Reviews in Cheshire

1st visit and greeted with no card machine so had to walk to cash point and get charged for taking money out. No Malbec and no Becks when asked for off the menu. Only 1 other table in all night so no real atmosphere. However the food was fantastic, we had 10 or 11 different meats in total and the salad and hot buffets were nice and fresh.

Absolutely love it here! Gorgeous food and a lovely relaxed atmosphere

If you are looking for delicious food at fantastic prices with an ambient atmosphere, with cheerful knowledgeable staff then look no further than The Salt Bar.

Great service. Good food Nice ambiance Perfect venue for relaxed family meal

Lovely food, really well presented, great service - just can’t believe how quiet it was on a Saturday evening

Fabulous service, and fabulous food, definitely will be back and highly recommend dining here

OUTSTANDING. A HIDDEN GEM. ONE OF THE BEST LUNCHES IN AGES!!

First time I've been here, will definitely be back. The food was excellent. The right name for the restaurant, it was really tasty. Lovely staff too. Shame it was quiet.

Booked at short notice but managed to get us a table placed was packed and busy yet service was excellent our waitress was excellent and food was excellent we had a lovely night

Visited with friends and family, staff were fantastic with the kids. Brought their food out super quick whilst pacing our well for a nice night. Excellent food as always.

We came back to out favourite local eatery and weren’t disappointed It was a rainy Tuesday night and therefore not too busy which was disappointing but hey what can you do , more food for us. Prompt, attentive and friendly service as always there Since it wasn’t too busy great to watch the team working nicely along each other and having a banter. Tapas were plenty as always and very tasty, as authentic as I would expect them to be and nothing was too much trouble ( when ordering extras). Wine was tasty too just like the food and very reasonably prices for what you get. Great to have a “real tapas place” in the village now. Definitely back for more soon . Atmosphere lacked a little bit this night only as it want busy but when we have been before it was buzzing at weekends

Excellent food with friendly service and a cosy atmosphere. A great place to try some different food at a reasonable price.

Lovely meal here yesterday. 7 of us and we were all delighted. The food was beautifully cooked and presented with a large menu to choose from. Portions were huge and with 2 dishes each plus 1 extra for the table we were all stuffed full. We had beers and Sangria which was delicious and very moorish. Our waiter was very friendly and the atmosphere was very relaxed. We will definitely be back.

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a regular haunt! love the food and atmosphere! Tasty ad good portions

My two kids and I took my wife to the lilac cottage for my wife’s birthday. It was perfect, most of the tapas was very authentic with a few additional North African dishes. The food started to arrive quickly and came out as it was cooked, There was s marvellous array of flavours. All four of us had chosen a favourite dish plus we had one of the plattas, none of it disappointed. We also had a paella for two between the four of us. This too was delicious, but we needn’t have worried about the portion size, unfortunately ‘this meant we had over ordered. Half the paella was left. This is now firmly one of the family favourites and my daughter is now planning to have her birthday there too.

A great long-lunch. I'm already looking forward to a return visit.

Afternoon tea with bottomless prosecco for 4 of us and it was superb! We got a bottle brought to us on arrival which was great as we didn’t need to ask for it, the service was perfect, the food was amazing & nothing was too much trouble! One of the best afternoon teas we’ve had and would highly recommend! Thank you for a great afternoon! :-)

We took advantage of Travelzoo and together with my sister in law four of us had a wonderful experience during the summer eating a first class three course meal outside in the small courtyard. Not only was the food comparable with the best in Chester, but the service was superb as well. Having had such a good experience we decided to buy some more Travelzoo vouchers as my brother in law was coming to stay and wanted to take us all out for a meal at his expense. Well, sadly the food was nothing like the standard we had experienced before, whilst the service was still first class as were the surroundings, the chef/cook must not have been the same one we had been lucky enough to have the first time, the food was a real disappointment. A few weeks later we used up our last voucher and as we were taking a very dear old friend, warned her not to expect too much, again the experience was not like our first visit when it came to the food, although the service was just as good. It is so sad I cannot give this lovely property a first class rating, but, if you rely on getting a good chef and they let you down, no amount of first class interior design and pleasant front of house can make up for a poor meal. If the staff let you down, perhaps it would be better to have a very simple menu, which only uses first class ingredients on the lines of roast ham or roast chicken served in brioche buns, fish and chips and burgers, or really, really good salads, something which can be assembled by anyone provided they have a picture in front of them, not fine dining, but good quality easy to prepare food, asking how you like your steak, then taking no notice, offering obviously different cuts than the ones ordered of poor quality steak could be avoided and at least the food should be edible and enjoyable.