Reviews in Kirkham

This was our first visit to the Eagle and Child... and wow! The food was absolutely beautiful and there was plenty of it!! I even asked for a 'doggy bag'! The staff were excellent - polite and incredibly helpful. The price was excellent in relation to the quality of food. I can't rate this pub, proprietor and staff highly enough - we will definitely be going back soon.

Had a meal here last weekend whilst camping nearby, and the curry was excellent - thoroughly recommended. The only downside, as mentioned by other posters on here, was that our request for a jug of tap water resulted in an expensive bottle instead, without any prior warning, and the 'we don't serve tap water' policy was only explained when I queried why they had provided me with a bottle. C'mon people, get a grip - this is not acceptable now, and the £6.10 charge for a glass of diet coke and some water meant that we didn't leave a tip, not to mention this poor review. When are places like this going to realise that policies like this result in bad publicity, and cost them money? Just to re-iterate though - the food was excellent!

We left very disappointed, the food is very pricey especially the kids meals. I ordered a lemonade and lime which I asked to get changed twice as it was flat. Toilets are dirty, table wasn't clean and the staff were not that over friendly. The best thing I can say is its a nice little pub for a cosy drink but would never eat there ever again.

My dad stays locally in Kirkham and had went to this pub last year for a meal but decided against it (choice of food and service looked poor), however when he took me there last night he new as soon as we entered it must be under new management as the atmosphere was so welcoming and the menu had excellent choice. We enjoyed our meal so much so that we went back today for a rather greedy large lunch! Will definitely return there again & again.

went to the hand and dagger today to treat the wife for her birthday had an excellent meal good value for money wife had baguette,s i had the mixed grill i have eaten in local inns in the area and this is about the best mixed grill going will i eat there again defo and not going to wait for a birthday to go again

A friendly pub with accommodating hosts serving good food for the hungry man after a trip down the canal

Good food and the right price - quick service with a smile - lots of space and range of beer - plus you can have a nice walk along the canal. Worth a visit. Andy B

My latest visit to the Buraq last Saturday confirmed, if any confirmation was needed, that in my opinion this is the best Indian restaurant in the Fylde by a country mile. Each visit has been as good if not better than the last in terms of service, food quality, surroundings etc.

Visited 22nd May with my family. Excellent service, stylish and comfortable surroundings. Found the food to be about average Indian fayre to be honest but the excellent service compensated for this. Good vibrant atmosphere, might just have been unlucky in menu choice on this occasion. Would certainly try it again and could recommend it for the ambience and service. Nice touch providing jug of chilled water on the table.

My friend and I went to the Buraq recently and we can honestly say it was the worst curry either of us had ever tasted. We sent the first curry back but the replacement was just as bad. The lamb dansak had all of 3 pieces of meat in it but it was the sickly smell that really put us off. Thank God for the Vimto lolly on the way out... We will NOT be returning..

My wife and I and 2 friends recently ate at the Hand and Dagger near Salwick. Last time we'd been in - several years ago - it was garishly lit, drowned in loud rock music and almost empty. Last night it was pretty good. It was reasonably full (perhaps because it was Quiz night) but we had no trouble finding a table or being served. The menu looked decent and had some interesting variations on classic pub grub. The specials board had plenty of choice on it and some tempting dishes. I had my "benchmark" dish of steak and ale pie (their variation was to add some mushrooms), which was a slice of a deep plate pie rather than an individual pie or a pot with a fluffy puffy top. Nice chips and reasonable veg with a delicious gravy. My wife has salmon in hollandaise sauce, nicely cooked, with veg and freshly cooked new potatoes (not dry and brown like you sometimes get). Our friends had fish and chips (reasonable batter, nice fish) and scampi and chips (decent number of scampi pieces). The chips were nice and crispy with light insides, the vegetables were nicely cooked, perhaps just a little too soft for me but I do prefer my veg very al dente. The beer was well kept and there was a decent range of real ales. The standard red wine was decent quality, and the glasses were 175ml, a reasonable size to have 2 of and still be able to walk out (for the non-drivers). All in all, a pretty good pub meal. Reasonable value food at around £8 each on average. We'll go again.

Enjoyed my simple dinner at the Grapes in Wrea Green last night. I spend a lot of time at fancy restaurants so its nice to have scampi and chips sometimes!

This was the second time my wife and I had visited Buraq, the first time was exceptionally good. While our experience was similar this time, I thought it wise to add another review for comparison and to show that Buraq is consistently good, which is important with similar priced menus available at many eateries across the Fylde. We opted to dine from the £9.50 (at the time of writing this) Sunday “eat as much as you want” banquet menu. It would seem rude not to. We were greeted by a member of staff on a break outside and again greeted in a similar pleasant manner upon entering the door. We were seated in the spacious waiting area and given the two available menus and asked what we would like to drink while we looked at the menu. There was a tray of pickles/dips on the table as we were seated and we were advised our starters would only be a few minutes. My wife asked for a couple of popadums which were provided free of charge, as was the jug of iced water (without asking). While I unfortunately cannot remember the names of all the dishes that were provided (it was a fixed menu, but you got everything on it) I can describe them. The starters consisted of (each) two mushroom pakoras, a lamb puri in a chapatti, a lamb kofta type kebab shaped as a burger, side salad. The mushroom pakoras were excellent (and that’s coming from someone who doesn’t like mushrooms), not greasy at all, very crisp. The lamb was excellent, I could have eaten it all day. Bar the fried pakora, none of the starters were hot, all warm (temperature not spice) likely because cold plates were used due to the salad. Buraq would be wise to take note and serve the salad in a separate bowl and use hot plates if they can. The main courses were: lamb , a sweet and sour chicken tikka dish, chicken jalfrezi, lamb dhansak (with pineapple), accompanied by boiled onion rice, a spinach and paneer dish, and a fairly large naan bread each. The lamb was excellent, sweet and coconutty, just as my wife likes, the jalfrezi was a medium temperature (spice wise), the accompaniments were all absolutely fine. All were piping hot. My wife finished with a strawberry ice cream (plenty of it, about 5 scoops) which we were not charged for (but in case that was an oversight, we left a large tip). The meal was rounded off by a coffee and a tea and two complimentary drinks of our choice (we chose brandy). The whole total (which included two pints of Cobra lager).. £26.50. A superb price, excellent and swift service again, and more than we could eat. We couldn’t have asked for more (except hot starter plates). Keep it up Buraq, we think you are the best Indian in the area by far. Apologies to Buraq for the mess my wife left on the tablecloth from the curry :)

we always have a brilliant take away from east ocean. try their salt and chilli pepper chips they are too die for and so cheap

Took my mother for her birthday 12.3.09, surroundings modern but subtle, staff very pleasant and helpful, meal superb, my partner had a fish curry and was absolutely delighted, 4 starters, 4 main course, 2 rice 2 naan 2 chips, lots of Kingfisher and a bottle of House White, £83.00, and free poppadoms with chutney and a complimentary drink for all 4 of us at the end of the meal (whatever u wanted).... Excellent, will be going again.. Thanks to all the staff at the Buraq !! Highly recommended !!

What a find. I am told these people just took over this pub in Jan 2009. Three of us had meals last week and we could not fault it. The black pudding starter and salmon main course where superb, two of us had the 21 day matured steak it was melt in your mouth. We will be back soon. What a friendly pub!!!

hello there i just want to say that i went to the bell and bottle inn for my dinner with my neighbour we'd drove past on a few occasions but never went went but on thursday 26/2/09 at 3 we went for a meal when we arrived inside we wer'nt met by a waitress we had to find our own table, when we sat down a lady came over and said do you want a drink very abrubtly, we orded the drinks then she told us to look at the menu for when she gets backs, so we did we ordedd our meal we orderd the pork chop with chips and the veg, when it came the chops were burnt not fresh cooked the chips were crispie the the veg we had was leek carrots the leeks were very sloppy and watery and the carrots were hard it was a very sloppy meal and it was,nt a meal that we enjoyed im so sorry thast this was'nt a good feed feed back but i thought that you should know that we didnt enjoy our meal or the service

My Wife and I had read all the great reviews on SugarVine for Buraq and had been informed by a few people locally how good it was. We use a number of Indian restaurants on the Fylde coast and on occasion, further a field, so were keen to give it a go. We decided to initially try their seemingly excellent deal of "£9.95 Eat as much as you like buffet" as this is an option between 1.00pm and 6.30pm on a Sunday. We were met at the door with a pleasant smiling face and showed to a seat in their fairly large waiting area near the bar. we were provided with both the standard menu and the buffet menu and asked for a drinks order straight away. Indian beer lovers should note that at the time of writing this, they serve both Cobra and Kingfisher on draft, and it is under £3 a pint - which is as cheap as most places do it in 330ml bottles. It was fairly quiet (no really a surprise for a Sunday, it's not really a traditional Sunday lunch is it), just a few other couples in, and we were shown to our table almost immediately. The surroundings were good, I would suggest the nicest Indian I have been in, and a nice view of their clean, tidy, landscaped rear garden. The linen (proper linen) was all clean and tidy, the cutlery of good quality. It appears the buffet may change weekly, as ours was headed "Week 6" and it was indeed the 6th week of the year. Our starters (you get everything on the buffet menu, you don't have to choose) were Garlick Tikka Chicken, Seekh kebab and a Samosa, served with the normal tray of pickles you would get with poppadums. We finished them in no time flat, the chicken being especially good. We were offered more, and accepted! The only minor complaint here was that the seekh kebab was almost cold, it had been perfectly cooked through and as these are like koftas, they can be served cold, I don't think it was meant to be, but it didn't mar our starters in any way, they were great. My wife also asked for a poppadom to go with the pickle tray, this did not feature on the bill at the end. Our main courses came in approximately soup sized bowls, Chilli Chicken and a Lamb Passanda, accompanied by one plate of Chicken Biriyani, which was like a spiced chicken fried pilau rice. This was a sensible addition to the courses as it negated needing a separate order of rice! The main meals were served with a side order of spiced vegetables and a garlic chapatti. We could have ordered more of any of the dishes, but certainly didn't need to after two starters. The food was excellent, my wife couldn't get enough of the passanda, but she does have a sweet tooth. We were given some mints and a choice of tea or coffee, and while waiting for the bill, we were asked what we would like as a complimentary drink on the house. I have no idea if this is standard practice for every customer (though I note that it has been mentioned on sugarvine previously), just on your first visit maybe, or if it happens every time - nonetheless, it was a nice and welcome touch, as was the carafe of iced water on the table without request. This was certainly the best quality of food and best service I have had in any Indian restaurant in probably 20 years of going to them. We can both thoroughly recommend Buraq. I mentioned earlier that an Indian meal is not a traditional Sunday Lunch in the UK, well with quality, quantity and value for money that Buraq offers, it may well become one! (at least for us!). Full marks 10/10!