We popped in a local pub this lunch time having spent all morning out and about. I snapped a photo of our food and Mr Phatcupcake shrieked, ‘are you going to write about everywhere you go from now on?’ Hmm… I’m not sure of the answer to this question just yet but I did think the Horseshoe was worth writing about.
We used to live up near Lyme Park in the Cheshire countryside and would regularly frequent the Horseshoe, mainly on a Thursday for quiz night and free food, just because I have only just started writing about food doesn’t mean I haven’t always been a foodie! We also love the Rams Head in Disley which is the same distance from where we lived but the opposite direction and for a different type of evening. I will do a post soon on the Rams Head as I feel it needs photos to do it justice, and there is no reason why another trip can’t be made…
Anyway back to the Horseshoe, we would walk past the more upmarket Red Lion (of Steve Pilling fame) to the Horseshoe which is located on the busy A6 Buxton Road and has been for a fair amount of time if this picture if anything to go by.
How fabulous, I love me a bit of history. This is what came up when I googled ‘Horseshoe, High Lane’ as I forgot to take a picture from the outside.
The Horseshoe is a small place and part of the Robinsons brewery with their popular ales on the pumps as well as the current festive offering. Carling and, a recent addition of, Veltins are on offer for beer drinkers and a selection of wines are available. There is a menu and food is served most days although only during lunch times during the week and until 6pm at weekends. The food isn’t amazing, we ordered a special burger (£6.95) and cajun chicken (£7.95) this afternoon and did wait around 40 minutes for the food to be delivered to the table. It is normal ‘pub grub’, huge portions served on small plates (we lost a few chips off the sides)
The salad was nicely varied not being just a bit of lettuce stuck on the side like some places do, it was also lovely, crisp and fresh. The burger was absolutely huge, Mr Phatcupcake didn’t get anywhere near finishing it but did say it was tasty and the bacon looked crispy inside.
As I mentioned above, the food is fairly average. But it isn’t the star of the show, and it doesn’t profess to be. It is simple and there for if you want or need it, not as a major selling point for the pub. This place is regularly packed to the rafters, do you want to know why? The staff are excellent. This village pub could be very cliqey. We have been to many a pub whilst out and about on walks (this place is just off the Marple to Macclesfield canal and the Middlewood Way for fellow walkers) to be looked at like we have 3 heads. You won’t get that here. What you will get is a warm smile and a comfortable spot to enjoy your pint. We have hunted high and low in our new village for a similar drinking establishment and have still to find anything that gives us the warm welcome and sense of belonging that we get at the Horseshoe. We will keep looking of course but, until then, we will pop into the Horseshoe as often as possible.
This meal was paid for.
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