Address: Blackburn Old Rd, Preston, PR5 0RX, United Kingdom
Phone: +441254852272
Rating: 4.5
based on 130 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The food was excellent and plenty, and you can taste the good quality ingredients."
"Absolutely delicious Valentines Dinner …… beef wellington was beautifully cooked and accompanied by perfectly prepared seasonal vegetables and a side serving of rich, red wine sauce ……."
"Nice big portions with a pot of gravy, all cooked spot on and so tasty."
"Food was excellent and all 3 courses enjoyed."
"Awesome BBQ pork sandwich, beer, and atmosphere."
"Food was delicious! I had a pork steak off the specials menu and it was divine!"
"Everything we had was delicious. Starters, steaks, soups, desserts, beer and I can't leave out the onion rings."
Cons:
"Had fish fingers butty it was alright but the chips were raw inside."
"triple cooked chips were a disgrace"
"Pan seared scallops - two piddly scallops hiding under a sprig of foliage - overpriced and disappointing"
"Pies burnt and dry which made it very hard to eat so ended up leaving it after a few bites."
"Shame the food didn't match. I had the gammon which looked very nice but was chewy."
"Unfortunately the two starters were sent back, the peppered mushrooms were crunchy due to the abundance of whole green, not black peppercorns which gave it a weird taste and fish cakes that were way too salty."
"The only letdown was the side of creamed spinach which I paid £3 for and was disgusting and I couldn't eat."
Service
Pros:
"The young staff were efficient and very pleasant to talk to."
"staff are friendly service was great too"
"Lovely staff who obviously put their customers first.....so thank you 😊"
"Staff were very friendly too and had a nice atmosphere."
"The waiting staff are exceptional and very well trained."
"Service was friendly, attentive, we had the vegetarian burger and I must admit it was the best veggie burger Iv ever had."
"The staff gave excellent service as well as being friendly and warm!"
Cons:
"We were basically kicked out after just one course, unable to have dessert."
"The service is very slow seemed to wait an eternity for the starter and mains."
"manager disciplining staff in front of customers, zero atmosphere."
"10 mins later we were advised by the manager that our slot had now expired and were asked to finish our drinks at the bar."
"Service could have been better as seemed to be very short staffed."
"the service let us down a little"
"Excellent food, just one gripe and that's service, you can be Sat waiting for waitress to come table."
Atmosphere & Decor
Pros:
"Food excellent, decor I really liked reasonably priced drinks and food."
"Love this country pub, been 3 times, but ate there for the 1st time last Saturday. Calm and friendly atmosphere, polite and helpful staff, nice country style with a log fire."
"A great cosy homely feel to this place."
"A very quaint country pub"
"an amazing atmosphere and great service as always"
"A lovely pub, very comfortable and cosy."
"It is lovely inside, tastefully refurbished without losing the countryside feel."
Cons:
"We had a table booked for 8 plus our grandson, who I counted as a half (18 month old). And we was cramped up."
"All in all it was a disappointment. We felt we couldn’t really talk as we were more or less sat with another table, the place was not over clean."
"manager disciplining staff in front of customers, zero atmosphere."
"interior design was hit and miss. Please lose the purple."
"going to the bar when you first go in to get a drink is a nightmare"
"For us though it was a little too noisy."
"Didn't feel able to complain as no-one was around and we had already paid due to this set-up."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Reasonably priced, good food."
"Good selection of largers as well as local ales. Prices are reasonable too."
"with the government's eat to help scheme, a great price as well"
"The bill wasn't as steep as I thought it was going to be."
"Food outstanding prices reasonable."
"Food was very good and not expensive."
"Plenty of free parking too."
Cons:
"overpriced and disappointing"
"All in all it was a disappointment... the food overpriced."
"Normally fantastic. Probably one of the best pubs/restaurants we go to however this time it was just meh. Very expensive for very simple food."
"Great selection of drinks although bordering on expensive."
"Ordered a roast beef sandwich and a fish finger sandwich, a pint and a latte. £21. Don't mind paying that for food but there weren't £7 sandwiches."
"Come here if you enjoy paying over the odds for what is nothing more than pub grub."