The Buffet Bar, Platform One, Stalybridge Station
This pub is notable for occupying a platform on a railway station first of all, and for retaining its interior Victorian features from the 1880s. However, by modern standards this makes it drab and uncomfortable and, apart from its range of real ales, it has little to recommend it. It is popular with locals and real ale buffs, and is frequently overcrowded and noisy. The staff allow patrons to hang around at the bar when they're drinking, and since there is little space this means you have to fight your way to the bar to get served, and then fight your way out to find a seat.
ambience - 1
decor - 2
drab, seats are fairly comfortable
service - 0
the service is consistent: consistently grumpy and off-hand, and dead slow. If you're in this pub for a meal, expect to wait - and wait. I thought the service was slow because the pub was a victim of its own success, it frequently is very busy with people wanting to eat. But I have been in this pub a few times, and the speed of service never varies. I have been kept waiting an hour and ten minutes for a sandwich when it wasn't busy.
real ale - 5
always a selection of at least five
features - 0
toilets - 3
drab as the rest of the pub, but clean and adequately supplied with handwash, loo paper etc.
score 11 out of 30
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