Lymewood Farm - Farmhouse Inns in St. Helens

Food ok for a chain, long wait for service

Booked table for 4 in adult seated area, given table no on arrival, made our way to table, table not ready had to ask staff to clean, children sat in area, ( not a problem but did book an adult only area), food great but given 3 stars due to poor service

Great service and welcoming . Great staff

Never disappointed, always great food 🤩🤩

Friendly helpful staff even though busy..food was quick and great value

Stopped half way though a long drive for food. Pleasant and good food.

Before I'd even tasted the food could tell it wasn't going to be that good. The roast potatoes were dry as a bone and stone cold, and so where the supposedly fresh ones. Bringing food out in plastic containers so I'm not surprised. The meat was nice enough, but the veg was cold and overcooked. Now going onto the stuffing, never seen anything so soggy that I actually thought it was porridge at first. Now we'll go onto the price - £36 for 2 standard roasts, a pint of Morretti and a kopperberg. Place was clean but when staff see you waiting to be served with a menu in your hand at the bar but go and serve someone else thats a little rude, I'm not really into that. Don't think I'd be going again 😕

I appreciate it was breakfast however there was no one to welcome us when we arrived we just had to make our own way in and sit somewhere The food was not piping hot as expected and you felt had to rush to eat it while warm The toaster didn't toast the bread properly it had to have 2-3 cycles before the bread was toasted The staff that were on were having loud conversations about their duties and shifts the full width of the pub quite loudly also shouting Things like "get me some more milk" as well This along with other details shared out loud were clearly heard by myself and I suspect all the diners around our area Also when leaving no one said thanks and goodbye I know it's a little thing however in my experience it's the lasting impression that people remember had I walked out having been thanked and bid a farewell I may have reflected upon my visit differently

It was busy at first,due to the time we went,that aside the 3 of us had a good time,the carvery was great the steak we asked for was medium rare it was cooked great,all the food was good,we even had 3 piece of red velvet cake,that we took home. It was a good way to celebrate my birthday The place was clean the staff friendly,they even found pigs in blankets without the blankets for 1 of my family who does not eat bacon. I would go there again to celebrate my birthday. Want to say thanks to the staff for making it stress free

Went for Staff Christmas Breakfast. Decent enough

The staff were very friendly and polite. The food arrived really quick and was pleasant to eat, one waitress even gave my twins some ice cream and interacted with them, definitely will return for another family meal.

Food out off this world .. cakes not as maney to choose from as there once was

I have had a lovely experience today. First of all Lewis on the carvery was very attentive and knowledgeable. All the food was full, fresh and very tasty with lots of options available. We all was served with a smile. The atmosphere was lovely, lots of family gatherings celebrating different occasions. We all will be back again very soon.

Had Boxing day dinner. Nice little pub/resteraunt

Absolutely brilliant we had christmas dinner at 12oclock and the staff were so welcoming just like a great big family we will definitely be booking for next christmas 🎄 😊

Lovely place. Sunday carvery is exceptional but Saturdays later in the evening was mediocre. Other food was good though

Superb carvery with extra pigs in blankets.

Excellent value for money. Friendly and professional service. Very good food. Would recommend.

Food was brilliant, would highly recommend got severed by Dan good service.

Wonderful staff from entry to exit.

Had no sausage for the breakfast buffet and bacon wasn't very good.Staff very helpful though

This has to be the worst place I've eaten in a very very long time. The service from the office set was utterly horrendous. You have to wait by a booth to be seated, and we waited and was seen by a waitress and got told to wait. There were two waitresses when entering, neither of them busy, yet several minutes had passed before we were even seen to. Ordered food via the app, and food becomes out of availability once it was put into the basket. Drink prices are expensive where the coke we ordered was £3.50, and the glasses wasn't even full. Ordered a white peach lemonade which tasted nothing like peach, and looked nothing like advertised in the picture, it was more cordial looking. When food finally arrives they have mixed up the plates and didn't serve the meals as described on the menu. Mine was supposed to be chips and coleslaw, but I got additional salad on my plate, whereas the other dish was supposed to be salad and coleslaw, but came with chips and coleslaw. Now to get to the very worst part. The bean burger. This was no way cooked thoroughly, it tasted like savoury chewing gum. I think a child could have created something tastier using play dough. After the meal, I said this makes me wish I'd have just ate at home. Next time I need to charge the car and eat, I'll sit and charge the car and eat at home. Anything else would have been better than this dire place. Really really DO NOT RECOMMEND!

Food was very underwhelming. We opted for bean burgers they were the chewiest things ever and I could've sworn just defrosted in microwave not cooked. They used wrong sauce on them and put the side salad on another plate with wrong meal. Only upside was that we then ended up with fries extra. They ask you to wait to be seated yet there was barely anyone in and you order on app anyway, yes there have been table that had reserved on it so you'd naturally avoid those. Unnecessary wait at the door...

I enjoy breakfast here. I just wish they did more vegan/gluten free. The staff are lovely. The coffee is great and the surroundings are convivial. I visit for breakfast with my husband every couple of weeks... Yum! ☺️

Went for a meal with my son, excellent food , great atmosphere ,didn't wait long for food considering it was busy and friendly staff, would highly recommend

Excellent food and fantastic service. Especially by Corey who went above and beyond to make sure we had an enjoyable experience and rushed through an additional delayed order

Food gone shocking in this place! Used to love coming here and food was always really good! But unfortunately last couple of times I’ve been the food isn’t good. Burgers are like cardboard, changed the chips to fries and they aren’t cooked long enough. Menu says you get coleslaw with burgers but the past 3 times I’ve been been given no coleslaw. Not sure if they’ve changed management or what but not as nice as it used to be! 😩😒

Pretty decent farmhouse inn, carvery looked really good but we opted for steak which wasn't the best although edible. Cake away was great, and the staff really make this place what it is, really friendly and helpful

This used to be my favourite carvery, but it is quite a few years since I was there. So I decided to have a ride there, and treat ourselves. We opted for the carvery, and that was a huge mistake, I do admit the meat,gammon, was spot on, unfortunately everything else was not. The roast potatoes and parsnips were were burnt, cremated in fact, the boiled potatoes were'nt cooked and the sprouts were poor specimens. I have given you one star for service, bacause we served ourselves. I even noticed someone behind the counter touching a dog, while serving food. That in any books is a big NONO

Nice clean pub, there is a really good selection of food and the prices were ok. 8 think I made a mistake by ordering a salad. Some of the food on the plate was a little past its best but still edible, there was a decent amount of meat on the plate from the carvery. My friend had the carvery and it looked ok but she said there wasn't much choice with the veg, the meat again was good. But this pub is known for its cakes which my other friend had. It was a large piece of carrot cake and it looked lovely and tasty. I'd definitely say go for the cakes if you want something a little different.

Food was quite good , service was slow at the bar ( it wasnt very busy either)and it took about an hour for staff to clear the tables after we had eaten !

Booked 2 specific tables for boxing day as my son is autistic and won't sit on chair has to be a bench sitting. Only to get there and be told they moved us due to a bigger party so we got put else where. Explained that we had to have a bench so got moved again where we then had our backs to family members. Plus I found a hair in the prawn cocktail. our table wasn't set nicely either compared to other tables didn't even have napkins. Also didn't get the extras we ordered with our meals

We had precooked a table for 4pm. (4 adults and 2 children) The table was far from being ready when we arrived which wasn't ideal having a 2 and 3 year old with us. When we were seated. We ordered fairly easy on the app. After 45 minutes waiting for starters, we asked were they were and they magically appeared. But the kids starters didn't arrive and I had to ask again for these. The same happened with the main meals, they had obviously been sat there for a while as the food was dried up and hard when it arrived. My children are very well behaved but got bored of waiting for the food and were in the play area where there was 13 year old kids throwing stuff and being boisterous in a play area for under 5s.. i come here quite often but I'm afraid I won't be returning. We wish we had stayed at home.

Sorry this place was not upto it's normal standard was kept waiting by the door asked by 2 staff what the booking name was n the first person never came back while checking on the table situation the 2nd did come back n we where lead to stand by the play area while they cleaned the table. We order food which never came for 45 minutes then they forgot to do the kids starters waited again for the mains for everyone, another 15 minutes wait in the meantime we ordered more drinks which came to the table with the wrong thing. The meat on the carvery, was cut so paper thin wasnt worth eating as no tasting it, the veg on the carvery was so over cooked it was sloppy, the parsnips were very greasy as where the roasted potatoes. Never bothered with dessert as by this time just wanted to go home as th kids aged 2 n 4 had gone past eating there meals, we know it's a bank holiday but if you take to many booking n dont have enough staff on then that's where a lot of the issues lay could see the faults due to the amount of dirty tables being left. Greenking get this place sorted so we can go back again without all the hassle we did give them time due to bank holiday, but will think twice about going back here n wouldn't recommend here, try one of the other g/k pubs near by

Yorkshire pudding with carvery soggy

Good service and food.Always a busy atmosphere.

Food was lovely, bit disappointed our Camembert dippers were empty. But the carvery was lovely as always. The service we received from Lewis on Carvery was spectacular to say the least. It made me and my friend feel very welcome

Lovely food at a reasonable price. Staff really nice

My fish and chips were very nice, but the cheese and onion pie , we had in a doggy bag wasn't !! Staff were very friendly

Great Carvey, but make sure you book a table ahead of time as it gets really busy at certain times. Leave space for one of their amazing cakes... or take one home with you for later.

Great service as always ,big thank you to Gill for looking after us

Ideal for a relaxed family get together. Gill was lovely 😍

Grill not working had to have a carvery was OK. Went back grill fixed had a mixed grill was good.

Go to Lymewood Farm once a month to meet friends for lunch. Booking is a must as it gets very busy at lunchtime. The food is nice and reasonably priced. The staff are always friendly, one in particular sticks out and that is Jade. If you ask her for anything nothing is too much trouble, we have asked her to chase our hot drinks, for sauces, for extra cutlery and a receipt for our food after we have paid. She does everything with a smile. The only negative I can say about this pub is it needs more disabled car park spaces. There are two spaces for a car park that must hold at least 70 cars. I always have to park at the back of the car park where no one can park on my drivers side as I need to open my door wide. This means I have to walk further to the front door and every step causes pain.

Lovely atmosphere.made really welcome by Danny ray and the two Ellie's behind the bar are a credit to the company. Food was excellent. Spencer the chef as professional as usual. Highly recommend xx will definitely be back x

I was disappointed. It was very busy which was a sign that it was a good place to eat, however, the dish I wanted was sold out and the alternative was okay but nothing special. They forgot some of the order so we had to ask for it. There were very few staff so we had to track someone down. It was an okay place but not a patch on the Juniper Farms Farmhouse Inns restaurant. I would not choose to go again.

Took my daughter and her boyfriend today, for a carvery. And again I wasn't disappointed. The food was piping hot and as tasty as always. Great customer service by Spencer also, which rounded up our excellent experience.

We booked to come here at 3.15pm on Friday after we had attended a family funeral. When we arrived a member of staff said go past the carvery and our table was 12 and 13. There would be someone else working down there that would show us to our table.... there's wasn't but we found our table. It was really cold. We all sat with our coats on. It said it was easy to order online so I did. I ordered food and drinks at 15.30. A few mins before 4pm two of the mixed grills came out. We still had no drinks. I asked the waitress where our drinks were and what happened about us getting our carveries, she said follow me and I'll get your tickets and the drinks were being made. By the time we got our carvery and sat down the two people having the mixed grills had finished and still had no drinks. I must say the member of staff on the carvery was very good and very polite. We did want to toast to our mum/nan but we just ate and left. We didn't even have desserts as the customer service was dismal and it was cold. No one asked was our food ok or anything. Customer service really needs to be looked at.

It's really is cheap and cheerful pub

Gillian made the experience wonderful, such a funny character

Gill was very welcoming food was excellent lovely atmosphere. Would recommend

Lewis behind the carvery counter was a lovely young man. It’s a rare thing to find good customer service these days but he went above and beyond to look after our needs. He carried my friends plate back to the table as she was using a crutch and within 15mins I caught sight of him escorting an old lady back to her table carrying her plate for her. What a diamond you have there.

Carvery served by lewis take away dessert by jade both very friendly and happy makes the place worth coming to when u have happy staff

A lovely place to eat. We were travelling with the family and fancied tea, the carpark was full and very busy, they managed to find space for us even though we didn't book. Lovely food fast service freindly staff.

Really good place. Good value for money and great staff. All are really nice but Ell is amazing. Always happy, friendly and upbeat. She makes a good place great

We were stopping at the premier Inn across the road. Which also entitled us to a 10% discount. Food was really hot and had the breakfast too which was a buffet breakfast. Really good value for the money

Not even kidding, probably the worst plate of food I’ve had EVER.

Wonderful staff , go out of their way to help you. Kim manager and serving staff are amazing. Carvers are also very pleasant .

Younger Bar Staff aren't particularly friendly but food generally ok 👌

Excellent food and service with a cosy and homely atmosphere. Well staffed and Gill our server was friendly and such a pleasure

Simple, but well done food and a friendly and quick service.

Starters didn't arrive all together, number of excuses made. Carvery was ok, the pudding was huge and delicious. The staff were friendly and talked lovely with the kiddies.

2024 Ye just had a decent breakfast with plenty of coffee or tea so ye not bad

Very clean tidy n food is excellent highly recommended

Massive shoutout to Lewis on the carvery! Super lovely man and sorted me out with some mushy peas. Top bloke. Amazing pub, one of our favourites 🥰

Ordered two “carvery and cake” deals for home delivery, topping £40 in the process (but that's the price of being lazy on a Sunday). I've been strung by other Greene King franchise sites before when it comes to delivery but to be fair this one did a good job. Would have been nice to have more gravy (and more generous meat that the small slices given) but all in all they did okay.

Absolutely gorgeous Carvery today, 4 of us came and can honestly say was the best ever ,the food and staff were amazing 👏 😀

Best food around! The chip shop supper is well worth the price and super filling and can never skip on the cakeaway especially those vanilla slices :) service with a smile always too :)

Decent carvery. Massive desserts!

Amazing food I would put ten stars if I could

Came with my 8 month old and the service from Mirelle was absolutely amazing. She helped get me an additional plate so I could cool downfood for my son and even got him some peas to try! She was fantastic!!

Really busy, delicious 😋 carvery lovely

Carvery was pretty tasteless, vegetables had no flavour left in them, beef was so tough my mum couldn't even chew it and another piece the knife wouldn't cut! Potatoes aren't usual roast potatoes, they were dry and not crispy and gravy was just wet with no flavour. Took ages to get the app to work and when I tried to log in it constantly wanted to verify my email code log, tried 4 times so I could get my discount voucher but it never worked and the voucher disappeared without me being able to use it. App confusing with no description as to exactly what was included in the carvery, so ended up ordering extra Yorkshire as it didn't look like they were included, but they were and no sizes mentioned on the soft drinks, so hard to judge what size you want. Staff were really nice and friendly though and lots of customers were enjoying themselves, but I didn't enjoy the food and probably wouldn't go again due to problems with confusing app and lack of quality food. Also grill still not working, which from other reviews I can see its now been not working for a couple of months, not having a working grill really limits the choice available.

Visited the lymewood for lunch was quite impressed with the the service that was offered I felt that covid 19 safety measures they have are excellent and felt very safe in the restaurant and you have the added bonus of the 50% discount which is on offer,All in all a very good visit and congratulations to all the staff for their polite & prompt service definitely worth a 5* rating

Need another place for takeaway food to be collected.long qué for sit down carvery.order drinks on app and came 20 mins later needs to look after customers better.staff are great but need more guidance.

Just wanted a tasty lunch. We had chicken and stuffing wrap with chips and gravy. It was fantastic a busy time we had not booked but we were shown to a table quickly. The food and drinks were served to our table quickly. I really enjoyed my lunch very tasty. Thanks to all the staff.

Great service from Spencer and gorgeous food once again :)

The Best Carvery in the North West.🤩 Excellent Food and Amazing Team. Well done Kim, Nikki & Team Regards Jason

Good food and drinks all good have an indoor play area for children!

We had a table for 10, and 2 highchairs. Lovely food and good service, very reasonably priced.

Great place for buffet breakfast or carvery. Staff very good

Great place for food and drink! Really enjoyed the cake and ice cream!! Staff are all really nice and friendly! Was served by Kim who was great! Good service all round! Would definitely recommend!

Chef didn't seem to be in the best mood when getting my carvery. The broccoli was quite mushy, and the mashed potatoes were very runny. Lots of over 5 kids playing in the 5's and under play area, being quite rough with the soft play making it difficult for under 5's to play there.

Busy for a Tuesday. Waited a while to be served. Seemed a little under staffed, bar staff did their best under the circumstances. Blackcurrant and soda was very refreshing. Carvery wasn't as good as I have had previous. Ham was tasty but sparce. Veg a little undercooked. Yorkshire pudding looked good but tasted burnt, I didn't eat it. Cauliflower cheese lacked sauce. Hit and miss with roasties. Some were hard. Such ashame on this occasion. As I have had some tasty carveries in the past.

Lewis Spencer Ralph always fantastic service and always make us feel welcome

We had a lovely meal with family on Sunday 27th October, a lovely lady called Gill was very helpful& friendly,making sure we were all looked after.

We was placed at a table near the front door which the doors were wide open we asked if we could have the doors shut bearing in mind this is at the end of October so it was quite cold we dinners around us eating with coats on! The lady told us we can't shut the doors as we have the aircon on and no option too move by the time the food came we took it upon ourselves to move table as we still hadn't taken our coats off from arriving and felt uncomfortable, the staff congrigated around the cleaning station perring over at us and sniggering didn't exactly make our meal most enjoyable when all we wanted to be is warm and comfortable and seeing people around us dinning with coats still on... Indoors was a first... Also to add to it all about 60% of the menu wasn't available either.... Won't be returning.

Best breakfast buffet been to in ages had everything you needed well worth a visit will be going again

Called in today for a carvery, I enjoyed the meal and a member of staff asked me was everything ok and I said it was. I went to order a takeaway cake because I was full but was told they had no plastic tubs to put the sundae in. The member of staff apologised but I was really disappointed because I was looking forward to a dessert

We went for a carvery, the last time we went it wasn't that good, but as you do you try it again. Turkey was fine beef really rubbery, mash, carrot cut really thick, yorkshire pudding not crispy looked like it had been microwaved, roast potatoes looked fine, gravy very lumpy. Got back to our seats very disappointed it was cold, I don't like my food to hot to be honest but everything was cold I don't think it was above 40° and these items on the carvery should be at a regulatory temperature. My wife left hers completely. No one checked our table, young lad cleaning the table at the side of us told him, but just said OK. I just ate the turkey and a few roast potatoes and we left not even finishing our drinks.

We came down as a party of 7 on a Sunday evening. Unfortunately the grills weren't working so we couldn't order the mixed grills or steaks. But the carvery and the chicken combos went down a treat. We had a lovely lady called Gill who came to the table to help out. She was brilliant. Excellent service from Gill had a great sense of humour. Made our evening!

Called in a lovely location, a little expensive, but well, worth a visit

Amazing food and service again. Love Lymewood and will be back again soon

Visited today and left after 25 minutes. There were not enough staff to handle the number of people in the place and gave up after queuing at the bar for 20 minutes to order food and drink. The grill was also broken which meant the menu was very limited, so wasn't worth queuing any longer for.

Visited today, great experience. The carvery was great, served by a polite chef, Spencer. Not been here for a while, but will definitely return soon. All interactions with staff were great including the bar staff, maitre d, and Chef. Coupled with good food and a clean environment gives a great experience.

Busy as always, if you are planning on coming I highly recommend booking a table as we saw people getting turned away due to having no room. Food as always is good and always plenty of choice.

Loved my time here, really enjoyed the carvery. Fantastic service! Shout out to Sienna!!! Would recommend :)

Most the menu was unavailable. Food wasn't great

Best carvery in st helens great deals when a member latest deal cake an carvery for 10 pounds

Ordered on the app from our table , a bit of a wait for the drinks . Pub wasn't as busy due to the grill being broken . Went to the bar for cake away but if you want cream with it you have to pay extra , but you don't if eating in . This puzzled us slightly . All in all the a good experience and food was delicious as always .