The Normanhurst Hotel, 195 Brooklands Road, Sale M33 3PJ
Telephone 0161 973 1982
Website: www.normanhursthotel.co.uk

The Normanhurst Hotel is located on Brooklands Road and seems to have been there forever. It has its own car parking on the grounds. We decided we would visit and enjoy Sunday lunch. This is served from 12.15 until 30.00 pm so we booked a table for 1.30 pm

There is a separate bar area with a large conservatory extension where you can enjoy a pre-prandial drink whilst perusing the ample menu. We arrived early and found the place quite busy with potential diners. There was a large family group encompassing three generations, which was nice to see.

We liked the selection of starters which included home-made soup and chicken liver pate’.

The main course has a great selection of roast joints, the sort that often seem too large to cook at home. There is roast pork and crackling, sirloin of beef and Yorkshire pudding and roast leg of lamb. There is also chicken Supreme, poached salmon and a vegetarian choice.

For the cost of an extra Pound coin you can partake of a slice each of all of the roasts with all of the trimmings. This is called the Normanhurst Special and I could not resist it.

There was plentiful selection of freshly cooked vegetables.

The extensive wine list is of good quality, although I thought some bottles were a little expensive.

For pudding there is a variety of hot and cold fudge cake, chocolate cakes and gateaux. You just need to have enough capacity left after the huge roast dinner.

There is an excellent Sunday lunch which reasonably cost less than £50 including our wine and drinks. As a bonus there was no washing up to do and I got in the Memsahib’s good books.

The evening menu looks very interesting and I think we should, on your behalf investigate this on another occasion.

Will we return?

Yes, the roasts were excellent.

Our Verdict

Atmosphere 8/10
Service 8/10
Food 9/10

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