Farmers Arms in Cheshire East

Great service from Joshua! Thanks

Booked for Mothers Day 5 weeks ago. The food was nice quality but extremely small portions. Had roast beef dinner but the roast potatoes (x2 small) were quite a shock as there wasn't any accompanying mash. The veg was limited to a single, thin slice of parsnip and a tiny portion of cabbage. ... soo disappointing. The desserts were lovely tho and a good size portion . More upsetting, and the main reason I feel I have to post this review, was that not 5 minutes after finishing such desserts, we were asked if we wanted anything else...we all had full glasses so said "no" about to say "not yet" before the waiter butted in with..."just the bill then". We had been sat at our table for 1hr 15 when a second member of staff approached to tell us that we had our table for a further 20 minutes 🤨. We were made to feel totally rushed and uncomfortable. This was our second visit and although we appreciate that Mothers Day is probably one of their busiest days of the year...to make your customers feel so uncomfortable cannot be good practice, as, we WON'T be going back.

Elisha and Josh: Excellent service. Very attentive and friendly.

Love this place! First time here and it was 12/10. As great as the food was, we really owe our amazing experience to Elisha, who was nothing but kind from start to finish, THANK YOU!

Great meal in a lovely setting. Nice decor, food was filling and flavoursome, service immaculate from Elisha and Josh.

Really great meal for a family meal! We all enjoyed our food from starters, mains and deserts! Nice generous portions!

Been visiting since moving to Poynton a few years back. Great local, lovely food and the servers and management team are lovely!! Highly recommend.

We visited the Farmers Arms today for a family birthday. We had been previously for another family birthday and enjoyed it so much we came back. But unfortunately we didn't have the same experience this time round. We arrived to be welcomed by a lovely waiter Lois who took our drinks order. We then were ready to order our food, the waiter told us there was no sausage and mash and also no kebabs so we went around the table ordering when someone wanted the 5oz steak (9 year old) we were told they had none of those as well so we said no problem we will have the 10oz, 4 other people ordered the 10oz steak. The waiter then came back to inform us that there was only one 10oz steak. It was only 5pm so had only just switched to the evening menu so couldn't have sold out. So we made other choices, unfortunatle the poor waiter had to come back again to tell us there was also no Lamb. It was just going from bad to worse, had we been told so many items were not available we would have chosen to go elsewhere. We than had a word with the Manager who was not very helpful and said there had been a problem with the stock. We then seemed to be a problem as I think the staff were embarrassed to come to our table and we were having to go to the bar to order drinks, which is fine if you are busy but it was quite and there were plenty of staff. I feel the Manager was not experienced enough to deal with the issues and there for got very defensive and abrupt and was seemed out of his depth. He did however remove the steak from the bill as it was as tough as old boots and was not eaten, and took an extra 10 percent off the bill however it wasnt the money it was a very dissapointing birthday meal. The rest of the food was very nice and everyone else enjoyed their meal. But I must say that Lois our waiter was one of the most polite well mannered young men I have come across, considering it must have been very embarrassing for him to have to come over and keep telling us that things weren't available. After the meal we would have liked to have tipped Lois personally for his service. However we were told this wasn't allowed and that we needed to tip with the bill as they are shared equally amongst the staff. I would have been happy to leave a tip to be shared aswell but felt like Lois had gone above and beyond under the difficult circumstances he was dealing with and wanted to reward his service personally and this should be my choice and not a rediculas company policy. Very disappointing visit.

This was an absolute disaster from start to finish. They barely had anything available on the menu, but instead of telling us upfront, they let us sit down, order, and then told us—leaving us no choice but to stay when we could have gone somewhere else. On top of that, they completely forgot our drinks. When we questioned it, the manager had the audacity to blame us as if it were somehow our fault. His attitude was beyond unacceptable—rude, dismissive, and outright hostile. No customer should be spoken to the way he spoke to us. This man has no business being in hospitality. He needs to be fired immediately.

Went Sunday lunchtime. Lovely food. Fast service. Responsibility priced. Good variety of food. Really nice atmosphere.

Elisha and Josh were both helpful, efficient and very friendly. It made the experience all the better

Mat & Josh. Perfect hosts & very helpful.

Food was nice, tasty pub grub. Portions were reasonable. Price was a little more than other places. Wouldn't stop me going back. Delicious IPA on tap.

Great service, great presentation, superb food! Highly recommend. Thank you x

We come here regularly and always have a lovely time Good good Good service Joshua is a great server and very helpful

Visited on a Wednesday evening. Nearly didn't because trying to book online suggested nothing available, but decided to just turn up and glad we did. It was quiet but the food and service was excellent. It slowly got busier as it seemed like a quiz night was going to take place... obviously a popular event. We will visit again 👍

The renovation, new menu and new staff makes the Farmer’s Arms one of our favourite places for a pub lunch. Isaac made sure we were well looked after.

Lovely pub. We'd been to see a band at the Acoustic Lounge a couple of doors away but unfortunately they don't serve any decent beers, so it was a relief for us to be able enjoy a couple of pints of excellent cask ale in the Farmers Arms. A comfortable friendly atmosphere in this attractive pub.

The server Josh was great, he was rushed off his feet the whole time we were there really looking after everyone! Would definitely visit again. Thankyou Josh for the lovely experience!

Josh our server was outstanding, great decor and really good food. Thanks Josh

Always a fantastic roast dinner and fantastic service at the Farmers. This time super service from lovely Josh (and as always Isaac). Thankyou for a great Sunday

Really lovely Sunday afternoon meal. Atmosphere is lovely and the staff are great. Josh was excellent and very attentive young man. Will definitely recommend to family and friends xxxxxxxx

This was our second trip and again the food was superb, piping hot, simply but brilliantly prepared and super tasty. The ratio of pate to bread was perfect, the soup was really flavoursome and both Sunday roasts were beautiful I would have enjoyed another slice of roast beef on the roast dinner but understand the price/ quality/ volume dilemma that pubs need to balance and did leave full. I’ve marked the service down a little as while Josh was brilliant at welcoming us and taking the order …the service following delivery of the main courses could have been better… cauliflower cheese took a while to arrive, as did the horseradish (the menu says beef and horse radish but actually needed to be asked for) , as did the extra gravy. To the extent that I felt fussy for having asked for each and therefore didn’t remember to ask for another glass of wine and the team weren’t circulating easy to ask. As a result I left having had one glass of wine rather than the 2 or even 3 I would normally have with a Sunday lunch. So felt actually that the pub missed out a little by not selling up given my glass sat empty for most of my main course. Well done, I think this is the nicest Sunday lunch in the area. We loved it and will definitely be back soon.

Only pub left in Poynton but is still more of a restaurant

Great family Sunday lunch, looked after by Elisha. Nothing was too much trouble.

The food and service was excellent we had a family birthday and the staff were really helpful and quick with the service. I would recommend to anyone.

Staff were friendly inviting and accommodating. Pub itself is very nice and nicely decorated. Very warm (which was lovely as we'd been on a snowy walk before heading there!) we were late and rang ahead and they were very accommodating by saving our table. We did arrive to realise we weren't all seated together but apparently that was mentioned on the booking email. We were a larger group of 8 people and 2 kids so again I understand but if booking, remember to read your email and call ahead of this is a problem. We had to order ahead of time when we booked the table which I thought was a bit weird but with it being a Saturday I understood. The only vegan dessert on the menu was unavailable. In fact, a few things were unavailable on the menu that day. Price was also reasonable and food was very tasty. Good portions, can't fault the staff themselves as it was a very busy Saturday and they were all lovely. All in all I'd come back, maybe in a smaller group and maybe when I'm not doing veganuary 😅

The Farmers Arms has a nice comfortable and welcoming feel to it. Staff are very attentive and friendly. The food was delicious and Matt gave us excellent service. Situated in Poynton village with its own car park. We visited at lunchtime and won't hesitate to visit again in the future.

Great food and our waiter Lucy was ace! 👍 🙏🫶

It was my first time visiting the Farmers Arms for a meal in the restaurant with my daughter and it was a pleasant surprise. We both thoroughly enjoyed the meal, lovely food, fast and efficient service despite the pub being busy and a great atmosphere. Free parking which is always a bonus! I would recommend and we will both be back in the New Year!!

Our family of 5 went for Christmas lunch yesterday, it was £95 per head. I have never had Xmas lunch out before and to be honest the meal was worth with costs for the day maximum £45. We were totally underwhelmed and felt mot much attention had gone into the accompaniments, the meat was good as was the service. Very disappointed overall and will stick to o lunch at home in future.

Izzy was fantastic, great night

Good food and great service, thanks Izzy!

Lovely place to eat, defo in my top 3 Izzy great waitress

Izzy was a brilliant waitress & food came really fast. Food could have been better but portions were great.

We just had some snacks of fries and garlic bread which were actually really nice, but we were disappointed that there were no mozzarella dippers left, the beer we wanted was out of stock and the mulled wine was lukewarm.

Great food and service from Izzy

Lovely food, Issy was very lovely and friendly.

Nicely decorated Nice atmosphere Good food Good service from Izzy

Excellent food and service from Josh

Well what a fantastic time we had last night! I took my team of 20 from Headway Charity in Poynton for our Christmas do and we're very pleasantly surprised. The staff were absolutely spot on. Extremely professional, attentive, very patient with a large party and so so kind, helpful and happy. The food was beautiful, just delicious and lots of it, the chef was truly talented. We all felt like royalty, rather like family. Thank you all of you for making us feel so welcome.

We visited on 13 December for our school Christmas party. Gemma was really helpful with arrangements and the service from Isaac on the night was fantastic. The food was lovely and the space for our party was great. Thank you guys.

Unfortunately having dined here a couple of times, our last visit was very disappointing, as the pie I had was cold in side and half the chips undercooked. The situation was handled very well by the girl serving us. She deserves praise.

Good food, very good portion sizes, and really excellent service from Izzy, Josh and Gemma. All 12 of us had a great Xmas meal and night out.

Had a lovely meal and lovely service. Servers Gemma and Ollie were amazing :)

Thought id go with my wife for a drink to talk. Standing at the bar for 5 minutes waiting for someone to arrive was not a good start. Then they went to the closest other person editing assuming he was there first. Thank goodness he was honest and said we were waiting first. The music was paying way too loud so found it hard to listen. The only other loud noise was the bar man throwing empty bottles in a bucket and shouting over to his colleagues. When you’re paying £7 a drink one would expect trained staff to be aware of the customers. Don’t think I’ll be returning.

Lovely Christmas menu . Attentive staff. Thoroughly enjoyed

Izzy waitress was exceptionally helpful.

I travelled quite a distance with a friend yesterday 5th December 2024. I grew up in poynton, and the farmers arms was my local. My good was disgustingly. Steak was so fatty, chips over cooked peas microwaved bullets. They were the only thing that was hot. They offered £2.95 refund, I shouldn’t have paid anything, a dog wouldn’t eat it. Don’t waste your money. I won’t be going again. Lovely pub, sack the chef

Beautiful setting, very friendly staff and lovely food! Thanks to Matt & Isaac for looking after us so well. See you again soon! Merry Christmas 🎄

My whole meal was disgusting steak was pure fat, and not hot, chips over cooked , peas microwaved, like bullets, travelled a fair distance, wouldn’t serve this meal to a dog!!!!! Shouldn’t have been charged at all, they only knocked off £2.95!!!! Won’t be going again. So so disappointed 😞

Really lovely evening, catching up with old Poynton school friends. Perfect meeting place. Lovely food. The waiter was fabulous (don't know his name). Thank you!

Lovely meal great service staff could not be more helpfull and pleasent was in a large group and the food and service was outstanding

I didnt eat but just had a couple of drinks with a friend. It was a lovely atmosphere with very friendly helpful staff.

Great service from Izzy, fabulous food and a wonderful atmosphere

Izzy was super helpful and really nice. Thank you for such great service today!

Isaac and his colleague gave us fantastic service and the foods was top quality we will be back

Issac was exceptionally helpful in helping me with menu choices regarding food intolerances. I had Salmon with kale and salt and pepper fries, which was an adjusted version of a meal from the main menu. The chef was very accommodating the meal was cooked well and the portion more than adequate. My partner drank pint of Unicorn bitter shandy (driving) which he says was was refreshing and ate a peri chicken taco from the nibbles/starter menu, apparently this was good. Friendly positive bar staff, a nice atmosphere from the clientele and dog friendly in the bar area. We will recommend and return.

Not for us, staff are great but the food was not so good unfortunately, I had fish & chips a lot nicer anywhere else for a lot less money, partner had cheese & onion pie which she said was ok, but for the price she said not good value for money, waiter and drinks waiter were great.

Excellent lunch today, well looked after by Isaac. Peri Peri chicken hanging kebab fabulous.

Lovely pie. Friendly service by Isaac

Izzy was very friendly and efficient. Showed us the special offer.

OK, but not great. Beef had gone a bit dry and roast potatoes had clearly been sat a while despite a 1pm booking for Sunday lunch. Roast chicken was good, and deserts went down well. The decor is pleasant and acoustics are good, so no struggling to hear.

Went with the intention of having lunch. Walked up to the bar to get a drink. There was one other customer at the bar and three staff. One staff member walked over to serve the other customer. One stood in front of us counting some coins, didn’t look at or acknowledge us, then walked over to his colleague for a chat. Still no acknowledgement from either staff member. After a while of standing around like lemons we decided they weren’t interested and walked out and went elsewhere. If they can’t be bothered to acknowledge and greet their customers it’s not worth standing around to see if the service gets any better. Shame as it seemed a nice place otherwise.

We were served by the lovely Izzy and she was very helpful polite and efficient, the food was lovely and very reasonably priced

Had a great family meal, food was top quality and the staff couldn't have done more. Especially Izzy who looked after our table, took care of of everything we needed! Will definitely be back

Issey was very polite and efficient

We visited this evening for Chippy Tuesday and was served by Izzy. Service was fantastic, big portions, and food was delicious will definitely be visiting again soon.

Great meal and service and we were able to take our dog too.

Thank you Lucy - lovely meal and great service!

Lovely pub, great service from Izzy, perfect after a long day at work

Great Sunday lunch, staff very friendly & Lucy was a delight.

Ate here for the first time since it has reopened. Such a disappointment. We both ordered the pie. I had the steak and my partner had the cheese and onion. I had mash with mine which was very heavy and stodgy. The gravy had huge lumps in it (I can only assume its instant and its not been mixed properly. I was told the winter veg were carrots and kale but it was broccoli (they were okay) the pie itself was okay. The pastry had a good flavour but it was too thick. My partners was similar. The waitress was very friendly but the supervisor looked miserable and never smiled. Even though we're local we won't be eating there again. Such a shame. Also the music in the bar was way too loud when we were leaving.

Lovely, helpful staff. Great food & service

Great experience - food was delicious and service was spot on as well. Shout out to Isaac who made the meal extra special. Will definitely be returning again :)

Isaac and Izzy looked after us. Isaac was exceptionally diligent in relation to dietary needs on the table and Izzy was polite and attentive. A lovely meal, lovely pub and good service. Thank you.

Just popped in for a coffee during my break and I’ve felt compelled to leave a review, mainly based on how clean the place is. Jaw-droppingly clean, even the toilets. It’s like a luxury hotel. Obviously not a deal-breaker for most people when choosing a pub to go to but service from James was excellent as well. Lovely place.

Friday evening drinkies. Well supported after recent refurbishment but v hard to hear each other chatting as v noisey, especially with music blaring out!

First visit for family of 4. Really nice decor. Friendly staff.

Nice place but didn't have a few things that were on menu and few drinks not available but coffee was very nice

Me and my partner come here and food was okay/ how ever - if you’re buying a cocktail DONT! I ordered porn star martini and wow it was absolutely disgusting , was the price of normal cocktail, it didn’t even taste or look like a poem star. Was yellow and was on draft… I don’t mind paying the money for a good cocktail. But it was vile.

Delicious food and excellent service. Great atmosphere in lovely surroundings.

Well furnished restaurant. Food was okay. Great service by Isaac.

Really nice food. Great service.

Called in for lunch last week and it was the start of a new menu. Food and service was great. A special thanks to Gemma for taking care of us.

The food was excellent we had a roast beef dinner each and it was really tasty, generous portions, lots of gravy. Our waiter Issac was really attentive and efficient. We had a really great experience, thank you Farmers Arms, You’re back!

Steak pie really lovely and mash too… couldn’t grasp large portions of cold Kale . Fab service by Isaac lovely personality very professional very caring toward my 88 year old mum

Lovely lunch at the farmers, our server Isaac was really helpful with my friends allergy requirements!

Lovely Sunday roast. Isaac was lovely and really helpful :)

Very nice pub. Unfortunately, we’re there for a sad occasion, but we still felt comfortable. Everything was perfectly organized and we were very nice received.

Wow, wonderful refurbishment and menu, had a great night running the Wednesday night quiz, well done to Richard and the staff. Another excellent evening with Richard, Paula & staff... Thanks

great food and service from Isaac

The food was OK, but neither dish was at all as described on the menu. No bacon and mustard in the mash and no onion in the gravy for my meal, boiled potatoes instead of sautéed and no asparagus for my wife’s. The manager was genuinely apologetic and offered me a free drink. But she was clearly wholly unaware of what the chef got up to, and wasn’t ‘managing’ at all.

The service was amazing in particular Isaac our server was very welcoming and thorough when asking for allergies

Ordered a cheese on sourdough toastie with soup today, I’ve never had a portion of food so small and soup was lukewarm. Certainly not value for money at £10.

Great pub with nice food. Friendly staff

A perfect set up on the patio when the sun is shining. We go on a Friday with our dogs. Water bowls provided. Food is lovely. Service is always great. Plenty of staff to take your orders outside and prompt delivery of drinks and food. Hope as the cold weather comes that there are enough tables inside that will be dog friendly as plenty of people bring dogs.

ordered : sea bream , roasted new potatoes, kale and pine nuts sea bream came ..a tiny piece of flat fish, new potatoes were boiled not roasted small spoonful of kale minus the 'pine nuts.' ordered desert: sticky toffee pud: a tiny, cold sponge minus the 'sticky toffee' ! an expensive experience. music loud.

The 4 stars are actually for our server Isaac who was brilliant (actually would be 5 stars just for him, but had to drop a star due to an absolute mess up on arrival with our table booking and the manager was really poor at dealing with it. Apparently we were 'downgraded' to the bar as they thought we had a dog - no dog, never did have a dog, really spoiled the start of the birthday celebrations?? However, once finally settled in the restaurant where we should have been anyway, Isaac was attentive to our every need, the wine and food were delicious, most of us had the roast dinner which was plentiful. Had deserts too which were lovely, in the end turned out to be very good despite the bad start, saved by Isaac, well done!

My soup tasted nice but the ciabatta which came with it was cold. One slice was barely toasted and the other was verging on burnt. My steak ciabatta sandwich was not great. It had a really big bit of gristle in the steak. The best thing about it was the warm toasted nachos which came with it. The service was good and cheerful and the decor of the pub was lovely. For the price they charged, it was very disappointing. Given the other positive reviews we were expecting much better.