Boars Head Hoghton in Chorley

Due to have lunch today,recieved phone call to explain,that had been flooded ,and no power.Great shame,good professional customer service,hope you are back to full service soon

The food and friendly service is really good here the only thing that spoils it for us if we are dining is the lack of quality wines on offer both limited & poor choices which is a shame. We aren't wine snobs but better and more choices should be available. Having said that the beers and food are excellent though!

Everything about the pub and it's food and service was great. Modern decor tastefully refurbished in an old pub. Excellent service from the waiting staff. A nice range of beers. Reasonable prices. We will go again.

Superb food. Staff very friendly. Service excellent. Will be going again.

Been going to Boars Head on and off for years, we went for Sunday roast yesterday and it was disappointing to say the least. Roast potatoes where hard, kids burger got left as it wasn't good and not sure who thinks its a good idea to put Cumberland sausage on a child's meal. Majority of the food got left. Im more disappointed how management dealt with it to be honest no good will gesture just an “oh sorry” as we paid the £120 bill, he didn't even ask for details to why we didn't enjoy our meal, we did tell the waiter when she collected the plates to which she offered us desserts but still charged us anyway. Shame as we have always enjoyed dining here.

Really lovely venue, delicious food and friendly service.

Called in as past many times staff very friendly and relaxed had fish and chips mushy peas liz had smoked salmon and prawn both excellent and reasonably priced will certainly make the effort to go again

Went to the Boars Head with my friend for a late lunch. The food was exceptional, we had the prawns with mango and chilli dip followed by the chicken and seafood paella. Beautiful food. Full of mango in the prawns, the paella was full of chicken with lots of seafood presented lovely. The staff were pleasant, accomadating and just a pleasure to be in the company of such lovely young people. I cannot mention the two young ladies and the young gentlemen s nss as mes because I didn’t know their names, beautiful place with a great vibe and buzzing with other guests. Just a fantastic afternoon. Will definitely be back. Thank you to all staff for great food and great service. Thank you. (Maria at Samlesbury Hall)

The Boars Head is a really nice place to visit. The food is very good and we enjoyed our choices. My chosen dish of cheese and onion pie was disappointing only for the fact there was cheese and no onion. Thank goodness there was no potatoe in there. Otherwise, I may have gone mad with this review. This is a little in jest, of course, but I do prefer cheese and onion pie to have a content of onion. Chef, please take note that your pies are not that good. Try a different recipe, including large pieces of onion.

We had a lovely lunch here It's the first time we have been here and we will definitely be going again

It was a very pleasant afternoon / evening. Me and my wife don’t get out very often so when we do it’s nice to experience a calm and relaxing environment. We arrived and were seated by a very pleasant young man who was a trainee, you really wouldn’t have thought he was a trainee as he oozed in confidence and had a lovely pleasant manor. Overall the service was excellent and the food was tasty, the ambiance was cool and honest and the drinks flowed freely. What a lovely pleasant evening. If the trainee’s are this good then surely that is a huge plus for this establishment. Well done the boars head, we will return.

Come here quite a lot. But just thought I’d share a review. Service and food was lovely. Very relaxed atmosphere, very busy but they managed to still get us a table for 2. There was a young lad Isaac training with another lady that was helping him, she was great at training him, they were both very polite and so helpful. Compliments to the chefs and to the bar staff. Many thanks will always come back.

Minimal but nice menu which helped everything be so tasty well done and fresh, how a gastro pub needs to be for success and satisfied customers, lovely meal and every table appeared to be enjoying the same, good service, pleasant staff, reasonable prices, will be back.

Asked on local FB community:- Anyone truly recommend somewhere pretty local for a Sunday roast:-meat not over cooked (eg not grey), Yorkshire puds cooked from fresh ie not frozen, veg nicely cooked (ie al dente) … not a silly price…just like I get at home but I’d like to treat chef to day off! Beers & wine fine, experimented with Burrata shared starter, we went for roasts. Wife totally pleased with salmon. I went trio. Meat stacked on top, spotted YP & veg under. Plenty gravy! In the end, YP & roast spuds disappointing, I think meat & veg had softened them. Waitress checked & promised YPs were home made from scratch. But for me, they weren't up to scratch! Sorry!

The staff were really great, well kept beers, and a nice clean pub.

Good food and service. A high end for the price of food compared to other places

Really lovely country pub with the most amazing and delicious menu. We had a big family dinner here and the service and food was perfect. Lots of choice, great drinks menu, and the desserts were sooo good!! We all left incredibly full and discussing when we were going to go back!! I highly recommend the lamb shank, the chocolate lava dessert, and the Argentinian Malbec! Even the kids meals looked amazing, my son had the fish and chips, and they were super tasty!! The team there were all so helpful and couldn’t do enough for us. Thank you for a great evening!!

Went with my sister who I haven't seen for 6 years. Thought it would be quiet, but there was a funeral party in and it was very packed and noisy (not the Boars Heads fault) Food was very mediocre and we all left lots. Very disappointed and not a great deal of choice that I liked, which is very unusual for me. A few leading into the place so not very disabled friendly.

I loved the food it was great, and the service was excellent quality place five star try it you will not be disappointed 5☆☆☆☆☆

Lovely pub first time visiting . Food was lovely , staff warm and welcoming . Jacob lovely lad serving

Visited Saturday for a family get together. Everyone's food was delicious and the service is excellent and friendly

Was very very worried when my father in law pulled up outside this pub especially after realising it was a 4 star eatery, this is largely because I had my 8 year old non verbal autistic son with me and knew this wouldn't be a good place to be with him but didn't want to let me father in law down, I expected funny looks, tuts and sighs from staff and customer as dealing with a non verbal child is hard enough never mind trying to serve dinner to him and keep other customers happy aswell as be OK with the requests I gave due to him having an eating disorder BUT what I got was the absolute total opposite treatment from staff and customers the girls serving were amazing with him 🤗 I couldn't believe it they accepted all the requests without questions ( usually get alot of questions from servers when I tell them he will hardly eat anything) they also made sure we had everything we needed for him including an extra plate incase he did want to try the food. The food itself is out of this world! Even my teenage daughter enjoyed her meal it was that good! The place itself is beautifully decorated and not cluttered, parking was easy and wheelchair entrance too, toilet was spotless 🤗 All in all this is an amazing restaurant with amazing food and absolute top notch staff I would 💯 come back here and highly recommended anyone to call in and try it 😀

We went on a Sunday evening, superb as always, food excellent, staff great, great atmosphere. We have been dozens of times now, always great.

Such a lovely place, great staff and food. A little pricey for some menu options but well worth it! We will be back again - thank you.

The food is superb 👌 The portion size, the presentation and the flavours are exquisite! Staff were lovely but we waited a long time to have our plates cleared and for drinks to be served and staff were hanging around. Will definitely return!

Well looked after by the staff, the food was very good, place was virtually empty though, probably because it was a Monday dinner.

Lovely place for an afternoon pint in the sun.

Great place. It is fairly expensive, but you get what you pay for. The second time here, I'm sure I'll be back.

Booked for Sunday lunch and we both had the Sunday roast, it was absolutely delicious, well presented and piping hot. Also managed to squeeze in a dessert:) I had the strawberry cheesecake and cream which was amazing. Lovely staff, very good service

Called a few days ago without having booked for our tea. We all had small fish and chips which was ample and cooked to perfection in fact the best we have had for a long time and the chips are excellent home cooked. Will definately be our tea time drop in for fish and chips and compliments to the chef as all in all delicious. The service was efficient and polite and lovely clean establishment. Thankyou

Stopped off after a lovely walk through Houghton bottoms, great menu and covers all diets today we all opted for the different pie options and none of us disappointed then after a couple of drinks stepped out the front door to catch the 152 bus home.

Fabulous Sunday roast, I had roast beef and I was asked how I like it and it came out pink just as I requested.

Monday teatime, we booked. Not too busy at all. We get treated politely as normal, but never with warmth of welcome! I had a draught beer then a lager. Driver on a soft drink. We shared a special starter, cauliflower in a sauce! Very very tasty! My companion had a Caesar salad & loved it. I had a taste - yummee! Big serving! I had the small f,c & m peas! Disappointing! I like them all fried crispy! Didn't get there! I took the fish flesh out to eat it! Couple of ice cream scoops! I think Mondays a quiet night!?

A spot of Lunch on the way home Very Nice Meal Quick service Cooked Well

Excellent food, extremely attentive and friendly staff, fantastic building and location. Would recommend to anybody!

Lovely venue, main course slightly disappointing. Dessert (apple/cinnamon suet pudding) 1st class. Would go back

Great Sunday lunch Good beers What more do you want

Good pub grub but a little bit over priced.

Excellent 10 stars in my opinion

I have alway found food good and service but a bit slow today compered to other time staff are always very friendly.

Not for the first time we visited the Boar's Head at Hoghton and once again we left the premises feeling very pleased. The location, the ambience of the pub/restaurant and the service was simply first class. The food was delicious. We will definitely return because we are always guaranteed quality. It isn't particularly cheap but ultimately, you don't mind paying that little bit extra if the food and service is of a very high standard.

Lovely place with very clean up to date features. Food not as good a value or quality as we have had in the past. Doesn't reflect the price charged. Not so much restaurant quality, more bar snack level.

We thought the menu was rather limited in choice and that the food it was overpriced for what it was. We had a pie and chips at £17 each (and one came with a small side serving of cheap Heinz baked beans!). The tastelss desserts were £8 and £9 respectively so were definitely not worth the money. The dining area we sat in, while modern and contemporary, was too warm as it lacked air conditioning. The windows I opened for fresh air were quickly closed by the young staff on duty. We will stick to just having a drink here in future.

Stopped there for Lunch a couple of weeks ago (Mid April), wasn't over hungry so plumped for the Prawn and Salmon sandwich with a side of Chips. So while all of the food i had was very tasty, in fact it was very good. Of course i can only comment on what i had. I think it was about £18 for this, so while good I did think it was a little pricy for the amount served

This has become my local, even thought it's a 13.5km round trip on foot with the Dog, and I pass other pubs on the way. Great food on the main menu, with some excellent specials. Never disappoints, but can get very busy so always worth booking if there's a few of you. Dog Friendly too, with free treats and plenty of water bowls.

Great food, lovely atmosphere, and first class service! Would recommend 👌

Good food and service, friendly staff.

Lovely team. Classy place. Delicious food. Great portions. This place was recommended to us and I'm glad we came. Would come back again if in the area.

We visited on a Saturday evening. It was our first time and we really looked forward to the food. Unfortunately, the quality and taste was not great. The burger was very plain and dry. The fries were soggy. Very disappointed. The pork belly starter was small and flavourless, definitely not worth £9. For a pub defined as a gastro pub this was not a good experience for a foodie like myself. I would not be visiting again.

Excellent food. Tastefully decorated.

We visited on Mother’s Day for the first time. Busy as expected but service was good. We all thoroughly enjoyed our Roast Dinners. Top notch ‘proper’ Yorkshire puds and tasty gravy (our request for lots was met with a huge and much appreciated jug!) Desserts were lovely too, sticky toffee pudding 👌 We were all impressed and will be happy to return again when in this neck of the woods 😁

Pub manager lazy useless dogs in pub wouldn’t eat here in less want dog hair in your food would never go back

Excellent Sunday roast beef dinner, didn't have to wait long to be served at table.

We’ve not visited here before but had heard good things, we were not disappointed. Duck, steak and salmon were our choices for the main courses and all were excellent. The desserts were also delicious. We will definitely be back. It is quite expensive, but worth it.

Sat and ate in the bar area of the pub as we were a walk in and it was a busy Sunday afternoon. Great food best chicken burgers I've had in a long while!

We only had a drink, bar staff were pleasant atmosphere great 😃

Booked last minute for a Wednesday evening, 2 adults & 1 child. Wanted to visit here for a while as I had heard good things. I ordered fillet steak stroganoff off specials menu, husband ordered Boars Head burger and we ordered bangers and mash for daughter. Burger was good, fries were fresh, all in all as you would expect, a bit pricey but aren’t all things these days ? Now onto the stroganoff, totally underwhelming and gloopy, suspected no cream nor brandy was used although waitress insisted chef included, beef was chewy and the ‘panache greens’ consisted of limp tenderstem broccoli, very disappointing indeed and not what I would expect for a dish costing £17. Child’s meal was a single sausage, a portion of mash the size of a satsuma, and a small portion of gravy on the side, £7.. really !!! Returned the gloop to the bar as no one was for coming to the table to check if everything was ok, duty manager didn’t even apologise.. Idyllic location, however food is overpriced and underwhelming, would call for drinks but would not eat here again…

Fabulous food and service , well recommended

Been a few times and never had a poor experience. Best to book as it can get very busy. Great food, atmosphere and excellent customer service.

When we arrived the pub was in darkness. Power cut? But restored PDQ. Driver found carpark quite flooded. We went in & got the usual friendly welcome from waitresses. My attempt at humour:- name please. “Sparks”! was twigged. We shared the black pudding starter & opted for small f,c&mps & c&o pie! Good stuff, really good! 2 pints of proper beer & a glass of wine. Staff well welcoming, quite young? £55 with tip. Satisfied. Some items on specials pretty pricy:- £33 for Beef Wellington?

Well here we go again.After a walk out today we called in the Pub for a drink...... A pint of Peroni £5.60 and a glass of Turtle Bay SA £11.00,total rip off taking the you no what. Not only that our regulars at the bar effing and blinding like there's no tomorrow. I've mentioned this to the owners before,however nothing has changed.If you wont to go to a pub in a nice area avoid the foul mouth people that visit this pub and the extortionate prices. This pub needs to be in the real world. I don't need to visit this pub with my wife and listen to the foul mouth talk of idiots at the bar. Stay clear.......

Amazing food once again. I would highly recommend it. Been a number of times and look forward to going again soon.

Peppered steak pie was really nice. Creme brulee was naughty but 👌🏼. Venue has additional car parking. Modern but cozy feeling interior. I also went here for lunch and had the cod bites which i thought was overpriced for portion size and quality.

First time for me at this pub to celebrate my niece's 18th birthday. I opted for an offer on the specials, Venison bourguignon pie, as did my friend. We both agreed the best pie we had ever eaten, the food was faultless, everyone else all thoroughly enjoyed their food and nothing was left on their plates. Prices are very reasonable for such good quality food also staff were efficient and friendly. The pub itself is decorated to a high standard and I was surprised it wasn't slightly fuller for a Thu evening, but perhaps end of Jan is relatively quiet. I am looking forward to eating there again

An excellent lunch with a group of friends. A clean, atmospheric coaching inn with bags of character. The staff are attentive and make you feel welcome; I thought they were helpful and caring without being intrusive. The food was delicious, everyone thoroughly enjoyed their main course and desert. The peppered beef pie and the cheese and onion pie were notable; the fruit crumble was very good. This is great pub with quality food. Highly recommended.

A lovely welcoming pub/restaurant. Very friendly staff and the food is excellent. I had the best steak ciabata I have ever eaten. We will be back

Lovely place and beautiful decor . Nice staff

Great food and service. 7 of us ate 7 of us were very full and happy. Defo be back.

Great pub, really nice food and a good selection of drinks

We went for a birthday/family meal, food was excellent, everybody enjoyed their meals, very good quality food and value for money, staff were lovely, even when the young waiter accidentally ended up wearing a drink, sorry! Will be back again soon.

Food good BUT DO NOT GET ANY GIFT VOUCHER FROM THEM the proprietor would not except the £30 vouchers i received for a Christmas present even though i was paying a £90.00 bill he said it was at his discretion to take them or not , can you believe that

Nice food with friendly staff and a nice atmosphere

Absolutely beautiful food, cooked fresh & to perfection The steak was full of flavour & melted in your mouth & was fully complimented by the port & Stilton sauce The fish & chips were really delicious, everything we had from start to finish was amazing & the service was the best. Will be straight back once I have another day off The best chips around is a bonus

Delicious as always. I had the Steak pie served with home made chips and the best mushy peas ive had for years. Service always top notch. If youve not tried it you're missing a treat.

Friends having a meal on new year's eve! The pub has such a friendly vibe and so warm and cosy! The food was perfect, I loved my Korean chicken bites and steak pie and crumble, absolutely delicious!! Staff were run of their feet ,was very busy , excellent service!! They all deserve double money 👍😁. Every one enjoyed their meal , the roast turkey with all the trimmings was exceptional!! Will definitely be coming back!!!! Happy New Year!!! 🥳

Booking a table was easy enough, and I can understand why. There wasn't a seat left in the house. Complements to the chef and the team the food was brilliant, no complaints at all for all eight of us. Front of house too no complaints there either very attentive.i personally would recommend the Boars head,we definitely be coming back. As for pricing, you pay for what you get a big thumbs up.

Booked a table for 2 knowing it would be busy the Friday before Xmas. Food absolutely spot on as per usual, service we couldn't fault. Had 3 courses each (the tomato and basil soup was one of the best I'd had) and considering how busy it was, everything was flawless. We had all 3 meals and finished in around 90 minutes. Considering the quality of the food, this place is hard to beat.

Amazing place, best food I've ever tasted.... Had Xmas lunch and could not fault any of it

We like the building, restaurant, bar and staff so here we were for a return visit. Overall a nice visit but with a couple of observations that could have bumped it up to a 5* review. The temperature of the mushroom starter was inconsistent throughout the dish - maybe they should have given kit a stir when they were cooking it. A bit odd really. Now to the turkey Christmas dinner. One meal came out with some thick delicious looking slices with (herb coated?) skin on. Yum, I can’t wait for mine to arrive. A minute or two later it arrived with fairly insipid looking slices (no skin) which were about one third as thick. Still turkey I suppose but disappointing. A whisker under twenty quid for the main course alone, which I thought was on the “top side”, for what I got. Anyway, tis the season to be jolly (apparently) so they’re getting 4*.

We have been here countless times before and rarely had any issues however our visit last week was really disappointing. It started before we even got there - I emailed well in advance after booking on line to check about vegan options as they have removed a few options from the menu. It took them three days to get back to me to say there were options on the menu and offered another couple of options that could be veganised quite easily so I promptly email them back to say thanks and ask them if we needed to book any options in advance - no reply - not good customer service but we all have good and bad days so I didn't give it much more thought. I was the first to arrive of my party on the night and reasonably quickly greeted and shown to our reserved table. A waitress came over to take my drink order and this was brought quite promptly. The rest of our party arrived shortly after and likewise, didn't need to wait long for drinks. When the waitress brought the remaining drinks I asked about vegan options - she told me they were labelled 'Ve' on the menu - I could clearly see that from reading the menu but not wanting to sound sarcastic I had to politely point out that literally nothing on the starter section was vegan - disappointment #1. (I also noticed that a dish containing parmesan was labelled 've' - parmesan isn't even vegetarian let alone vegan! Whoever does the menus really needs to check these things). I asked if they could offer anything and she went off to ask coming back quite a while later letting me know there was one dish they could modify. She disappeared again and came back to take our order a little later. Mine choice wasn't difficult - one modifiable dish from the starter section and only a burger option from the mains section to choose from. The starter was nice enough but the rest of the party did comment on how long it had taken to get the starters although they did enjoy them (disappointment #2). Next course came and again was nice enough - nothing particularly special. The triple cooked chips were soggy but edible. None of us had puddings (again nothing vegan other than sorbet - which is hardly a pudding) but I did have an oat-milk cappuccino. The whole evening cost the best part of £100 for three starters, three mains and 5 drinks so not cheap but really wasn't worth it either (disappointment #3). Some of the staff were nice and friendly, one was very good and efficient, one looked like we were inconveniencing her. The place was clean as always (although the ladies toilets could have done with a quick clean and tidy). It was nice and warm too - important when it's cold and frosty outside. I can see both sides of not having a huge vegan selection - they don't want stock that won't sell but so many things are so easily veganised without a lot of weird and wonderful ingredients that places really need to re-think their offerings. If they don't have options, people will look - and book - elsewhere - and we generally don't eat on our own so these places are missing out on having larger numbers/more frequent customers. Make things and they will come...word travels fast. Last but not least - one of our party asked for a glass of tap water. It came with a slice of lemon. Mouldy lemon. The water was murky and looked like it had come out of the dishwasher. We're old enough to know that sometimes water takes a minute or so to clear when it comes out of the tap but if it hasn't cleared in 10 minutes - it isn't going to. We caught the eye of a waitress and showed her the water - and the lemon covered in white spots (really should have taken a photo of it) - she made an excuse about the tap water needing time to sit and offered to bring another - this time it cleared quickly and didn't have any lemon in it thankfully. Will we go back? - not for a while but everywhere has it bad days so we'll give it another chance - just not for a while sadly; I certainly won't be taking family and friends anymore.

Lively pub and good atmosphere around the festive period

We had a fantastic meal, service was grate staff very very good x

Mid week, rang the wrong pub to book, went to the right pub. Standard menu & festive! We shared a chorizo & prawn starter - chorizo hard to fine, half a doz decent size prawns! I had festive eg monster pie, wife had sea trout etc including dauphinoise spuds! Quantity & Quality really really good, 2 young waitresses admirable! Couple of drinks each - £72.50 with tip! If this is a chain pub - you couldn't tell! Should I write & publish a book more often? No!

Excellent quality and presentation of food, good and polite service, highly recommend.

Best roast dinner I’ve had for a long time, everything on the plate unbelievable. Festive menu looks great so be back soon

A family togetherness evening for xmas and superb meal friendly and effortless efficient staff. Going again on xmas day and new years evex

Excellent meal service and food, best Sunday roast I have had for a long time, hubby had cheese and onion pie very good shared a jam sponge will be back very soon.

I was staying nearby having travelled up from Devon, so it was my first visit; meeting a friend that was local. I was quickly taken to our booked table and the customer service was perfect. The food was tasty and served quickly. Nothing was too much trouble (I'm gluten free). Never felt rushed to leave our table as we chatted for a few hours. Plenty of free parking too.

Excellent service and the food was delicious. Would definitely recommend. 5 ⭐ all the way.

Visited family and went here. Pleasant staff welcomed us in with our dog 🐕 to the bar area. Everything was clean inside. I had the Ham and Eggs which was nice, everyone else said they enjoyed the meals and drinks they had. Would go again next time we visit family.

Excellent food and service. First visit today and it won’t be the last. We both ordered the black pudding starter. It was a really big portion and to be honest didn’t really need the dauphinois potatoes. The peppercorn sauce was lovely. I had the supreme of chicken and again it was delicious. My partner had the steak pie and it was so good to see a homemade pie. Again it was delicious and very filling, Sadly we had no room for dessert.

Great pub food; excellent friendly service.

Amazing food Had the trio Sunday roast (beef / turkey / pork) And other was the beef roast Nice big portions with a pot of gravy, all cooked spot on and so tasty. Yorkshire puds are big and one of the nicest I’ve had (not your typical burnt effort on the outside and bland full of air in the middle like you get in some other places) . Also had the sticky toffee pudding with small jug of custard afterwards …. Absolutely delightful! From start to finish just superb. 30 mins drive for us but glad we went as we’ll be definitely back 🤌🏼🤌🏼

We went last night table booked for 7pm 9 adults + 4 children. Service was great, staff was friendly, pub was fairly busy, we ordered starters + mains, one of the starters had been forgotten about but staff was really apologetic about it + offered a drink on the house for the person who's starter it was, salt + pepper chicken bites are a definite must try, loaded fries was quite dry but tasty, black pudding starter is really nice aswell as pork belly starter. We all had a starter each + a main with plenty of drinks + the bill wasn't as steep as I thought it was going to be, we spent around 2+ half hours at the table + got asked if we wanted to see the desert menu but we was all to full from starters + mains... Haha everyone at our table enjoyed their meal + never found a fault with any of it burgers, sirloin steak, surf + turf, bacon chop, kids sausage + mash, kids chicken bites, kids cheeseburger, would definitely go back here + recommend. I only got two pictures one of the salt + pepper bites + surf + turf... Thank you to all at boars head for a fantastic meal + service.

Food was good. Great service. They did make a mistake an missed my meal off the ticket. But they resolved it really quickly and didn't charge for my meal. Will gonback again.

Just called in for a drink good service

Great place, with good food, excellent service and a warm welcome

Called in for food following going to a Dog Show at the Village Hall. We had Starters served as main course with a side order of chips. Everything delicious and we will certainly make a point of eating here again. Staff very pleasant and helpful too

Great food. Reasonable price. Lovely restaurant .

First visit today, 19th October, and what a great experience. Excellent attentive service in a very pleasant and attractive setting and the food was 100% faultless.