Reviews in Blackburn

just got home, from an early meal outwith my husband and daughter, On arrival it was packed, but we were seated straight away, we were not pounced upon for a drink order but given a few moments to settle in which was nice. We shortly ordered drinks, pint of fosters, 1/2 lemonade and cordial, then after a look at the menus ordered our meals, childs spag bol, and g/bread

Staff lovely, wine fantastic and a great temp, beer lovely according to Mr Russell food shocking. for how packed this place is... food in need of Gordon Ramsey.. utter rubbish even the lovely waitress said it should never of left the kitchen... maybe i should of ordered the fish and chips// what everyone was having round us bit i opted for burger in a bun.. you could of soled a shoe with it.. disgusting..... shame because we live local and would of used the place regular instead of mucking up the kitchen... wasn't looking for Michelin star but was looking for edible .........

First visit to Calypso recently to celebrate my birthday. Food sensational, plentiful and reasonably priced, waitresses and barstaff very welcoming. Soul artist fantastic!!...The mood and experience was second to none!!!!....We would certainly recommend and give this experience 5 stars...Many thanks for a lovely evening! :)

Dined at Tiggis last week at lunch time with grand parents and 2 children.Food was the standard which has come to be expected from them! Excellent!! The bill was also very reasonable with the lunch time menu and the children thoroughly enjoyed their food. All in all a great experience and will definitely be going back!

Excellent food

Had two lovely meals in the last two weeks with no complaints at all. Beautiful restaurant with lovely food.

We rung up the red lion enquiring about booking for a meal on the 18th may we was told we didn't need to just turn up it cost us all in all £10 in taxi's to be told they were not serving any meals as they had a private function on not only that we don't get out much as we are both disabled and are looking after my 85 year old mother- in law who is on oxygen 24hrs a day we have to rely on carer to be able to come & stay with her so we can both go out together which is not very often so you can imagine why we are not two very happy people thank you to the red lion for a none enjoyable evening which we won't forget in a hurry ....

dined at tiggis last week in a party of four. we started with cocktails in the beautiful bar and then proceeded to the main dining area where we enjoyed a great meal. good choice of starters and main courses, and all delicious.this was our first visit, but we will certainly be returning.- and may even try a breakfast or afternoon tea - unusually, tiggis is open all day and the bar is open to non diners.this is a lovely restaurant in a beautiful location. the decor is beautiful, the staff were attentive, and we had a thoroughly enjoyable evening

Loved lunch today, excellent, really excellent x

top food top manager chaand top man shaju top lady mrs shamim bhabi,,,,,,what more can i say????????????

Was recommended by a friend, so took the family (inc 2 young kids) to try it out. There was an offer for £1 kids meals on the day we went and after speaking with a member of staff (who explained that the £1 meals included free drinks) ordered our meals to take advantage of this offer. Meals arrived quickly and were a fair representation of the price. Upon paying our bill we were told we were not eligible for the £1 kids meals or the free drinks and were given 3 different explanations from different members of staff. Staff did not seem to understand the prices on the menu or the details of the offers. We were not offered a refund or any good will gesture, despite being wrongly advised from staff members. I also enquired about the function room, but the member of staff failed to return with any information. Good food for price, poor service and staff.

Attended with group of 18. Food was excellent, and prices are very reasonable. Staff are very welcoming and all round great experience

Couldn't agree more with all of the other reviews. This really is an excellent restaurant with friendly staff. We visit regularly and have always had tasty, high quality, low cost meals.

6 of us ate here on tne 26th feb 2012, and what a pleasant surprise, as soon as you walk in you get a good feeling about this place ,for a start its really warm and cosy the fires were lit, there is nothing worse than going in to a cold pub. The food and service was really good, as one of our guests cant eat wheat.The waitress asked the chef to do a wheat free fish pie, which he did and she said it was delicious! We will definitely go back.

excellent highly recommended

we have been going to the grey mare for a number of years,the food is great and the hospitality second to none

Visited in February 2012 after hearing The Butlers Arms was under new management. What a great decision to give it another chance after visiting under the previous management! The welcome by the staff was fantastic, the service was perfect, the food and drink selection was great. This is a lovely pub/restaurant and it's nice to see it being run so well again. Our food arrived within a very reasonable time of ordering, we were served complimentary warm bread with oil and vinegar while we were waiting, which was a lovely gesture and we were very impressed with the freshly cooked, homemade food. All round a lovely experience, without a fault. Recommended to anyone and I will be sure to visit again soon!

good food, and also very clean and tidy, also staff are really good