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Peveril of the Peak, Manchester
Manchester
M1 5JQ
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8½ of 10) see review guidelines
Will Larter left this review about Peveril of the Peak
I'd arranged to meet my cousin here, and after being told that he was doing Dry January I took the precaution of calling in to find out what options they had, but I needn't have bothered as he decided that a couple of pints never hurt anyone. He went for the Timothy Taylor Landlord, but it was looking like it might have reached the bottom of the barrel, pouring loads of froth, before suddenly perking up and getting close to the top of the glass. Meanwhile, our server was pouring my pint of local Millstone Tiger Rut, a 4% pale and forgot to top up the Landlord. I had to remind him after my card payment had gone through and we'd determined that the beer was ok to drink. Slightly sloppy service, and I formed the impression that the pub was overstaffed for a quiet Wednesday night just after new year, compared with some of the better pubs I know. We enjoyed being in the pub, which I have visited before but always when it was too busy to appreciate it, and the beers were fine, but the background music became a bit too overpowering for my ancient ears so we moved on after just one drink.
On 8th January 2026
- rating: 6
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Rob Hunter left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Absolutely shit service on my most recent visit - Saturday evening early March.
Everything was just so slow. The barmaid took my order then proceeded to disappear putting glasses away. Beers were half poured then all the staff got together and took a shot, then she disappeared again to change the barrel but without any kind of warning; I only realised what was happening when someone else started pulling the beer through. No pleasantries whatsoever.
Three of four ales on. My Titanic Plum Porter was excellent, the rest of the experience not so much. Very disappointing and would deter me from returning. The Pev is one of those "Manchester institutions" but if they carry on like this it's not going to be good for business.
On 4th April 2025
- rating: 6
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David Walton left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Visited 14/10/24
Big backlog of transcribing email notes of visits but found this venue such a moving experience that I wanted to record directly on the site rather than copying and pasting at some later time. This is is a majestic venue, typing this as I sit in the curved room with the bar counter in front of me on the patterned fabric banquette that follows the shape of the bar counter on the opposite wall. It has that old school satisfying Lino on the floor with sumptuous woodwork on the bar, the mosaic glass above the bar and the door and surround you open to enter the lovely space. It felt like I was listening into proper meaty pub conversations whilst sat here rather than the superfluous nonsense you hear in the majority of pubs these days. Even the small covered table football table in here seemed like a previous relic and the gents toilets smelled like gents toilets should smell in all the best pubs. It felt very satisfying having to open doors to get from one part to another and I had a brief sojourn into the back room with the pool table, wall mounted jukebox and dartboard and the front lounge with the fire grate, carpet and pleasant seating in what felt like my nan’s front room of my growing up years
Cask offerings were fourfold, the Titanic Plum Porter, TT LL, Millstone Tiger Rut which I established a couple of venues before this was a local brewery and the Mancunian Hoppy Blonde from Brightside. Keg offerings were mere footnotes here, but to record were Moretti, Strongbow, Guinness, Heineken, Inch's, K1664 and Neck Oil.
If god did pub’s to a grand design, he, she or they wouldn’t come up with somewhere as magnificent than this. How do I go an check into my chain hotel around the corner and meet my colleagues over a beer on the bar there after this. Truly magnificent.
On 14th October 2024
- rating: 9
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Old Boots left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Famous for the tiled exterior and the mostly unspoiled interior a very fine pub just up the road from the equally excellent Briton’s Protection. As likely to be named after the book written by Sir Walter Scott, set in the time of Charles II and unusually for Scott in England, as after the stagecoach which could also be named after the book, both predate the pub by a few years. It’s a small place with a three room layout with details from various periods as redecoration will do. Definitely a must visit pub.
On 11th June 2023
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Over 11 years since my last visit here, we decided to pay it a re-visit as we were drinking in the vicinity on New Year's Eve. Pub lovers cannot fail to be impressed by the magnificent tiled interior, but to the non-believer, the pub stands looking a little forlorn and possibly even dilapidated in an area full of modern developments.
Inside, there are essentially 3 rooms and a drinking corridor. All have plenty of character. On the beer front, there are normally 4 real ales. Titanic Plum Porter was off. Although Timothy Taylor Landlord, Millstone Tiger Rut & Brightside Mancunian were all on. I opted for the latter two which were in good condition, but not my kind of beers.
Long may pubs like this survive in our city centres. It may not stock my favourite beers and certainly doesn't have a real cider. It may also be another 11 years before I visit again, but as pubs themselves go, this is a traditional classic.
On 2nd January 2023
- rating: 7
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Strongers . left this review about Peveril of the Peak
The impressive tiling on the exterior of Peveril of the Peak makes it impossible to walk past without popping in for a pint. It looks out of place in amongst the large surrounding buildings and as I approached I thought of the film “Batteries Not Included”. There is a corridor that runs through the pub connecting the left and right entrances. Coming in from the left entrance, the curved bar is accessed through a glass panelled door to the right. To the left is a seating room that was packed with fiddlers and their adoring fans. Further along the corridor is a serving hatch on the right at the rear of the bar and on the left is another room, which was empty with hardly any furniture as it had been moved into the fiddler’s room.
The bar area is very cosy, but they’ve still managed to shoehorn in table football. The bar supports four handpumps that were drawing Timothy Taylor’s Landlord, Titanic Plum Porter, Brightside Brewery’s Mancunian Blonde and Milestone Brewery’s Lindum Pale Ale. A standard draught selection is also available. I found the service to be very friendly and the pub is a must visit.
On 15th February 2022
- rating: 9
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Brainy Pool left this review about Peveril of the Peak
absolutely lovely traditional multi roomed pub, why have I not been here before? very authentic, just a few locals in the bar on a Monday afternoon but plenty of banter going around. Brightside Mancunian and Titanic Plum Porter were the two real ales. the Jukebox was silent and I’m not convinced it is functional, but table football is up and running again in the bar. A museum piece.
On 13th September 2021
- rating: 10
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Rob Hunter left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Visited yesterday (Tuesday lunch time). Separate entrance and exit, you are asked to add your name, contact number and time of visit to a notepad on the bar. Other than that all seemed as normal, four hand pulls for cask and all were on. You are free to sit inside or outside as normal. Some of the banquette seating in the main bar appeared to be taped off to allow for social distancing. My pint of Brightside The Mancunian was spot on.
On 19th August 2020
- rating: 8
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Rob Hunter left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Visited mid week. Four hand pulls at the bar with one of those being off. My Millstone Tiger Rut was fine. Lovely traditional multi roomed pub with striking tiling externally. Normally this would be a 7/10 pub for me but the traditional unspoilt feel of the pub earns it an extra point in my book - well worth an 8/10 from me.
On 31st January 2020
- rating: 8
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Ian Mapp left this review about Peveril of the Peak
Appears to be keeping to the published opening hours - which is great news for beer tourists.
Must visit pub in a great City. Can combine with other gems, like the Britons Protection and the Temple Bar which also shouldn't be missed.
Grade II listed, C19th Century, exterior and interior tiling. Central bar with wood partitioned bar and a lounge in a separate room.
Great juke box music (Smith and New Order adding to the sense of place), friendly locals and other tourists that can't quite believe their luck to be drinking in a living museum. Superb. Authentic.
Timothy Taylor one of three hand pulls. Great condition.
On 4th February 2019
- rating: 10
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