Barbridge Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Fantastic food, carvery was delicious and plenty to eat, great dessert selection with a twist on the normal desserts."
• "Food was excellent, family has Sunday roast with all the trimmings."
• "The food was delicious (I had a hot Mediterranean vegetables with very lightweight ciabatta and mum had salmon and prawns) and so fresh."
• "The food was stunning Black Pudding and Pork Sausages. wow... Homemade steak and ale pie (full crust)."
• "Best chicken I had in years!"
• "Food was absolutely amazing. Simple fare done to the highest of standards."
• "The food was fantastic there was three of us and every meal was superb."

Cons:

• "I ordered chicken and bacon baguette, but when it arrived I took a bite and found it had tuna in it."
• "£18.95 for the pictured meal of pie and chips, which was pretty bland."
• "Tasty food but totally overpriced for what you get."
• "The Adult menu was also very limited on the choice of food."
• "Food was extremelly expensive. I had better experiences at motorway service stops."
• "Went there for lunch, and food was disgusting. Chips were soft and drenched in oil, bread was stale, meat overcooked."
• "The menu has now changed and instead of the choice of two sizes of fish they now only have one smallish one."

Service

Pros:

• "The 2 girls who seated us and served us were both terrific, lovely with our dogs, the food was hot and freshly cooked."
• "Special mention to Livvy at the bar and our wonderful server Chloe."
• "The staff are so friendly definitely worth a visit."
• "Staff are friendly and attentive."
• "Service was warm welcoming and friendly."
• "The staff were extremely welcoming and efficient."
• "Staff were really flexible and helpful when our son didn’t fancy anything on the kids menu."

Cons:

• "But the way this extra charge was dealt with was underhanded and on that note we will Not be returning!"
• "On this occasion the 'new' staff were very pleasant and attentive, however the female supervisor was extremely rude to both us and (more so) the staff which made for a wholly unpleasant evening."
• "Service not brilliantly quick despite the place being virtually empty."
• "Food was really nice. However they seem really unorganised dealing with orders."
• "Service was none existent. Rude staff."
• "Food was good service was appalling. Even though it was quiet it took 3hrs to get a drink & main course."
• "Waited an hour for our order only to be told that it had been misplaced."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "A Lovely pub in lovely settings."
• "A perfect family boozer with incredible views!"
• "Nice pub in a lovely setting right by the canal."
• "Lovely setting by the canal and boats in Summer to sit outside on the picnic benches watching the barges."
• "A lovely quaint place next to canal."
• "Dog friendly and right on the banks of the canal to watch the boats going past while chilling with a pint 🍺🍻"
• "Lovely old canal side pub along the Middlewich arm and the Barbridge village near Nantwich."

Cons:

• "Looks tatty. A shame when a big effort is made in the area to keep everywhere neat and tidy."
• "The basics that a lot of places seem to skimp on - the toilets. Stainless steel trough (my pet hate) and a broken toilet seat!"
• "We sat outside on a table which was filthy."
• "Just needs a little bit of tlc on the building and keeping more tidy by the pizza hut under the canopy to drink and eat."
• "My wife fell down a step in the pub onto her back the step was not marked with a caution sign the accident was not recorded in the accident book nobody seemed to care."
• "Tables sticky to the point that paper napkins were sticking to them."
• "This place is not safe. People wandering all around the restaurant."