Bar & Kitchen At The Whitaker in Rossendale

Fantastic service. The Sunday lunch menu value for money,. Delicious Sunday roast, and good choice on menu we will return.

Visited with friends for lunch. The menu choice is extensive with some breakfast items available until 1pm, sandwiches, range of meals and small plate selection 3 for £13. We shared some of the small plates which were absolutely delicious and so much choice - each one was so tasty and needless to say we left nothing ! The staff and service was excellent as it was very busy. I will be back and hope to combine it with a visit the museum. Highly recommend

We have just been to Bar & Kitchen (4 of us) myself and my husband have not been for a few years. Absolutely loved the venue, nice and airy with excellent views of the valley and the service was very good indeed. Our breakfast was delicious and at a reasonable price. Definitely going to go back probably a Thursday evening or for Sunday Lunch. We didn't have time for a proper look around but very impressed. Annie

Went for lunch with some friends. Booked a table for 1.30 and got there about 10 minutes early. As it was noisy in the restaurant with lots of children we decided to eat outside. Told no waitress service even though there seemed to be plenty about, mainly setting tables but fair enough. On the drinks menu there was an offer - buy two large glasses of wine (at £7.20 each) and get the rest of the bottle free. So went to the bar to order. The girl behind the bar only seemed young and was filling the dishwasher. I thought she was probably too young to serve as she didn't acknowledge me or the family behind me. After a few minutes though she decided to serve me. So I ordered the Red Wine and a Chardonnay. She said she wasn't sure there had any Chardonnay and went out the back to check (another 5 minutes - and the family behind me gave up). Came back and said they didn't have it but they had Pinno Grigio. Fine, I will have that. Puts it in the till and the computer says no. Then she went to ask her supervisor who said we couldn't have the replacement (same price)because that wasn't the offer. OK so I will have the Rose. Tries to enter into the till and couldn't do it - then got a colleague to help and said £16.45. I said "Are you sure?" (should have just paid it). She said what do you think it should be - higher or lower? I said try it again. Then she said £33.40. I said no it should be £28.80. So she looked at the till again and said "£33.40" By this stage, I was losing the will to live and said "Fine". Another family behind me had come and gone by now - so that was 2 orders that had been lost. She said "I'll bring the drinks out" 10 minutes later someone else brought them out and saw us looking at the menu and said "We've stopped doing food now" We said "But it's 1.50 and you are supposed to serve until 3.30?? And we only booked the table at 1.00 so why didn't you tell us on the phone" "She just apologised so my friend went and saw a supervisor who said we could eat, though no explanation on why they have stopped serving. Meanwhile whilst going through the menu I saw the wine price again which clearly said £7.20 for the large glass. So took it back to the bar and showed the girl who said "Yeah that's bad isn't it? Can I keep the menu to show the supervisor?" Obviously nothing done - no apology, no reduction in the bill. When the food did eventually come it was very nice but the whole experience was spoiled by some clearly untrained staff, abysmal supervision, out-of-date menus and around chaos. Will not be rushing back

I've visited the kitchen and bar several times and it always feels like a real treat. I've been with friends and last time a big family party for breakfast/brunch.. everyone was impressed, especially with the service getting 10 meals out at once. Great veggie breakfast choice along with the traditional breakfast fayre. It's very reasonable value in a beautiful setting overlooking the Rossendale Valley .

Siting outside of a sunny warm day is the plus point for the cafe. The food is very average. We had the eggs bendict and fish an chips. The eggs were more like hard boiled eggs rather than poached. The fish was greasy and the chips undercooked. It is a shame that a good location is let down by very average food. So much potential.

Popped in here for a light bite. Really good decor inside. Busy, classy cafe inside the Whittaker park and museum. We ordered the soup - really tasty. Burgers looked good that were coming out of the kitchen. Service fast. Will be back for a bigger meal soon.

Went for a roast dinner on Mother’s Day and the food was incredible. Every course was presented so well and tasted amazing. It’s the only place to go for a roast dinner! Amazing food and not ridiculously priced. Friendly environment and even on a busy day the service was on point. Highly recommend

The setting is nice but the food is terrible. The sandwiches & baguettes are worse than a Tesco meal deal. So many better places to eat in Rawtenstall.

Nice setting but confusing and disappointing menu, poor service, needs improvement. Arrived and given menus only and ordered to find only the Sunday lunch menu was available. So ordered mushroom wellington, cheese and onion pie and Mac and cheese from kids menu. Food arrived but was over cooked and veg was cold and spoilt with a sweet chutney. Yorkshire puddings were hard and burnt. The mushroom wellingtons were actually pea pies! They were nice but not what we ordered. It wasn’t busy and no one came to check if everything was ok with our food, so just ate it as we were hungry. Wanted puddings but waited and waited and no one came to ask so had to find someone and then some puddings were not available. Anyway ordered three puddings and then asked for the bill and found we were overcharged and told one of the puddings wasn’t included in the 2 course deal which said ‘any deserts from the menu’. This is my third visit and can’t believe how much it’s changed. It was brilliant last year. The staff need to look after customers, know the menu and explain any changes when you arrive. You also need to offer alternatives to Sunday menu and pay attention to the quality of the food.