Three of us met for a lunch time catch up. excellent helpful staff who advised on the food…read moredescriptions. offered alternatives also . Very pleasant staff. the table was cleaned before we sat down. Nothing was too much trouble. Step off the tram and turn left and there is this amazing pub! Bery relaxing to see activities through the window in the canal. Boars and people walking by the footpath. Can't wait to return!! May 2023

Having recently changed managers and been completely refurbished both inside and out, this former…read morelacklustre local boozer is now a much more contemporary and food-focused pub. It's still part of the JW Lees pub chain mind you, selling their beers (so don't be expecting anything too exciting flowing from the taps), but they've done away with the company logos on the exterior and really put lots of thought into how to target their revised customer base - diners with a slightly more modern appetite. The dining spaces are smartly designed and depending on your party's size, you could reserve a semi-private area for your meal. We sat in the conservatory restaurant area which overlooks the beer garden and Bridgewater Canal; it's a light and airy part of the building, even in winter. Their food menu is seasonal, so we got to see what they were offering for winter. We were all sold on the Sunday roasts though, which were good quality and reasonably priced at £10.50. Feeling the need to treat ourselves to dessert, we ordered sticky toffee puddings (gorgeous) and a cheeseboard. The service was a well-oiled machine; the team worked seamlessly and were very welcoming. It's promising that there's now another local eatery that you could take your whole family to and they'd be well catered for.

Great concept - horrendous delivery…read more I really don't like the Streamhouse. Its not very clean, not in a very good state of repair and isn't run well. I love Belgian beer bars which I think is what they were trying to do here. It misses the mark completely for me. Good range of beers in theory but not actually any available on tap - check. No menu to help you decide from the range of other drinks available leaving you peering behind the bar into the fridges - check. Too few staff at busy periods - check. Not a great interior, it desperately needs a refurb and the women's toilets are not nice. The outside seating is right on a fairly busy main road so not very pleasant even on a sunny day. Sadly despite all this its still the best place for a drink in Sale, hence the reason we always go to another part of Manchester for a night out.

Thanks to a recent (though on the surface, fairly rudimentary) refurbishment, The Steamhouse is…read moreless of a town centre dive bar these days but still keeps a firm hold of its identity - liquid refreshment upstairs and aural refreshment downstairs - thanks to regular live music sessions. They feature up to three real ales (but no regular beers), usually from local breweries such as Dunham Massey. When we drank there though we were pretty underwhelmed by the draughts (tying them all) but their wide range of bottled and canned world beers definitely needs shouting about - they have some seriously good options. On Friday and Saturday nights their cellar bar has live bands playing so bear it in mind if you're looking for a quiet spot for a drink and conversation. There's seating for a few dozen people upstairs but it's a popular place, especially now that they serve homemade pizzas if you fancied a bit to eat as well. Tip: the live music sessions are free. Follow @sale_steamhouse on Twitter for details.

Mmmmm the review I never thought I'd write. This is my secret (top secret - this review will self…read moredestruct in 5 seconds) favourite restaurant. I hardly ever tell anyone it exists for fear it will become super busy and we'll never be able to get a table there. I must be going soft in my old age as I am letting you all in on the secret, probably banking on the fact you won't want to be bothered coming all the way to Sale for a meal and my monogamous love affair with Table 10 can continue uninterrupted. Run by the two loveliest people, lady front of house and chef in the kitchen who I've never met but as our favourite table sits under somewhere we can hear into the kitchen we feel we know him by his voice. It's a tiny restaurant (hence my irrational fear of overcrowding the reservations book!) traditional English in its decor, if there is such a thing, with a menu hand written on a blackboard that they prop up on a chair next to you. Got to love a handwritten blackboard menu! We love the bobotie pie here so much that Dan F has had to perfect his own version at home. It's not quite the same but we are close. Dan has an uncanny knack of ordering the best thing on any menu, seriously if you are out with him always order what he chooses or you will regret it. He went for the venison and it was fantastic. I had chicken which was lovely but after one small mouthful of what was left of Bambi I wanted to grab his off him and refuse to share the remained with him, probably not great valentines etiquette...... This review is now far too long so I'll just say desserts are classic 'nursery' choices and always delicious. They have a wine list that we are always happy to order off and usually have far more than we should as we enjoy it so much.

I finally got to try T10 after nearly three years of living in the town - and I wasn't…read moredisappointed, not one iota. Its unassuming frontage on the busy main road hides a cosy, relaxed dining space with room for 30-40 covers. The staff are welcoming and can't do enough for you; they seem to know just the right time to pop back to the table to see if everything's alright without you feeling they're being excessive. There are lots of tempting choices on the modern, international menu (they've specials which change frequently). Stick to their standard menu though and you can enjoy a three course meal for £15.95 without drinks. I was enticed more from their specials on this occasion, ordering cod goujons followed by venison with porcini mushroom sauce and creamy mash. Everything was absolutely superb; so much so we decided to splurge and have dessert too. I'd heard the chef was South African so opted for the native cinnamon milktart which came with a scoop of ice cream and a shot of vodka! Some of their wines are available by the glass - I can recommend their Sauvignon Blanc. They're a real local gem, relying on fresh seasonal produce to lead their ever-changing menus. It's great to have another local restaurant to spread the word and rave about.

I've lived in Ashton my whole life and even used to work here , but tonight was awful , was in with…read morea friend and a good friend called to borrow some money as he has had family issues , he parked in the main car park in front of a busy beer garden , staff and cameras , after giving him the money the landlord accused us of buying drugs and asked us to leave , no chance to explain ourselves and was in front of many family friends, very embarrassing and only happened because our friend was a black man driving a Mercedes, I'll never step foot in here again

Lovely food, reasonably priced. Friendly staff, and nice surroundings. Highly recommended.read more

The Bulls Head in Sale is pretty much as traditional a pub/bar as you…read morewould expect from a place with this name. Along with many other licensed premises named in a similar vein (be they Queens Heads, Red Lions or Dukes of Wellington), you're probably familiar with the genre... Highly patterned carpets, ample seating upholstered predominantly with red velour and brown corduroy, un-subtle lighting and chalkboards on most of the walls. I suppose that these elements are all part of the quintessential British boozer, but without getting too 'Al Murray' about it, I have to say that I quite like these sorts of place and the Bulls Head isn't too bad. A reasonable range of fairly standard beers is on offer, and at quite reasonable prices. A pint of London Pride and a reasonable G&T came in at under £5 which seems pretty good to me! The atmosphere isn't bad either... a fairly predictable range of tunes being played on the sound system, friendly staff and a reasonable bunch among my fellow punters. They offer a wide range (okay, a predictable range) of pub-grub, and are trying to embrace the 21st century with a Facebook presence so trying to appeal to a wider market maybe than the average daytime drinker who flits between the pub and the betting shop... So in summary, not the best place in the world, but certainly not the worst, and I'd definitely pop in there again for an early evening drink on a blustery winters evening (like I did last night!)

I'd forgotten all about this pub. Must head there soon!…read more I've only been here for gigs so I have no idea what it's like normally but it's really good for a gig! They set up the stage right in the bar and you sit around on stools, the most relaxed venue ever!! I've been to four gigs there and always stayed after the gig to have a couple of drinks with the band! The drinks are stupidly cheap and as Alison has already mentioned, there's a good range of beers. Not far from a Metrolink station so easy to get to from town and it makes it easy to carry on the night too!

Wow, this place puts the hostile into hospitality. The 'food' and cappuccino 'coffee' I had were…read moretruly awful too. A genuine SABENA event: Such A B*##*y Experience Never Again whoever wrote the stuff on their website clearly hasn't been here. I've written 396 reviews. I'll remember this grim place for all the wrong reasons: it's one of the very worst places I've had a misfortune to go to in 20 years. We weren't greeted when we went in. Nor did anyone say hello when we sat. Nor did anyone approach to offer drinks or give us menus. Their website says it's a warm welcoming place. We sat for ages being totally ignored. It was a wet Wednesday lunchtime; it was well over 15 minutes before we made a move to the bar. It was surreal to be in and ignored in what its website says is a smart bar chain with a menu of global classics: maybe in a parallel universe but certainly not here. . It was only the rain outside that stopped me leaving to go elsewhere. I was uncomfortable. Is it me maybe; is this how the locals like it. I don't know. I know it's not my experience and I won't ever return. Staff did pass by. A guy in a brown shirt cleared away 'food' from a table adjacent to us where two elderly ladies discussed wine prices. He passed very close by us repeatedly. It's never a good sign to see lots of food still left on plates. The table we sat at was dirty with a dirty Stella beer glass for good measure. We sat right beside the bar. We removed the dirty glass. The table wasn't cleaned at all during our stay. Ponder this: if a table in the public area is dirty and not cleaned over your stay then what of the kitchen you don't see? We cleared our own dirty table. We got our own menus. We placed our own order. We paid up front. When we were served the 'food' it was mostly deep fried, highly processed muck (see photos). Jamie & Hugh would go into apoplexy at the poor standards, lousy coffee and rubbish food here and rightly so. The current government introduce sugar taxes yet allow places like this to stay open. They'd deep fry lettuce here if they could get away with it. I'm sure the directors of the business can't believe their luck making money selling fried to near burnt highly processed cheap muck. If the deep fat fryers & deep freezers broke they'd have to close. Another staffer; a young guy in a white shirt & jeans walked by several times too, seemingly aloof. He completely ignored us too. No word of welcome. Nothing. We didn't exist. He clearly hasn't read the website. He had a pre-fixed scowl too. He wandered about doing nothing. His scowl was off-putting but looks are deceiving as when he eventually served up our 'food' he was perfectly pleasant delivering the muck. Maybe he's unhappy being there I know I couldn't justify serving this muck to folk. His brown shirted colleague was friendly when they actually engaged so decent chaps in a nightmare kitchen? I wanted to leave but my wife went to the bar and got scowlers attention. We had no idea it was self order & pay up front. We eventually guessed. I was furious at the complete disconnect with customers who pay their wages. We paid for a mixed platter (£13.49) with extra chips. What we got was mostly deep fried, factory made, highly processed, over-cooked muck including deep fried oblong shaped stuff I simply couldn't identify even on tasting. Not a global classic by an stretch of imagination. There were lots of factory made near burnt tiny mushrooms in a grim breadcrumb case. Again not a global classic just muck. The fries, Teriyaki-glazed chicken thigh skewers, Southern-fried chicken goujons & garlic ciabatta bread strips were awful. We didn't get the margarita arancini, frittata, onion rings or extra chips but the impossible to identify nasty fried oblong muck could have been frittata and if so its false trading. I'm ashamed to say that most of the 'food' we did get went to the ducks swimming in the nearby river. For this I now apologise. Those ducks did me no harm.

Fantastic service and delicious drinks! I visited this slug…read moreand lettuce a few weeks ago with a close friend to catch up after having not seen eachother for years! We'd heard that this place had been recently refurbished so decided to give it a go. When we were arrived we were greeted by staff and told how to order and seat ourselves. Whilst it isn't table service, ordering at the bar is quick and easy. We ordered some cocktails to try from a wonderful lady called Ruth who was really friendly and quickly got us our drinks. Later on Emma sorted us out with more drinks and was also very helpful The atmosphere was very welcoming and the space was very clean, we thoroughly enjoyed visiting and sitting inside. Whilst we didn't order any food, some people on nearby tables had some very nice looking food. All in all, we're very glad that we visited and if we lived more locally we would visit regularly.

What a strange place. It is like the twilight zone! Seriously. I was supporting a local band (who…read morevery excellent) and the set up was just so odd. There was an allocated spot for the band to play * in between two seating areas * which was facing a brick wall and higher than any seating area, which meant it was impossible to physically sit and watch the band. The space was that small that the bassist couldn't even stand with the rest of band!! The staff were young girls who were frankly rude. It was one of those places that is trying to seem a little more upmarket * which is fine until you get into the toilets where were just rammy! The drinks were expensive too! Overall, it was just a really bad experience. I would never go there again * nor ever recommend anyone to go there!

The new Brooklands Tap is so beautiful. The food is outstanding. The staff are friendly and…read morehelpful. The new owner done an amazing job transforming the place to a family friendly bar and restaurant. Highly recommended!

Geographically speaking, The Volunteer is my local pub. After over a year living nearby, a friend…read moreand I ventured here for a couple of drinks as we'd seen it was 'under new management'. The downstairs is one large room served by a single bar. Being a Joseph Holt pub, the draught beers are limited to their Bitter and Mild, so it's not going to be somewhere to head to if you wanted to sample a range of local ales. That being said, both pints were pretty decent. If I'd written the review within the first 15 minutes of entering, it'd probably be awarded two stars, as the landlady was bordering on abrasive when we dared to ask what types of gin they had (the answer was "house gin or Gordon's"). Who knows what the house gin was - maybe it's distilled upstairs in a bathtub. To save you from minor embarrassment, don't ask if they have slices of lime. Aside from this minor lack of a warm welcome, we settled down round the corner from the bar and surveyed our surroundings. Raised seating areas break up the room nicely. There are two dart boards and a pool table; it was bustling with locals and almost all of them looked like they were regulars. We were probably the youngest in there by 15 years. Their rating started to climb thanks to the brilliance of the karaoke - there were some who were taking it really seriously - and the large screens meant you could sing along to your heart's content, which we did. We must have been on a savoury high from the packets of Scampi Fries and Bacon Fries. All in all it's a what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of pub, for good, ordinary folk out for a few bevvies. I think we'll come back here - I've a need to show the punters how well I can sing Delilah by Tom Jones ;)

Great Pub! Good food. Good Beer…read moreVery friendly staff. I was very glad I made my way to this friendly neighborhood pub.

The Little B is another of Sale's well known pubs that has gone through a number of different…read morestyles of decor, breweries and presumably managers over the years. In years gone by when Sale Sharks Rugby Union were based next door to the B (as it's known by locals), it was perfectly located for the pre- and post- match fans who didn't want to drink in the rugby club. But since the Sharks moved to Stockport, I can now see little that would draw customers to drink here, being as it is at least 25 minutes walk from Sale town centre and the rest of its 'nightspots' (and I use the term loosely!). This would perhaps explain the ever changing decor, range of beers, variety of food on offer and the multiple different themed nights that are hosted here. The B has it all, from quiz nights, a pool table, lots of screens for watching sporting events and the occasional live music act (the last one I saw there was a Billy Idol impersonator... unique!). There is a lot of seating, food priced from very cheap (less than a fiver) to more comprehensive meals (steaks etc) for around a tenner. A large terrace out the front of the pub with heaters under the umbrellas for smokers is a welcome facility on both warm and cold nights. There is also a large car park behind the pub. And yet, for all the features above, I have grown to dislike the B for some reason. It lacks any real atmosphere, and beyond a rather cliquey set of locals, it can feel quite unwelcoming to the occasional visitor. I've also suffered ill-effects from drinking draught beer there before, on more than one occasion which leads me to question their cleanliness (or at the very least, the quality of their beer). There is plenty to recommend the B, but also plenty to put me off it which is why for me it warrants only 2 stars.

I spent one of the most memorable days of my life in the Little B in Sale. My friend lived round…read morethe corner off Brooklands and it was in walking distance. Anyway, I had arrived the day before to stay the summer kickin it around Manchester with some awesome peeps, but I was denied entry into the country and was only allowed to stay for about 36 hours. So I had one full day and what would I do with it? I'd spend it in a PUB! How proper? My friend, Claire and I were lining up outside before it even opened around 11 am while my other friend went to fetch her boyfriend somewhere closer to Manchester! The double vodka-lime and lemonades began flowing and about 60 pound was spent on the Pub Quiz.....it wasn't like I needed the $2000 in my pocket for anyting else that day!! Was in the pub well into the afternoon and had a great day playing pool and hanging out! Thank you, Little B for showing me how fantastic the pub life of England could be! See you soon!