Reviews in Lancashire

I've been to Alghero's about 10 times now and everytime I have a very nice meal - the food is always excellent! It always comes well presented and always hot enough. I mainly go on a Friday or Saturday night - that is their busiest time you therefore more than often have a long wait to be seated at your table (even if you have booked) - however there is a bar area where you can wait and have drinks and look at the menu. During the week i.e Mon - Thurs nights is not as busy therefore you can be seated when you are ready. The open kitchen is really nice - My thoughts are that if a restaurant has an open kitchen they have nothing to hide. If you are thinking of having a fantastic Italian meal I would defo recommend this - they have never let me down yet!!! Oh yeah - i would recommend the chicken in asparagus and white wine - really nice!!! and all the pizzas are lovely!! :O)

We recently had a retirement party on the royal sovereign and it was brill, we were consulted on what kind of night we wanted, and it was a very lively one! the staff were extremely polite, helpful and very good at their job! Especially to put up with a boat full of drunken old farts!!! Cheers

We went at lunchtime and took advantage the lunchtime special menu, which worked out at under a fiver each. I had pasta and my wife had a rissotto and they were both fantastic. Good portion size too, not the usual cut down version you sometimes get on an special menu. Would highly recommend.

We went on a weekday before 7.30 so chose off the 'Early Bird' menu - £11.95 for two courses or £13.95 for three. The food was lovingly presented and tasted great! The quantities were just right too. Recommended!

The food at the sun cafe perfectly matches its chilled out atmosphere and style. With dishes ranging from wahoo fish to spaghetti carbonara, it provides something for everyone and you can sample a different dish everytime you go in. The wines and cocktails are great too!!

Went to Soupanova for the first time yesterday. It is definitely the top place in Lancaster for healthy, hearty and yummy snacks. You can even test the soups before you buy and the salad I had was fantastic. I really enjoyed it and the service was friendly, helpful, inviting and I really felt welcome. Excellent prices for what you get too!!!

Exceptional Food, Change massively in the last 2 years. Nice place to eat. Highly recommended

Fantastic place! Food is outstanding! Compliments to the chef Anson!!

Visited on a Friday lunch time and we plumped for the special of a 2 course lunch for £11.95, which was fairly good value, but had to pay extra for the hubby's steak main course (£3.95). Food was excellent, well presented and very tasty, however the restaurant lacked any atmosphere, even though there were about 6 other couples dining. Two other things put me off slightly, I hate carpets in restaurants, eugh! and also the menu I was given was grubby, finger marks and the like. Overall would visit again for the food, but make sure I took good company with me. Restaurant could be totally different in the evening.

Now reopened and under new management, Cafe Artisan is a hidden gem in Rawtenstall. Just what the area needs, a good down to earth menu in relaxed, contemporary environment. Good wine list and an excellent German draft pilsner!!

Soupanova is a great place, would never have imagined myself eating at a soup shop so much. The food is wonderful, not just soups, but salads, tortilla slices, fresh baked bread, homemade cakes, everything from meat to vegan and amazing smoothies. Really good atmosphere too and a book sharing point as well. Never been to anywhere quite like it.

We have visited the 3 fishes on several occasions and love the fantastic food, location and relaxed atmosphere, where the food is the centre of the attention. It? even better as the ingredients are locally produced and the food you remember from childhood. This is the best restaurant in Lancashire and is also not as expensive as the Heathcotes brassiere outlets. My main tip would be arrive early as you can't book tables and don't drink all the dandelion & burdock!

We can highly recommend Nino's. Always great food, and absolutely superb value if you have children under 10. It recently had a complete re-fit and it is very smart, with a brown and cream colour scheme. If you haven't been yet, try it out!

We hired the entire venue for My wife's 40th birthday celebrations on a Saturday evening. There were a total of 55 guests and I'd say that is about comfortable (on the downstairs floor anyway). We took our own choice of music, though they would need to invest in a few extra speakers in the main dining area should anyone want a real 'dance' party. Fabulous food, good service and ambience. We'll certainly go again and recommend Huntley's in the future.

Ninos is very posh and the service is excellent the staff are very friendly, But the car park is a bit small but that is about it.

On visiting one Saturday night, group of 6 of us dined on the recommendation of a friend. We came at obviously a very busy night but waited an acceptable our or so. We had a broad selection from the menu, but the treacle ribs with devilled black peas were quite superb, a couple of dishes were sold out unfortunately but didn? detract from a very enjoyable meal, the only down side was the price of the drinks from the bar which were pricey

I love this restaurant. A 'typical' Italian I suppose but with a huge menu choice, generous portions and really, really tasty food. Their sauces are wonderful so boring pasta is always a delight. Dishes like garlic mushrooms are different from the standard in every other Italian. It's small and cosy, waiting on staff are professional and friendly, Go on a Wednesday and there is a piano/keyboard player and Friday a guitarist. You need to book though. Price is OK - about £7.00 for a pasta I can't recommend it enough. My favourite restaurant at the moment.

We visited Alghero's in May 2006. We found the atmosphere on weekday nights relaxed, entertaining and above all else authentic! Seeing people sat around in concert t-shirts and skate-wear added to the relaxed vibe, for us far nicer than the pseudo-riche who visit mainly on the weekends in their Chelsea Tractors. We've always had great service from the sometimes loopy (in a nice way) but always friendly & helpful staff. It was good to see the open kitchen, with the co-owner on both chef and waiter duties with the troops, much respect for that Sir! The weekday atmosphere is also all the more relaxed for the announcement of people's birthdays, anniversaries, etc and subsequent crashing of serving platters and playing of unfortunately indecipherable traditional italian songs. The food has always been excellent, we can recommend the Chicken & Ham Tagliatelle and the traditional Sardinian dishes cooked perfectly. All in all a very fine restaurant, great value and genuine, caring staff.