar; my Robinsons Blonde was in good shape (NBSS 3.5). It was fine, but didn’t quite strike me as essential. GBG ’22 entry and one of the few listed pubs in the current edition that justified its place on my trip. Handy for a quick snifter as it’s opposite Shudehill interchange.
On 16th May 2022
- rating: 7
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Moby Duck left this review about The Hare & Hounds
I called in here a few weeks ago on a Thursday afternoon to find the pub reasonably well attended to the extent I had to find a spare table in the rear room, It's a classic trad boozer (old mans pub) and yes I was one of the youngest in attendance being the right side of 65, but not by that many years. There were a couple of Cask beers on , Holts Bitter and Robinsons Dizzy Blonde, I'm not particularly fond of the later so had a pint of the bitter and although thats not really my thing either I was struck by how well it was kept. The pub itself is a great reminder of a dying breed and would certainly call in from time to time if I lived locally.
On 16th May 2022
- rating: 7
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Will Larter left this review about The Hare & Hounds
I called in here as my sixth and last Holt's pub of the day, after two in Patricroft, the Eagle just across the river from here and two in Manchester city centre. Not my first visit by any means, and I was somewhat surprised to see no one at all (of about a dozen) drinking Holts Bitter in the front room apart from me; in the drinking corridor three men drinking lager; in the back room (phew!) three men on the bitter. I've been here in the afternoon when it seemed like 90% of customers were drinking the bitter - perhaps it's different in the evenings, or on Sundays. As usual, everyone except the bar staff seemed to be the wrong side of 65. When this generation of drinkers dies out, someone will come in and gut this pub and turn it into a sports bar. For now, it's my favourite in Manchester.
On 15th May 2022
- rating: 8
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Steve C left this review about The Hare & Hounds
I recall visiting the Hare and Hounds back in 2013 on a Thursday afternoon when it was very busy with a rowdy pensioner crowd. Fast forward to a midweek evening last week, I found myself to be the only customer so I got to have a better look around. Unsurprisingly the tiled exterior and interior walls still make this pub stand out as a traditional Grade II listed city centre pub dating from around 1800. The bar protruding from the right hand wall serves a lobby with a couple of tables to the left in addition to front and rear seating areas. There are steps up to the entrance on Shudehill, but the rear entrance on Salmon Street is step free. There is no Sky or BT Sports here so the barman was watching the match on his phone.
The bar supports four handpumps that were drawing 2x Holt Bitter and Robinson’s Dizzy Blonde with the forth pump being unused. There is also a limited standard and premium keg selections. I found the service to be very friendly and left thinking that I would have no problem returning once again.
On 19th March 2022
- rating: 8
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Hare & Hounds
Good Beer Guide 2021 Entry and also in the Heritage Interiors Book.
Need to keep your eyes peeled on the street - a very unassuming exerior.
Inside, its all half height brown tiling, wooden panels, central serving area.
An 11 O Clock opener - which makes it worth knowing, should you want to get out the rain.
Two ales on - the Holts Bitter in excellent condition.
Loved the timeless feel of the place - and only a stones thrown from the madness of the City Centre. An oasis of old school calm.
On 24th May 2021
- rating: 8
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Brainy Pool left this review about Hare & Hounds Hotel
must say I felt very very young indeed in here especially as I was alone. silent codgers in the bar and noisy codgers in the side rooms. Holts bitter in good form. one of an ever shrinking number of working class traditional city pubs and who knows what the future holds for somewhere like this?
On 6th January 2019
- rating: 7
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Will Larter left this review about Hare & Hounds Hotel
Although I had been here before, the passage of time and a certain amount of alcohol had made my impressions hazy. The addition of Camra's real heritage pubs of the North West to my library prompted a revisit, and I was not disappointed. My appreciation of the surroundings was enhanced by the excellent Holts Bitter; I don't think I've ever had this beer in better condition. It was without doubt my beer of the day.
On 24th October 2018
- rating: 7
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