Boat & Horses in Oldham - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Great pub with very friendly staff. Carvery was very well priced and came with loads a meat!

Go a lot. Busy friendly place nice food, brill carvery and right next to canal

I’ve never felt discriminated against in this country until my experience at this place. Being assumed to be an illegal immigrant just because I’m not British was incredibly offensive and upsetting. I have no problem showing my ID when needed, but the way I was treated was unacceptable. I won’t be coming back.

Food was pleasant, there's plenty of room to sit outside on a sunny day that looks over the canal, and there's ample room on the inside, prices are average and it was extremely busy.

From check in to breakfast the staff were efficient and friendly The rooms although basic were clean and functional I would recommend this hotel

Excellent food great service and big portions I will be going again and if your up near cockermouth call in you will not be disappointed

food & drink not the best for the price, better value around the area!!

Went for a carvery with work colleagues .. really enjoyed it.. good warm welcome and service..👌🏽

For me the Coach and Horses is is a fantastic location, being on the side of Rochdale Canal. You can see all sorts of wonderful fantastic and magical wildlife. Whilst at the pub I ordered some nibbley bits to eat, was served by “Toni” , Toni was a brilliant first staff member to be served by, knowledgeable regards the food on offer and the nibbly bits on menu . Toni showed me which soft drinks are on sale. Sat outside with dog. The young staff members that brought the food looked smart and both very friendly just like Toni. Toni came over to see our dog, she brought over a bowl of fresh water for him, which I thought was a fantastic touch. The food was very nice and tasty, the only thing I would change is the roast potatoes should have a rub on them maybe paprika or some for of chilli. Will definitely be back. Oh and a final thing, spotted a Kingfisher on the canal.

Looks lovely place, some staff have no social or customer service skills unfortunately I ordered the beef flat bread…asked if it was crispy beef was told yes…it wasn’t it was just chopped beef chewy I couldn’t eat that went back ordered some crispy beef and was left waiting over half hour so left. I told them it doesn’t matter about the beef I’m leaving just said “ok” the chips were re fried and extremely terrible. Just all round bad service and bad food. Will not be returning!

Went family meal. Ordered chicken salad. Came with overcook chicken slab and loads of bacon piled ontop and loads of lettuce, hardly any potatoes. Checked menu and bacon wasnt even included!!?? I don’t even like bacon!! Very disappointed! And don’t tell me you have new chef as that’s what you replied to someone else two months ago!

Myself and daughter called into the bar for a drink and food before seeing Kings Of Leon. Lovely place, great food and our server Amanda was fab. It was a great place to start a great evening.

Lovely hour spent sat overlooking the canal in the sunshine. A bit of road noise but didn't spoil the relaxing atmosphere. Good service and food was good value.

Wonderful and beautiful place to be. Staff always happy and ready to assist. Food? Oh, delicious. I will definitely visit again.

The bar staff, catering staff where all superb. My wife & i are both disabled and every need was looked after. The staff including Mandy, Owen, Jesus & of course Danielle & Gavin really cared for us. When you are disabled all the help we received @ B & H is so gratefully appreciated. Boat & Horses is a top pub with superb staff. I highly recomend stopping here.

Very nice place, staff very friendly and helpful, first time, will come back

What a lovely place to stay! The pub and hotel is situated on the river bank, the staff from the bar to the hotel were very helpful throughout and my wife and I stayed in the hotel adjoining the pub, the rooms were excellent very clean throughout and we had a lovely nights sleep, we even had the breakfast which again was very well presented. It’s a very relaxed place to eat, drink and relax.

We had Sunday lunch, really nice people and service, the carvery was a bit small and a fair few of the roast potatoes were black, not burnt, black inside. Unlikely to be back.

Brilliant roast dinner so tasty better than tody carvery

A great Pub with its own hotel. The Pub, was modern quiet, with a nice selections of ales. The hotel, was clean but basic, but everything we required. Would recommend!

The Boat and Horses Pub offers a pleasant dining experience with attentive and accommodating staff. We arrived earlier than our reservation time and with more people than initially planned, yet the staff seamlessly adjusted and ensured we were comfortably seated. The carvery is enjoyable, although the beef was slightly dry. The selection of vegetables is somewhat limited considering the price, but the option to help yourself to as much as you want, even going back for a second plate, is a nice touch. In terms of value for money, it's fairly average. While the sea bass main was delicious, the portion size was on the smaller side. Overall, the Boat and Horses Pub provides a decent meal with good service, but there are areas that could be improved.

Beautiful Hotel, lovely friendly staff. Lovely location. It does have a busy road nearby, but you don't notice as it is still lovely and peaceful overlooking the canal. And is good value for money with a lovely buffet breakfast to start off your day.

Overpriced we paid £163 for 1 night, comfy and clean room with friendly staff unfortunately the breakfast was poor

Second time I have called in to get a table think I would learn to book in advance lol still not tried the new menu or been in since the make over .... Last time was a hours wait amd now call on a Sunday again but little later 18.00 and told still have to wait 45 mins so didn't go in again

Very comfortable budget hotel, good location, close to Manchester.

Overnight stay following on from a fanily wedding. Could not fault our stay. Clean well appointed room. Great nights sleep. Enjoyed £10 of meal voucher in restaurant. Great breakfast. Really great experience. Highly recommend

carvery was great staff pleasant and helpful

Clean rooms, comfy bed and pillows, tea and coffee, friendly staff and the most delicious breakfast at the pub. Couldn't ask for more! Would definitely stay again, thanks so much!

Food was nice although delayed, it was busy tho staff were polite and friendly , would definitely go here again great team 👍

Very friendly, accommodating and helpful staff. Very easy to extend my stay. Good food all round especially the carvery comprehensive breakfast bar. An altogether pleasant stay.

We stopped for a beer. We didn't know about this restaurant. A decent size with plenty of tables both inside and outside. A good selection of beer and food. Even though it is located near the highway and shops it seems to be a quiet and pleasant place, possibly because of the canal that passes by.

Not greatest of places but cheap and cheerful I guess. Nice big Yorkshire puds. Carvery a all u can eat so you should already know what your getting before you walk in the place.

Very nice food, good atmosphere and service. We did have to wait a while for the food but they were very busy as it was cup final day but the food was hot and very nice. The only negative was we ordered ice cream and when it arrived it had started to melt quite considerably had the ice cream been brought sooner I would have given it 5 out of 5

Great pub with good quality food and choice of fine ales and beers. Very good service. Accommodation is also very good!

Sat by the smelly canal . My god I cannot believe the friendly service comments ! I stood at the bar ignored by the young female bar and the older blonde female who continued to ignore me and chatted between themselves ,then eventually the grumpy Viking wannabe served me devoid of and personality no thank you nothing . Another pub I’ll leave well alone Friday night and place is half full says it all, full ashtrays , sticky tables …. Plus the rats in the cracks in the walls near the fences on the canal wall are very appealing. Nah won’t be back

Spotlessly clean, great food, excellent staff, would easily recommend this as a great place to stay

We stayed here to go watch a game at Old Trafford. Used Uber to get there, traffic was quite bad as expected. Boat and horses was lovely. Pub really nice. Room comfortable, functional and very clean. Breakfast was good.

The pub food was good & very healthy 👌. You could taste the healthiness of the fish & chips/peas I had. We all slept immediately we got home😂. Will definitely go back for brunch

We were here on Saturday 11th May for a meal for our son's birthday. When we arrived we were greeted and shown to our table. Within seconds of us being seated we were approached if we would like drinks.

I didn't try the rooms there yet, but I tried Bloody Mary there few months ago & that girl who mixed for Us BM made proper job. The Best one. Better than 'n Spain or Canary Islands. Maybe the best one in UK. If not then 'n Greater McR.

Eating at the Boat & Horses was great as there is a good choice of gluten free for coeliacs. Great attention was made when ordering by the staff to ensure gluten free was adhered to. The service was great & the food either ordered from the menu or the carvery is highly recommended. I will be eating there again & have recommended it to other friends.

The carvery was disgusting.Friday afternoon all the vegetables was dried up , you could of thrown the Yorkshire pudding at the wall hard as rock , and the gravy was just lumps, the only thing was good was the meat.

Probably the WORST cavery I have EVER had! And to add insult to injury, probably one of the most expensive! I ate the turkey. And left EVERYTHING else. My brother left nearly all his too. The photos are what we left! The roast potatoes were rock hard. The veg tasted like it had been kept warm ALL day. The mash potatoes had begun to go brown they had been there that long. Even the Yorkshire puds were hard and inedible.

Nat our waiterress, gave exceptional service from start to finish. Food was really good we had burgers, I arrived here with a business client and drinks are reasonable as well. Would return. Thanks again Nat 👍

I stayed for one night for a business event in Manchester. The accommodation was perfect for my short stay, and situated beside a little river with walkway. The staff were polite and friendly, especially in the bar and restaurant. Would recommend and would stay again!

Great place for a business stay. Much more character than the chain motels.

Great food great decor and friendly staff.

The most expensive pub in chadderton, which is a shame as it has the best beer garden overlooking the canal

Fantastic little spot. Food was really good, very pleasant people, and the rooms were a very good surprise from expectation v reality. Very good value

Freezing. No heating on at all . Plates cold so food cold even breskfast.

Easily the least appealing carvery I've ever seen. The meat looks like it's all precooked for the day and kept in a heated box. So even when it's fresh out the box it's already dry and overcooked. All the potatoes were drowning in oil and overcooked. The Veg was also so overcooked all colour and flavor had been leached from it and left out for so long it was practically fused to the dish. The carrots in particular were a disaster. Left out under a heat lamp for so long they had crustt white edges. Do you know how long that takes? The gravy was good, I'll give them that. Also, a member of the waitstaff was dressed in workout leggings and a very casual t-shirt. Hardly a professional image. Based on the other reviews, this may have been an off night but it was wayy off.

We didn't have a great experience the 1st time round and left some honest feedback...Danielle and Nikki both got in touch with me to see if they could rectify the problem...which they did and we visited again. They were both very clearly upset that we didn't have a great time. The food the 2nd time around was incredible, as was the service. They acknowledged we didn't have a great first visit and couldn't apologise enough. I don't believe the level of service we received the second time was because we complained, i do believe that this is their usual high standard! The chef also came to see us to ensure everything was okay with our meals, which again, was very much appreciated! We were a large party and almost all of us ordered a different meal, each and every one of them were spot on! We also stayed for dessert this time too, which again was delicious! Absolute 1st class food and service and we will be back again! Thank you to the whole team!

This 'pub with rooms' is exceptional. The rooms are very good hotel standard with enough sockets to light up Blackpool. The pub does terrific breakfasts til 11 am and a lunch/dinner carvery daily, plus a good bar menu but it is the staff that make this oddly placed venue - between a Costco, a four lane bypass and a canal - an absolute joy. If there is such a thing as Northern Hospitality then someone bottled it and poured it over the Boat and Horses. I wouldn't hesitate to stay there again.

Loved staying here. Rooms are fab and the service and food next door was fantastic. Thank you to Nikki and her team x

We always stay at the Boat & Horses when in the area visiting family. Rooms are very clean & comfortable ( & I’m pretty fussy). Tea /coffee /biscuits in room. Lovely hot & cold buffet breakfast available (included in price if you book online direct). Always get a great nights sleep there. Good towels & toiletries. Staff in hotel & pub are very helpful & friendly. The Boat & Horses pub/restaurant has a good selection of meals ( including carvery) & choice of drinks, open till midnight on a Saturday. Some areas overlook the outdoor seating & canal. The rooms look like they do online, there’s a lift & door access security. Easy check in/out. There is plenty parking outside with disabled parking bays next to hotel entrance if needed. Good transport /road links into Manchester. Taxis bookable from reception. Bus stops nearby, nearest tram stop (South Chadderton) is about a 15-20 minute walk away.

We are future out of town house buyers and have stayed here many times at the boat and horses. Sadly, it’s gone down hill over the last 18 months., On this occasion at 8:30am the poor quality of breakfast ingredients, the counter display of barely warm food (cold dried up scrambled egg and hard to cut into the sausage). Was and looked disgusting, certainly not appetising. The staff were helpful in offering to change any breakfast item we wanted. But we had to keep and attend an appointment.

Really good quality food, will definitely go again. Nice and easy to reserve a table online and the food more than meets the price

Went here on a week day with my husband for lunch. Plenty of free parking. I had the messy chips, which were chunky chips with pulled pork and a BBQ sauce. My husband got the fish, chips and peas. Very dissapointed with both meals. Pulled pork and BBQ dice was OK, but the chips were really hard, like they hadn't been vibes long enough. The fish on top of the cops was the smallest piece of fish I've ever seen. About 4inches long and 3 inches wide!! A friend had recommended the carvery, which was why we went. Unfortunately our choice of the menu did not match our expectations....

Regularly go here for breakfast and it's one of the better buffet breakfasts around.. can be a little slow keeping topped up.

Food OK but not cooked to a good standard could be a lot better so not impressed

Excellent location for a business stopover, B&H has clean, comfortable rooms with efficient heating for the chilly March evening when I stayed. Easy to find and adequate parking. Very good breakfast at neighbouring pub. Fair value for money and will use again when an overnight stay in the area is required. Recommended.

Had a 'bad' roast in here last week. The meat was very dry and the vege's looked like they had been there all day, and the roasties were all burnt! I'd say it was just about edible and should have really asked for money back. I went to the loo after and looked as if they had just put all the fresh out but ours was pretty dank, and they had ran out of all the sauces like cranberry.

From the reception very nice people 😍 Restaurant wow lovely respectful.....

Great hotel ideal for a tram or train into the center of Manchester. Lovely rooms and nice food in the restaurant opposite. Very helpful receptionist with directions to the station for us all. Not overly priced so a good deal if available. Would very much recommend.

Grand place for a few nigjts stay. Rooms comfortable and quiet. Easy to get to and good parking. Update: After staying three nights, I have amended the rating to 5 star as staff make this place excellent. We were very well looked after during our stay and nothing was too much bother. Staff are also very aware of the strict requirements for my coeliac wife with great care taken regarding food prepared for her.

Lovely stay with absolutely delicious food.

A very friendly hotel in a reasonable location. I advised during the booking process that both my wife and I are ambulant disabled and they provides us with a room on the ground floor.Breakfast was buffet style and of a reasonable quality given the price paid Our room was larger than you find in Premier Inn and I think the bed was a super-king. The atmosphere was very relaxed.

We really enjoyed the visit. Staff couldn't be more helpful. Will be back!

Great service on Friday lunch time....

Really wonderful day today, thanks to all the amazing staff , Nicki was so good despite being understaffed through no fault of her own, the team was so good in keeping everyone happy on a really busy Mother’s Day. Thank you for the great food 🥘 xxx

We have a been a few times and normally both food and service is good. Unfortunately today it just wasn't. Fish and chips, chicken burger and vegan carvery shouldn't take 45 minutes. When we received the food, quality wasn't worth the wait. Not sure what the issue was as it wasnt that busy, maybe someone else got our food by mistake but a bit disappointing.

Went here for Mother’s Day meal today the food was bland hard and the meat was such a small amount you couldn’t see it it was served in a child’s plate for all of us which included 3 adults 3 children the carvery was just awful after working all day I was so disappointed that it cost over £80 for what we got the service was slow at the bar and food disappointing will not return unless things was to change

Called in to get a coffee mid morning, good value as you can refill as many times as you like. The buffet style breakfast looked good will be going back to give it a go.

I visited on a friday lunch time and there were lots of tables available, everything was clean too. Its a nice cozy type place with different types of seating. We had the large carvery (£11.95 standard £14.95 large) and usually these type of places with a carvery are a bit rubbish but this one was actually really nice apart from the uncooked pigs in blankets. Theres a good amount of parking but the only annoying thing which is no fault of the pub, is that it takes a while to get out and sometimes in because of all the costco traffic

I had the Carvery it was Delicious. Very impressed all the veg was fresh the meats were cooked perfectly, My partner had a Burger, he said it was Delicious too. All the staff were Polite and Friendly

Good food and friendly service.

Had a great Sunday lunch with the family, great parking and plenty of choice on the menu for all to enjoy

Spotlessly clean room which was surprisingly quiet considering the proximity to a main road. Very comfortable beds. Very good buffet breakfast well stocked whatever time you arrive. Popular venue so worth booking evening meal if you are staying Friday or Saturday. Very good food. Planning to book again when we come in this direction.

Lovely place to stay, spotlessly clean, friendly staff, great food!! What else can I say? We will be back 🥰🥰

Good British breakfast, very affordable

I'll start by saying I was only in Oldham for 2 days and it was for work so I wasn't exactly sight seeing. The limited amount of the place I did see was unfortunately miserable. The weather didn't help matters but what was a welcome break from the grey dismay was Boat & Horses hotel and bar. The room I had was clean and very comfortable, bath was a little small for a grown adult but all in very good for the price. Next door was it's restaurant bar that served some nice local (I think) ales and lagers. The food portions were generous the meals were tasty and the staff were all incredibly friendly.

We struggled to find the pub ( our satnav’s fault) Parking facilities were really good, reception was easy to follow room was a little tired but more than adequate. The service at the pub/restaurant was brilliant and the quality of the food was superb, as was the breakfast next morning. Really enjoyed our stay!!!!

Carvery was amazing. One of the best I've had for a while!! Great service from the beautiful Lilly. Would highly recommend! Didn't stay as I live close by so can't comment on rooms etc.

Lovely place to stay clean rooms . With pub / restaurant attached , easy commute to motorways or city centre. Staff pleasant and willing to help with any inquiries We would definitely stay again

Love it here. Yesterday afternoon and a good heaty Sunday roast yum.yum. Didn't stay.

We ate, rather than stayed but, the food is highly recommended.

Very fast and efficient check in. Very helpful at check in desk when I enquired about local shops. Room clean and welcoming with a comfy bed. Hair dryer and iron/board provided. Tea and coffee provided in the room. I had a bathroom with bath and shower, again both very clean and good pressure in the shower. My room was at the back looking into the canal. Very quiet and had a good sleep for both nights. I travelled for business and wouldn't hesitate to book again. Overall a pleasant stay

Had the Sunday carvery. Nice relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff,reasonably priced food,good quality. Would go again.

Nice clean rooms with adjacent pub. Hot chocolate as well as the usual tea and coffee in the rooms is a nice addition.

Everything was fantastic. The rooms were lovely, the pub was great with lots of choice of food and all staff were very helpful at the pub and hotel. Really enjoyed our stay, well done x

Service good mixed grill was dab,the fish n chips good(batter was a little soggy,but I did squeeze some lemon on it :-)

Can't rate the rooms here as I did not stay in one, so have no experience of them. The carvery I had was tasty with an average amount of meat, plenty of veg available to go with it. Only disappointment was the lack of sauces (mint, horse radish etc) although the gravy was nice. The service was good

Ordered two sirloin steaks and two pepper sauces ,there was only about seven people in the bar and plenty of staff. After almost an hour we still hadn’t recieved our order so eventually enquired about our steaks,The order hadn’t been given the chef ,they apologised and did give us a free drink but then when the steaks finally arrived they came minus the pepper sauces, it was then a race to see if the chef could get the sauces to us before the steaks were eaten or cold. On the whole a very disappointing evening .

Food is overpriced for the quality and amount received. Feel sorry for anyone ordering the 10oz gammon. As the 5oz I supposedly had in my mixed grill was no bigger than half a 5 pound note. The rest of the grill was over cooked and dry. Wife's meal wasn't much better. They totally missed the garlic prawns with her Seebass.

Stopped to grab a meal of sea bass and mixed grill. The venue was busy so being patient was expected- no problem there. The sea bass had the garlic prawns missing and the mixed grill was very disappointing- chicken was over cooked on the grill making it very dry and the 5oz gammon steak was miniscule- cut too small. Chef needs a bit of training on cutting a 5oz steak. We ate the meal as waiting for another would not have been possible. We were offered free desert, I went for the crème brûlée as it is the quickest to prepare. Can be done in 90seconds. After waiting 17 minutes it hadn’t arrived. We left. My training was always if there has been an error it corrected immediately. No if’s no buts. I have over 15 years experience as chef and front of house in a variety of establishments. Sadly might be better on another day, but today wasn’t it.

What a delight it is staying here. My second visit and I will definitely come again. The room was spacious as was the bathroom. Very clean and good quality bed linen, towels also. good tea and coffee selection, very roomy hanging space, good size TV and good picture/reception. Very quiet, had a great nights sleep, was accompanied by my girlfriend aand she loved it too. We dined in the bar, carvery for me, cheese pie for the better half, both delicious. Breakfast was as I remember.......Awesome! worth going for alone. We were staying over to see The ELO Show at the Lowry, it made the whole trip brilliant, to come back to a lovely room etc. There's no where I'd rather stay when visiting Manchester.

For a prime location in my opinion there is no added value to this place staff are always to busy re stocking or chatting (sorry) such a poor understanding of non cohol drinks too.

Lovely staff and room and good location.

Love meeting up with family here

Seabass lovely. Good tentative service.