Spread Eagle Blackburn Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff and owner are extremely friendly and helpful and will always help you out when possible."
• "All the staff were great and smiled as they went about their day."
• "The staff were very polite and helpful would recommend the Eagle."
• "Special shot out to Leam and Richard who made sure everything was great all night despite how busy they were!"
• "The staff were all outstanding and the food was really well presented and delicious 😋."
• "Very friendly and attentive staff."
• "The staff (sorry gents couldn't remember your names) went out of their way to make to make us feel welcome."

Cons:

• "The waiter has an 'I don't care' attitude."
• "Waited over 40 minutes for 2 breakfasts, only 3 other tables in."
• "Very understaffed, lack of customer service."
• "Staff was a bit moody when we complained."
• "Service was also poor."
• "Had to ask the waitress to order 25 mins after sitting at table."
• "We could hear the kitchen staff complaining about our issues with the food as we were sat right in front of the doors."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food here is really good."
• "The starters were all served together and were excellent."
• "The food is delicious and it's reasonably priced too."
• "Attentive staff, very tasty food competitively priced."
• "without doubt the best food in Lancashire."
• "The à la carte menu was varied and interesting, both well presented and prepared."
• "The food was delicious, tasty, and plentisome."

Cons:

• "Awful chicken, over cooked egg, hard black pudding & a watery tasteless peppercorn sauce."
• "The calamari starter was very bland and tasted of nothing!"
• "The slow roasted duck breast was very dry and the plum sauce was a puddle on my plate with soggy rice."
• "Husband had the brisket with Yorkshire pudding, but the meat was dry."
• "The lasagne came out burnt, it was dry and crispy, we couldn't even cut it with a steak knife."
• "The beef was fatty and the turkey quite tasteless."
• "Turkey was like jelly, maybe the worse I’ve eaten."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "Not bad priced."
• "Was very filling and reasonably priced!"
• "Highly recommend, price very decent for the high quality food and drink."
• "Generous servings and very well priced meals."
• "Pricing reasonable for this standard."
• "We paid £45 for two mains and drinks, and I had a dessert as well. I'd say its well worth the price!"
• "Maybe a little more expensive than similar type venues, but personally I feel it's value for money."

Cons:

• "£5.90 for 125ml of Prosecco is a bit steep."
• "The cost was £70!!!"
• "Paid £15 for 2 drinks."
• "Rather pricey though."
• "Being fleeced £90 for the insult of expecting better quality."
• "Main meals pretty poor for the money."
• "At £17 it was definitely not value for money."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "Beautiful setting."
• "Unparalleled views and scenery."
• "The place itself is beautiful and the views are amazing."
• "Decor inside has been tastefully done."
• "A lovely setting and we really liked the decor inside."
• "Impressed with the new decor, very stylish."
• "The environment is fantastic and classic."

Cons:

• "Wooden floor with tables spaced out. No atmosphere."
• "Very dull for a Christmas eve, no atmosphere and very quiet customer Wise."
• "Unfortunately it was very quiet."
• "Nice place, but who ever designed the room with what would be fantastic views need to look at what that have done talk about spoiling this view in fact all you can see is the window frames, beyond stupid."
• "Only slight fault are the very high bar stools and table in the bar area."
• "No apology given. Service let you down."
• "Very disappointed on arrival to be shown to our table, which hadn't been prep'd prior to arrival and the dirty mess not only on the table but worse still on the chairs and floor."