Eagle and Child in West Lancashire

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!

Not visted this pub for over 10 years. Recently went back 6 weeks ago for their Thursday Steak Night, 2 Steaks & a bottle of wine £40. Food & service was good. This time we went, we told the waitress we dont need a menu we'll have the 2 Steaks/Wine for £40. Food came all fine. Asked for the bill......£60! Errrrrr we told the lady what we wanted. "We dont do that deal"........really (see attached) Not arguing, paid the bill & left. Not only have they lost 2 returning customers, also a awful review on here. So....if you want an expensive Steak Night, this place is for you!!!!!!!!!

Poor food . Forgot wwe d ordered and paid for 1 pudding.when Eton Mess arrived eventually it didn't have any meringue. Not impressed wouldn't go again. Last year. it was perfect

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.

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

Always loved this place so good love the dogs !!

Lovely setting, food fabulous with great selection of drinks.

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

This is a great country pub, with excellent food. Service is very friendly and the beer.....superb.

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.

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.

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.

The pub interior is what you could describe as Olde Worlde...yep with some regulars having a drink by the bar and some customers take their dogs along too...however, the food and service I have always found to be excellent. Its a real 'rural type' pub and doesnt (I think) pretend to be anything else. The menu whilst not extensive is quite varied but the key thing for me is that the welcome is warm, the food is really good and the prices are more than reasonable.

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!

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.

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

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.

Gorgeous, as always. Good food, good service, quaint setting, reasonably priced. What's not to love

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.

Went for Steak Night Thursdays and was not disappointed. Great, friendly service, superb food and the location is perfect, especially as its just a mile away from where we live. We will be back! 👌

Great pub. Beer garden was brilliant for the kids to run around and burn off energy. Food was lovely, and a good price, and really looked after the 17 of us. It arrived quick and was really warm.

Sunday lunch today, first time visitor, lovely warm country pub, good variety on menu and special menu, opted for two lamb roasts, quick service, excellent food and portion size, desserts ordered and again served quickly . Great quality food at reasonable prices, highly recommend

Poor service, quality of meals mediocre. When ordered a cup of tea was given 1/2 cup of water!!

Great pub great food, freindly staff, we were staying in a cottage just up the road 5 mins walk away this lovely pub resturant became our local for the week, the food was just gorgeous with plenty of choice at very reasonable prices, plenty of guest ales also on offer, just one sml complaint they shut on a mon and tue so had to drive out to find somewhere else to eat and drink sighn of the times I surpose shame really, carnt wait to return to the area again as the Eagle and Child will definitely be on are list of must visit pub resturants.

Saturday lunch. A short menu, with all the usual suspects on the card plus a few specials. But they truly are special. My Southport shrimp with linguini followed by rack of lamb was epic. Ale was good too. Worked out a £40 per head with a pint and coffee included. No room for desert. Good value for excellent food. I used to come to this pub 40 years ago when it was just one room, with a bar not much more than a serving hatch. Still has bags of character. Miss the pickled eggs though, and the chap with whelks and cockles in a basket. I'll be back.

Great service, lovely Sunday Roast Dinner,

Amazing food in a historical setting and super friendly

it had been about 8 years since we last set foot in this lovely traditional English pub it was just I we remembered it apart from the fact that there was hardly anybody in the place were 7 years ago on a Friday night the place was 90% full. I hope that the management can return and increase the footfall to how I remember how it use to be 7 years ago also they need to repaint the gents toilet as I do not think it's been painted in last 25 years also repair the leaking radiator valve in the gents toilet on a cold night the pub was nice and warm we met a few old friend we had not seen for at least 7 years in general we both had a very enjoyable evening and we will be visiting again on a regular basis

Small country pub with lots of old world charm and a real fire. They have great beer festivals in the summer ( pandemic not withstanding )

A very welcoming place with excellent food.

Friendly staff, gr8 atmosphere.

This place needs serious re furnishings, food was OK but very disappointed.

Great pub, lovely atmosphere, friendly staff, good food and select of drinks.

Brilliant Sunday roast for the family. We'll be going back 👍💪

Food is amazing and staff are lovely

Visited this pub while out with the wife and children and must say not impressed at all. Waited a long time for the food to come. Two other customers complained they had been waiting over an hour for their main. To make things worse a dog appeared under our table and started searching for food. When raised to the staff they simply asked a regular of he had both dogs with him, a reply of probably not was said. Food actually ok, but the experience wasn't completely pleasant so will not be revisiting or recommending.