The Leigh Arms Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed."
• "Great venue particularly in the sunshine."
• "Location is very nice, staff is very lovely."
• "Lovely location by the river, plenty of seating areas inside and out."
• "Sited next to the River Weaver Cheshire."
• "Situated on the Banks of the River Weaver at Acton Bridge it has ample parking."
• "Sunny day, riverside location, so beer garden beckoned."

Cons:

• "We frequently visited the pub before covid, but during the lockdown the owners have seen fit to shut off the car park to walkers."
• "Interior a little tired. Seats need renewing."
• "It was nice enough but feel it has lost some of the charm it had before."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was YUMMY!!!"
• "The food was genuinely faultless."
• "The food was delicious and the pie in particular is so generous that I'd challenge the average human to finish it without rupture."
• "Pie fillings were very tasty and most meals appeared to have been cooked well."
• "Recommend the beef and stiltion pie it's amazing and huge portion."
• "The food is always fabulous and a really good menu with lovely specials available daily too."
• "The food was freshly cooked and tasty with a good variety of meals to choose from."

Cons:

• "Sadly ham egg an Chips the ham was bland,the chips were the oven type looked fresh and inviting but needed lots of seasoning."
• "Food could be dialed up a notch for the price."
• "Meals took a long time to come, had 2 orders for same table but 1 order was sent and eaten before the 2nd arrived so had to chase it up."
• "The beef and lamb main meals were a little tough."
• "Unfortunately it wasn’t vey hot, the mash was, but the rest was only lukewarm, plates were cold too."
• "Steak and ale pie was awful."
• "Food not great... macaroni cheese for kids not actually macaroni."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff very Covid aware, friendly and helpful."
• "Food & staff very nice, definitely be going again."
• "Friendly staff. Great country pub with a great atmosphere."
• "A warm welcome from staff."
• "Staff were very happy and friendly and couldn't do enough for you."
• "Staff were lovely, very friendly, and welcoming."
• "The staff were friendly and the service was great."

Cons:

• "Didn't get our simple order for 2 coffees and 2 cakes correct and then spent 10 minutes going to and from bar rather than bringing us the missing cake....by which time the coffee was cold."
• "Place looks lovely now done up, my only issue was we were asked if we wanted dessert menus and the girl forgot to bring it we waited over 20 mins and it wasn't busy."
• "Staff looked like they did not want to be there was served by a person who was talking to someone else all the time I was being served."
• "I did mention it to a member of staff but got no feed back or anything."
• "Service a little slow and disorganised at times."
• "Although staff tried to be helpful, in my opinion they weren't actually bothered."
• "The place was empty with numerous table's available but we were told you had to book."