Goats Gate in Bury

Lovely pub,staff are very friendly especially lily,lovely atmosphere and pizza delicious 😋

The food is good value for the money. The staff are all friendly and helpful. Very clean and lots of parking available.

Great quiz night, good crowd. Spoilt by a pint of blackcurrant and soda at £1.80! Didn't eat so can't comment

Excellent service and food. Very professional and friendly staff. Would recommend highly I asked for a sqaure pizza and I got one!!! Absolutely fantastic place

Giving up on this place! Last 3 times we visited they have run out of items or not been serving food at all! 7 pm on a Friday no pizzas available... poor management! The menu is not that extensive so when they run out there is practically nothing on offer. No point in visiting such an unreliable venue, there are much better places to go!

They served hot drinks at a pub at 8-30pm. Well done, just what I needed after a walk in Springwater Park

Wrong music playing to the wrong customer base. Means I'm unlikely to revisit

Lovely pub, polite staff, great decor after refurb, staff cleaning whilst not busy to keep standards up, food looked great. Only downside football was on and was a bit loud and shouty when goal scored, otherwise great and will return. Update 19/9 exactly same as above, pleasure to go in there. Queens funeral been played quietly in the background on tv's to allow respect to be paid. Update 30/12/22 same polite staff and great pub. Update 5/6/23 went to take up offer of pizza and 2 drinks £12.95 all day every day to be told no pizzas on, this is the second time now so please update website and advertising to match. Are J Holt aware! Update 5/8/24: went again to go for the pizza offer to be told no white wine so unable to have the offer beer or red wine only.

A nice local pub to stop for a coffee while I was out on a walk.

Pizza’s were good quality but our table received the first two after 45 minutes and then we didn’t receive the final one until an hour and a half from ordering. So none of us ate together. Made a simple get-together for drinks and food rather uncomfortable. Landlady’s (or whoever was in charge that evening) attitude stank… Poor service, and a defensive tone rather than an apologetic one when politely spoken to about it at the end of the evening, which put off members of our family who are locals and visit the pub regularly. But I guess ‘It is what it is’ 🤷🏻‍♂️

Best pub in Whitefield by far . Great food and beer and amazing landlady . Truly can not rate this pub highly enough

Nice pub very nice pizza just a quick bit of late lunch not busy just enough people in joseph holt pub just doing pizza but very good refurbished inside attentive staff an clean surroundings

Great venue, good food. Stout is the the best

Pizza and 2 pints under 15 pound, can’t go wrong.

Been in 3 times for food since the change of management , twice they ran out of dough and other supplies. This time the card machine wasn't working and where only talking cash. On my way out someone paid with their card. It's gone down the toilet.

First time visit, this lunchtime. Very nice, friendly & spacious. The staff are very friendly & helpful. Ordered the pepperoni pizza, which was excellent. Will definitely visit again. Highly recommended 👍

Great service ,gorgeous food would recommend. 5 star ...

Pizza was brilliant and the deal is great. Kids mini pizza and dessert was a great deal too Staff were amazing and very happy to let my 3.5 year old help out haha

Nice food, good choices and some great deals. Staff could do with some training in customer service. Girl was obsessed with trying to take everything away from our table including sauces while we were still eating our meals

Pizza are lovely but need to be available more 😋 often run out or not serving food

We only popped in for a drink. It’s the visit since the refurbishment. I might pop in for some food in the future.

Great food especially the pizza friendly staff very welcoming

Didn't eat. Friendly staff, beer well kept.

The Pizzas were nice, but we didn't get the chilies to spice them up as they advertise. We asked 3 times to make sure but still didn't get them. Pulled mushrooms were requested and checked but never received. One pizza finally came when others had nearly finished. A free drink by way of compensation was ordered and never received. The staff were very nice and polite but just not on the ball. Nice pub, nice atmosphere.

Just called in for a drink ..bit of a change in direction from Holts regarding the traditional pubs...but seems to work ...sort of an upper class pizzahut...but with great beer & sky sports.. actually has everything for a Saturday afternoon session!..well worth a visit!

Nice friendly pub and the Pizza deal is good value

Delicious pizza, with lots of veggie options and very tasty dough balls and homemade garlic butter. Friendly service. Highly recommend!

Called for lunch, chose the pizzerette with salad, delicious. My favourite cider on draft, 👌 an enjoyable afternoon

Noisy with kids crying and screamy drunken gen z. Atmosphere, zero. Food was over cooked with the base burnt yet the crust edge perfect, topping a bit mean. Staff were lovely. I was here before and didn't like it then but thought I'd give it another try. Was a good local pub in its day, wish it was again. Nope, won't go back. Better eateries elsewhere in Whitefield.

Always a friendly atmosphere really enjoyed new years eve their

Went for the Santa and reindeer last weekend, my son absolutely loved it, great atmosphere

Amazing pub, lovely atmosphere, great bar staff. Enjoy going here for a few drink and a bite to eat. Great service Rach time!

PERFECT ordered Chiken tikka Pizza and it so Delish. I will definitely be visiting again. Staff lovely. Place very clean. Lovely Xmas music live

Had a light bite to eat in the afternoon. Food was ok service was decent will prob go again when I am near

Great pizzas for lunch. Lovely atmosphere and staff. 3rd visit and will definitely come again.

Was a quick afternoon drink so wasn't very busy

Nice atmosphere and all decked out to a good standard .

Lovely place . Pizza superb too...

super good value on drinks and the pub itself was done really well inside

Looks great inside, clean and tidy. Great staff but one young member of staff was lacking in customer care skills. Took glasses away with drinks left in them Food great, Pizza delicious. Unfortunately, people vaping are not challenged. Our group found the woman sat near vaping away with her duck bill lips quite offensive, staff ignored it. Not the first time. Very annoying as it puts us of returning. Such a shame as it’s a great pub albeit holts bar prices have gone up a lot. Sort the above and you’ll get top reviews.

Love the goats goat relaxed environment and love all the staff top team. You all do a fantastic job, make everyone feel very welcome x

Only came here for drinks on a Saturday evening, the place was very busy (and loud!) but the recent refurbishment looks incredible. It's a really welcoming place to catch up with friends, reasonably priced bar and good staff. Clean and well kept also. Will be back next time we're up to try the food!

Renovated and kind of a flagship pub for the brewery they should look to invest and improve other sites like this

Great atmosphere pizza was pretty good to beer was wet and cold just how I like it! It was table service at the time due to COVID restrictions but am sure they have been lifted now! Staff are attentive and helpful. Great location and easy to find! Indoor and out door table's! Lots of parking spaces to!

Good food and great selection of beers, wines and spirits. Helpful and friendly staff. Clean and tidy pub with a nice outdoor section. Friendly atmosphere.

Always wanting to sell me raffle tickets ???

Friendly service great tasting food

The goats gate hosted my dad's wake on Wednesday the 16th of March, I lwould like to thank Ray and his lovely team for their fantastic service and support, Ray went above and beyond for us and would just like to say how much myself and my family appreciated this. Thank you so much Ann & family ⭐

Lovely modern pub with friendly staff and great food, probably the nicest pizza I have tasted in a while, really authentic Italian style we will definitely return.

This is a warm friendly, local bar with a good all round selection of pizzas really nice, just three quaters eaten cos too much for one. ( box offered to takeaway) !! Special deal on for couples . Staff are great nice selection of Holts ales. Its a far cry from the pub it used to be totally revamped to a high standard . Well done Ray, Val and the great staff.

Pleasant surroundings nice and clean comfortable atmosphere

Really dog friendly. staffs re super nice there. Food re good but a lot of times with limited choice only

Warm welcome, friendly barman who recommended a delicious stout. A very stylishly appointed pub. People highly recommend the pizzas. Only drawback is that it could have been warmer in the pub.

Very delicious pizza, especially for hoisin duck, recommend

Pizza's are really good value, especially if you visit Monday - Thursday. Well worth a visit.

Place good duck pizza so nice mmmmml ovely

Well decorated after a total re vamp with Joseph Holts tasty beers lovely this is a pizza with cheap offers on with a proper pizza chef. The staff are lovely very polite and after a couple of visits I like the Black its tastier than Trailblazer but full range of Holts beers in place.

Top Pizza, s Love them so been back again and again.

Lovely atmosphere,great deals on food and lovely too!

Always clean, friendly staff and speedy service, so love the smell of a freshly baked pizza too

Been meaning to try since the refurb. My friend and I were meeting up and she suggested the place as it was near to where she was exiting the motorway. Neither of us knew that it was a “pizza joint” and we were looking for more of a meal experience., but agreed to try it and see. It was Friday lunchtime and were surprised to find ourselves the only customers. We were presented with a small piece of paper with a very limited number of choices of pizzas...this was the menu! I have seen a wider choice in basic Italian restaurants. On enquiring if there was a dessert menu, we were told there wasn’t, but that the waitress could tell us what was available. Throughout our time in there, it was absolutely freezing with a draught blowing on my back...it was a cool day, but actually warmer outside..don’t know if this was over zealous aircon. I had ordered a Margarita and I have never had a pizza completely devoid of taste as the one I got...not a trace of mozzarella..no oregano...it was really dreadful. The staff were pleasant enough..the decor is lovely, but I have had tastier take away pizzas. I wouldn’t go there again if it was free.

Always, always brilliant. Love the pizza's, as do the kids and friends.

Lovely pub and great with kids .

Loved watching my pizza being freshly made. Fantastic bar service and lovely staff. Very clean and welcoming

Enjoyable - service a bit slow though.

Amazing pizzas staff very friendly service with a smile atmosphere lovely would highly recommend We will definitely be back

Really friendly service helpful staff! Great pizza! the goats cheese is a must 👌🏼

Great atmosphere and thoroughly enjoyed pizza too! 🍕 🍺

Good parking, good food, nice pizzas for the kids. Used to go here when it was one of the old fashioned Holts' pubs. Had some nice times there but those days are gone forever. Glad to see it get a new lease of life. Looks really nice and I'd be happy to take the family anytime. Well done Holts' Brewery.

Decided on the spur of the moment to try it out as a local pub. Family of five - and I am the one that does not like pizza generally - especially the 'big name' delivery boys (too much cheese and grease !!). Impressed with the service and atmosphere. Landlord could not do enough for us. For me, one of the best pizza I have ever had and will come here again rather than order a take away !!!

Been a few years since we were here, The place is really smart now, had a look at the menu it looks OK for snacks. Only thing against for me is they don't sell Guinness they do sell a stout but its not quite the same.

This place has not too recently had a full upgrade now has great inside and outside areas the menu is restricted to pizzas 🍕 but these are amazing great staff and drinks 2.

A great friendly place, staff are brilliant, good great, can't wait to go back.

Met friends for drinks, good atmosphere

Fab pizzas🍕🍕🍕 would recommend and will definitely be back

Very nice welcome good service .. had a pizza ..was above expectations.. good place 😎

Nice range of beers and simple but nice food. Worth a visit.

Watched the euros semi-final at The Goat's Gate on Wednesday night. Everything was done so well - great food and drink, brilliant atmosphere and very friendly and attentive staff. Would highly recommend.

Excellent service, thoroughly enjoyed the pizza

Pizzas great and staff friendly and helpful

Atmosphere really nice, very clean, and pizza's are fab, my son takes me here when i visit him.

food great service great just great all round

Great pub, pizza's good, try it you'll enjoy..

Lovely atmosphere and staff were amazing. Really friendly and professional. I'm new to the area and will definitely be back. Pizza and 2 drinks for £12:95 an absolute steal. Breakfast pizza yummy 😋

Nice place but very over priced on drinks!

It's a pub, it sells beer, it shows football, it serves pizza... job done 👍🏼

I remember the old Goats Gate; little local with real ales and bar food. This one only serves pizza and no real ales. The pint was good, they will still have good cellars, but the food was disappointing. The pizza was overcooked. The three cheeses had fused into a dry mass that tasted only of scorched cheddar. Mozzarella? Where was the stringyness? Italian hard cheese? No idea, no taste. The sauce came from a tin, the base scorched and burnt on one side with a taste and texture like cardboard. A base that isn't round doesn't make it any better; this is hardly "artisan". The whole meal came to under a tenner. With that I could have gone to Forts of India and bought a dish that would have lasted two days at home. Or gone to BBQ Land and had a real good, tasty proper pizza. The staff didn't seem to know what was going on, they weren't busy but my asking for a meal seemed to have been missed and I was asked to pay for my drink before I ordered food. Oh, did you want a menu? No one came to check up if everything was ok. I would have told them. This isn't my first visit to Goats Gate but it certainly is the last. I was disappointed at the previous visit and wish I hadn't gone this time.

Tonight was my first occasion coming to the goats gate I live in the area and I have been meaning to hop in for some food for quite some time however i haven’t got round to it. I went to watch the football and asked to sit inside if possible and I was left to my own devices on choosing what seat I would like to sit down on which was great. After sitting down a member of staff made me aware that the volume was on in the back room if I wished to move into that room to watch the football which I did. I ordered the deal on the menu which was promoted by the member of staff which was great and I had the spicy beef pizza and two pints for £12 which you can’t complain. On ordering the drinks the service was great and drinks were provided to me efficiently without any waiting around. It was that good I ended up staying for both matches of the footy and will definitely be returning and making this my new local. Cheers guys.

Had already gone past here several times in the car and had heard that they had recently opened up again after a post-lockdown refurbishment. Heard that they they had a 'new' pizza menu and was pleasantly surprised by the so-called 'bespoke' pizzas on offer here during a Euro 2020 Wales vs Switzerland afternoon visit with a colleague. I chose the 'spicy beef' pizza and was a little surprised by what then subsequently arrived with respect to the size (small) and lack of toppings vs what had actually been previously described on the food menu. On ordering another pint of Crystal Diamond, the manager 'Derek' proceeded to think he was actually being 'humorous' or indeed trying to mock me in saying that he thought that 1) 'my watch looked fake', and that he thought that I had 'bought it recently up at Strangeways'. Usually, I do not take such comments to heart, albeit in this case I was particularly offended, especially since I had already spent a fair bit of money as a paying customer there and I also believe his comments were completely UNNECESSARY and unjust!! After a few moments of reflection on what had just transpired, I decided to wait for him to return to the dining area and then call him out on this, and then following his frankly quite pathetic attempt at an 'apology' told him that I had actually been grossly offended by his comments. He replied quite flippantly back with'thats all I can do' and then he and made a final parting comment to me, before leaving, that he was 'extremely busy', which again left me completely gobsmacked and open-mouthed. Am wondering where this Derek has learned his obnoxious, disgraceful 'customer service' from, as it is now fairly obvious to me that he has had very limited experience in dealing with people in a customer servces setting. It left a nasty taste in the mouth and as a direct result I would also be extremely dubious about returning after receiving such treatment!! Avoid this Derek at all costs, as he is obviously doing the establishment in where he works a great disservice with his frankly uncouth mouth and behaviour!!

I am absolutely mortified at the state of the customer service in this place. The so called manager VAL, needs some lessons in grace and decorum and general customer service skills because the way I was spoken to was disgusting. I am a loyal paying customer and was made to feel like a second class citizen in an supposedly friendly local pub close to my home that family regularly visit. I WILL NOT BE RETURNING. And I would advise strongly that others follow my lead.

Beer is very bad, the place has good decoration though.

Great pub, they've recently added to the outside area which would be ideal for a drink in summer.

Good service, nice drinks, nice place overall

Food was lovely and great service. A lady called jess served us and she offered excellent customer service very friendly and polite makes very impressed thankyou.xx

It is a lovely pub but because I'm gulten free I can't eat here. So maybe on time you could consider doing gulten free pizzas

Only drank there but the service was excellent and the pizza's really looked the business! A beautifully revamped pub. Very impressive.

Didn't have to wait to long, Lovely food and drinks friendly and really helpful staff ........ what more coukd you ask for

We got the pizzas having waited an hour and a half and they were delicious. But waiting all that time in the freezing cold with no heaters or blankets was awful. We would only go back if it was boiling and we weren’t hungry. They need more staff both at the pub and in the kitchen.

Great food and service. Highly recommend

Have been in The Goats Gate quite a few times and always had a good time in there. However the past 3 times I have been, I have been refused entry. I attempted to go in on the final day before lockdown began in high spirits, but my early evening was swiftly ruined after being refused entry. Was made to feel rather annoyed as I spent plenty of time getting there and arrived with plenty of time in the day left. I understand not being able to go in in big groups, but me and my friend only wanted a quiet pint and food to watch the football.