Lovely little cafe on Bold St - excellent location, feels authentic and homely, lovely friendly…read morestaff and super quick service! Delicious food too :)

Yet another of these traditional cafes along the same stretch of road. You lucky, lucky people -…read moreyou really are spoilt for choice. There are a number of great things about Maggie Mays; the low price, the honest auntie's-dining-room furnishings, the service with a cackle - the best thing about Maggie Mays though is the scouse. The dish of our namesake has rarely been better done (except by my own mum) - the hearty, tasty stew served with a hunk of delicious crusty bread is a must. Good for breakfast too - a sausage sandwich will set you back less than £3 and fill you up for a good while. Watch of a lunchtime as the place begins to teem with locals and students alike after some home-cooked fare that won't cost the earth.

This has to be the best pub in Lytham st annes. The drinks are reasonably priced with the hidden…read moregem being the food. The pub sell bar snacks all day that are homecooked and excellent quality and value for money. If you are after something more substantial then there is the restaurant to the side which is relaxed well staffed. With fantastic prices such as 3 courses for £9.99 you can't go wrong. The staff are all excellent and the pub landlord runs a very tight ship which is what makes it such a great place to go. This is why when you go in you will find all age ranges from young to old. Oh and beer is pretty good too!

having lived in st annes years ago it was nice to revisit this pub beer and wine was ok food was…read moregood i always remember it being so tho the one drawback wernt over enamoured with the student types who worked behind the bar especially the lad who seemed to take great fun in taking the mickey out of the scottish notes i presented it does grate on you especially when we are trying to encourage tourism to a town however il give it a good rating because i do like this pub.....gj from dundee

One of the Manchester's oldest pubs, the Briton's Protection is a much loved drinking den that has…read morea loyal clientele all year round. Open afternoons and evenings, it's a great place to catch up with friends or go for a quick pint before a gig or movie. The front bar is tiny and usually populated by grey haired men nursing a never-ending pint. If you walk down the corridor however, you'll find a cluster of cosy rooms with old velvet seats, copper topped tables and a roaring log fire. There's also a small beer garden which gets rammed in the summer - despite having no views, flowers or atmosphere! Upstairs there's a cosy reception room which local promoters sometimes use for live gigs. I saw Badly Drawn Boy play his first gig here many moons ago and was quietly blown away. If you're coming to a show, get here early or you'll have to choose between queing for a drink or trying to find somewhere to stand. Speaking of liquor, stay clear of the wine - it tastes like battery acid - and stick to their great range of ales, beers, whisky and bourbon.

I'd convinced myself I'd never been to The Briton's Protection before, but on visiting here with a…read moremate for a cheeky after work bevvy (which turned into a mini 'bar crawl', see reviews of Rain Bar http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/rain-bar-manchester and Peveril Of The Peak http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/peveril-of-the-peak-manchester), I was reminded that I'd darkened their door at least once before... On first sight you'd think there was hardly anywhere to sit and enjoy your well-earned beer, as the bar stretches from wall to wall. Follow the corridor to the left of the bar and you'll see several off-shoot rooms to find a cushioned bench or bar stool. Given it's December we headed straight to the room with the roaring fire and got a great seat in front of the flames. I loved it here. My mate loved it here. And we would have stayed but the fact we wanted to sample more than one establishment that evening. Really enjoyed the beer here as well - the bar manager made a recommendation (alas I've forgotten its name, the beer, not the bar guy, but it was very good indeed). Tip: If you love your whiskies, you won't be disappointed here either, they have a sizeable selection.

Never have I ever. Stay tuned... this is a long and crazy story (little did she know, I'm a…read morefreelance writer!). The bar woman (heavy-set, red hair) who works there isn't wrapped tightly. I went there on Sunday night/Monday morning with some nice bartenders as a plus-one during a "bartenders-only" time. I am visiting from Toronto, Canada (first-timer) and was jiving with everyone. I go to pay via card and my friend and I were jokingly arguing about who should pay. I grab the machine before my friend can reach it, then I turn around, and begin keying in my password. The bartender then startles me by SCREAMING at me to "TURN AROUND! TURN AROUND RIGHT NOW! YOU NEED TO FACE ME WHEN YOU'RE USING THE MACHINE!" I turn around and jokingly say, "Why? You want to see my password or something?" and then she yells "I WAS ROBBED!".... Like, huh? Funnily enough, I was recently robbed (Manchester can be quite gritty). So I calmly tell her that and ask what being robbed has to do with anything. I was literally standing still, holding the machine, and keying my password into it, albeit with my back facing her. How are you freaking out about "robbery" while I'm in the midst of paying you? Weird. I promise you, it was completely out of left field. It's like she was transported into some traumatic setting from her past, wherein I was the perpetrator. So I pay and slowly hand her the machine. She snatches it rudely and people are looking at her wondering why she's being so aggressive to me. I shake it off, change the topic, and continue enjoying the night with everyone. I was never loud, drunk, rude, or obnoxios to anyone at all. And I deliberately ignored her existence. Now the bar's about to close and my friend asks if there's time to go for a smoke and come back to finish our drinks. She says yes, but we have to be quick. 3 minutes later, my beer's gone, all the tables are cleared, etc. So I calmly ask her where my beer's gone. She says she took it off the table since they're closing. I express my confusion, since my friend asked 3 minutes ago if there's time, and mumble to myself that that's $10 literally down the drain (the conversion from GBP to CAD is killer). Then -- again --, she immediately flies off the handle saying "YOU'VE BEEN AGGRESSIVE WITH ME ALL NIGHT! YOU'VE BEEN GIVING ME ATTITUDE ALL NIGHT! GET OUT! YOU'RE BANNED! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE HERE AGAIN!" Excuse me? You've got that backwards lady and everyone saw it. Don't try to make me look bad just because you embarrassed yourself. I just responded by asking her repeatedly, "Who do I look like that hurt you? Who do I remind you of?" I don't even care that she banned me. For one, I'm just a tourist passing through. And second, why would I go somewhere where I'm hated for no reason? I don't feel safe around this woman and other people who go there shouldn't either. She needs serious help. I am really disturbed by this bartender's behaviour. At least when you're robbed, there's a clear motive. Not sure what was motivating her aggression and hatred. To the owner who I met that night (yes, I'm the black woman with long dreads, seeing glasses, and a toque), please have a serious word with your bartender. She will surely try to paint me as a villain but ask anyone I was there with. And check any CCTV footage. No one deserves to be treated so poorly without cause. You don't have to like me to treat me with basic human dignity. Gah-lee.

Traditional-looking pub? Yes. Decent selection of ales? Alas, no…read more Did a search for pubs close to Chinatown before a meal and this place popped up so thought to give it a try. They were showing the footy on their two big screens so it was fairly busy in there (I say busy, there were probably 20 people but it's not particularly spacious). They had Timothy Taylor's Landlord and Black Sheep Brewery's Best Bitter available - the few others were more well known lagers etc. A pint of Landlord cost £3.90 and it was supposedly happy hour so who knows what they normally charge. It just doesn't have anything that would make me want to return in a hurry to be honest, there are better boozers only a few minutes walk away. Timber to Seven Oaks...

Airport is conveniently located 5-10 minutes walk from the airport hotels - we thought it would be…read morea suitably English way to end our UK Trip. Pub has nice interior, staff were friendly and helpful. We were seated immediately and had a range of meals (pie, ribs, chicken). Ribs and pie were really good, chicken was a bit dry. Good range of drink options. Highlight was the playground which our kids loved and the ability to watch all the planes land at the airport

This place was highly recommended by some very picky friends, so had to go. Great easy to walk to…read morelocation from nearby hotels. Was seated immediately close to the bar. Very friendly staff when you could get a hold of one. We waited about 20 mins before anyone brought us a menu another 15 or so till they took our drink orders and another 20 mins before we were able to call over someone to take our order. Once we had our food and beer it was all good from there. Great food nice and hot. The wings here are absolutely delicious of your used to wings covered in sauce you won't get it here the sauce is drizzled on. Ordered the sharing platter for two cause well I can. The food is great and I am proud to say I finished it unlike my buddy. Who struggled ! They had a few beers on tap and were out of most of them so you should not even bother planning for that. I heard out side is nice but I was focused inside trying to get someone to notice me. From what I could hear it was noisy lot of kids outside. So yep that's it. Get the food, get beer in a bottle, be prepared to wait so bring a board game or something maybe a good book. Enjoy.

A real icon of the Victorian greatness of Manchester, Sam's opened in the same location over 150…read moreyears ago in the quaintly named Back Pool Fold location This is the place where the businessman of the day would eat when the City was known as King Cotton, but with the interior more recently updated to acknowledge artist LS Lowry who often frequented the establishment in the 1950s and 60s Framed photographs of the artist adorn the walls and a life size bronze sitting at the bar work so well It's an English pub, so unless you book yourself into the dining room, you buy your drinks and the bar and then find a seat The bar service is prompt and efficient The menu is classic North of England; steak and kidney pudding with mushy peas and mashed potatoes were just like I remember as a kid in these parts more than 50 years ago A tribute to Lowry on the menu is Lowry Lamb Cutlets - presumably a favorite of the artist back in the day; thick cut lamb chops on a bed of rocket was absolutely top notch This place is a classic and I can't believe that anybody would be disappointed

Sam's Chop House appears to be an old time pub / chop house feel. The atmosphere inside is actually…read morequite nice. The staff were also friendly. We arrived around 8:15 for dinner. It was clear the server was struggling with the 6-7 tables so the manager and bartender stepped in to help. It took a little while to get our simple drinks out but that is not offensive with the amount of tables quickly coming in. However the food was pretty horrid. I ordered the soup and a side of cabbage and my wife ordered their famous corned beef. The corned beef is a pate style corned beef that is oversalted and feels like it came out of a can and had the consistency of fancy cat food. It flavor was sincerely lacking. The pork roll came out first with the cabbage. The exterior of it was lukewarm and dense. Cutting into it I found the meat was ice cold. It had clearly not been baked correctly which was surprising given it came out 15 minutes before the cat food. All in all it was very disappointing and not somewhere we would recommend going for food. Drinks maybe. 2 stars only due to a nice staff.

We popped in for a late lunch/early dinner. My husband has been multiple times but this was my…read morefirst visit. I had an awful fish & chips dinner in London last week so he brought me here to make up for it as he says they're the best he's had so far in the UK. Let me tell you that it lived up to the hype. A beautiful large piece of flaky haddock so lightly fried and it had an audible cracking sound when I put my fork to it. We had started with an octopus starter from the specials menu which had lovely fresh flavors and my husband enjoyed the squid ink risotto which was also delicious. Cute place and nice staff. I look forward to going back and trying more of their dishes, everything sounded great.

Book before coming as they are limited due to covid 19. We were here on a Saturday night and was…read moreable to make reservations by calling in advance the same day. The restaurant was clean. Not to many people inside due to Covid-19. All staff members were very friendly. Checked on our table often. Everything we ordered was delicious. If you are looking for great seafood, this is where to go. We will definitely be back when we visit Liverpool again.

Just been for our tea, ordered 2 sirloin steaks asked for medium, they were the worst steaks I have…read moreever had in my life, impossible to chew due to veins running all through them, I left mine, my other ate half, so we paid £24 fo chips and peas, dreadful never go again

The macdonalds of the pub world. the food is the same as it was last year .. and everything comes…read morewith chips. a popular favourite with families as has kiddies play areas and menus to match.( also mostly with chips) beer is good and night staff are friendly. if you have kids and they like chips and knickerbocker glories it's 2mins off J27 of the M6..