The Poacher's Inn in Macclesfield

A lovely pub with great service, great range and a great atmosphere 👌🏼 The Poacher's Inn is a proper pub that is alive with people and is somewhere worth a visit if you ever find yourself in Bollington (White Nancy or not) ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

Excellent value for money. Took a long time for the mains to arrive, but the food was tasty and cooked well. The menu mentions gluten free, but doesn't list any meals as such, and the QR code supplied doesn't work. However the bar staff are helpful and have the allergen guide behind the bar and in fact there are a reasonable number of choices for mum with her intolerance.

We've eaten at this pub three times previously (last time was in early Autumn 2024) after a nice local walk and we've always had great food and good, prompt service. This time, we were disappointed to see that the menu had changed, with fewer options for the 3 out of 5 of us who are vegetarian. The 2 starters that were ordered arrived in a decent timescale but there was there an excessive delay before the mains arrived - about an hour between starters and mains. There was clearly a problem in the kitchen. No tables received mains from the kitchen for ages and though the staff were full of excuses for the tables that were more vocal in their complaints, we received no explanation. When we finally asked at the bar, we were told our meals were being plated. They weren't - the barman confused us with another table. Had we known that our meals were not actually being plated at that time we would have cancelled our order and left. When we asked again, the meals (which were fine, though not as good as we've eaten there previously) were finally served. At this point, we'd been in the pub for nearly 2 hours and had 3 tired children, so there was no way we were ordering puddings! Disappointingly, there was no offer to reduce the bill and no gesture of apology. We won't be eating there again.

One of our favourite traditional pubs. Great cask ales and wide selection of all beverages. Dog friendly. Excellent pie night deal on a Wednesday. Pies were delicious (steak and kidney and a cheese and leek). Fabulous fresh cooked chips and gorgeous veg. Thanks team as always!

Warm, friendly pub. They have just launched a new food menu which is excellent. Their fixed price lunch menu is strongly recommended. Loved that the new owners came round to every table to have a brief chat and to listen to customer's reactions.