Oh my god!!! Fire roaring amazing food, drink, peoplel so nice and great humour, all home made foods, if you ask how things are cooked they know when and where all meats and game came from, how its cooked,even a heater outside for any smokers. Never an attitude if you want to mess with the menu, just go go go!!!!! Best pub I've been in for years!!

Foodie

nice atmosphere, olde world little pub, vast menu with loads of specials. Have eaten here 4 times both lunch and dinner, food has generally been ok, meat is always a bit fatty which I hate, even when ordering strips of fillet in sauce which is hugely disappointing and has prevented me eating there any more.

Tracker

went today for a change and because we had rememberd it was quite a good pub, we went in and initially liked the greeting and we were told there was a specials board. i glanced at it and although had initially gone for a sandwich decided to try the lancashire hotpot which i often enjoy living in lancashire. it was priced at 9pounds and i thought it must be good at that price:) what arrived was a dismal slop with a crust on top and i instantly regreted my order. thinking it may taste better i lifted the crust off and discoverd a layer or mince beef and what looked like the left over potatoes from yesterday. As a lancashire hotpot is made with lamb i looked at the board and noitced a mince meat and potato pie so i assumed i had been given the wrong order. The waitress informed me that that was not the case and the chef had just made it with beef. i said that means it isnt a lancashire hotpot, she said she would correct the menu board and walked off. I explained to her that i had ordered a lancashire hotpot and expected to receive that. I had to ask for a change of meal which she was reluctant to do and i decided on the piripiri chicken on a bun. she told me that it may be very spicy in a sarcastic manner and that pirpiri chicken means different things at different places. I said i knew what piripiri chicken was and she slopped off. What arrived as my replacement meal was as bad as the first. A frozen style chicken breat that you may get from tesco, heated up and sat on a bun..this was 7pounds. The experirnce was dreadful, i went in a good mood and left deflated, ripped off and although i dont usually write reviews was compelled to do so.

Neil Meadows

Haven't been for a while and used to enjoy it here but recent visit was very disappointing. Vegetable soup was blended to oblivion with little taste; gammon overcooked and tough; steak not cooked to order. Very poor standard. Will not be returning.

Jack

I went here the other night only 1 way to sum up there food... Like sex in your mouth, it's that good! Great staff. Will be going again!

Elaine

Very disappointing on our last visit we have eaten here before and enjoyed it however on our last visit the service was appalling. the waiter had virtually no knowledge of the menu and kept having to leave to ask questions in the kitchen. When the meal did come the veg was different from what was ordered and sauces were no served at all. the food was mediocre all in all I would NOT recommend

Disappointed X 6!!

A very disappointing 'Mothers Day' meal at the Rigbye. The staff were clueless, they ran out of dessert options and absolutely no facilities for the disabled. My 82 year old mother was forced to stand in the bar area on two walking sticks for 15 mins before we requested a passing waiter somewhere were she could sit down whilst our table was still being cleared. This very young and inexperienced waiter suggested a 3 and half foot high bar stool!!!!! need I say more! sorry but lacking in descent and friendly service and hospitality - I am still waiting for my letter of apology . The Rigbye used to such a fine dining experience until the 'minimum wage' was thrust upon it - staff appeared 'detatched' from its' customers on Mothers Day. We won't be returning under the current management structure. There are so many more nicer more welcoming places. To be this bad on a special day for families is unforgiving!!

Des Bradley

Our favourite pub/restaurant for several years. Love the old favourites: especially cod and chips and liver and bacon. Great range of other dishes and sweets. Nice choice of wines and beers. Friendly and efficient service. As usual a nice antidote to a rainy, grey day was a trip to the Rigbye Arms today. Pheasant and wild boar pie and chips...... nice....Tetley's cask .......nice......

Bobvokey

just been to the Rigbye for dinner. Food was very average, and overpriced.They had obviously overbooked, so the service was appalling. We waited 45 minutes for pudding, and on complaining were told that it wasn't true! Probably ok for a quiet pint when it's not busy, but not to be recommended for anything more sophisticated than that!

greenhouse

We have been to this restaurant on numerous occasions and always found it to be enjoyable food in a beautiful part of alongshore, it was our preferred destination for a bar snack. We had paid for our meal before receiving it a fish and chips (big portion very fresh) and a steak baguette, on order they asked Q. How we would like it cooked - A. Medium rare. It came out and was distinctly grey, very greasy (it soaked the bread completely) with with an odd flavour like it had been boiled in a cool pan. We highlighted this to the staff who tried to fob us off "that, that was how it came". The manager who had been cooking hid in the kitchen and offered us half the price of the sandwich back. This place has gone backwards, old menus falling to bits with overwritten prices, the place looking tatty. I could see in the kitchen when we paid, a shelf with piles of tinned custard on. I dont know if it was the chefs day off but it is a great shame that one of the locals best kept secrets for good homely cooking is now rated POOR.

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