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Grey Horse Inn, Manchester

80 Portland Street
Manchester
M1 4QX
Phone: 01612361874

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Malden man left this review about The Grey Horse Inn

Up a series of steps into a very small single roomed pub with a boarded floor and an L-shaped bit of perimeter bench seating. A small curved bar to one side, one wall is timber boarded, the ceiling has stained beams covered in beer mats, it is all a bit rustic despite being a central Manchester pub. A few football bits and bobs of the City's two teams on one wall plus there are B&W old local views. A smallish TV was showing a darts match. Seating at the benches with stools at a few Britannia tables. Service was delightfully warm and friendly from a chirpy barmaid, Hydes Ales, Original, Owd Oak, Beer Studio (Hydes) Ruby Amarillo plus something called Woodward and Falconer Balderdash. There is a little yard to the rear which has room for one small table.
It's a lovely little pub, a must double with the slightly smaller Circus Tavern two doors up. This little run of very old buildings was apparently once a row of weaver's cottages, unimaginable nowadays with the bustling city centre surrounding them.

On 16th November 2015 - rating: 7
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Al Bundy left this review about The Grey Horse Inn

Its ok. One of 3 next door to each other. Its friendly and is always worth popping in if you've just got off the National Excuse bus

On 28th September 2015 - rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about The Grey Horse Inn

Cracking little pub on one of Manchesters main thoroughfares. Traditional decoration, some of it Victorian in style. Very friendly staff and customers, on this occasion a girl from Hebden Bridge and a American Coastguard on holiday. 5 handpumps, all on, serving Hydes Original, 1863, Jekylls Gold & Manchester Finest. On the 5th handpump was a beer they claimed was a guest, Beer Studio Vermillion Hue, in reality it's brewed at Hydes on their pilot plant. It was a decent beer though. Well worth a visit when in the city centre.

On 9th October 2013 - rating: 8
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Nick Davies left this review about The Grey Horse Inn

Tiny, friendly, lovely traditional pub of the sort which us tourists from down south miss so much. Full Hydes range in good shape. Should be included on any crawl of the city.

On 29th September 2013 - rating: 8
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General Staal left this review about The Grey Horse Inn

An ancient building. Narrow and thin. Looks Georgian. The small semi circular bar is near the front. It is a tiny pub.

Service was friendly, as was the clientele. It comes across as a proper old fashioned boozer.

There were five ales on. Hydes Original, Hydes 1863, Hydes Anniversary, Lancaster Bomber and Beer Studio's Winsome Blonde.

The Original was in good form.

In short, a lovely pub. I would revisit.

On 27th July 2013 - no rating submitted
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Grey Horse Inn

This is a friendly traditional pub, the barmaid and manageress were welcoming and chatty. The pub has a relaxed atmosphere and is comfortable, no music playing and the tv was on subtitles. There were five ales on handpumps from Hydes, Mrs Ale went for the Hydes Frayed Knott. I tried the Hydes Original and the Mild.

On 16th June 2013 - rating: 8
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John Bonser left this review about The Grey Horse Inn

A few doors down from The Circus Tavern is The Grey Horse, a fine welcoming traditional pub that is, in fact, not a lot bigger than its rather better known neighbour. Like that pub, it’s a small unassuming narrow frontage, which you could quite easily not notice if you didn’t know of it.

It’s a cosy comfortable single room with fixed perimeter padded seating, circular tables and a bar counter that retains a gantry with frosted leaded glass. There’s something of a country pub feel to the place with black ceiling and wall beams, plates high up on a shelf and white lace curtains contributing to a slightly old fashioned “living room” feel. At the back, a door leads out to the now rare outside toilets. There’s a few football photographs / prints – Franny Lee, George Best etc – but nothing like the fine collection of The Circus Tavern. There’s a small unobtrusive TV high up in one corner of the room which, on my visit was showing highlights of the evening’s earlier game at Old Trafford against Fulham.

The Grey Horse is a Hydes pub and, on my recent evening visit, was offering Original, Mild and the seasonal Berry Good. Hydes beers have never struck me as being particularly distinctive and my visit did nothing to change that perception, with both the Original and the Mild ( £ 2.80p and £ 2.60p respectively ) being rather bland and undistinguished. Perhaps I should have gone for the Berry Good. The pub is listed in the 2012 CAMRA Good Beer Guide.

This is a friendly and welcoming pub that tends to attract a more mature clientele and, with more of a local feel than The Circus Tavern, you might want to call in if that pub is too crowded

On 2nd April 2012 - rating: 7
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Grey Horse Inn

This is a small, homely pub. I had an excellent pint of Hyde’s Original; they had another couple of ales on, including a Hyde’s Mild, which was also excellent according to one of my companions. There were a handful of small round metal framed tables, plus some upholstered benches and a few small stools. The walls were adorned with numerous photographs, including, predictably I suppose, those of George Best and Sir Alex Ferguson. The walls and ceiling had false dark varnished beams, I suppose to give the place something of a country pub appeal, but for some reason didn’t look out of place here. This is a nice little pub with none of the modern foibles that have spoilt so many pubs (at least in my native London). I doubt whether I’ll get the opportunity to get back to this one during my current trip – but I certainly wouldn’t mind paying a return visit some time.

On 23rd September 2011 - rating: 7
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Clive Thompson left this review about The Grey Horse Inn

Friendly pub with a good atmosphere and decent beer. The only problem is that once you've got the grey horse in you can't get anyone else in. Probably gets away with it because it's bigger than the Circus Tavern nearby.

On 22nd April 2006 - rating: 7
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