Reviews in Lancashire

Six weeks ago, I personally visited the restaurant to book a table for a 30th birthday celebration. I wanted to have a face-to-face discussion with the owner to go over specific details, including our preferred table location and room. This was crucial because we had previously experienced a less-than-ideal dining situation in the bar area previously. Despite that, some members of our group were eager to celebrate at this restaurant, and I was willing to give them another chance based on my prior experience. During my conversation with the owner, he was engaging and seemed genuinely committed to making our 30th birthday party a success. FAST FORWARD 6 WEEKS on the day of the celebration, I arrived at the venue with balloons and cake one hour before our booking slot, only to be told that we wouldn’t be seated in the agreed-upon area. Instead, they had taken another booking (a baby shower) that was deemed more financially beneficial, despite my reservation being made weeks earlier. I had not been notified of this by anyone from CDJ despite the time and effort I had put in with the owner to make sure all the detail was covered. Disappointingly, CDJ's approach was we would just be sat anywhere when we our party turned up… The response I received was disappointing: I was told, “You can all sit here,” pointedly in the bar area that I had specifically requested to avoid due to my past experience. After advocating for our case, I was met with indifference—“there’s nothing we can do about it.” Fortunately, we quickly found a new venue, The Retreat Bromley Cross, where we had a fantastic experience. The Sunday dinner platter was beautifully presented and absolutely delicious, all at half the price of what we would have spent at CDJ for the very same food... I’m grateful to CDJ for inadvertently leading us to discover The Retreat. I would wholeheartedly recommend the Retreat (Bromley Cross) it as a modern, trendy food haven—a perfect spot for socialising and enjoying a meal.

My friend and I had a lovely lunch at Bread and Butter. We pre booked a table as we know it can be busy at lunch time, the online booking was straightforward. We felt welcome, not rushed and the food was prepared to a high standard, will definitely be back - thank you.

Great food and service as always, we will definitely be back soon

Thoroughly enjoyed our recent visits here.The staff are so friendly and accommodating.the food was delicious each time and reasonably priced.

Good, hot, tasty food. Service prompt and attentive without being intrusive. No non alcoholic spirits available, but do offer lovely mocktails. Alcohol free Guinness unavailable, but had Peroni Zero. Lovely location with good parking available. Will be back soon!

I had Tagliolini Casalinga, And I wasn’t disappointed could highly recommend you try this dish Top marks. I don’t go out for meals very often, but if we do I always come here Haydock resident

Went for Sunday lunch with my wife , pub was rammed which is always a good sign . Ordered a cheese and tomato flatbread to start and two 10 hour slow cooked Briskets. Wow great portion sizes and fantastic quality produce, little thing like temderstem instead of normal broccoli and the shredded cabbage and smoked bacon in the ramekins screams attention to detail. Best roast I’ve ever had and I make a banging roast. Excellent service and great value . We will be back!!

Fantastic atmosphere all staff extremely pleasant, food exceptional service exceptional Great choice of menu

Lovely three course meal and reasonably priced. Good portion sizes and good service.

Always a pleasure to visit The Lunesdale Arms, delicious food, attentive friendly service and great atmosphere.

Fantastic food, fantastic drink, fantastic staff, dog friendly,air conditioning was perfect Never had a bad experience,thanks to all the staff for making us welcome.

We had a lovely meal here. All the courses were top quality and the meal was very good value. The highlight for me was the rib eye steak!

Can't fault this place, always good service food and atmosphere. Loving the latest spruce up too.

Excellent food, great quality in relaxing surroundings with good service. We would really recommend and would definitely be back. Asparagus and potato soup was excellent and the salted caramel cheesecake next level. Varied menu it was hard to choose!

Such a bad experience. Food took well over an hour, service was poor, orders were wrong, we asked for sauce well in advance and by the time they came we’d basically already finished. We would always come here for special occasions i.e birthdays but no longer!

Went here with my boyfriend for a Saturday lunch, food was great and lovely service. Very good price for what we got too. Definitely recommend to others and we'll be coming back again!

As always a pleasure to eat here

Visited 21st June. 1st visit. Great food, excellent service and a good time was had by myself and two friends. Pricing on par with other venues. Can recommend the Cheese and Onion Pie, delicious and the pastry sublime. Shepherds Pie was very tasty and cooked to perfection too. Would definitely return in the future. I didn’t think to ask if I could have different vegetables with the C&O pie but would do next time. You won’t be disappointed if you choose stop to eat here and as I was out of my area I booked the table online. Very easy to do. Thank you all.