My husband retired this week and his boss took us out for lunch here. We really enjoyed the meal, I had the delicious steak and ale pie, my husband had the sirloin steak and his boss had the gammon. We all really enjoyed the meal and my husband and I will be making this our restaurant of choice from now on.

Deborah Lewis

Extremely disappointing! Booked on Saturday 17th Jan 2015 for 8pm and was told if we arrived at 7:30pm we would almost certainly be able to eat in the restaurant. Arrived at 7:20pm only to be told by the barman that we were the 4th party who had booked but whose names had not been put on the reservation list. We were advised that we could have a table in an hour. Very poor service as all the young waitress could say was.... "We're sorry".No Manager to be seen or heard....needless to say we won't be returning!

Martin Wilkinson

Was going to go to Langs of Longton, priced there menu against the fat bull menu needless to say Fat Bull was alot cheaper when paying for four people to dine on similar products ie fillet steak with a sauce chips and vegetables.. Place was busy service was Ok, will be going back often only downer was we ordered Pancetta with smoked cheese as a accompaniment to one of the main courses, once main courses served it did not arrive,we asked for it 3 times still not brought to the table, low and behold it was on the bill, when we questioned why we were told because we ordered it, told it did not arrive was informed sorry we are busy if you had reminded a member of staff it would have been forth coming (bang head on wall moment). Still bloody good grub though place is not posh or pretentious like some restaurants around the North West

wicklow1

Well we live very locally to the renamed Fat Bull here in Wheelton and gave it the best part of a month to get up an running properly before we gave it a try but tonight we decided we would walk down and have a look. What a great welcome from the staff and a great reasonably priced meal to boot. We had a shared spicy nacho starter, my wife the burger and myself the steak and ale pie. All were a great success. In fact I had to finish a quarter of the burger as it was so filling. By time we left almost every table was full and it was a Wednesday night. I would have loved cask bitter rather keg but that is just a minor thought. We will certainly be back and I can now say we have a great local establishment that is not over priced as in its past guise it certainly was. In fact I will be looking to take family quite soon, probably stick to quieter weekday than weekend as the building is not the biggest but if service and food is as good next time then they are on to a winner if they can keep up the standard. Well done.

Sue Murray

My husband and I visited The Fat Bull Sunday. What a really pleasant experience. Being a decent cook myself it was a lovely treat to sit and enjoy a couple of glasses of wine followed by an excellent meal. We got a really good feel for the place within 5 mins of arriving. The assistant manager was so relaxed and confident in herself we knew the food was going to be great as she promoted several dishes. She was not wrong! Every member of the team was really friendly and looked like they were happy to be there unlike some places you visit. Cannot wait to go again in fact we are going with friends this Sunday. I have told them they won't be disappointed.

Mike

Visited with my wife one week after opening-day of this very cute, welcoming and atmospheric restaurant. Superb menu choice with great-value lunch list. High quality food and friendly attentive service. Very tasty steak and ale pie with lovely thin pastry lid and real chips! Equally satisfying mussels main dish. Yummy dessert - basil pannacotta with champagne-marinated strawberries - simply the best! Overall, wonderful value for money with a very reasonably priced wine-list. Don't delay in visiting this little gem!

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Main dining room capacity	62
Booking policy	Reservations only
Best seat	Fireplace
Max group booking size	14
Outside dining space	Yes
Outside dining spaces	50
Average 3 course lunch price (excluding drinks)	£18
Average 3 course evening meal price (excluding drinks)	£18
Alcohol license	Bring your own

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Wifi	free
Payment by credit card	Yes
Payment by debit card	Yes
Drink without food	Yes
Separate bar with seating	Yes
Takeaway services	Yes
Covered smoking area	Covered Area With Heating
Venue special views	Rural views

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