Griffin Hotel

This place takes a solid 3 star.
After another late finish at work, my colleague mentioned this place did good pizza, after what was supposed to be a 10 minute walk we arrived at a Wetherspoonesque pub.
The furniture has the genric comfy couches and chairs you find at one of these pubs, which was filled with hungry loud families.
They offer two for 1 on mains every Monday or £12.95 for two courses Monday to Thursday, I chose the squid for starters, and a salmon and prawn hanging kebab for mains.
The staff were freindly and offered a good selction of beer however they were not attentive when it came to serving us food. Our starter plate was left waiting to be picked up for 30 minutes before it was discovered. To be fair it was busy, and my tolerance was not great because there was so many loud kids.
The squid calamari was plentiful, but difficult to eat due to its rubbery nature. When the mains arrived i was more impressed. The vegtables looked fresh and vibrant with nicely seasoned home made looking fries. Pulling off the salmon and prawns from its skewer, I found this to be well cooked and tasty. I did orginally think that I woud be able to snaffle this and have room for dessert, but I was deceived. Suprisingly filling.
Overall a good solid pub, nothing to write home about, but can’t fault it too much either. I would just be prepared that it can be busy, and if you do not have the tolerance for loud chavy families… try to time this one carfully.

I’ve been here twice in the last month and both times the food was good, my partner said the roast beef available on Sundays was the best he’d had. Ambience is buzzy, car parking adequate, décor attractive.

We have friends that live in Heald Green and suggested the newly refurbished Griffin for lunch.. It was a nice walk from their house to the other end of the village. but that where the good ended.
As a party of 6 we firstly got seated on a bench table for 4. more than a squeeze. We got moved to a much better table, after asking, surrounded by huge cushion that meant it was almost possible to sit down.
We all all ordered at the bar and the food that came wasn’t terrible quality just very small portions! I sent my calamari back as 5 squid ring for £4.85 seemed like a joke. The staff apologised and explained after reopening up they had teething problems in the kitchen… but then no check back after our main courses arrived.
For a self proclaimed gastropub charging gastropub prices this has a long way to go.

The Griffin is a small pub at the far end of Heald Green village right near Cheadle Royal. Because of its location it is easy to get to, it is on the corner of a busy junction so it cant be missed and parking is not an issue as there are plenty of parking spaces which wrap right round the building. The pub itself is a bit on the small side but it is set out very nicely and it never feels cramped even when it is busy. The décor is modern and everying is in good condition. The staff are nice and the food offered is quite good for pub food. There is not a huge menu to choose from but there is enough variety and they offer the pub staples of lasagne, fish and chips, mixed grill, burgers etc at quite cheap prices approx £6−12 for a main meal. There is also seating outside which is handy for the summer months and smokers.