Reviews in Lancashire

Saturday 17th January 2009 I took my girlfriend Cassy and her daughter Fran and boyfriend Dwain to Etna's for my birthday bash. I can only say the food and service were excellent and we will be paying another visit in the near future. The food was cooked to perfection, hot and well prepared. May I say thank you for making my birthday bash a night to remember. JJ

Known locally as 'The Corper', this eighteenth-century stone inn was once home to workers constructing the nearby reservoir for the Preston Waterworks Company. These days, it thrives as a pub/restaurant in the capable hands of two families. The comfortable interior remains atmospherically traditional, and there's a spacious beer garden with views of the Ribble Valley and the reservoir. The menu has its share of wholesome North Country standards including Bury black pudding with onion marmalade and poached egg, Lancashire hotpot and warm toffee apple crumble tart, but it also spreads its wings for Thai fishcakes, meatballs in tomato sauce with tortillas, and three-bean goulash. Also check out the list of more ambitious specials, which might include roast monkfish on buttered spinach with roasted red pepper sauce. The owners also run the Corper Deli on Longridge Market Place.

My wife and I have been going since it opened and have now been over 100 times. The staff, from the owner down are always very pleasant, friendly and efficient. The food is always excellent and the lager well kept. Absolutely brilliant, no faults at all.

Me and two friends ate here on January 16th 2009 and it was the best meal I have had anywhere near Chorley in years. I had hummus and pita bread to start, then the fillet steak stroganoff. Absolutely superb! The cocktails are lovely and reasonably priced (and potent!). The only down side is the service is not very attentive. Drinks took a while to arrive, and we had to ask twice to see a dessert menu (having to get up to find a waitress). But it WAS full, so they were doing their best. Cannot fault the food, lovely intimate atmosphere. Really lovely.

Amazing leek and potato soup hhhmmmm! in quaint rustic surroundings.

One of our favourite restaurants in the area : you can always rely on the quality of the food and the warmth of the welcome. A fantastic place.

My family and I are semi regular diners at San Marco and it is our restaurant of choice. We have only had one average meal there (everyone has an off night) the rest being rated as superb. Dining ambience, service, food and wines are just simply the best. We have to travel past two Italians to get there, but why would you go anywhere else. *****

haven't been for a few months as the atmosphere since the owner left has been awful, the food was dire and its a shame the thriving little business was slowly being driven into the ground its heart left with ian and it turned into a business instead of a home from home that it was, bring it back up to what it was and we may just come back.

I've been to lots of restaurants in this area and this is really the best Indian! We read the reviews on this site beforehand and were intrigued to hear about what Ccc@c had to say about the Jalfrazi. My hubby is a bit of a connisieur when it comes to Indian food (he's Indian and used to be a chef back in India!) and said he wanted to try it, because with one style of cooking, a truly authentic jalfrazi is actually quite green . And thus, Hubby had the jalfrazi and I had the Murgi Begum Bahar. My dish was fantastic and was really good for me because I can only have mild curries and it was perfect! As for the jalfrazi it appears they've changed it as it was just normal curry colour ( a dark brown) , but my husband absolutely LOVED it! The staff are so friendly and nice, and they bend backwards making sure everything is okay. A really really fantastic night out.

What a fabulous restaurant Nino's is. I had Oysters to start which were beautiful, comparable even to the ones I had in the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, NYC just not as expensive. The menu selection is well varied and the food is just beautiful with a large range of wines, the staff are friendly and efficient. I eat mainly in the city centre but am now going to venture further afield to visit Nino's more often. I would definitely recommend it to all.

Im not a big lover of Chinese food, take it or leave it really, until now!!! I visited the Beijing with friends over Christmas and believe me it was absolutely fantastic.!!! The staff are very friendly, nice atmosphere and the food is simply amazing!!! I'm going again in a couple of weeks. Try it, if your disappointed I'll pay for your meal myself!!!

I visited the bulls head in Wilpshire for a family meal over the weekend. The bland average pub food was not nearly as disappointing as the service. We were served our main course BEFORE our starters had even arrived! Then re-served them cold after we had eaten the starters. Staff were rude and unhelpful, very disappointing indeed.

Juicafe is a great place to have a coffee or a smoothie. I had an almond Latte and manged to do some work at the same time as they have wifi. Great place for families too!

A little gem in the beautiful village of Croston. Food and service are brilliant and it never fails to impress. Decor is a little dated but there again, 10 out of 10 an authentic traditional English inn. Outdoor area is wonderful in the summer. A few more lagers on draft and a few more veggie options would be welcome but all in all, you cannot beat it for quality and quantity of food. The pub is also very community spirited and put on a fantastic free evening for kids on Halloween - thank you. We loved it so much, it sold us Croston and we moved here in 2008!

I have been to Crows a few times over the years and been quite happy with it however a group of 4 of us went on New years eve and were quite disappointed. the food was very good but it was completely ruined by the service. We were left for half an hour with empty plates in front of us and generally the service was very slow and unenthusiastic. It was not very busy and to top it off we could see the staff acting daft rather than getting on with serving. It was a shame as we have always enjoyed ourselves at crows.

This is the second time I have had to complain about this restaurant and the last time I did I was assured by the owner that this was not the way that the restaurant operates and to give you another try, well I did and I wish I hadn’t!!!!! My friends and I wanted to have Sunday lunch and suggested that we eat in your restaurant, I didn’t really want to but after the response I got from you last time I complained I agreed to give it another go, on arrival I was yet again greeted by the rude Manager who advised us that we had to wait an hour for a table with no suggestion of sitting in the bar area (there was hardly any customers in the place), I suggested this and much to his disappointment we stayed and had meal, I asked him what we needed to do and why sitting in the bar area was different and he didn’t seem to want to tell us anything! He told us that we would have to order everything at the bar and they didn’t come to the table on that my friend cracked a joke and said well how do we get the food to the table and he looked at us all in disgusted like having fun was a dirty crime!!! We went to pick a table and feeling pretty deflated by him again we finally ordered our food, me and my friend ordered the mushrooms and I have had these before and they tasted nothing like they did last time I had them, the sauce was like water and was absolutely tasteless, my other friend had soup and enjoyed that, when we had finished the plates were cleared and we had to wait for half an hour for our main meals, when they finally arrived they were ok and after we had finished we ordered the sweet at the bar, we asked for custard instead of cream and the very unhelpful manager just said NO, not you can pay extra, not we don’t sell custard….just NO, so when I asked can I pay extra he reluctantly said yes so we sat back down very angry and thinking why the hell are we here again and for another 20 minutes we were left with dirty plates on our table for the whole time until the waitress came with the desert and when she realized she just shouted at her fellow work mates for not clearing away the plates, I actually vomited when I got home too and was very worried that i wouldn't be able to make it to work in the morning, luckily i managed it but i still feel poorly!!!! Now I don’t know how you want to run your restaurant but having a rude unhelpful Manager on shift damaging your trade must not be a good thing, I will not be wasting my money in your restaurant again and me and my fellow diners will be making sure that none of our other friends waste there money in your restaurant either and it is such a shame…if I was you I would get your Manager to change his attitude with your PAYING customers or you wont have any left!!!

I ate here on Christmas Eve and it was absolutely fantastic….the service and food were top class and we had a great night, you should give this restaurant a try, I am sure that you wont be disappointed!!!!!!!

hi we go to the windmill nearly every week i wouldn't go any where else great value for money would recommend to anyone