Reviews in Ormskirk

Mawdesley is very much a posh Surrey commuter village dumped in to the flattest, drabbest and obscure area of Lancashire. The village has a reputation locally as being somewhere a bit snobby and inbred. Indeed you're far more likely to hear Home Counties accents around here than Lancashire ones. Parking up, opposite the tiny village shop, flanked by the most Range Rovers I've ever seen in one place, at one time - I entered the Red Lion with some trepidation. It had been a few years since my last visit, and that wasn't exactly great experience. Fortunately the new management appeared to have opened the place out. It now seemed that people outside Mawdesley visited there. Last time I visited it was like something out of The Hills Have Eyes. A sea of locals all gawping because "a non-local" had dared to set foot in their tiny village pub. Anyway it wasn't quite that bad this time, The local, yokels must have been doing whatever they do in Mawdesley - which aside from inbreeding and driving Range Rovers doesn't seem much. Anyway that's beside the point. The drinks I had were OK, the atmosphere OK. An improvement on last time certainly.

Well the Town Green has had a hell of a transformation. A slick and modern brasserie style eatery has replaced a boozer. Open all day from breakfast onwards. A great well priced menu and professional service that you would expect from a Seafood Pub Company venue. I would imagine this will become the restaurant of choice in Ormskirk!

Quick service, great breakfast, sorry that I hadn't left enough room for one of the lovely cakes on display. Afternoon tea on my next visit.

Used to be a proper canal side pub with music and eccentric locals now it is just another restaurant. Nothing is done to cater for the loyal locals who kept the pub solvent or for the music lovers who came in droves from miles around to see and hear the cream of local talent.

Nothing special. Got the earily evening menu tasted like some of it was warmed from lunchtime. Will not go back there again however that's what we thought on our last visit. Should have learned from our previous experience.

First time visit, pleasant surroundings .

We've been coming since it opened and it's quite simply perfect. Perfect food, perfect service with a smile and perfect surroundings - the quality never varies. What more could you ask for. I would, and have, recommended it to everyone I know.

We have been a number of times now and food and service has been excellent every time. Beautiful surroundings and spotlessly clean.

Excellent home cooked food. The Landlord and his wife are both chefs and take a great pride in the quality. Rib-eye steak is recommended. The pub also has some top class traditional beers and even sells a traditional Mild. It isn't expensive either.

Excellent restaurant food great staff very friendly and very attentive 10 out of 10 from me.

Meal was very nice but marred by having to wait an hour and a quarter for it. We selected an outside table and were told there was a 20 to 30 min wait. This became a one and quarter hour wait. There was no apology or explanation. The sun had long gone down and we were getting cold before the food turned up. Even then 3 meals came and the fourth one took another 10 mins.Totally unacceptable.

Recommend the restaurant very highly especially the steak night. Good value also the cream teas in afternoon. They do a good spread for funerals plenty of variety. We recently went to one, that's how we discovered this little gem of a place right along canal. Will be great in summer, we will be regulars now.

Was just driving past at lunchtime today. Called in for a quick bite. What a nice surprise it turned out to be. Wide menu for lunchtime. beautifully prepared meals in lovely surroundings overlooking the Leeds Liverpool canal. Will certainly go back again.

Very impressed with the new look. Service was greeted with a friendly smile and food very good. Have recommended this to others and shall be back again.

Dreadful Disgusting Food Dirty Cold Place!Took Mum for meal that was completely inedible. Complained to the bar maid and asked to speak to manager but was told he wasn't about. The food was badly cooked and tepid, we had fish and chips and the chips were undercooked, the fish was very greasy and the peas were cold. I was really disappointed! This pub is letting down Lancashire! It could be so much better but it seems like the person or people who own it are past caring. It is dirty, cluttered and shabby, with a complete mismatch of tables and seating etc. It's clear that the place is run on a shoestring, with no quality or care in it's food provision. The Ship is a place to AVOID!

food quality and service is 'fine dining' and very good at that, but let down by awful monotonous loud piped music, blasts of hot air coming from under the seats and large TV screen flickering in the corner. At 'fine dining' prices I was disappointed to be uncomfortable whilst eating what was excellent food.

Always good value lite bites and Thursday steak nights. Good atmosphere with roaring fire in winter.

Hesketh Arms Rufford Lancashire L40:NOT Recommended Awful Place, Awful Food Awful ServiceWARNING to anyone living around Rufford, not far from Ormskirk, Holmeswood, Mawdesley, Croston or Mere Brow in Lancashire think twice before patronizing the Hesketh Arms Public House