Reviews
Word is getting out about the Sportsman, here's a recent review on the Huddersfield beer blogspot A Swift One:
Says it all really!
'Food Glorious Food
Those of us who travel to Manchester and Sheffield know that somewhere in a pub with a dozen or so hand pumps we will be able to get a good plate of food, visitors to Huddersfield's mighty drinking establishments have never been as well served. The closure of the Rat & Ratchet's kitchen has been a blow, but the start of food service in the Sportsman, may rectify the balance.
For those who don't yet know, the Sportsman is Huddersfield's latest real ale emporium, going out of town past St. Georges Square and just beyond the railway viaduct. Food is available 12-3 Monday to Thursday and an amazing 11-4 Friday and Saturday, and then again from 7-9 in the evening (Monday to Thursday). Sunday lunch is served 12-3. There is a regular menu plus a specials board, the food is home cooked, big portions and good value (steak & ale pie, chips & veg £3.95). Don't expect fine dining, this is pub food to accompany beer, 8 hand pumps, typically Anglo Dutch, Salamander and Mallinsons, or keep you warm inside if you are off to watch Town or the Giants (Huddersfield's Galpharm Stadium is less than 10 minutes walk away).
Some of the Rat's kitchen has moved, along with Rob, to it's sister Ossett pub in Dewsbury, the Shepherds Boy. This is a great little pub, on the Huddersfield-Mirfield-Dewsbury road, or a ten minute walk up from Dewsbury railway station, and we travelled to sample Rob's Sunday fayre, something the Rat has never been able to offer. For £7.95 you can get a three course traditional Sunday roast, beef, lamb or chicken on this day with starter and dessert (£6.95 starter or dessert and main, £5.95 main course only). Vegetables and roast potatoes are perfectly cooked, and a different gravy is served for each meat. Sunday roasts are served 12-6, which gives you plenty of time to sample the 8 different beers on offer, normally 5 Ossett and 3 guests.
If you have not got the time (or access to transport) to travel out of town to one of our many country pubs for a beer and a bite to eat, the Sportsman or the Shepherds Boy might be just what you are looking for.
Buon appettito!'
So if you havent tried our food yet, now is the time!
