Oldham
Grapes

Grapes

161 St. John StreetLees, OL4 3DR, Oldham, United Kingdom

Pub • Pubs • Full • British


"I 've been here a few times. It 's a nice enough pub, with a good range of ales. The staff are friendly enough, and the drinks are decently priced. It 's always quite busy and popular among the locals. But I had a bit of a frustrating experience the other day. Me and a friend of mine were walking my dog. It began to rain so we decided to grab a drink somewhere whilst it settled down. We were near the grapes, so I whipped out my phone and googled whether dogs were allowed in the pub. Online it says a child and dog friendly pub... and that dogs [are] allowed inside . I thought brilliant, me and my mate can grab a quick pint whilst we wait for the rain to stop. We go in the pub. Nobody says a word or bats an eye lid. We buy our drinks and go to sit down. As soon as we sit down, the landlady comes over, and, very politely, says dogs are not allowed in the pub. I have no problem with this. A lot of pubs don 't allow dogs in because they can be noisy, dirty, and some people just don 't like dogs. It 's totally fair enough. But it was frustrating because it meant we then had to stand outside in the rain and the cold. The information online is clearly out of date and needs changing. I just thought I 'd do a review to give other dog walkers a heads up, and make the owners aware that the online information is incorrect. The pub itself though is nice enough though. I 'll definitely go again but next time I 'll have to leave the dog at home."

The Royal George Greenfield

The Royal George Greenfield

The Royal George, Oldham, United Kingdom

Meat • Steak • Cheese • Coffee


"We booked a table for 12 people and was given a 6.30 time slot. We had to wait quite a while for the waitress to take our orders and it wasn 't very busy. I ordered the cheese and onion pie with chips and mushy peas but was told I could only have the veg that was on the carvery. I asked why the menu didn 't say this and was told it was Sunday and it was carvery service and limited menu, and we would have been told this when making the booking. I and others weren 't happy as to save time we had all checked the menu online to decide on what we wanted. When we eventually was told to go to the carvery, the chef said take 1 of the plates on the warmer, which both looked dry, and he said, Help yourself to the veg. On looking at the veg, it was what was left over dry veg, no mash roast potatoes that looked like they had been there for hrs. I asked the chef if there was any mash he said yea there posting to dried up mash i said I 'm not eating that he then went in the back and we was left waiting at least 5 mins while he went and got a tub of Nash which had been microwaved as it was steaming hot when he returned and dumped it onto of the dried out mash. I took a portion and a few other veg with gravy and returned to our table there was our of our party who was appalled at the food. I tried a little of the cheese and onion pie it was disgusting it was tasteless and the cheese was all congealed like the pie had been sat in a warmer for quite a while the veg was hard and inedible. We had only been eating for 5 mins when the waitress came over and apologised but said could she take any orders for desserts as the kitchen was getting ready to close. As we was all eating and only just started we all declined desserts as we felt rushed and 2 of us who had the cheese and onion pie was disgusted we informed the waitress of the food who just apologised and said it was end of service so it 's what was left. One of our other guests had the cheeseburger, which came out with half a burger on the bun he sent it back, and the waitress brought out another cheeseburger. He was given 2 beef Burgers as an apology. I felt like as we was possibly the last customers, we were left to eat whatever was left over, and they wanted to close the kitchen for the day. I had my doubts about eating here in the first place as I had a bad experience many years ago but was told it had new owners and it had improved WOW we were wrong. We won 't be returning to have a family meal here again anytime soon."