Fox & Barrel in Cheshire West and Chester

What a great find, this was recommended by some friends and we where visiting the area. Dog friendly, food exceptional, service with a smile and so much so we visited again 2 days later. Thank you.

Popped for a drink. Quick service. Good atmosphere

Went for a birthday meal- always wanted to eat here as the carparks always busy I assumed it would be excellent. My food was tepid, the aubergine dish was bland & there was only 1 other vegetarian menu option. Everyone else's meals came with chips or garnish mine had nothing else so I was still hungry after. To add insult to injury the waitress took £3 payment more than I'd instructed on cardreader- she didn't show me the amount before swiping- now I know why :(

We'd booked a table and were pleased we had as it was quite busy. Excellent tasty well presented food and wine. Good vegetarian choices too. Very helpful friendly staff. This was our second visit and it was just as good.

Great place, everyone involved where perfect. Food outstanding, service outstanding. Will return

Loved it, good food and atmosphere

Searched hard online for non-standard food close to Delamere Forest and totally lucked out with the Fox & Barrel. The menu looked quite interesting but frankly I was seduced by the quality of the photography on the website; these people looked like they care about the details. Wasn’t wrong. This was an absolutely sensational Saturday lunch, with assured, confident cooking and some really appealing, original flavours. Service from Matt was great, the place is clean and smart and our dog had a lovely time as well. Pix show a few of our dishes and we also ordered oysters, sausages, fabulous chunky chips, broccoli and lovely wines at fair prices. We will all definitely return. So happy to find a new favourite eatery in this neck of the woods. Thank you!

Attentive service and amazing food. We had a great lunch on this August bank holiday. The kid menu is the best I've ever ordered.

For £20 per head, I'd have expected more on our plates. The beef was wafer thin but spread out making it appear a larger portion than it was. We received 1 bowl of veg between 4 people. Roast potatoes weren't cooked in beef dripping and the same gravy was served with both chicken dish and the beef dish. Such a shame

The food was tasty but very small portion of meat for my sunday roast (2 very thin slices of beef!!). So, expensive for what you get! Yorkies were huge and the veg was yummy 👍. Just the meat that let it down!

Phoned late, incredibly these good people accommodated us for Sunday lunch which was exceptional

Stopped off for some lunch on the way back to Scotland. Very glad we did. Very tasteful decor, great food and good service too. Highly recommend

Excellent food, service and atmosphere.

Been here many times and always brilliant.

The food at this place is stupendous, local crafted ales and a vast array of wines and shorts. Nothing on this menu disappoints, all very high standard, and the service goes hand in hand with the food.

Fantastic lunch with friends, great setting and professional staff. Pub menu but done well. This place doesn’t disappoint

That steak and ale pie was out of this world!

Food was great as always, it always make the experience fabulous when you have the perfect hostess, I don't know the name of our waitress today ( 3rd August) but I know she has a German Shepard! She was pleasant and perfect in every way, thank you!! 😊

Wonderful experience for spontaneous lunch yesterday - kind proactive service and delicious, quality food. Thank you

Just sat in the garden and enjoyed a couple of beers. Lovely high end pub.

We were heading home from Tatton Park RHS Flower Show and saw the Fox & Barrel and called in on the off chance. It was late afternoon on a Sunday and we had not booked. The staff were very helpful and found us a lovely table. Our waiter, Stevie, was lovely. I ordered lamb roast dinner and my husband chose beef. Our food came promptly considering it was a busy Sunday. Have you ever wanted to cry because you were so happy, well that is how I felt. I had a huge shoulder of lamb in a redcurrant jus and a couple of roast potatoes. In a side dish between us was broccoli, parsnips, red cabbage, sugar snap peas and carrot and turnip. My husband had plenty of beef and an enormous Yorkshire pudding. Everything was cooked to perfection and nice and hot. Delicious. We would certainly pop in again if we were ever near Tarporley again

Amazing food and service. Well worth the trip out for Sunday lunch. Group booking, very well looked after and will return without hesitation.😋😊

Excellent meal excellent service, staff lovely! Would recommend!

We go to lotsa different places and we enjoyed it very much, food was great and we did not wait that long for it, great people and atmosphere.

THE best roast dinner I've ever had. Especially the beef!

Spent a lovely couple of hours having lunch. The staff are attentive, and efficient. The menu is well put together with a good selection on offer and tasted delicious. Out waiter Matt was brilliant and made the day. I would recommend this place to anyone.

Great Food served hot and staff are pleasant

Really engaging staff Sunday roast very good 👍

Excellent food , great place to visit after the racing at Oulton Park

Had a great meal here would highly recommend. Every course was delicious, service spot on even though it was a busy Sunday afternoon. Will definitely return.

Want to like this place but 2 x Burger fries & Salad 1 x starter 2 pints 1 x glass of wine in a Pub should not cost £67.40 ..... Crazy expensive ...

I had Smoked Salmon with Egg ,Hollandaise sauce and Potato Rosti it was out of this world .. Hubby had the Burger with chips and couldn’t manage a pudding … the staff were very attentive and extremely helpful would definitely recommend..

We called in for a drink, have a few nibbles and to get out young daughter something to eat. The welcome was amazing, service brilliant and food delicious.

Great service and the food we had was outstanding would highly recommend

Attended the restaurant for f mily birthday and get together, loved the decor as you enter with very smiling staff waiting to show you to your table. Food and service were very good especially the presentation to you at the table. Definitely going back there is good outside parking and tables as well to enjoy the sunny weather. We done.

Booked in for lunch. Travelled 25 minutes only to find that the accessible toilet cited on Google information was no such thing. Impossible access for a wheelchair user. Upset and angry in equal measure. Please address you Google accessibility statement.

Lovely food and excellent service 👌

Absolutely lovely place to eat. Great atmosphere, fabulous indoor and outdoor eating. Food was fantastic too. Definitely worth a visit ☺️

firstly foods is always very good and staff are super friendly, I have one complaint - I just wish the staff would not stroke the dogs in the pub and then serve my cutlery and food for hygiene reasons, at least 3 members of staff stoked the very nice puppy which was close to our table and then served our drinks and food

This has been one of our favourite places to come for years, it's been a while since we have been, and today's visit was out of the blue, and I am really glad we did... The food was fantastic, and it was the first time taking our new pup here and they couldn't be more accommodating, the Fox and Barrel will definitely be one of our go to places with the dog as it was a really great space for him.

Popped in for Sunday lunch (with my wife and 2 grandsons) on the way back from Beeston Castle. Wr hadn't booked (which is advisable). However, we were accommodated. A really nice pub/restaurant. The Weetwood Best Bitter was perfect. The Sunday Roast was excellent. Freshly prepared and lots of it. Staff were great too.

I only wish I lived nearer to this lovely pub and restaurant.

Came as part of a family party of 6 for a late lunch meal. The other half of the group were regulars highly recommended the place. Our table was mid-room right in front of the open-plan servery. The kitchen and all the cooking was on full display which I always find reassuring. The menu had around six choices per course. There was a good mixture of traditional and more adventurous fare. I went down the vegetarian route simply to keep things lighter and a little easier to digest. Both by mushroom wonton starter and beetroot taste tatin main were spot on. Reactions from others were a little more mixed. Everybody bar me had a dessert and again feedback was reasonable to good. Cost for 2/3 courses averaged out c. £45/head inclusive of 2 drinks. The place was vibrant, well presented and spotlessly clean. Staff were attentive, professional and very friendly. The lack of time pressure was noticeable and very welcome. Overall I'm happy to recommend this place to diners of all ages and group sizes. The outside drinking & dining areas looked very well done too. So I would imagine this place is even busier in the warmer Summer months. It was still very busy on Easter Saturday given the dry and pleasant weather. Overall score 4.8 out of 5.0

Fantastic pub, relaxing atmosphere, food was amazing and service to.

On & off, over a period of more than 30 years I have enjoyed the hospitality of this fine pub restaurant. Whilst the menu, food, presentation & environment / ambiance were all excellent this review is more about the first class service. The manager clearly knows her stuff as do the young people she has employed & trained; our waitress, the young man, on only his second shift, and others that served us were so polite & professional I’m going to say this was amongst the best service, in all categories, I have ever experienced. Well done!

First time here on a special 'Date Night' with my husband. We were shown to our table and handed the menus. We saw that it was extremely busy and there may be a wait. After fifteen minutes, nobody attended to us or even offered a drink of water, we had also failed to catch their notice. By which time two more tables arrived after us, both of whom received immediate attendance and we were ready to leave. I finally caught the waitresses eye and when she came over, I explained that we were not happy. But, we decided to stay and order and she was very apologetic. Thankfully the delicious food more than made up for the fact that the service had been poor. It is a really nice pub, with great atmosphere and lovely decor. The food was excellent and the service afterwards was very good. Just such a shame that the lack of awareness at the beginning marred the rest of our evening.

Not been for ages, and thought it would be a great place whilst catching up with a friend and it was spot on. Food, service and value was 👌. I’ll be back with family and friends. Thanks

Can't recommend fox & barrel enough, me and partner have only been a few times but we have throughly enjoyed it, food is amazing and the service is great, can't wait to visit again soon

Brilliant place, will be going back again.

Really nice staff, service was very professional and courteous. I ordered fish and chips which looked and tasted like supermarket packaged food. Not worth the money

Excellent steak beside an open fire will return for sure

Lovely Sunday lunch, great food and service.

We booked a last minute table, the food was lively, we had cheese suffle which was so light and Fluffy, parfait, duck as the main, egg custard and artic roll. We will definitely return.

I am glad I found this place after a lovely walk at the Delamere forest. The decor is very modern classic and the fire at every nuke was warm and welcoming. We booked our table at 1.15 and was shown our table even if we turned up early. There were people waiting to seat as soon as we vacated, shows how popular the place was. I thoroughly enjoyed the courgette tempura with the couscous and would recommend this to all veg lovers. We will hopefully come back again soon. Until then I will keep recommending this place to my friends and family.

Always had an excellent time at this place.

Lovely place we had a lovely lunch definitely be coming again

The food was delicious, you should be very proud of your staff. We will definitely be visiting again.

Best food I've had in a gastro pub in a long while and service was spot on. Lovely place

We lunched at the Fox and Barrel for the first time yesterday. It was a belated meal to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The place came highly recommended and as you can see from my rating we weren't disappointed. The food and service were both excellent. We shall definitely be returning soon. Highly recommended.

Lovely pub/restaurant which has been refurbished to a high standard. Food excellent. Service also excellent. Matt looked after us and made us feel extremely welcome.

Tremendous food. Just perfect. Staff were great and we felt very well served. Best meal of the Christmas break! Kids loved it too

Good pub and pleasant efficient staff. Top quality food but portion size only adequate. Service slightly delayed as restaurant busy. Would recommend not sitting near the log burner or radiators as far to hot inside making it uncomfortable. Prices above average but you pay for what you get.

Nice place. Service is attentive rather than warm. The food is fine, but very expensive and you’d expect it to be better for the prices. I wouldn’t put this in the Gasto pub bracket yet it’s charging at that level.

I love the Fox & Barrel! One of my absolute favourite places to eat Sunday Dinner! Booked for the week before Christmas, as it’s just such a lovely place! All 3 of us got the beef roast dinner! Hummus and pitta for starters, butternut squash soup (which was divine) and chicken wings! Also a portion of truffle fries! Lots and wine and ice cream with artic role for desert! Left feeling very happy and full :)

Very disappointing. After viewing the ‘festive menu’ online we were really looking forward to a family meal on Sunday. So much so that we’d all pretty much chosen our meal! Nowhere does it state that yeh festive menu wasn’t available on Sundays. Two of us ordered the roast beef- chewy, gristly roast beef that couldn’t be cut even with a steak knife. The solution offered was possibly trying a sharper knife.

Had a wonderful lunch today. They even provided crackers for everyone. Beautiful place. Decor is gorgeous. Special mention to the lovely Matt who provided exceptional customer service. What an asset he is to the business. Nothing was too much trouble. Overall a wonderful experience.

Really good meal, would definitely recommend and return

Been many times to eat here, always lovely welcome and service. Excellent food!! Great place to meet family from up north. Travelling from Shrewsbury.

Beautiful place, the food was amazing and great portion size. My husband and I both said 'wow' after our first bite of the steak burger. And the triple cooked chips are the best. Compliments to the chefs

What can you say, this place is absolutely amazing, food, drink, service and atmosphere.. Matt our waiter is a credit to the company and the business..

Very nice lunch & pleasant staff -would recommend it

Not been here for a while but will go back. All staff friendly and efficient food was excellent 👌

We had a great afternoon, service was excellent, food fantastic and enjoyed good company, we even had a laugh, not many places you can do that anymore, thank you

Our family are regular visitors to the Fox & Barrel, it is our favourite restaurant. Amazing food, excellent friendly service, and lovely atmosphere.

Lovely Sunday roast. Vegetables particularly very good, great to have a dish on the table to help ourselves instead of hiding them under the meat. Unfortunately it was quite noisy but you were quite busy and you have to expect that!

Excellent especially being dog friendly

Fantastic place to eat, best meal if I have had in a long time. Highly recommended 👌

Great food and dog friendly! Excellent meal and service from attentive staff.

Great meal at a lovely country pub.

Stunning place ... I had the lamb roast dinner - best lamb ive eaten and definitely going back with friends. Very enjoyable Sunday afternoon. Well done team Fox & Barrel

Amazing food, wonderful evening, thank you!

A very enjoyable Sunday lunch. We chose lovely roast pork and roast lamb with proper roast potatoes and a tasty selection of veg. Can recommend the cauliflower risotto starter and the creme brulee and salted caramel tart. Good service by friendly staff

I have visited the F & B many times, never been let down. The service, food & atmosphere are tops. Congrats on the award for the best in Cheshire. Well deserved.

Returned to the pub on Saturday night for a meal with friends, having previously had good experiences. It was a new menu, and I chose the gazpacho with crayfish and avocado starter. It was so delicious I'd have been happy to end there! Perfectly seasoned, delicate, and flavourful. The steak pie was also yum, but then it always is. Thanks to everyone at the F&B 😊

10/10 Sunday roast After a lovely afternoon at hollies farm shop we decided to go for a roast and found the fox and barrel after seeing there great reviews. We managed to get seated immediately, we got the mixed bread to start which was amazing and fresh. The bread arrived warm which was a bonus. The chicken dinner was cooked to perfection. We asked for extra veg and gravy and the staff couldn’t of been more helpful. The pictures speak for themselves. If your in the area I highly recommend

Great rural pub and solid menu offering

We called here on a recommendation from the accommodation that we were staying at the time and we weren't disappointed. The food was very good at a good price and the drinks were also good at a good price. The food is not bog standard pub grub, that every pub turns out. Don't get me wrong. We had Steak pie and a burger, but it was on a different level than the standard Pub. I would have preferred to have seen something different on the menu for the main selection, as I felt it was the same thing as everywhere else, but thankfully it was good and different. As for the starters, now they were GOOD. A good choice and they were good. Would I return and recommend. YES.

Popped in for a light lunch and was so glad we did it is just wonderful.

Really nice place just down from oulton park. Staff were excellent and attentive, place was super busy but they got food out quickly enough though did serve our 3 tables in a very staggered order so some had gone by the time some were starting to eat. Sunday lunch was on and everyone seemed to enjoy. Veg accompaniment was great, plenty food. Would come again. Highly recommend the roast lamb.

Stunning food!! We went for lunch and whilst my husband is vegetarian there were some nice looking options that turned out to be very delicious - he had the courgette main and loved it! The sausages and mash with buttered cabbage were also excellent. Staff were very pleasant, helpful, and courteous. Our only disappointment was when we saw the chips and hadn't ordered any, so we now must return!

Couldn't have asked for more during a little family celebration. Beautiful surroundings, relaxed atmosphere, topped with lovely food. Service with a smile. Keep up the good work guys !

Nice food but just quite expensive for what you got, compared to other eateries in the area.

Lovely pub with friendly atmosphere. Plenty of parking and good selection of drinks.

Service just needs a little more attentiveness

This is a lovely country pub setting, welcoming entrance and bar serving an excellent range of drinks including local ales. The menu felt restricted with a small selection of appetizers, starters and desserts. The menu allergen listing detailed a baffling number of options containing lupin flour (same allergen family as peanuts) which is incredibly unusual for the UK - we would be very interested to know what ingredients chef uses that has introduced lupin into at least 75% of the dishes. The very young service team did a good job with friendly, efficient and attentive service throughout.

Service, food,atmosphere, location, setting, second to none. Would recommend without a doubt. Only downside is dogs are allowed.

Been here a number of times when camping in Delamere. Never fails to impress.

Visited on Saturday evening and was very impressed with the food, excellent service and a lovely atmosphere, staff very attentive will definitely be coming back again.

First time here after lots of recommendations. 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ all round. The food was amazing and the staff absolutely lovely! If your not here your missing out.

Went here for father's day Sunday dinner, the food was absolutely amazing best Sunday dinner I ever had. Service was outstanding what a great place, I will be going back very soon and will recommend to everyone. Re visted this Sunday was just as good 👍