Reviews in Fylde Coast and Blackpool

Have been to Java twice recently, once on a weeknight and once with a large group of people. It is very relaxed and a great place to sit and watch the world go by! The service was great and the food excellent, the food and drink is very reasonably priced too, which is a nice change in Lytham! Will definitely be revisiting on a regular basis!

Excellent Chinese, been using this Chinese since we moved to Blackpool 25 yrs ago

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.

a group of 4 of us went to toast Sunday lovely place food was served look warm not once was we asked if everything was ok plus a guy in shorts working behind bar let the place down a bit looks nice food standards low should be hot and service levels were poor tables not cleared place wasn't busy so no excuse

Had a meal for four here Easter Saturday, had a lengthy wait but boy was it worth it I highly recommend the Garlic mushrooms with blue cheese topping, the roast lamb, mash and veg with scrumptious gravy and plenty of it, and the cherry pancake with ice cream although the lemon meringue pie is to die for . It didn't break the bank neither good value for great food. Nice atmosphere with friendly staff and you can take dogs

The sun was out so we thought about where to go to catch it and eat. The Grand was perfect with its al fresco terrace facing the setting sun. Also the taps style food was exactly what we required on a sunny day. Service was friendly and professional.

DREADFUL- visited this place for the first time yesterday Easter Monday 2009. Place was busy but not packed waited over 1 hour for 4 main courses- mainly salads and sandwiches. Food arrived in dribs and drabs some of the plates were dirty and one had a piece of ham stuck on the back of plate from a previous meal urgh!!! Sent 2 of the plates back and got a refund for those. Service was so slow and appallingly disorganised that I would wholeheartedly recommend going anywhere else. AWFUL!

would not recomend food served cold twice never eaten spoke to owner who's attitude stank did not care what was being served and admitted food was not warm but no apology poor service and bad customer service from the guy who owns building and toast better off eating in greasy spoon food at least is hot and edible and have some sort of catering management skills

Good wine, good food, good service, a brilliant all rounder.

VERY GOOD FISH AND CHIPS.WELL RECOMMENDED.

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!

As a frequent dinner of lavish restaurant across the uk I have to recommend Pipers as being one of, if not one of my best dining experiences for fine food. The food is outstanding with a lovely warm, welcoming, traditional yet modern feel to the restaurant. I now dine there quite often and recommend it to anybody who has the same passion for fine dining as I do. Using local produce and high quality meats pipers always delivers. Service is fantastic and chef Ian Piper does not disappoint with this beautifully set dining experience. I'll keep coming back!!........

Our first visit to Greens this evening. Simply well cooked food, superbly presented, in pleasant surroundings, with a really warm atmosphere. The staff were very attentive and friendly but never pushy, the menu choices are varied. One thing that did not vary was the quality - excellent throughout. Our first visit will not be our last.

We first visited Twelve in the middle of 2008 and have since become regulars. This is without doubt the best restaurant in the Fylde. The quality of the food is absolutely superb, using lots of local produce. The fillet steak (from the bowland forest) is the most flavoursome and tender I have tasted anywhere, and the venison is equally good. Caroline (who runs the show) is a superb hostess, and cannot do enough for you. I would recommend Twelve to anyone. If you don't enjoy it I'll pay for your meal!!

i am a regular at this pub for nearly 15yrs .the couple that run it now are the best it has ever been. they run a tight ship, but are always friendly the staff are well trained smart and very nice. i have never been in a pub so clean and well kept. it is nice that the landlady makes time to try and speak to all, and is not afraid to clean tables and pour pints

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 :)

Had a marvellous lunch, 2 courses for £5! Great value as the food was simple yet very tasty. The place is very busy at the moment so obviously many agree with me.

Food was fantastic, all so fresh and tasty. We had the full fish and were surprised when it arrives as it was a full seabass - without the inflated price tag. We are big fish fans and do not mind travelling to get to a good restaurant - now we don't have to. The wine wasa perfect temperature and a very nice sauvignon blanc which turned out to be the house wine @ £9 something a bottle! Great service, lovely genuine people. It's not in the best location but they have certainly made the most of the restaurant, if it was in a great location though you'd probably be paying an absolute fortune so prefer it the way it is.