Brown Cow in Ribble Valley

We had a pleasant lunch at The Btown Cow. The dining room was pleasant if a little dark, however its an old building so that's OK. Very pleasant young waiter. The menu is quite big and it's very varied, something for everyone. I had vegetarian Toad In The Hole, excellent , well presented and delicious. Husband chose the open beef sandwich, which unfortunately wasn't as good. The baguette was tough and the steak was "not the best". Our coffee at the end of the meal was really just froth!! However, it was clean and comfortable, a very pleasant young waiter and the loos were spotless.

Fabulous service and food - definitely worth a visit. First time visiting the Brown Cow and we were wowed! Service spot on and great food. Couldn’t fault any of it. Our daughter really wanted chip, sausage and beans and it was no trouble. Thank you and we will definitely be returning and recommending to others x

How do they do it? Fabulous highly trained staff, great food and wonderful beer. The couple in charge really know what they are about. Table service is just great. They have balance running a pub for locals with creating a great pub restaurant. If there is a better place in the Ribble Valley I haven’t been there yet. Well done all concerned. Don’t miss the chance to sample Sunday lunch. Just brilliant!

This beer garden is one of the few gems left in Lancashire and is such a great place to be on such a nice sunny day. The restaurant is out standing for a light lunch or full on family celebration. We have been dinning here for several years and the food is cosistently excellent if busy or quite which is not very often. I could rave about all their menue but the summer meals are a delight. It is always a great start if they purchase quality ingreedients but they also have several top quality chefs that make each meal extra special. You will need a taxi as you wont want to leave without a few of their nice wines and gins too.

We had an early dinner here and were very full when we left. I had duck pancakes for a starter, followed by fish pie. Both were very good - nicely cooked, piping hot and generous portions. Decent selection of beers and wines and friendly staff. Good value

Professional service, but given with a personal touch. Quality of food and drink also excellent. Only bad thing was the downpour of rain, when I had leave, that none of us have any control over.

What a fabulous pub/restaurant. My 2nd time here, and absolutely perfect. The food is great, big portions of v high quality ingredients, (I'm a big foodie, visiting from London). The service is incredibly slick + amazing. Also, v dog friendly 🐕 So lovely to see some hounds having a good time too! 😁

Good range of meals on menu, all reasonably priced. Service was very good. Food was very good and good portions. Would definitely visit again

Ended up going 2 nights running for our dinner, food, venue and service is second to none. Great menu, highlight for us was the lamb pudding, chicken Kiev, cheese and onion pie and meat and potato pie. Staff very helpful, and professional. Food was freshly cooked, nice and hot, and great portions. Very reasonably priced venue.

Visiting relatives in Lancashire, we went for lunch & had a few small plates to share between the three of us. Sticky sausages, chicken goujons, tempura prawns, duck pancakes & a portion of chips. Didn’t realise how big the portions would be but saying that, we ate every bit! All were delicious. Staff friendly & helpful. Wished we lived nearer, we would be there all the time!

What an excellent old style tavern/pub restaurant, The staff are managed well and the service is what you would expect with the owner on site ensuring you have an excellent all round dining experience. The menu will suite all tastes and the food coming from the kitchen is of the highest consitant quality. High quality local ingreadients cooked to perfection. Their beer garden is one of the best in Lancashire and complimented with great spring and summertime foods. Our little dog loves visiting there too when the staff make such a fuss of her.

Friendly service, reasonably priced bar food, good beer (Moorhouse’s and T Taylor’s) and pleasant ambience. Ideal for a quick stop lunch. Thankyou.

Visited upon recommendation from a work colleague. Lovely pub with a great atmosphere. The place was heaving, but we were lucky enough to get a reservation on a Saturday night at 6pm when ringing to book the same day. Starters: Prawn cocktail - plenty of prawns, slice of bread and butter, salad a little poor as some lettuce was brown. Sticky sausages - brilliant with lots of sausages. Italian mushrooms - beautiful Squid - well presented and tasty. Mains: Steak pudding - just amazing. Great size and very tasty with plenty of meat. The chips were stunning. Cheese & onion pie - beautiful strong cheese, tasty and a great size piece of pie. Chicken kiev - this was well cooked and a lovely meal. No room for dessert. Will definitely be back.

What a wonderful meal, it is so nice to have a different meal as I am a vegetarian. Plus they brought sausages for the dog. Wholly recommended.

Always made welcome, with great real ale choice and excellent food. A proper Lancashire pub in the heart of the Ribble Valley.

Excellent place to visit. Always a warm and friendly welcome when you enter. Fires were roaring and really helped as it was freezing outside. Was extremely busy but the 2 bar staff, a young man and young woman, promptly provided our drinks. Food is second to none, was the best steak that I've ever had! Recently read the comment about the dogs ... its a family friendly pub who clearly have walkers 'with Dogs'. There were NONE in the dining room area were we sat.

Absolutely amazing experience here ! Stacey was so lovely and welcoming she did recommend the cheese and onion pie which certainly didn't disappoint the fire was roaring and candles lit. We will definitely be back .

OUR REVIEW ,ANGUS BURGER ,WONDERFULL,,CHICKEN KIEV ,WONDERFULL.,STEAK PUPPING ,PASSABLE ,..BREAD PUDDING ,NO ,.. BUT WE WILL GO AGAIN ,AND TRY SOMETHING ,ELSE ,X OH YES TRY CHEESE ONION PIE .THATS TOPS IT ALL ,LOVE IT OODOO

A young worker who I believe is called skye had spoke extremely rudely to me even when I asked for some basic cutlery I was ignored

Excellent meal excellent service.was too full to have dessert . good choice of homemade food ..great value for money highly recommend 😀

Absolutely gorgeous fish pie. Worth a return visit. Plenty of chunky fish in! Friendly staff made it all the more pleasant. Thank you

Came for a birthday meal on Sunday and can I just say will definitely be coming back with why family. Food was amazing and the portion sizes are spot on. 10/10 from me

Possibly the best pub in the Ribble valley! This is not a posh pub but staff actually have a dress code. It is wonderful. We had the best pub Sunday lunch I’ve ever had. Great beer and superb service….. and a landlord who actually cares about knowing his clientele. I asked him how he does such a great job and he said he hasn’t changed the practices his father used fifty years ago. This place is unique . Quality and service are the key words here. The Brown Cow at Charburn is just sooooo special. I love it so much!

Called on off-chance and were kindly given a table for two though was really busy. Food was excellent, sticky sausages were a treat and mains of a gammon and a lamb Henry were top quality. Great service and excellent food.

Booked a table for 2 at short notice. Service was very quick and friendly - the best we’ve had for a long time. The food quality was top notch. For starters we had the sticky sausages and mushrooms and they were excellent. For main, steak pudding and cheese and onion pie. The best I’ve had. Will definitely return asap.

We were recommended to book here,so came at 7.30,a very warm welcome from a well presented young man who showed us to our table,he took our order,and cout when i opened it to coame back promply with two superb pints of real ale. 25 minutes later,we were pre occupied looking around this querky establishment,came our main course,well cooked,plenty of it,and real food,not the 4-5 mi9nute microwave warm up already prepared food you get in most places now,this was like moms homemade. THE steak pudding was SO,SO good,the best i have ever had,full of meat,bursting to get out.I was full. We both really enjoyed comeing here,staff made us welcome.

You know when you’ve had a long busy day and you’ve not thought ahead and it’s Sunday and you don’t know the area, pretty much anything will do? Today was one of those days for us and we grabbed a last serving table at the Brown Cow thinking we’d find something that would do. It turned out to be nothing of the sort. The welcome was warm even though they were only 15 minutes away from last food orders. We were shown to a table in a large square room, most tables were full and with bare floorboards it could have been noisy but it wasn’t, there was a lovely, cosy atmosphere. The menu promised everyday favourites and a page of specials. Order taken quickly and professionally and the food arrived promptly. The food was, quite simply, excellent. The chips were a cross between wedges and roast potato, none of these stringy waste of potato jobbies and they were plentiful. My fish pie promised King Prawns and I expected to find one but it was full of them and delicious. Whoever makes the pies deserves an award. Pie of the day was a huge slice of homemade steak and chorizo. It was a proper pie and the filling was superb, not a puff pastry lid on a casserole. We weren’t offered desserts but we were well past last orders so didn’t expect to be. Service was discreet and professional. It’s a long time since I’ve eaten somewhere with as many staff in evidence. A very lovely experience.

Absolutely fantastic service, gorgeous food, the chips were amazing! Good portion sizes, great selection of food.

Great lunch, lovely staff. Everything was really well presented, we just dropped in on our way past. So glad we did. Thank you.

Fantastic staff, always smiling, food brilliant, so fresh and extremely good value. We had the creamy cheese served on warm baguette and salad and crispy sweet potato chips….yummy..be back soon.

The pub itself is beautiful both inside and in the rear sunny garden There is some shade if required The staff were lovely and Dave the owner was very friendly and helpful Now to the main event The food was beautiful I can recommend the black pudding and the Italian mushrooms for starters My partner has a thing about chips and she gave them 5/5 All in all it was a great experience and I highly recommend it

Beautiful food friendly staff would definitely recommend this place 1 of the nicest homemade chicken Kiev I have had will definitely be visiting again x

We called in for Sunday lunch en route to Lytham Festival to watch Def Leppard. First impressions clean and tidy exterior, good size car park and smart beer garden. Excellent food and ale complimented by very friendly efficient table service. Sadly we had to expedite our departure thereby missing out on dessert and coffee. Whilst eating our mains I received an email from Ticketmaster warning of traffic chaos on our route to Lytham Saint Annes owing to the M6 being closed northbound and southbound between junctions 31 and 32. The landlord / manager then had a scrum down with some local customers and provided us with a cross country detour which avoided the M6 and allowed us to access the M55 onwards to our destination. The detour took in the scenic Ribble Valley which was an unexpected bonus ! We arrived in good time and the concert was terrific. The denouement ? Take a bow everyone at the Brown Cow for exceptional customer service !

I got this as a recommendation from the bar staff at a cocktail bar in Clitheroe. First time I’ve been. Wednesday evening it was busy and full of life. The food and the service were excellent. You won’t come away from here feeling hungry. Great...

Have now been a few times ,all round excellence,I have celiacs and they cater so well for me ,the staff are all lovely ,the manager is great , one-off my all time favourites,perfect again and again 👍

Fantastic service, Fantastic food. Lovely atmospher. Couldn't fault it! Great value for money. Would definitely recommend.

We visited this wonderful little gem the food was amazing and the staff were attentive and friendly Also a beautiful garden for Al fresco dining Will definitely be returning

The food was absolutely fantastic. I had the Scampi and Pete had the Steak Pudding, and the portions were big too! We sat outside in the garden, and there was one lovely lady with brown hair running around, being very efficient taking everyone's orders. We...

Just had lunch and it was absolutely delicious, lovely pub, food was brilliant will definitely be back

Our favourite restaurant we've tried them all in the area and nothing compares. The lovely Stacey and the rest of the amazing staff always make us feel welcome and are on the ball. The chef even shared his sticky sausage recipe with us so we...

After checking out Trip Advisor for rated eating places that had a selection of vegetarian food, we chose the Brown Cow in Chatburn. We both chose a starter from the specials menu, my wife had the breaded Brie and I had the garlic butter crevettes....

Visited for the first time for lunch, trying somewhere new. Menu is extensive and up market but not unreasonably priced for the quantity and quality of food. Had the most divine Lamb Henry and out of this world desserts with homemade ice cream. Well worth...

What a gem….called in for lunch whilst out walking with our dog. Warm welcome, service spot on and great food, can’t fault it, will definitely be back.

Ideal sunny day to visit this very pretty old Lancashire village . We were not disappointed, the welcome was warm and jolly, very helpful waitress with good advice. Food tasty and of a very good standard, just as it should be. I reccomend that you...

Beer, service, food. All spot on. (I had the lamb - will have again on my next visit). Thank you. Bob

We have become regular visitors to this little gem of late and must say it never disappoints. Yesterday we arrived to a warm, friendly welcome and were shown to our favourite table where drinks were promptly brought . The staff are so efficient and accommodating...

Went as a family of 6 (4 adults and 2 children - 10 and 7). The service was great and the food excellent. A great choice of traditional pub grub. They don’t have a child’s menu but offer half portions of the mains or your...

Good quality food. The young lass seems to be on the ball with everything and seems to serve everyone that enters the pub. She greets everyone pleasantly and professionally. If it weren’t for her the place wouldn’t run, the lass and the chef deserves all...

Went for a Friday lunch. We got there at noon without a reservation and were seated immediately but it soon filled up. The staff were welcoming and friendly throughout. The toilets were very clean - worth a mention as not everywhere is the same! We...

By far the best Traditional Pub food in the Ribble Valley. Had the Peppered Steak and Mushroom pie , simply the BEST. We were a party of 6 and every meal was fantastic and served at the same time . The staff ‘All ‘ are...

Booked prior to arrival and did not disappoint from start to finish. Table ready, service superb and food lovely. Thanks so much.

Went here last night with two friends and our four dogs. Absolutely fantastic food and service. The Manager was extremely helpful and friendly and gave great advice regarding the menu and vegetarian options. The staff are a credit to him too. We will definitely be...

We attended The Brown Cow last night for my wife's 50th birthday (there were 16 of us in the party.) The staff had been excellent in arranging meal orders prior to the night and taking deliveries of flowers and balloons on the day. All catering/dietary...

My husband & I booked last minute for Saturday evening, although they were very busy the manager accommodated us. Staff are very friendly & prompt with drinks & food. Lovely warm atmosphere with real fire. We had the chicken Kiev with veg & chunky chips,...

Visited yesterday for Sunday lunch and it was lovely. Firstly the waitress service was exceptional and the food was just as good. Fabulous seafood platter,homemade steak pudding,burger and sausage and mash. Nice atmosphere with every table occupied but again the service was really good. Would...

The restaurant and ambience are very nice. The cheese and onion pie is excellent spoilt by very poor chips! The chips varied in size- many being small and black burnt and others being very large, soft and mushy. If only the chips could be consistent...

visited for sunday lunch 100% top place staff were excellent food was excellent,i ordered the lamb henry wow it was almost a leg of lamb,my partner had the moussaka she said it was delicious too full for dessert sadly, be a regular trip for us...

Exellent quality food, great service. Super friendly staff. The sunday roast had enough beef on there to feed 2!! Good atmosphere, and noteably clean rest room. Highly recommend.

Had a family meal last night- the food was really lovely and piping hot-only downfall was that the batter on the fish could have been crispier-a bit pale and £1.50 for the tiniest jug of gravy! Thought that was a hit steep! Otherwise spot on!

Just been for Sunday tea and received a lovely warm welcome and the food was piping hot and delicious. It was so good we had a pudding and stayed for extra drinks to enjoy the lovely cosy atmosphere. The service and food was excellent and...

First visit and could not fault this place at all. Lovely food, great service, decent portions, lots of choice on the menu but not too much so you are overwhelmed. We will definitely be back.

Love this place & we are never disappointed. The staff are brilliant, the atmosphere is very cozy and the food is so tasty. Four of us enjoyed roast beef with a big Yorkshire pudding followed by dessert. We will be back.

We chose the Brown Cow for our Sunday lunch as we hadn't been before and heard that the food is Good. Rang at 3.30pm and asked if availability for 2 at 4.30pm after flicking through the book the chap on the phone confirmed they could...

We had lunch here yesterday with our walking group. 14 of us in all not one complaint and service and food excellent. The manager was very good and well organised Would definitely recommend

Lovely meals, so nice to have a different vegetarian dish. The food was lovely, including a lemon meringue mess which was gorgeous. Made us feel welcome.

My boyfriend and myself visited the brown cow with our puppy Rupert. It was perfect, the food was large portions, well cooked and so tasty. The staff were super friendly and really made us feel welcome, nothing was too much trouble. So worth a visit,...

We had a nostalgic visit to Chatburn. Staying in the area, we decided to have Sunday lunch at the Brown Cow, a name I remembered from childhood. We booked in advance to ensure a table. I had the fish pie. Wonderful! Full of fish &...

Excellent food , lovely staff! An excellent visit! We will definitely come back again! Super big portions , super good value ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Just brilliant! Great food, excellent beer and wonderful service. Full marks to a great team. Bar manager was really keen to look after us and seek our opinions. Clearly took great pride in his role. Excellent

The Brown Cow looks deceptively quite from the front but through the front door is a large and spacious pub and out at the back is a lovely large beer garden and patio. Proper homemade, good quality pub food. Specials menu. Excellent friendly service. Great...

The Brown Cow has an incredible front-of-house team. Friendly, polite, enthusiastic, professional absolutely brilliant. Mum's Birthday Party for 7 people and it was excellent. We would happily bring a large party here again!

Amazing large pub which we visited returning to Manchester after visiting Ingleton. Offered a table without having a reservation and were treated to a high standard both for service and food quality. Amazing trademark burger!! We will be returning!

Called for the first time rather than go into clitheroe. So glad we did. This is a very pleasant pub inside with a nice beer garden. Staff are very attentive and friendly. The food is excellent. I had a brown cow burger complete with pulled...

We go to the Brown Cow with friends for regular Sunday lunch. Our friends take their dogs which are made welcome. Great food, good menu. We never have room for a dessert though!

Long time and not visited. Always liked it here after our group walks but decided to go with some friends for an evening meal. Upon arrival there was a queue and the pub was packed to the rafters…always a good sign! We were soon seated...

Another fantastic meal. A return visit for us, food is amazing and staff friendly and efficient. It has become our favourite get together place. Keep up the good work guys !!

Booked a table at the Brown Cow based on trip advisor reviews. We are so glad we did. The food is beautiful, freshly made and served hot. The staff were lovely too. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Thanks

It’s the first time we’ve been and we’ll definitely go back. The welcome was great, really excellent staff who were attentive throughout. The food was truly excellent, and cooked to perfection. A really nice menu with plenty of choice and they didn’t specifically have a...

I came here for a get together where the restaurant was booked out for us, they went out of their way to be helpful. I am vegan and I did not ask ahead of time as I was not aware food was being put on...

A beautiful pub with lively friendly staff (one was singing a little to some songs playing lol). The food was top notch. My stepdaughter and I had goats cheese lollipops with beetroot to start and beef brisket with onion gravy baguette and a side salad...

We called in after walking up Pendle in the rain in memory of a friend who had died recently. We wanted a place to be together at the end of the walk a found that the Brown Cow was the nearest p[lace that was open....

Visited on a busy Sunday teatime. Excellent welcome on arrival. We all four had different meals burger, chicken Kiev, gammon and my absolute favourite lamb Henry. The food was excellent, beautifully served and hot & tasty. We were asked twice if everything was to our...

The once run down pub has been revamped by Dave and his wife, the standard's are high, service excellent by the staff, prices and food of high quality, it's 5 mins off the A59, has ample parking and in a lovely village called Chatburn, this...

Nipped in after finishing our walk around chatburn and was greeted by exceptionally friendly staff ...they couldn't do enough for us ..dog friendly pub and delicious food..will definatly be making a revisit very soon to try their cheese and onion pie ...

Great food and ambience at this lovely country pub. Had a fantastic meal here last week and would happily have given it the full 5 stars however the waiting staff were so miserable it needs to be mentioned. Not once was I asked if I...

My family and I have been to this pub multiple times over the past year to visit our relative in the care home home across the road. It’s a lovely cosy pub, with a great menu, and the staff are excellent - very welcoming and...

Called in whilst passing through the area. So glad we did. Absolutely fabulous. The food was amazing highly recommended.

Visited on a Saturday afternoon after a local walk, dogs welcome and encouraged. Extensive reasonably priced menu with a wide ranging choice of drinks (Wainwright’s just perfect). Had the Chicken stuffed with black pudding with fries and seasonal veg. It was exquisite and totally filled...

A warm welcome greets you at this iconic hostelry - David and his team are onto a winner. Friendly service at the bar and top notch food. I was in steak pudding heaven. Highly recommend.

Called for a quick lunch here. Staff were so friendly , pub cosy , warm and candle lit. Only had baguettes but they were amazing. Beef and onion and ham and mustard. Both were full of delicious, tender meat and such good value. Full meals...

Wow!! Had the most amazing Turkey roast with all the trimmings tonight! Always good food here, the staff are amazing too. Polite, friendly and efficient! Dave runs a great pub. Nice to have a proper gaffer in charge. Very welcoming even for our dog Brian....

Called in on the off chance for lunch. A comprehensive menu, including a festive one. Staff were on the ball and sufficiently attentive. Excellent quality meal with good service at reasonable prices. Would definitely recommend.

Tea Meal with Family Been told to visit for meals,but never got the chance until now.We visited here for a family birthday. We had children’s,Starters were squid,black pudding and duck pancakes.Mains were cheese onion pie scampi, Steaks.The staff were very friendly and helpful. The pub...

Brought my parents and Aunt for lunch. Staff were friendly and efficient. The starters, garlic mushrooms, pate with chutney and prawn cocktail were amazing, clean plates all round. Mains of fish pie, lasagne, gammon steaks and fish and chips all fabulous. Ed, the Manager was...

Enjoyed a really good meal in the refreshingly unpretentious pub. Busy at 12noon, the efficient staff where friendly and attentive. Drinks and food all arrived promptly proving that many of todays "service" and staffing issues are down to the quality of staff employed. Well done!...

Absolutely brilliant Cheese and Onion pie Ginger and salted caramel baked Alaska Staff were so polite Well done to everyone, I’m in customer service and these staff are brilliant in my opinion

The brown cow is everything you can hope for in a country pub. The food is down to earth and perfect every single time Edd the manger is a true gentleman with a heart of gold

Visited today for the first time. Service was great with friendly staff. The food was lovely. I had the steak pudding....Best I've ever had! With the homecooked chips which were lovely. Husband had the roast beef dinner which he enjoyed and daughter had lasagne with...

Heard good reviews so decided to try as live nearer to this lovely pub. Food served hot and well presented. Had garlic mushrooms and salt and pepper squid which were both excellent. Then The amazing steak pudding, omg, this was the best steak pudding ever...

The hotel we were staying in nearby could not provide dinner as they had no chef. This was a great disappointment as the description of the hotel indicated lovely food was on offer......they should update their information! However they did book us into The Brown...