Reviews in Clitheroe

Having read numerous good reports,I decided to visit the Spread Eagle for Lunch. However, whilst the interior and staff was quite pleasant, I'm afraid the food was disappointing.Additionally, for a lunchtime menu it was well overpriced,especially when most reputable eating places reduce prices for their lunchtime menu. All in all,basically it's a pub playing at being a top class restaurant. Needless to say in this respect, it fails quite badly.

Having read numerous good reports,I decided to visit the Spread Eagle for Lunch. However, whilst the interior and staff was quite pleasant, I'm afraid the food was disappointing.Additionally, for a lunchtime menu it was well overpriced,especially when most reputable eating places reduce prices for their lunchtime menu. All in all,basically it's a pub playing at being a being a top class restaurant. Needless to say in this respect, it fails quite badly.

visited on a Thursday evening, so it wasn't too busy. good choice of pizza and pasta, but found the specials and meat/fish menu to be a little on the pricey side. ordered cannelloni, found it to be a little on the sloppy side, and the portions were quite small. Hubby had a bacon spaghetti dish, again small portions. left feeling a bit disappointed, and hungry!..

Bashall Barn has had an amazing extension. The new restaurant is spacious and contemporary in stunning rural surroundings. Whilst dining you can watch the cows being milked in the attached barn, don't worry you cant smell them. I didn't get chance to eat but i definitely will next time.

We called in one Sunday lunch time on the off chance of a table as the pub where we had intended eating was closed for a private function - and we were really glad that we did. We got the last table I think, and can appreciate why it was so busy - I had a crab salad starter and my partner the scallops, followed by steak (for him) and roast beef (for me). All were excellently cooked and presented and good value for money. One small gripe - the menus were a little dog eared and some of the cutlery needed a polish, but nothing to stop us going back.

This is a nice, pretty pub. A bit confusing when you go in. You need to ask at the bar, who will then instruct a waitress to take you to a table. We were pretty lost at first, and the waiters totally ignored us. It was quite intimidating. Once in the restaurant the service is friendly. The food was not very good. I suppose being a local, I am spoilt by the wealth of 'foodie' pubs in the area. But I was expecting a much better quality of food from reviews I had read. Six of us ate. I had the steak sandwich, which is supposed to be their speciality. The whole thing tasted a bit cheap to be honest. The bread, was flavourless and wet, as a big pile of boiled mushrooms had been thrown on. (Why not fried, why not onions?) The steak itself was fatty, cheap and overcooked. It is a family friendly place, full of happy kids. A pretty place, and not expensive. Not a place for someone who likes to eat well

The 'fishes' is the nearest restaurant to my house. I have been going here for years, as well as the other Nigel Haworth pubs (they are pretty much all the same). The food is good, but by no means the best thereabouts. It does coast on reputation, and there are plenty of places nearby that have surpassed it in the last few years. The log fire is pretty, but don't sit next to it, even in Winter. It roars. Just thought I should warn people about the bar. The guy before mentioned his surprise that the lemonade came out of a bottle. It is always this way. There is no soft drinks machine, and very little variety in their bottled drinks, which are all tiny and overpriced. There is also a lack of decent cask ale. If you are going for a bar experience, you would be much better at the 'Aspinall arms' which is literally around the corner, and does pretty good food too. Foodwise, I have been through the entire menu. It's all good, but if you want a real food 'experience', try the 'red pump' at bashiell.

The food here is good and you get plenty of it. The service is absolutely awful. I've been several times over the past few months- it is right near where I work. I am not a particularly picky person when it comes to service, but every time I go it is pretty bad. Here is an Example - Last time I went, the young boy who served did not write the order down. When I remarked on this, he said he did not need to. Fine. I asked for the coffees to come with the meal, he said 'yes, yes', and then brought them straight away. I asked for no mayo on a sandwich. It came with mayo. Chips where ordered, they never came. The bill was later asked for from a different server with an ipod in. He said he would bring it, ten minutes later, he had not. This is not the worst service that I have had here. It's a pity. The food is good, and it is all very pretty, but always quite stressful.

hi, this is my families favourite place to eat, Sunday the 9th we went it was full to the seams, the food was so good. could not fault it, the staff are friendly, the owner/manager has time to talk to each table, we ordered fudge cake for my grandson when we booked, as it can soon go.and its his fav sweet. we love the atmosphere , with the little fairy lights everywhere. it all makes the place special, going again on sunday 24 th may 2009. " try it"

2nd visit with family (sister's birthday), very impressed again; pigeon breast starter was divine and the sirloin steak is the best I've had in the whole of Lancashire I kid you not. Hub had venison ravioli which he was well impressed with and following that with the rabbit fest dish (rabbit cleverly done three ways) very very tasty (I pinched some), the kids both had the rabbit casserole off the specials board and although it was a little fiddly for the youngest it was still declared a success. We've been twice here and it is excellent, really; not crowded, not rushed, really friendly and "posh without pomp", jeans and t-shirt but superb quality. Martina and Jonathan have done a tremendous job here and every credit goes to them and their team...wait on staff superb, pleasant and genuinely very good. We will definitely be back. Very well done.

While visiting from Victoria, BC, Canada, your restaurant was recommended to us by our hosts, the Carters, in Rimington. This is the best Italian restaurant we have ever been to. The warm welcome, the food and the wine were all beyond compare...and for a very reasonable price. Not to be missed and we will recommend La Locanda to anyone we know! Many thanks indeed for a most enjoyable evening.

One of my best friends used to live in this pub when she was little and never revisited the place since she left many many years ago and then a few weeks ago we decided to take a trip down memory lane and go and get something to eat, we were not disappointed, the weather was beautiful and the beer garden is one of the nicest ive ever seen, the food was good too, the waitress got some of our order wrong but it was quickly rectified and left us feeling happy with the whole experience!!!! I would say one thing tho, I usually find places to eat on this website and if my friend had not suggested this place I would never have heard of it and missed out on the lovely experience I had!!!

We have been again! nothing else to say but,"superb" Why does no-one else leave a revue? does any-one else read Sugarvine? The best food in the area, please give it a try!

Great pub/restaurant with lovely food at an excellent price. VERY BUSY so make sure you book, because of this it is sometimes a little noisy but this all adds to the ambience and the service is always very good. An excellent place to enjoy home cooked pub food, the staff are extremely friendly and you could not enjoy a better country pub atmosphere. My husband and I highly recommend a visit no matter if you live local or not.

Had a wonderful Lunch here yesterday with a stunning view to boot. This has got to be one of the best places to visit in the North of England. It has it all, history, location, views and great food and wine.

I dined at the Three Fishes a week last Friday and thoroughly enjoyed my experience. I was taking my mother for an early mothers day treat and she was not disappointed! We arrived for lunch and proceeded to the bar where we were met with professional yet relaxed service, I have one gripe which I think the staff were slightly ashamed of; I ordered a pint of Peroni and a lemonade for mum, the lemonade machine must have been on the fritz because the lemonade actually came out of a 2 litre schweppes bottle, no apology was made and full price was charged which I thought a little queer as the reputation precedes this place. Not to worry, we're not fussy. We declared we were dining and were promptly sat at a table of our choice (down the far end near the fire). There was no background music which I commented on, maybe there is some thought behind this but I did wonder if the experience may be better with some dulcet tones in the background. With the free magazine offered at the bar and the extensive menus we were not short of literature and my lager was obviously well kept. Mum chose the fish pie and I went for the braised shin of beef. It promptly arrived 15 minutes later even though the place was filling up by this time. I must say the quality of the food was fantastic, as a former chef myself I share the respect for fresh local produce to the fact you do not have to do a great deal with quality ingredients. The shin was cooked brilliantly, very slowly braised; so much so it had an uncanny likeness to lamb (and this is how it should be). Accompanied a thin red wine gravy and cubed root veg it was a great comfort on a dull day, the horseradish mash was just right for me although there could have been more of it. My mother enjoyed her fish pie commenting on the well selected the fish was and that it was 'bloody red hot'. All in all it was a fantastic lunch and with two lemonades, two pints of lager and two main meals + tip being less than 35 quid; I didn't fell it too expensive! On behalf of mum I will add that the service was perfectly unintrusive. We HATE being interrupted being asked if our meal is 'ok' half a dozen times whilst eating, we were not even disturbed when we were asked the one time how it was. Well done for that! It was also amusing to do a bit of 'people watching' too! We saw what we thought an 'ominous couple' across the way with a shifty demeanor and an obvious age difference. We had a chuckle at how this businessman was taking his mistress to an 'out-of-the-way' restaurant so as not to be spotted. But we knew exactly what they were up to. Very amusing. Afterwards we went for a meander around Great Mitton to make more of a day of it and spotted a few quaint shops. A lovely afternoon, many thanks to all the gang at the Three Fishes, you do a good job.

We have dined here a few times over the past few months and never been disappointed. There is usually a game dish on the menu - for instance a delicious game hotpot last Sunday - and always an interesting and ever-changing range of dishes.

excellent food, friendly attentive staff, serves a very good 'all you can eat' buffet on Sunday, 3 starters, 3 mains (1 veggie option) rice and naans, salad and sauce. have also dined here away from the buffet menu, food was very good, hot and good portions, with the same friendly service from all the staff. Quite small inside, so would recommend a booking if its a Saturday or a large party.