The Marble Arch pub (Review)
By Jim Symcox on Feb 18, 2011 in Manchester, Manchester Life, Manchester Restaurant Reviews, Marble Arch Inn
I’ve known the Marble Arch pub for a very long time. I mean it’s been there since time began hasn’t it? Or at least since 1888 when it was built (according to sources on the Internet).
Many are the pub crawls I’ve made starting, ending or simply visiting at the Marble Arch.
The beer has always been well regarded. And there’s no doubt that if you want to see a proper old-fashioned pub the Marble Arch is a very good place to go to.
It’s built on a slope. Consequently if you enter via the side door you find yourself walking up hill. Now that is a slightly surreal experience.
The pub really has a genuinely lovely atmosphere. The amount of effort that the Victorians made to make a great pub really show in this one.
And of course the pub is really finished off by having great staff. Whenever I’ve gone there they’ve been very friendly.
I went there yesterday to eat with a friend and we both had fish(cod) and chips. You might think that’s boring but the Marble Arch chef managed to make them so the batter was light, fluffy and tasted wonderful. The cod arrived as melt in your mouth battered strips. And the chunky chips were so nice that I ate them all, despite actually being rather full.
I finished with a Manchester tart (I couldn’t have eaten the starter or I’m sure I would have exploded). The tart was light and covered in coconut. Again delicious! Rob, decided for the syrup sponge which looked scrumptious and was finished off nearly as quickly as I finished mine off.
And of course the beer was excellent. There’s no doubt that now they brew their own, the beer seems to be consistently good. All, in all a great pub that anyone could visit and enjoy.
