Forester's Arms in Bury

Lovely atmosphere , clean and definitely worth another visit.... IPA is gorgeous .

The girls in our group were so happy that they could stand at the bar supping Holts Smooth and play 501 on the darts board. Look at my other reviews to see where I've been!

Went in recently for a round of darts. Ended up receiving a round of patronising abuse by a “senior” at the pub. Sadly, frequented by Gammons. Viva la Gen Z

What a hole! Like the armpit of Prestwich.

Good cheap pub with good pool table

Always a warm welcome and a decent pint.

An old fashioned pub with food beer, mature clientele and racing on during the day. Pool table and pub games in the vault.

Definitely comes across a regulars sort of place but sensed no animosity which you sometimes can — anyway, service was good, and the smoking area pleasant enough

Favourite pub for a multitude of reasons. In

Great pub run by a great couple.

Great pub lovely landlord/landlady, great bunch of regulars.

Basic 'estate' pub, but beer and bar staff good

Quiet place but nice place to be

Great place to go staff nice and friendly

Happy pleasant staff, a regular for family and friends for many years. No trouble, nice atmosphere.

Nice place if you want a quiet pint

It's a local of mine and I know the staff and the people in there who are friendly but as it's a holts pub not keen on the beers and prices

Cant say much for the pub itself, your typical holts bar, with your like furniture regulars. Frank, the landlord is quick to dish a barring out, c*nt would Barr his own mother if one of his precious regulars took a disliking to her.

My first choice as service great and staff serve me quickly and correctly.

Great atmosphere,nice people an friendly staff

Relaxed environment for a drink in a non-pretentious but well looked after pub.

Great local pub, well run and friendly staff.

Great pub,nice barstaff will be going there again.

If you dont like it, you wont love it!!! You just need to give it some LOVE and who knows what goes next 🤣🤣🤣 Gotta LOVE FORESTERS with its loyal friendly regulars. I've been going for years. Not enough pubs in Manchester left like this!!

A standard Holts pub, more suited for the older person, but you can have a good time the people are friendly

It was so nice to be back in the Forester's, it's been a long wait but was definitely worth it! The atmosphere was as friendly as always, there was plenty of banter between friends and even strangers, everyone was happy to be out. Masks were worn, there was hand gel and space inbetween tables. The barmaids were looking after everyone via table service and were doing an amazing job even though the pub was busy. Looking forward to our next visit already.

i always visit when I'm in the area. welcoming and friendly

Mark E Smith had great taste. What a hostelry, great Holt's Black!

Lovely friendly atmosphere recommend for a nice quiet pint refreshing change :)

A proper pub. Irene is a top drawer landlady - very knowledgeable

Nice place. Small. But friendly. Always someone to have a chat with or a game of pool. Definitely worth a visit.

Good atmosphere very relaxed pub with pool table

Great place staff and managment lovely

Lovely place great beer and lovely staff

Typical Holts pub. Basic but tidy and clean inside. Usual great Holts beers on draught and in bottles. Very reasonabley priced. In fact dirt cheap compared to some places. Dark mild on hand pump which is a rarity nowadays. Tasty as.

Good selection of beer customers a bit loud

Great local, good company and good ale

Nice landlady great landlord what more do you want

Came in for a quick drink to shelter from the wind and rain it is what you call a proper pub nice and cosy and serves a nice I.p.a what more could you ask for

Great beer and nice and friendly staff

Nice atmosphere and was able to have a conversation without loads of noise

Friendly local boozer. Cheers guys

Cheap beer and a sympathetic ear

Love going in on a Saturday as all horseracing 🏇 is on. For racing fans a must, not bad ale either, especially the diamond an gold 👍🏇🥂

great pub played pool with the locals and won a few

Friendly and fun on the Sunday night karaoke

Nice people, nice beer, nice prices, Big but very quiet when I was there, so if that's what you like then I up u sorted 👍

Great pub, well run, very efficient and friendly bat staff.

Lots of good beer, good pool table and Irene is the most friendly, welcoming and warm hearted bar maid I have ever met.

Always a relaxed and friendly experience. Beer always on top form. Kath and Frank are brilliant at keeping out the riff raff (other than myself). Best pub in Prestwich village!

Bar staff are great, beer is nuts and bolts(it's holt's) karaoke on a Sunday night is unrivaled, but there's always this gurner in there with an Irish girl telling me I'm a nice guy

Great Pub free WiFi together with Racing UK would recommend if you like a flutter in comfort

Proper Holts pub. You know what I mean..... Apparently my uncle was the landlord here many years ago, so it was probably in the 50's.

Love the speed quiz on Tuesdays and the karioke on Sundays is entertaining. Nice bunch of people.

Great pub love it frank and cath are the best

Great an friendly pub great people

Friendly pub staff & locals, excellent quiz on Tuesdays

The good old Foresters. The first ale house I ever ventured into in 1985. You cannot argue with the calibre of the beer tasters in this place.........they'd beat you up! The bitter has a wonderful malty but slightly fruity taste upon the tongue(well it does if your eating Opal Fruits at the same time!) My young son asked if I would take him to see some horses....so I brought him in here to watch the racing! I asked a friendly looking fellow if he had picked any winners? He looked at me and said 'no,but you can pick any window!' The landlady was nice and cheerful though,she only threatened to slit my throat once! On a more serious note though,this is a good watering hole for people like me......alcoholics! I lit a cigarette in the lounge and the landlord rushed over to me and said'You can't smoke that in here.......get in the vault with it!' They even have pockets on the pool table! Great night,good beer,good company and good night.