Lovely pub and restraunt with excellent food. I had my wedding reception here and they were…read morefantastic. The staff are great and try to cater for your every need. The function room was warm and wecoming and tables set out beautifully. NO COMPLAINTS Only a 5 Minute drive from the centre of Ashton if you go up tree lined Henrietta Street and follow the road until you get to mini roundabout. Keep going straight up an its just on your left hand side.

Stayed here for a night at a function at the hotel. Very impressed with the quiet comfortable room…read morewith all the mod cons. Very peaceful night's sleep and enjoyed the full english breakfast included in the reasonable room rate the next morning. I think there's only about 7 rooms above the pub, so book well in advance. Recommended!

A great pub with a lovely atmosphere. Beers are kept really well and the staff are very friendly…read moreand accomodating. We ate there at the weekend with my parents, and while being at the top end of what I want to pay, the food and wine were very good. Will go again very soon!

Lovely pub/restaurant - food is amazing and service has always been great. Would highly recommend.read more

If you fancy a meal that's a bit different and offers scenic views and facilities for all the…read morefamily, then the Hartshead Inn should be a good stop for you. Literally on top of the hills, the restaurant overlooks Manchester and has panoramic views all around it. Right next to the building is Hartshead Pike, a famous landmark. On a warm summers day, this is the place to be in Manchester for some tranquility as well as some fantastic food and beverages. You don't have to drink, you can have a special coffee or soft drinks and you can eat your meal outside and enjoy your peaceful surroundings. My favourite is the Caesar Salad with a glass of Rose wine. It is lovely and fresh and fills me up a treat. Look at their menu on the link for the website for more offers and early bird menus. Try it.

I enjoy visiting pub restaurants operated by Vintage Inns . Always good value well cooked pub food…read more. This was first time at the Hartshead and was not disappointed . Good location , might be difficult in snowy conditions . Good size carpark. Will visit again when I have the opportunity and will continue to call at other Vintage Inns pubs.

What a wonderful place. It is spacious, clean and the delicious aroma told me we would have an…read moreexcellent meal here. We thoroughly enjoyed the Carvery dinner! We decided to go with the large one so we could have a bigger selection of meats, and it was all succulent. The chicken was absolutely wonderful, as were the beef and pork. The sides of cheesy cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes and such were spot on. And the Yorkshire pudding, stuffing ball and gravy were so yummy. Excellent friendly service here too! I'd love to come back for a Sunday roast!

Wonderful experience!…read more Just flew in to Manc from Chicago and was craving a good carvery. The Sheldon Arms was wonderful! Staff is almost always friendly when they hear my accent (American) so I can't tell if service was great because of my accent or because it was just that good. I was in a party of 4. I ordered a cider which came quickly and chilled. Others ordered juice and water. A child in the group had a fun little meal ordered and a juice. The 3 adults went up for the carvery. Although there weren't many veg options, I was pleasantly surprised with the offerings. Yorkshire pudding is what I crave most in the States and this one was lovely. Had my first gammon here, too! Yummy! I am partial to cranberry and although there wasn't a heaping pile of it, there was enough available for my liking. The child ordered a personal pizza and that suited him. Didn't order pudding but should have! Another table ordered some and it looked wonderful! Next time!!!

You want to watch a tribute band? You go to the Witchwood. You just look at the line-up for the…read moreweek and find yourself tittering at all the creative names on the bill, from The Clone Roses to Fink Ployd, Kinda Kinks to Who's Next. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when they're making up these monikers in band meetings. Did you know that tribute bands make a heck of a lot of money? I have a lot of musician friends, one of whom packs away shedloads drumming for a Status Quo copy. You'd be surprised, but people absolutely love bands that try to look like and/or play the songs of other people. Is there a Meat Loaf tribute in the UK called Malt Loaf? Please let there be. In fact I'm Googling it. YES! http://www.myspace.com/maltloaftribute How truly fantabulous. I'm veering off the point slightly. Let me gather my thoughts. I've seen a few in my time, but my favourite FAVOURITE act at the Witchwood (apart from the support band I was actually there to see) was Ironically Maiden. Once I'd finished giggling myself into my Southern Comfort it was a definite bonus to watch them. I think part of the fun of tribute bands is that they're very tongue-in-cheek, so there's a comedy element to some of the performances... well, certainly in Ironically Maiden's case, that much is for sure. Leather pants and huge onstage mascots aside, the Witchwood is a great little pub in the centre of Ashton. It's perfect for live music and has a pleasant outdoor area. It turns into a club on a Friday night, open until 3am with free admission before 10pm AND a free bar. You're spoiling us! The drinks in general here are very reasonably priced, and it considers itself a real ale pub, so if you happen to be in the area, pop in for some entertaining music. You won't regret it.

The Witchwood was my first love. As a teenager, stuck in nearby Stalybridge, I loved coming to the…read moreFriday Jukebox to drink and dance to Indie, rock and punk. Entry was (and apparently still is) free and the DJ, Tom Smith (still there, I checked!) was really fun! The Witchwood is a wonderful live music venue, too. Although it's a pretty small place, there's a good sized stage, which has seen loads of touring, tribute and local bands play over the years. It's a particularly good place to catch old punk bands there always seems to be at least one scheduled to play here! UK Subs are lined up at the moment. If you prefer something a little quieter than a gig or clubnight, there's also a separate bar at the front of the building, which has some great real ales. It's a lot calmer than the chaos of the backroom and you get a really interesting mix of people going in. Like most of the people who work here, all the bar staff are lovely, and the booze is very reasonably priced.

I popped in to the Caledonia for lunch this afternoon with a friend from work. I wasn't expecting…read moremuch... it looks like a dingy old man's pub from the outside and the interior didn't fill me with any more hope. They have tables reserved for diners only which, is a nice touch, and we were shown to one quickly by the staff. You order your food at the bar and it came very quickly. Certainly welcome when on your lunch hour! I ordered a seafood salad and my friend went for the summer chicken salad. A strange name for a garlic chicken and bacon salad especially in January! The food was really good... lots of the freshest salad with a homemade coleslaw. My seafood option consisted of some scampi, fresh prawns and tuna mayo with a seafood sauce on the side. This sounded like such a weird combination but it actually really hit the spot! My friend's summer chicken salad was just as fresh with 'real' bacon and chicken. Not the horrid processed stuff you find on similar salads at some of the pub chains. The staff were attentive bringing us extra coleslaw and mayo, nothing was too much trouble and we were bid a friendly goodbye when we left. A complete surprise and something I wasn't expecting in the middle of Ashton town centre! I'll be back soon...

I happened to be in Ashton Under Lyne today, a hot day. I…read morewent into 6 different pubs that used to be good many years ago. Now they looked more like wine bars, obviously geared for younger clientele in the evenings. I can be quite comfortable in this kind of establishment but none sold cask beer. Every pub advised me to go to Weatherspoons. On my was back to my tram, by then I was spitting feathers, I saw The Caladonia. What a brilliant find! Real, good ale. Folks of every age in, which is the sign of a good pub. There were plenty of diners in and I ordered food which was excellent. The staff were extremely friendly and wished me well when I left. I will certainly be going back again. I have a lot of overseas visitors and they love to go in a typical English pub, few and far between these days but I will definitely be taking them into The Calidinia.

We are regulars at the Dog and Partridge and go at least once every 2 weeks…read more The last time we went there was about 10 of us and they handled everything very well, we all had separate bills so it didn't get confusing and they managed to bring out all the food at around the same time. I don't really have a favourite meal there although I love their soups and roast dinners, they are always delicious. And the desserts are very tasty. I sometimes think there isn't that much variety though. They always have a special menu and they do theme nights but the main menu itself is quite limited and apart from the roast dinner, there isn't much on there that appeals to me. The one and only thing I've had here which I really didn't like was the steak, it was really tough and I honestly couldn't eat it. The pepper sauce that came with it was far too strong and overpowering. My boyfriend had a different steak the same night and he really didn't like his either. So I do not recommend having a steak here. Overall though it's a lovely pub with great staff and the food is very nice and reasonably priced.

Went here with friends great food and great atmosphere lots of cask ale to choose from staff are…read morevery friendly and nothing to much trouble well done guys

Delicious fresh carvery! One of the best I've had. Lovely lean meat and fresh vegetables. 3 choices…read moreof potatoes too! Massive pub seating areas too so never going to be struggling for a seat. Even had a kids play area. Staff were lovely too

This place had a massive hype so we decided to go and check it out.. Disappointed doesn't even come…read moreclose. The food wasn't bad.. But it wasn't good either! There's no atmosphere and there's no wow factor of an amazing aroma as soon as you walk in! For the price you pay, you could go to one of manchesters top restaurants for not much more! Another thing is the desserts.. Everyone has been going on about the cakes and ice cream there for weeks! They have them all lined up in a cabinet so of course, you have a look and see toffee ice cream with actual tofifees in it! 'Wow!' And bubblegum ice cream with real balls of bubblegum in it! 'Ever better!' So you order them both and just get a plain scoop of ice cream from a tub which is nothing like what they show you! and for £1.80 a scoop! WHAT?! I could have bought the whole tub you just got that one scoop from!!! So overall, I won't be returning! And as I can recall, I wasn't the only one unimpressed as there was a lady behind me complaining that she had found hairs in her food, not that they wanted to do much about it and just replied with 'the kitchen staff wear hats!' Brilliant customer service you have! (Not!)

The Front House is situated in Lees, Oldham. This a large roomy pub which serves really nice pub…read moregrub and heap booze!! A place i have enjoyed many a drunken afternoon/night!! I would suggest the beef burger and chips, nothing fancy i admit but the taste is amazing!! the chip are home cooked and the burgers are a force to be reckoned with. This is a 5 minute walk from Lees Village so if you want to carry the night on to the early hours, then you will be in the right place.

The Daisyfield is a fantastic local pub for local people. The landlord and landlady have worked…read moreextremely hard to build up a pleasing clientele and nothing is too much trouble for them. Before they took over, the pub was in danger of closing and it is now a thriving but friendly local pub, catering very well for the locals who live nearby and visitors to the area.

The Daisyfield Inn is situated on a residential street in Bardsley which is in between…read moreAshton-Under-Lyne and Oldham. The pub was taken over about a year ago and has been refurbished to a high standard. Inside the decor is traditional and nice and outside they have a large garden complete with goal posts and a decking area. They have the usual selection of beers and spirits at competitive prices and they also serve food, but only until 6pm every day - the chips are very good. This is a community pub which supports local events such as children's parties, summer fares and bonfire night. They are also available for special do's such as wedding parties.