Duckworth Arms in Bury

Food is good and the staff are very friendly and extremely efficient

Absolutely love Duckworths. Our go to pub for food since moving to Bury.

Excellent food... cheese pie pretty much perfect and lovely crispy chips. Wheelchair access could be improved upon, you can get in but have to navigate a tight corner and 3 doors. It's a bad idea to have a picnic bench near the ramp access too. Great service, they were really busy but it didn't affect how well we were looked after at all

The food was very good and fairly priced , however service was poor. We were a party of 16 inc children and were booked in for 7pm. Our orders weren't taken for a while eventually at about 8 pm we had to go and ask where our starters were all the children in our party were very hungry, we had to get them some crisps. The main course seemed to take a while to arrive as well. The drinks glasses on the table weren't taken away when empty. However when the food did eventually arrive it was very good and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Would i go again? Not sure , possibility would.

Had lunch here today, great food, very busy, staff so helpful and made it a wonderful visit. The refurbishment has really enhanced the place Many thanks

Booked online easily and managed to change the number of guests the day before the booking. Requested space for a pram which was provided. Service and food was excellent in all respects. Highly recommend and looking forward to visiting again soon.

A nice place to have Roast dinner Excellent service.

Excellent dining experience and delicious food Easy to book on line and easy to change booking We had space for a pram and there is a baby changing room

Busy lunch service. Attentive staff, set menu at a reasonable price and lots of choice on the main menu. Good to try different beers.

I cant express tonight how good their Sunday roast was,we had the turkey. Huge portions...it was the best we have had in a long while and it was so busy too. Well done guys

Came here on a Saturday, so expected it to be busier than a normal day, but was very disappointed with the level and speed of service, especially front of house. Instead of ordering deserts after already being here for 90 mins (just 5 mains, no starters), we simply gave in and asked for the bill. This also took another 20 mins to arrive. On the other hand, the food was tasty and of the quality we expected to pay, however, it could’ve been slightly warmer (this again may have been due to the speed and attentiveness of the service). It was a good experience overall in a nice surrounding despite the issues with our service. We will be happy to visit again in the near future to see if this was just a one-off!

Family bereavement visit for wake buffet was fabulous and service was excellent well worth a visit for a meal and price for drinks wasn't to bad

1st time we have been for 20years.we could not fault the service and the food. So much so we are going to book our church Christmas meal

Very disappointing lunch. The falafel were over cooked and the main of 2 tiny fishcakes was poor for the price and again over cooked. My friend had the pate starter and it was unpalatable and left it. Would not recommend.

No jacket potato's and over priced. Waited ages to be served.

Came here for my birthday lunch with my Husband, the food delicious and service excellent, lovely relaxed atmosphere will definitely visit here again.

We usually go for Sunday lunch which is amazing anyway we went for an evening meal last night. Varied menu, good pub grub, and excellent service. Definitely recommend.

13/10/2024 I’m not going to apologize for this review. I just hope the chef takes note. Yes it was busy, possibly why service was very slow. Pleasant serving staff, but non looked very happy! Orders as follows 2 small bottles of Prosecco £16 ! Chicken pate with salad., OK garnish. Salad was soft and rubbery…..not crisp. Soup…ok Roasted Ham shank with mint sauce. Shank was not roasted, and no sign of mint sauce? Shank possibly bought from supermarket. veg seems like it had been shown some hot water, roast spuds, tough! And a massive Yorkshire pud possibly to impress…..it did not. Three meat meal, turkey/chicken? dry. . Beef like shoe soles, ham mostly fat. Roast spuds tough, veg as above. Gravy not bad! One pint of cloudy beer, taken back to bar………new pint given……..still cloudy. Take note Willie Lees.!!!!!!!! £72.60 Never again We feel robbed, but wiser.

I have eaten in a lot of pubs that advertise their famous cheese pie, unfortunately they all exaggerate, until now! Not only was the food exceptional but the service, the atmosphere and the cleanliness were first class, we will be back very soon.

Superb Staff . Excellent hosts Fabulous Food Best ever cheese & onion pie Delicious Fish Pie Tender Steaks Succulent Belly Pork Children's Sausage & Mash a hit with the children

Warm friendly greeting. We went on a Tuesday night so not busy. Service was prompt. Main courses were generally good but my wife had the fish pie and it was very runny inside, hardly any chunks of fish so bit disappointing since our last visit a few months before the renovation.

We love to visit The Duckworth because we know we’re going to get a warm welcome, great food and drink and all in lovely surroundings.

The food was okay but the service was extremely poor and the wait for food completely excessive. Booked in for a party of 7 (3 kids). 3 starters were ordered and arrived fairly promptly but in total wait for the main course was an hour and a half. Staff member kept assuring us it was ‘currently being plated’ and would be ‘30 seconds’. Despite this, it was another 25 minutes and had to be chased a final time for at least the kids food to be served. Response from staff was ‘well you did have starters’. Kids were still left to be served last and not even an apology from staff. Have been going for years but doubt we will be back.

Steadily getting worse. Tonight was a washout - we booked for 7, and arrived to a car park that was more than full (4 cars just waiting for spaces), and with just one disabled space in total. We had booked a wheelchair user in our small party and with nowhere to park nearby we simply turned around and left. Thats the problem if you’re disabled and with no spaces - you can’t walk from anywhere else. So meal for 3 and a budget of £200 (and our only night out in. 3 months) just turned round and left - but with your restaurant now seeming to have more tables than spaces, I guess that’ll happen a lot. Our party leader popped in to explain, but no one really cared. Just shrugged and said. ‘Sorry’ in that ‘not sorry’ way people have…. I don’t suppose it’s the end of the world. The service last time was actively surly so I think we’ll just go elsewhere from now. After all, it’s not like there’s no choice….

We booked for 10 people for lunch on a Saturday. The welcome was warm and genuine and we were taken to the table, given menus and drinks the drinks order was taken. The choice was broad and prices reasonable. The food came within 15 to 20 minutes (we only had mains and small plates) which was unexpected as most places struggle when there are more than four of you. I had the cheese pie, but the fish and chips, gammon, cob salad looked amazing. The portions were generous and only one person could fit in a desert. We had coffees and never felt rushed. We were served by a lovely waitress called Julie who really enhanced the experience. I would highly recommend the Duckworth Arms for both the food and the drinks and will be going back very soon as I want to try so many other things on the menu.

Had a lovely meal of prawn & Marie rose sandwich and fries with a friend of mine. The service was excellent. The background music was a nice touch without it being too loud to have a conversation. It was lovely to see that dogs are welcome and they even have their own menu. I would love to bring my dog but unfortunately he's not very sociable

Great atmosphere, staff are amazing, food was good but not great. It’s a little expensive for the food, but good quality

Food nice. Service atrocious. Won't be going back anytime soon!!

Great food in a great pub! Loving the new refurbishment! Loved it! Service can be a little slow but the food is fantastic with a good selection of drinks.

This place is fantastic the food is first rate smells delicious looks amazing and tastes absolutely divine. The staff are friendly and helpful and nothing is too much trouble. Thank you

Great food good service at reasonable prices

Love the new look, a lot brighter. Great food, great views and lovely atmosphere. Good value for money. A few reviews talk about their wait, I would rather wait and have great food than be served quick with low standard food. They obviously have busy times because they are very good. We have been many times and leave very happy. We will be visiting again soon.

It's a lovely pub. Where my friends and I meet. However it was a Saturday lunchtime. The menu prices have gone up again! My smoked haddock Risotto Wasn't particularly hot. I enjoyed my soup and my coffee and mini pudding. No calories on the menu either. It was a bit disappointing 😞

Went for lunch last week and would like to compliment the chef on the excellent herb crusted fillet of chalk stream trout which was cooked to perfection. I found the piped music too intrusive hence the one mark deduction.

Excellent food, fantastic service and views to die for! Definitely recommend

3 of us booked in for Sunday dinner. Me and my daughter had the Sunday sharer, which was amazing. Far too much food if anything as we couldn’t finish it off. Husband had the gammon, which again was lovely but he did say the chips were very bland. Only downside was how long the wait was, we were there for an hour before getting any food. It would be better if the wait time was communicated when seated, as the food is worth the wait.

Went on A Bank Holiday Sunday. Staffing was low and advised it was at least a 45 minute wait for food and we ordered off the specials menu. I did leave and ended up in Burger King. 24/8/24 - We gave it a fairer run. The better half had the battered fish & chips I had the mixed grill. She was not overly impressed with the fish as the peas were a bit cool. The tarter sauce was bland tasting as well. The fish and the chips were hot, good beer batter on fish. I ordered my meat well done which may not have been passed to kitchen. While tasty my beef was pink on inside which is not well done. Still a ways to go but it is a lovely place in the weather.

Our meal this lunchtime was delicious. It's a long time since we visited the Duckworth Arms and it had been refurbished to a very high standard. We won't leave it so long next time

Food was amazing and well worth the price!! We went for the light lunch menu of 3 courses and you get plenty for the price. Certainly not small portions. All the staff are friendly and welcoming. Highly recommended!

We visited last night. We had a lovely meal. Love the new decor. The staff were lovely and really helpful. I had the the smoked haddock risotto, it was beautiful, just gutted my egg wasn't runny. 3 people had the steak pie, which massive and really good. One had the cheese pie, which looked lovely, no potato, perfect. And a ceaser salad.. all in all a good meal.

We have the sharing Sunday lunch enough for 4 people let alone 2 food is delicious . All staff are attentive . The food is delicious 3 types of meats plus vegetables

Outstanding. Food was absolutely beautiful and the refurb lovely. Highly recommended

I have been to the Duckworth Arms many times, the staff are friendly and helpful and the food is amazing

Great pub food and service. My daughter is coeliac and can't have gluten such as wheat. There was a fantastic range of gluten free options including 'sticky toffee pudding' her favourite!

21 of in a family party. Didn't pre-order and with a full restaurant all our food came out altogether and hot. Food was tasty, fab value for money with the 2&3 course weekday special is well worth it.

The service was efficient and friendly. The food was hot (when it was meant to be!) and beautifully cooked. We will go again. There is quite a big car park - just one space for disabled I think.

Great pub serving good food and beer, friendly atmosphere.

Menue changed, no facility for small meals except for one, which was fish and chips?We had gone for the Sunday roast dinner which I had, lady partner could only face the small fish chip's meal, which looked large when placed on the table.We have visited this pub regular since 1999.After this menue change, no more,lot's of oldies like us eat less, hence our preference for smaller meal portions. P.L

All the food we had and the service was brilliant. Kids potions a little big for smaller kids

Excellent food, all party loved it. Good with the kids. Well done 👍🏻👍🏻

Good quality food with fantastic outlook. Lovely beer garden and plenty of parking

Julie was exceptional with an unsettled toddler, nothing was too much trouble, used her “nanna experience” to provide distraction and settle baby. Food was plentiful and delicious, fantastic refurb, cosy relax atmosphere.

I’ve always loved the Duckworth arms, but haven’t been for a while, until tonight. The food is excellent,, and the prices are more than fair. However the wait time is horrendous from being seated it took 45 minutes for our starters to arrive and on clearing them away it took another 50 minutes for our mains to appear. On questioning a member of staff over the delay I was rudely informed they were fully booked and busy… unfortunately the amount of empty tables made this a laughable excuse. Yes the food is good but not good enough to warrant the wait times

Pity, this was one of our favourite go to pub lunch. Sadly it's not anymore sorry to say, we both had the trout which came, we couldn't believe what we saw there where a small bit of fish 5 small potatoes and cooked spinach which was about 4 leaves and the wife had less!! and a cream sauce. We ordered cheese and biscuits just to fill us up with the rest of the expensive wine. Well that was so a let down from the last time we where' there is no veg inside the salary (only this on the plate) we thought that was taking the %% out of the pay customer. Don't think will be going back soon, also table top' you stuck to" mite have been just ours but i saw a person cleaning! with spray and same cloth and her hair was very long, not far of the table it self. Update!! had a reply from them ((Thanks)) well, that tells you about the standard that they up hold!!. No interest in customer service or respect. It must have been wrong day we where there!! 😏

Had a meal out with my family this evening. The food and service was excellent Well done chef Aaron. I was very impressed and will sure be back

Lovely food. Staff were very friendly and helpful.

We visited while we were camping just down the road from here. The food was lovely and service from all the staff was great.

We were told there would be an hour wait for food AFTER we’d been seated, ordered drinks and our food. This was 20 minutes after we’d booked and didn’t have much choice but to accept the delay. The food ok. We ordered a couple of sticky toffee puddings and soon realised they had given us the ginger Parkin instead. When we mentioned this to the waitress, she went to the kitchen and came back to inform us that it was definitely Sticky Toffee Pudding. It DEFINITELY was not. Once again, I made this point as we paid and was told again we were mistaken. Very little in terms of customer service here.

Enjoyed a lovely lunch food quality was excellent unfortunately the service was very slow is it a kitchen problem the waitresses where very good

Always a great pint and food. Service is great too!

So after shopping in Bury we went for our tea, We have not been here for a few years, The decor is a bit dated but the food was good, dog friendly is always a bonus , on Saturdays 20% off all steaks, I had the gammon with skinny fries, onion rings and tomato, and 2 fried eggs, fries and onion rings a bit soggy but edible, gammon thick and juicy.Diana had Sage roasted Chicken with chorizo and gnocchi and spinach, really good, very quick service, friendly staff, and a large car park, dogs only allowed in bar area.

Great food in a beautiful pub looking onto the moors. A very accommodating place to eat with a great menu. We had the duck spring rolls and salt and chilli squid for started which were both excellent, then had the triple cheese and onion pie which did not disappoint and was almost as good as my nanna used to make! Highly recommended.

Lovely location. Tasty food & friendly staff

Great place to spend Sunday afternoon, no

Not been to the Duckworth Arms for a year or two, and booked a table for 2 for Sunday evening, and we stayed labout 5 minutes. It was scruffy and dirty. The table was very sticky, the chair was threadbare with a large hole in the seat. Didn't order any food as I lost my appetite due to the dirty environment.

Able to get lunch up to 3 pm and a two Course meal option available.

We have not been to the Duckworth Arms for 30 years (when Mr. and Mrs Jennings used to run it), ridiculous I know we only live down the road. Anyway, we went yesterday for Sunday lunch and it was 'flipping brilliant', excellent food at a good price. the service cannot be faulted. Added to our list of places to go. As my son said this morning we will definitely go again. Plus the view is amazing.

Amazing food!! Highly recommend this pub,we will be back.cheese and onion pie out of this world

Very good service and very good place to visit would definitely recommend them 👍 😀 👌

Not eaten here, hence 0 stars, but when I call in, it is always full, which is a positive sign.

Visited for lunch on a Wednesday afternoon. Went for the light lunch option. This is served Monday to Friday between 12 and 3 pm. This gives 4 options for starters, 4 for mains and 4 for pudding. 2 course option is £ 14.95. The 3 course £17.45. Plenty of choice on where to sit and lots of different seating options. Was a little surprised how large it was inside. One downside to that was we did think it was a little bit cold during our meal. But it was a shocking day out. I ordered the Ale Battered Black Pudding Fritters as my starter. This comes with English mustard mayonnaise. You got a decent portion for a starter on a fixed price menu. I enjoyed the black pudding but the mustard mayonnaise didn’t do anything for me. Would have liked it to have a bit of a kick. For mains my fellow diner and I went with pie of the day. This was Minced Meat and Onion. You get the option of either garden or mushy peas or beans. The food was piping hot. Enjoyed the chips and the gravy that was served with it in a little gravy boat was delicious. Didn’t really need the gravy for the pie. Would have liked a few more chips but can’t really complain about the size of the portion when you consider the price. For pudding we both went with Apple Crumble. This came with ice cream and a choice of either custard or cream. We both went for the custard. The ice cream was delicious. The custard and the apple lovely. But both of us weren’t over keen on the crumble. It was more the texture than the taste. We finished with coffees. One cappuccino and one flat white. Not the best coffees we have ever had but certainly not the worst. And we got plenty of sugar brought to the table. It’s so annoying in some places were they bring one or two small lumps with your drink. Or even in some places no sugar at all and you have to ask for it. Total bill with the addition of 2 pints of San Miguel at £6.00 each and a Lime and Soda at £2.10 was £53.25. You just cannot fault this for value for money. And I must add a note about the service. It was great. Right from the off we were made to feel welcome. We were asked if we had any allergies. After every course, during our mains and when we went to pay we were asked if everything had been ok. It was. Great value for money with service that was friendly, good humoured and competent. I have no problem in recommending this establishment for an inexpensive but filling lunch. This will definitely be going onto our places to visit again list.

Beautiful food , higher priced than some but the food quality was terrific

Our meal was booked for 16.15,we were on time,had to wait 3/4 of an hour,we sat ordered food and waited nearly two hours,,the food was luke warm, did not enjoy it.The meat was tender but was warm,veg was cold,did not order sweets as we could not wait that long,too old for that I would not eat here again and I would not recommend it,expensive for the quality .Need to train staff about interacting with cliental.

Very nice public house with a good menu . It was a busy evening when our party arrived but we were seated quite quickly and served. Food was good 'pub' grub and there was plenty of it. Some of the furniture had seen better days but was ok.

Thoroughly enjoyed our evening here. Service, food & atmosphere were very good. Big bonus- they welcomed Bernard our Rottweiler who behaved impeccably 🙂.

We called for fish and chips as it’s the best in the area. As usual it didn’t fail beautifully cooked. Also the staff were amazing, very attentive and helpful.

Went quite late on a Sunday for Roast dinner, lovely place, friendly staff, great service and amazing food.

Absolutely beautiful meal today, thank you Becki for looking after us. Stuffed and very happy! Will definitely come back

Excellent place..nice warm and friendly welcome..food was good.. probably a little more expensive than I'm used to in a pub..but non the less fair value for money..it's not close to my home..but close to my sister who is in a care home and we took out for lunch there..will definitely go again! 😀

Excellent food, very friendly and accommodating, highly recommended.

The BEST place locally to get a great roast on a Sunday.

Just moved into the area and let me tell you this atmosphere is deader than a library and a funeral at a church. If you laugh in here it’s like a scene out of hot fuzz.(Literally full of serial killers) The chicken in here is drier than my feet after spending the day on the beach.

Cosy & but service a bit lacking. Had the 2 course for £14.95. Good value

Very nice place staff very friendly service is great. Lovely views

Nice gaff with an open fire in the bad weather. Good quality reasonably priced food. Lovely beer garden in the summer with the sun setting on the other side of the valley.

Popped in impromptu for lunch during the week. The service was good and very welcoming. The food itself came out a little too fast, as if it had just been heated up rather than cooked from fresh.

Best food this side of Manchester. Great service and location. Carpark can be full quickly so be prepared for that. Cheap food but don't let that fool you into thinking the food is a kind of way because it's incredible

Incredible food, great staff, quick food turn around.

Nice pub food looked good but we only went for a drink

Top place and I will definitely be going back

Please disregard the menu showing online and add £5 to everything. I wouldn't recommend the steak and ale pie, very little meat and like "lumpy gloop"!!! So disappointed as this used to be a family favourite destination. I will start looking for new local eateries and avoid avoid avoid until a new chef or change of menu takes place !!! Disappointing

Great local pub, good food, nice staff.

Really good menu choices, executed well, attentive and friendly staff in a comfortable atmosphere.

Fantastic little cosy Inn, Sunday dinners are excellent 👌

Had the light bite menu. Very good food reasonably priced. Good cellar too. Had JWLees also noticed Home Farm Shiraz on wine list - a good sign

Lovely friendly staff, lovely food 😋😋......most definitely be back 👍👍

The food is awesome... Best Sunday lunch ever

Pleasant comfortable pub food great, staff lovely.

Really great local place to eat for me always satisfied and a good beer with nice food and great staff, never let's.me.down x

Good food. Wonderful pleasant staff!