Another fabulous experience at the Shoulder again! Lovely lunch and the wait staff are just the…read moresweetest. Always checking in with you making sure you're happy. Great prices too. Food was delicious as usual.

I used to love it, over lockdown it was great too doing takeaways. However tonight and the last…read moretime about a month ago was really awful. Tonight they messed up the order. They never checked whose food was who's, then my sons dinner never arrived. Nobody came back to check. I had to go into the pub to chase them. About 10 mins after me complaining they arrived. They really didn't care. The previous month they had a ridiculous system implemented which seems to have gone, where they force you to order food from the table and not the bar. So you would have to order your drinks separately. They said this was to prevent people leaving without paying. They made a mess of this as well. Regardless I offered to pay it all up front at the till to ease their minds. They said that was not possible. It's all gone a bit wrong up there.

The Rose and Crown is a family friendly pub that sells food as well as beer. The staff there are…read morevery friendly and helpful, whatever you want they'll get it for you. Its undergone many facelifts and its most recent is the biggest yet. They've added on an extension and a covered outdoor smoking area. They also show the Football on various screens around the pub and theres wireless access. The car park is a reasonable size but gets busy when the footballs on. Best to go for food with the family on a Sunday. You can find it at the top of Ainsworth road, near Ainsworth, Bury.

One of the best pubs in the area by far! Great atmosphere whatever time of the day you go in…read more Friendly and helpful staff whether you go in for food in the day or drinks at night. Gets busy when showing the football and when the world cup was on they had an open air screen in the garden. Open mic nights make a great night out with some talented up and coming artists playing. Recently redecorated it all plays a role into making it a comfortable and inviting pub you will definitely return to if not become a regular!

It's very confusing to review restaurants, pubs, coffee shops, and other businesses as an American…read morevisiting for a bit. I did visit the Strawberry Duck with a local. When he told me about the name of the pub (several times), I was enchanted. I had the fish and chips and much were very fish and chips. I am also a long time vegetarian trying to eat some fish. Failing miserably. The draft beer selections were the same as every other pub in London that I had tried. Found out in my next to last evening in England that Heineken controls the draft scene. I was searching for local, traditional British beer. Only one place in Oxford! I'll keep trying!! Delightful and charming brewpub or pub (again, American). Very homey feel to the restaurant/pub. The service was something. Fine but I enjoyed my experience thoroughly!

After walking for 8.5 miles we ended up back here where we had booked a table for dinner…read more Walking in we were led to a table right in front which was in a middle of a 3 way much to our dismay as people kept constantly walking past us. What I did see of the decor was nice. The majority of the waitresses were young and what I felt inexperienced . Asking us immediately what we wanted to drink without providing a menu and us having to enquire what the soup and pie of the day was. Drinks ordered I browsed the menu. It was just a lot of generic pub grub with not a lot of fish dishes. Saying that I did see some fish and chips get served that looked fab. I did find the menu a bit uninspiring but luckily I clocked the special board and saw the Strawberry Duck with bubble and squeak with garlic mash. Himself had the minted lamb pie and we shared chipolatas with mustard mayo. The starter was nice but forgettable...the mains were the star of the show. My duck was cooked to perfection and everything tasted fresh. The sauce was of perfect consistency and not too sweet. The mash could have done with more garlic but it was a fine dish especially while sipping yummy gooseberry gin. The minted lamb pie was rich and full of flavour with thick chips that were a little undercooked in the middle. To finish we had coffee as we were full. Overall I felt the service let it down a little, Asking if we want sauce when the starter was served with it, not asking how are food was in the beginning , not informing us about the specials etc and in the end we had to order Drinks at the bar as felt a bit neglected. It was nice to have a swift recommendation of what to have with the gin though and the bill was reasonable . Yes I would come back if I went for a walk in the area.

Good friendly pub,nice,crisp pint & had excellent night with the lads roll on next week.read more

The old man loves this place and as we were both working from home one day, we thought we'd grab a…read morelittle treat for lunch. I don't live too far from The King William (King Bill as it's known) and it's really nice to have on your doorstep. Food is nice here and better than your average pub-grub, and it also has some decent ales on tap from a local micro brewery (I'll get the name next time). I had the Cajun Chicken Sandwich which was very well cooked and had a nice little kick to it. That was served with Chips, that were average, nothing to shout about but enough to fill the hole. My Dad had the Chilli Burger with Chips and by all accounts that was fantastic! I'd want to give the place a 5 star glowing reference, however with the lack of Wifi, in 2015, I can't give it full marks - give BT a call and get some wifi, then I'll review again!

Friday lunchtime and just fancied a break from working at home. So somewhere local required. Not…read moreeaten at The King Bill for a while so decided to visit. I was not disappointed. Staff are great, the location offers comfort indoors & an outside terrace if you prefer views over the nearby countryside. Good food and drink choice. I had half a Perroni and their chilli burger. Just enough heat in the quality meat burger and nice fat chips on the side. All served in good time so that I was back at work within the hour. Will be back soon I hope!

Well known in the area for great food. I would have to add that the service is very good as well…read more This is very much a local pub that has decided to excel at food in order to keep the wolves from the door. The rest of the bar is unremarkable, but if you wander outside on a bright sunny day you will find a luscious bowling green (I don't think I've used the word 'luscious' when describing grass before). A well run place that will get you well and watered for a reasonable price.

Great Pub to watch the footy, large screen in vault, several tellys in room, price of beer very…read moregood.

This is our local! We love it in here! It is a traditional pub.It is so welcoming and friendly. It…read moreis split into 2 rooms,the lounge and the vault. It is only a small pub but can pack plenty in,especially at weekends.There is seating outside,which is fantastic in the summer! They just started a beer festival this year which was a great success! With plenty of real ales as well as the usual,it attracts a varied crowdfab!!

A thriving traditional pub, selling a large variety of beers and drinks, bar snacks are on offer…read moretoo.. Staff are friendly and the atmosphere in here is good welcoming There is a small seating area outside the front of the pub which does get busy at the weekends and summer nights.. Parking is not available here but taxis are

Very nice pub half way between Ramsbottom and Bolton. It's small and 'local', extremely cosy. Where…read morethis place excels though is in the attached restaurant. Again not big, but a great atmosphere and superb food. You can get the 'posh' stuff, but they also do a mean steak and kidney pudding. You can get bar meals too. The staff are very friendly and will go out of their way to please you. Prices aren't unreasonable. Children are welcome as long as it's not too late, and as long as they don't annoy me if I happen to be on seconds.

It's a great place. Clean and comfortable. Good extensive menu and reasonably priced with…read morewell-trained young staff who can't seem to do enough for you. If every pub, bar and restaurant was like this the world would be a far better place!

Brilliant boozer! Does all the stuff I like to drink, very local to me being around the corner…read more Staff always very friendly and food is very nice too. Keep it up guys!

I'd seen the Footballers' Inn mentioned on an article about pub crawling the East Lancs Railway but…read morehadn't quite realised it's almost a 15 minutes uphill climb from the station. This nearly killed my dad and meant we arrived with only about 10 mins to drink before we'd need to get the train back to Bury, an idea we quickly abandoned in favour of a taxi. Overall I wouldn't recommend it as part of that crawl unless you, like us, are there at the end of the day and are prepared to miss out on the last 10 minutes of the journey. It's not the best or most beautiful pub in the world but it had a great buzz early on a Saturday night, only enhanced as Man City began their match against Everton. Oddly while there are at least 3 excellent screens, even pre-match they all showed just Sky Sports News, so I don't think you'll get much of a variety here. Drinks selection includes standard uninteresting fare but also a few taps of well kept real ale, including a stout I really enjoyed. My dad fancied a whisky and my bf managed to find the bartender a dusty bottle of Lagavulin, so while it's clearly not a whisky pub there is actually an option ideal for whisky drinkers! Definitely a reliable bet if you're in the area.

Makes you think, doesn't it? The name could be good or bad. And I say that as a football supporter…read more Could be grim. Could be very very grim. I didn't know what to expect when I first set foot in what is now my local (though I've only managed to get there twice). An all-male sawdust stacked armpit serving watery lager on electric taps perhaps? Flanks of thick armed fellas cracking the plaster with unblinking eyes and sandpaper hair? Instead I discovered the good football. The football that actually keeps punters returning to the game, in its live version season after season. The bar staff smile. They make eye-contact. They step back momentarily and acknowledge that choosing between TT's Landlord, Black Sheep and a number of well appointed guests takes time. They recognise that such things arewell, pretty crucial. They wipe your table down and visit the tables of the better known patrons to take their orders. They stumble over your dog, apologise, wake it up, stroke it and offer it food. They produce said food, dangle it appropriately and then your dog spits out and you feel embarrassed. Immediately they gain the upper hand and everything changes - er, no: I digress. You feed it to your dog and frankly insist, telling him you intend to return, be nice to the kind lady who gives you treats. You sit down, if you can find a free table and immediately you are surrounded. Ensconced by people who are inevitably merry, but merry in that almost mystical way you can rarely achieve, because as soon as you begin to reflect on it you've had another drink and now you've gone and exceeded your good drunken limit yet again. Once more it's just a memory, a fleeting alcohol based nirvana sailing by in and out of the mist like the Marie Celeste of real ale. But these people, around you are the crew of said vessel and they are floating, blissfully (on a school night too!) in the horse latitudes of The Footballers' Inn. They smile, and even you can't fail to become enthralled by their conversational snares - subtle at first, tentative, but ultimately all-pervasive. Yet again, like the Lord Raglan, there's none of that don't stray from the path attitude here if they don't recognise your fiz. It's beamed, probably authentically, it's cramped, it's slightly claustrophobic and the temperature rises as your drink goes down. Every ounce of wall space is given over to football memorabilia, but in a very curious way that - honestly - would be easy to overlook. Even the heavily Man U weighted main lounge doesn't quite reach shrine proportions - like that tiny pub on Manchester's Portland Street (is it The Grey Horse or The Circus Tavern?) and the appealing factor of the pub is it's highly various clientele, from middle aged women out together, to older men, younger men, teenagers and of course me! On both occasions I've noticed it contains at least one dog. Maybe it operates within the Quantity Theory of Dogs - as in the pub always houses one dog whose form merely changes depending on the clientel. And the humidity. Returning to the theme of said pub, the smaller lounge which also serves as a part-time vault, contains some quite historical footballing memorabilia of an apparently random nature. These are nice touches for the discerning observer. I find myself looking at all the penants from all the different British clubs and foreign teams and imagining the stories behind how they go there - were they from fans of those clubs or perhaps from away supporters, mementos of travels far and wide? A nice place. I know I'll return. And definitely the last place for a kick-off.