Reviews in Chorley

Positives: Very cheap; family friendly; welcomes large, noisy parties Negatives: Extremely poor service; slightly below average food; incredibly crampt; very noisy; receive dishes that you did not order; staff do not ask how everything is; 45 minute wait for the bill; staff remove plates before they have been finished with; staff failed to bring dessert menu

Excellent and incredibly cheap

I am sorry, but my experience at Blue Elephant has been very disappointing. Few weeks ago I had to take my daughter to her friend's birthday party in an Italian Restaurant in Eccleston. My wife and I planned to drop her off, go for an Indian meal somewhere close by and then collect her later. Not being local I searched the net and after seeing so many good reviews of Blue Elephant decided to give it a go. It was a Thursday night and there weren't a lot of people. We were bitterly disappointed. The food I can only describe as "atrocious". My wife and I eat out every week and visit many Indian Restaurants but this must have been the worst food I have ever tasted for a long time, we both just could not eat it. May be it was an off night, I don't know, but I don't expect food of such awful quality from any half-decent chef.

very friendly staff absolutely fantastic food and there's always a happy atmosphere

My girlfriend and i have been here on several occasions it has always been fantastic food and well worth the journey.

Absolutely fantastic food at a reasonable price. Very varied menu and a great atmosphere.

i went to the hartwood for i meal it was very busy but apart from that the food was disgusting the vegetables where cold, and the potatoes where hard which they hadn't been boiled for long enough they was uncooked,the dessert was very small and also the food was very expensive.

Six of us dined at the Yew Tree last night, on our first ever visit, and had a thoroughly enjoyable evening. This attractive old inn is extremely warm and welcoming, with excellent service, a wide ranging menu to suit all tastes, and delicious food at fair prices. Congratulations to the management and chef for sourcing high quality ingredients and preparing and presenting them so beautifully and to the waiting staff for service with a smile. A first class place for a relaxed meal out. We will most definitely be going back.

Had a great evening with friends and family. The food was fantastic, everybody had a great time, we will certainly be going back. Great Cask beers and good wine list - not over priced either. Well done to all the staff.

I am afraid to say that I found this restaurant to be quite grotty, the decoration is plain and boring, especially upstairs and this echoes the food. When I visited the restaurant I was seated on a wonky table. I ate a vegetable pasta which was rather plain and boring and lacked taste. I will not be re-visiting the restaurant any time soon!

Important date and traveled 160 miles on the strength of other reviews. Totally underwhelmed! Venue cold, reception cool, meals mediocre, receptionist twice gave the phone preference over queuing customers, landlord spent most of his time disappearing to the ludicrously positioned till. How can a pub run-out of house wine? Only needed a bit of on the spot thinking! Only bright note were the young staff waiting on!

1st march 2008. our party of eight went for our first meal last night,we were not to impressed. The first table we sat at there was a smell like a sewer. So we moved to another table. The meal was over priced for the quality and portion size received. And on receiving our bill we had been over charged £10. much to our disgust.

Heard this was a decent eating place and was disappointed to find it was a pub. The food was as you'd expect, dry & bland. Good one to take the kids but not an evening meal for two. Overall average.

We visited The Railway to celebrate my wife's 40th birthday. Given we're from Australia, I wanted a local restaurant that provided authentic local food from Lancashire. We were very impressed. The service was friendly and attentative and not too 'over the top'. The information on the menu was first class. We had bread to start, which arrived promptly - and was really flavoursome. The food arrived after about 30 minutes and was delicious. The dessert was a treat. And overall we enjoyed real value for money in an upmarket restaurant by Lancashire standards. We will visit again and next time will take our two children.

My boyfriend and I visited on Sat and was very happy with our meals. Great service too!

Great food, very well cooked with obvious skill and care by the chef's, friendly helpful staff who are always smiling. Even on a busy evening the food was delivered in good time and cooked perfectly. It is great to see such quality in an area that until know has been a bit low on high quality places to eat.

A fantastic pub and restaurant. I love it!! At last a great place to eat in our area. Keep up the good work.

The Railway is a really great place to eat and drink. The food is always superb, locally sourced and cooked fresh. The Sunday Roast must be the best in Lancashire-it's outstanding! Just what Euxton and Chorley needed!!!