Reviews in Preston

Every credit to this place that despite practically no passing traffic – as someone says in another review, it’s a bugger to find – it’s still going strong. We walked up the Lancaster Canal from Catforth on Sunday and dropped in for a late lunch. It’s got the feel of a country pub you would expect to find in a remote part of the Lakes and for me the Plough at Eaves really comes into its own in high summer or deepest, darkest winter. The landlord has been there for a while now, I think, so every credit for keeping things ticking over in such tough times. You have to make an effort to come here and people do. Also noticed a farm shop has opened nearby so you can now combine a visit to the Plough with buying some decent meat and fresh produce.

Just been with my Wife and daughter to San Marcos. The restaurant excelled it self. A lovely pleasant atmosphere really good service. With top notch Italian food the way it should be cooked . I visit loads of Italian Restaurants and this is far far the best. 10/10

A group of 8 had a terrific meal there and we have been since and have recommended Checco's to our friends

Had an amazing meal last night, everything, the venue, the staff and the atmosphere is always first class, the food was probably the best we've had in a long time so Thank You to the Chef...Tino. This is our favourite restaurant and we have had a few family functions which have always been fantastic with everyone commenting on the friendly staff and excellent food. Thank you

what can i say the smiths arms is a place not to be missed the food is always excellent and the warm friendly staff are always very inviting i go at least once a week throughout the year and every time is a good as the last

Rubbish

If you want to try something a bit different this is the place for you. The Eastern European food is very good (have tried a couple of the dishes and they are excellent), the cakes are fabulous and not something you will normally come across. I can recommend the Polish baked cheesecake! There is a good selection of fruit juices and the biggest tea menu you will probably ever see. Its a very relaxing place and the service is excellent.

We visited the Double Tree the other night, and i must say in all the years i have been to Indian cuisine's in the country, Double Tree is most certainly up there as the best i have been to. Tremendous food with a variety to choose from, not like typical Indian cuisines i have been to. The restaurant is immaculate with modern decor, very well presented and extremely polite and courteous staff. Double tree is certainly the place to be.

We had heard some very good reviews about this restaurant and decided to give it a try and visited on Thursday tea time at 5.30pm. The restaurant is quite tastefully decorated. We were the only two diners and were shown to our table and given menus. Our starter was the Banquet starter for 2 which consisted of 2 meat samosas, 2 chunks of tandoori chicken and lamb, 2 onion bhajis and some sliced garlic mushrooms with a fried chapatti. The starter was quite tasty but I found the samosa to be quite greasy and didn't try the chapatti as that was also greasy. For mains I chose Exotic Balti which consisted of chicken, lamb and prawns in a Balti sauce. DH ordered a chicken dish (the name escapes me) but it arrived a very vivid orange/red colour containing peppers. He said it was very sweet. We also shared an onion rice side dish which was very tasty but only a small portion for the £3.20 price tag! My Balti had slices of chicken and lamb and ONE king prawn – very mean I thought – and the sauce was not as good as I had anticipated, and I have had many Balti dishes. We had one bottle of King Fisher and one large lime and soda and the bill came to £40.35. I queried the charge of the lime and soda and was shocked to find it was £3.50!! Not impressed! Service was good and so it should have been with only us to wait on, but there were two other couples by the time we left. A nice touch however, was the rose, after eights and hot towel and oranges at the end of the meal. I have to say I was very much looking forward to this meal but left feeling quite disappointed .

Are you taking group bookings yet for Xmas lunches? if so please could you email your menus to me. Many thanks

I would not recommend the restaurant but unfortunately cannot find any other email to complain about the poor food. On Thursday 29th July on recommendation myself and several others booked a meal. I ordered Biriyani and the chiken was full of bits of gristle and skin which totally put me off my meal and the sauce that went with it was luke warm. Several of us also had samosa's for starters and these were swimming in fat and not crispy at all. Others dishes were not up to a good standard and a lot of the food was left. I said nothing at the time as this was a special occasion and i didn't want to spoil it. I live around the corner from the restaurant and was hoping to be able to enjoy a takeaway weekly but after the food on Thursday i really don't think that will be the case unfortunately. I actually love Indian food and was extremely disappointed and would appreciate your comments. Mrs Cattle

Always a good meal here and a nice setting too. Well worth the trip over from Blackpool. My son always takes his date here and it does offer something for everyone. You won’t break the bank by sticking with the pizza and pasta but if you want to splash out they have a great choice of main courses and also some top-end and large format Italian wines for the connoisseur.

The Smiths Arms is a superb place to visit where you're made welcome by all of the staff that work there. They offer quality food and a good selection of drinks at a reasonable price. Go, you won't be disappointed.

My family and I have been a customer of Sagar for years and would not go anywhere else! It is a fantastic place, with a friendly environment and fantastic staff and food! Highly recommended!

Visited this pub for a food last night. The pub is charming and very clean despite all the knick knacks. The food is very good, well cooked, well presented and tasty. However, the portion of chips for two was what I would call a decent portion for one! Also had a dessert which was also nice but not sure it was worth the £3.95 they charged for it. My one major complaint is that the landlady is a bit of a jeckyll & hyde character. Very pleasant and chatty until we asked where our dessert was after 35 minutes of patiently waiting (only waited 15 mins for main course). Got our heads bitten off for our trouble with the landlady complaining that they were dealing with starters and mains and there are only 3 of us. Think the problem was that there was a bit of a surge in customers but still no excuse for rudeness! Would I go again? Yes for the food if the service was less changeable - don't think I will be in a rush to go back any time soon.

very expensive service ok i suppose ive seen better

Visited Pond on Monday 11 July for a graduation celebration meal having read all the good reviews. How disappointing it turned out to be Peruvian stew with chicken still looking for chicken !! had to ask for bread that is supposed to come with stew see previous comments by others along same line .Gambas pil pil nice but very few prawns bit of a let down really but they did reduce bill upon request wont hurry back

What fantastic food and even better service. A hidden gem.