Eagle and Child in West Lancashire

The food is lovely. The serving staff are great, friendly, fun and happy to be there. It makes a huge difference when you are eating out when staff are enjoying themselves.

Me and my friends had a lovely lunch here. The food was delicious and the service was very good and the staff friendly. Would definitely recommend a visit

Lovely lunch and a lovely place.we will go again.

Four of us turned up as part of Lancashire Beer & Buses. The staff were great in a crazy busy environment. We grabbed some food which arrived quickly and really tasty. Would recommend and looking forward to going back

Excellent cask beers. Food looked good.

Fabulous menu which more than met expectations. My wife & I enjoyed three courses plus coffee, having only really planned to go in for one plate of food - every one a winner. I was full-to-bursting by the time we left! Great selection of ales. Excellent service by staff who really looked like they enjoyed their jobs, and a lovely, relaxed yet sociable and friendly atmosphere in the pub. Easy to park at lunchtime on Saturday. Dog-friendly - ask for a table in the room by the kitchen for minimum doggie distractions. Amazing value for money too! Next time we are in the area, we will book again without hesitation.

First time at the Eagle and Child. Proper country pub and atmosphere. Service was great and served with a smile and they all had a personality. Food was fantastic, best meal out in months. Can't wait to come back

Love the candle lit dinners in the evening.

Lovely old man's pub with great food and loads of choice . Staff are all so kind and friendly (especially if you have a dog)

Lovely food. Under staffed though lovely staff. No shortage of coke. Some of the new money locals like mouthing off at the bar, possibly overcompensating for something.

Food and service excellent, now the issue. Hadn’t booked, table for 2 provided promptly, all going well until coach pulls up that were clearly on a pub crawl. All in good spirits but a handful stood right next to our table, very loud and one using bad language. I asked if they knew they were going to visit. They did so I believe I should have been warned. Really did ruin what could have been a great experience. Nothing offered as an apology, Didn’t she seem to have anyone in charge who had any power. Won’t be visiting again.

Food is amazing, the staff are brilliant and the atmosphere is that of ye olde worldy pubbe that gives off a country vibe

The perfect English country pub. Good selection of real ales, excellent food (not overpriced), log fire, dimmed lighting, an interior which has not been ruined by a shiny designer makeover, a motley gathering of antique furniture, old prints on the walls, no music, no machines, lovely gardens, easy parking, and a farm shop in the yard. If you crave the arcadian charm of yesteryear, this is your place.

Very clean due to a young man called Michael he was very helpful

A lovely place, great food and a warm and inviting atmosphere.

On this weeks visit, a super surprise...Venison on the menu, it was delicious. This is a great country pub, with excellent food. Service is very friendly and the beer.....superb.

We went on a busy Christmas holiday Monday Lunch. The place was booming and Had a lovely bright atmosphere put out by the staff. It was my work Christmas lunch and we had a wonderful time. The food was amazing, recommended the steak pie and the shepherds pie by the waitress and it was well worth it. The wait for the food even though it was very busy was reasonable for both starters and mian meals and the staff were very attentive. We highly recommend this sweet country pub with its lovely array of food and beers it has a lot of potential to be a good local for drinkers and eaters in the future.

My wife booked a table here for my birthday. She specified we would like the table next to the fire place at the end of the bar which was clarified by the booking staff. However when we arrived, the table was occupied, for which they apologised (little alarm bells began to chime). We were annoyed but didn't wish to make a fuss so chose another table. In summary, the service was so slow we were there for over three hours. Two tables next to ours also complained about the shoddy service. One poor guy, with his young daughter were forgotten about completely and they eventually left! We used to love it here and have been going for years but such is the decline in both service and food, we won't be returning. The gaps between courses were so long, I managed to write a novel about the experience! Avoid.

Dreadful service. Food has gone down hill too.

Gorgeous, as always. Good food, good service, quaint setting, reasonably priced. What's not to love. The Sunday roast was simply superb

A true country pub full of character with excellent service and delicious food and wine

Great characterful place- I’m sort of a regular now. Good food and beer. Lonely places to sit out in the sun and a farm shop!

Proper country pub, great atmosphere, dog friendly, lots of guest beers to choose from and great food.

A great traditional pub as they were in days gone by. Cosy little rooms and log fires. I warm welcome that I hope never changes.

A truly fantastic representation of an old English pub, where tradition blends with modern touches in a near perfect way. Tucked in the centre of a small village, this pub is a cosy spot for lunch or dinner, with beautiful ornate decoration and a fantastic log fire that welcomes you in on a cold day. The only downside is the toilets which are a bit too tired for my liking, but not a big deal if you don't have kids. The food was fabulous, which was a surprise given the huge variety of options available across the 3 or 4 menus we were given. It was pricey for a pub, but the quality was well above that of an average pub, so I'd say it was reasonable. Staff were very friendly and made a big fuss of our kids which was lovely. Highchairs available, as well as free parking. I've found my new favourite pub!

Lovely setting and the steak pie was exceptionally tasty! Would recommend

Extremely poor service (50 minutes from seating on time for our table until starters finally came). Similar story for the mains. We’d booked this birthday meal months in advance, yet the manager suggested we should be more patient as we were a large table (8 people by the way). Not the place it used to be.

Delightful village pub with a great community vibe. Staff are great and the food is lovely.

Always loved this place so good love the dogs !!

Booked for lunch on Sunday. Although didn’t have the roast (saw plenty being served and did look really nice) Food we had was served promptly and was super tasty. Really enjoyed it. Staff friendly enough too. Will defo return

Lovely setting, food fabulous with great selection of drinks.

Excellent Sunday lunch - great choice of menu - good prices - service excellent!

Lovely pub and atmosphere. Some staff seemed a little rude/abrupt when asking about baby changing facilities. Had CousCous Arancini, Beef Roast Dinner and Bakewell Tart. The starter and desert were tasty but the roast was quite underwhelming. Very poor range of vegetarian options which left one person having garlic mushrooms and a side of chips.

Recently dropped in on our way back from a bank holiday family walk with the kids and dog and wow!! This is my new favourite place to eat. Such a beautiful, quaint place. Firstly met and served by who I have to say, were the best staff I’ve ever come across in a pub/restaurant. My husband and I love to eat out, with or without the children but these guys surpassed any service we have had before. So friendly, knowledgeable and made us feel like nothing was a problem. The food was also the best we have eaten in a pub, ever! I cannot rate it highly enough. As a family of 5 with a dog, we sometimes have to eat and run but here we were made to feel so welcome and it was so lovely we didn’t want to leave! Massive shout out to the staff (I didn’t get their names) but the service from them was off the scale. We can’t wait to visit again. Thank you for a lovely lovely time.

We've just eaten here again, probably our 10th visit over the past 5 years. As ever a great menu and with the specials menu adding several more options, more than enough choice for anyone. A shared garlic ciabatta bread, followed by mains and desserts each (mine washed down with a pint of draft (still) cider and a coffee................delicious meal, happily full, all great!

What a great pub dining experience. Fabulous food and very attentive (but not intrusive) staff. Service was absolutely first class and the food excellent value for money. Plus, a great atmosphere in this friendly pub. Dog friendly too! Would highly recommend.

The quintessential village pub. Always friendly, good beers, great food. Lovely ambience, the tone set by low lighting and candles.

A lovely place with a wonderful ambience and tasty food. I enjoyed my time whenever I visited!

Great experience compared to the last time I was there over 9 months ago. Only had starters but they were lovely! One of the best crispy chilli beef I’ve tried in a while, battered king prawns were tasty as well. A couple of new staff members (compared to my last review 9 months ago) who are very friendly and attentive. Try the crispy chilli beef, you will not be disappointed. Large car park and dog friendly

The main menu had some fantastic ‘typical’ pub food items, but the specials menu was exceptional. The duck breast starter followed by cider braised pig cheeks was a delight.

Great place. Food and beer are ace!

Great food, excellent friendly service, quiet time of week / time of day so a little quiet, which was pleasant. Despite being quiet it was still friendly.

Great old school true village pub

Great selection in menu Lovely atmosphere Never been disappointed with choice or service

Another fantastic meal!Love this country pub!

Excellent meal... There was 6 of us and everyone's meal was excellent... Good service too... Will gladly go again....

Recommenced by a friend. What a lovely roast dinner. Great chatty service with lady. So polite and welcoming. Soup ro start. Then roast was amazing. We'll presented and we'll cooked. Tasty. Must be good chef in kitchen. Good value and price. Parking at back.

Friendly staff and landlord. Good beer choice. Average food. Steak overdone. Locals think they own the place.

Over the years, the pub has varied in how well you are treated and how good the food is. The pub itself is a good location, easy to park and not expensive. However, food could be much better, along with how you are welcomed, if not a local.

Brilliant food. Friendly and efficient service. Not particularly cheap but well worth it, Sunday lunch spot on.

Lovely traditional pub, immaculately clean… really good food, wine and beers… the staff are amazing! Thank you Jockey and team

Don’t expect your meal to come in two minutes, it won’t because it is all freshly cooked and will be absolutely delicious. Few pubs have such fabulous food with excellent service in a traditional pub setting. Try the fish pie, it was mouthwatering and came with a selection of vegetables all cooked to perfection. My party expressed equal satisfaction with their meals. I haven’t been here for some years but won’t leave it long before I return.

Beautiful country pub, very friendly and cosy, lively food and dog friendly.

Absolutely first class food, both quality and quantity +:fast, efficient, friendly service with a smile

Stopped in for lunch, staff were helpful and freindly. Drinks were good and the food was amazing. Highly recommend.

Always fun to stop here for refreshments and food , great pub excellent food

Lovely evening, delicious food and tasty pint.

Excellent food, beautifully presented, served by wonderful staff.

Best pint of Guinness I've had in years

We had a family gathering at the Eagle and Child in Bispham last month. The Manager couldn't have been more helpful or accommodating. We used the room upstairs which was perfect for our needs. The food was excellent, the staff were friendly and efficient. I would be very happy to recommend the Eagle and Child to anyone. Many thanks.

Love this place the food is amazing plus you can take your dog. For anyone that's not been try out the farmshop next door it's fabulous and part of the pub.

I hadn't been here for years but decided to try it again for a celebratory night. Very pleased with the relaxed atmosphere, friendly service and excellent food with a good choice of drinks. Will go again for sure

This was on our to do list for years & it was well worth the wait. Great service, atmosphere & the food was complements to the chef👨‍🍳!😋💦👌❤ Ps, will definitely coming again.👍😁🍽🍽🍺🍹🥂

Loved this pub, inside very country/rural with a large lovely beer garden, the food was insanely good, drinks very reasonably priced

Nice food and good range of beers. A outside if the weather permits.

A gorgeous traditional English pub with local ales and a big beer garden and bowling green.

Lovely inside typical country pub but.. Ghost town. Staff a little too relaxed. Don’t expect speedy service.. staff kindly gave us menus for food and then when we went to the bar to order food, they had stopped serving so why didn’t we get told when to order food by? Poor service, inexperienced staff.. the only thing good about this pub is the real ale beer. Locals only (probably)

Absolutely brilliant beer well worth a visit if you are near by!

Friendly staff and great service. Food is very nice. Excellent experience. Highly recommended.

Brilliant food and lovely majestic pub

We spontaneously decided to stop here for a drink one evening and were pleasantly surprised by the friendly atmosphere, attentive staff that served us, and quality of food. We ordered a selection of things from the menu including; Smokies 5/5 - Wow, delicious, but could've done with some more bread. Calamari 4/5 - Good but not the best I've had, room for improvement, but certainly not bad. Tasty, well cooked, light batter, no complaints. Garlic Ciabatta 4/5 - Good, Great paired with Smokies, could've been a bit more toasted but then again I could have asked for it. Chips 4.5/5 - Really good, can't give a 5 as they're not triple cooked in Wagyu beef dripping. But as far as big chunky chips go, be hard to find better. Overall a cracking country pub, good food, friendly locals and staff, dog friendly too. Will go again.

Our fave little country pub, nice food, great staff and dog friendly 😊

Overall - this is a "do not go" for me. Unfortunately I have to give this one star. We may have caught them on a very bad day, but here was the awful, beyond ridiculous experience. Arrived about 12:30 for lunch. St around for 10 min with NO one around. Place is empty. Got up to leave, someone appears who thinks we just walked in, and offers us a table with menus. Very friendly, all seemed fine. Says will be back in a minute for order and drinks. 10 min later, we're still sitting unserved and completely alone. At this point a courier arrives, the waiter appears for them, has a 5 min chat, ignores us, then starts cleaning a table which hasn't been used. 5 min later, laughing at the ignorance, we interrupt and ask for our order to be taken, no apologies from them, but all is friendly and takes our drinks only order. The waiter then disappears for another 10 min. So we're sitting there waiting for two simple drinks when another customer walks in. They too sit there waiting for a full 5 minutes for some one to appear. A waiter then serves them after they badgered them, and they get their drinks. After which the staff ignore us again. After 45 min of sitting around and waiting for even 2 simple drinks which never came we've had enough. We assume it will be another hour before we get food, so we leave, but once again we had to wait 5 min just for someone to appear to tell them we were going. Add to that, The place itself was shabby, dirty and desperately in need of a refurb, with the wall near me properly peeling and falling away. The menu was very expensive for the fairly typical pub food on offer. In short, The eagle and child was utterly deserted of customers for a reason - it's rubbish in everyway. After leaving, we tried other pubs and cafes right nearby, and couldn't get in as they were all full. That says enough -> Other places full, eagle and child literally empty.

'Smokies' for lunch with a perfectly poached egg, dog friendly, cosy and comfortable, log burner, friendly welcoming staff & great food choices... loved it 😍

Good traditional food at an English country pub and at a good price too. Worth a visit.

First time eating in here and the food was amazing and staff are lovely. Will definitely be back.

Traditional village pub that serves freshly prepared food, warm welcome and enjoyed a couple of drinks while out walking around the Parbold area.

Prawn starter was awful - too much batter and spoilt my appetite for the rest of the meal. Bar maid was rude and a smile would have been appreciated rather than a rude and curt manner. Would not recommend this place.

Lovely old pub,very busy but managed to find us a table,very accomodating as I asked for roast dinner with out meat which was lovely and lots of lovely veg and veg gravy ,my partner had roast chicken equally as good ,the only criticism if any is the roast spuds to well done and hard and Yorkshire pud a bit to well done but it wouldn't stop us calling again .

Good menu reasonable prices nice country pub atmosphere

Just popped in for a drink whilst out and about. Lovely atmosphere. A proper English Pub. Staff very welcoming. Meals looked really appetising so we'll definitely be back. Would recommend.

A true country pub with great food, good choice of beer and wine and caring attentive people running it.

An excellent meal and lovely staff ,

Great pub and excellent service.

Complete disappointment..bad food even worse service ..won't be returning

Lovely find on trip home from IKEA to Penwortham. Couldn't fault the food. Halloumi fries and ham hock to start, followed by bangers and mash and a pork belly roast. Sausages were fantastic. Roast would of been better with some crackling and apple sauce. Only gave 3 stars as the loos were pretty grim. Would visit again though if in the area.

Lovely, atmospheric pub dining room.

My wife and I visited here yesterday from Malvern; with local family. The ale and food was fabulous. It was recommended by my brother in law. We had a cracking night. The pub has so much character. All the best to them for the future.

Food is nice but don’t bother with trying to book the function room or contact the pub- you get no response.

Old style country pub, good food and beers

Friends took me , they go most Wednesday for fish and chips it was the first time for me and it didn't disappoint

Great place! Guest beers, friendly staff and a great steak ciabatta!

Traditional oldie worldie pub with good food

Found it quite pricey but the food was good, service good, dog friendly

Even better than it was 20 years ago when I first got to know this gem. Perfect ale (most places have been struggling to keep it well this summer of 2022), and perfectly prepared food. Can't wait to go back!

Great food, great staff and plenty of different ales to choose from..

First time visit, won't be the last. Service excellent. Food excellent. Pics speak for themselves.

Absolutely delicious food and friendly staff. Small carpark to the side that is used for both the pub and a farm shop. I highly recommend taking a look at the specials menu, there are some really cracking choices on it.

Sold out of Sunday lunch and belly pork was cold with soggy fat Service was slow

Went for the beer festival, good pub. Great atmosphere.