Navigation Inn in Oldham

A very friendly pub with a great menu selection to suit all tastes Great staff who are welcoming and friendly and the drinks fairy goes above & beyond🍷🍺 Cracking atmosphere and had a cracking time catching up with friends. Would recommend booking as it is very popular. Can't wait to go back, keep up the great work 👍🏼

A warm welcome and great communication during our meal, coupled with delicious food, made for a very enjoyable experience at The Navigation Inn. The four spice chicken curry was tasty and plentiful and my husband’s rib eye was perfectly cooked. Clean plates all round! We are not from this area but will no doubt find a reason to visit again soon so we can eat here again.

Love it here. Food top notch & cooked fresh. Friendly & good service. Always a great night/day out. Three spice curry & fish dishes my favourite. Can also have small potion of curry & certain other meals ( they are big ) !

Excellent neeting point fotmr morris dancers abd walkers. An a nual pilgrimage for southerners.

Food was awful. Kids burger was like dried out cardboard and the service was rushed to try and get us out for the next person. Really bad experience overall. Will not be returning

Nice place. Staff very good. Fish and chips was spot on. Huge portions. Could do with a little background music maybe as it's very very very awkwardly quiet.

Excellent food and service! Would definitely recommend 👍👍👍

Amazing place friendly staff great service great chefs. 3rd time going and every meal is to top standards. Looking forward to 4th time

Excellent family meal for Father's Day the food was all beautiful staff all extremely nice and friendly

What a lovely pub , with great food and wonderful service . If you are in the area I would highly recommend the Navigation 5 stars

Had a fabulous meal this week - suet pudding from the specials menu. Packed full of meat and vegetables delicious. Highly recommend but make sure you bring your appetite.

Lovely little local pub, with a warm welcome & delicious food

Our favourite eatery in Uppermill for over 20 years, the Navigation can be relied on to serve quality home made food. The normal menu is quite extensive but then there are always specials which often showcase the skills of the family run kitchen. All the soups are home made and the home made curries are excellent, definitely the best in Saddleworth.

Not been to the navigation for about 22years wont be leaving it that long next time the food was beautiful proper home cooked food the landlady is very welcoming the pub is spotless and the service was lovely will definitely be going again

We've been here a handful of times in the past few months and it literally never fails. Absolutely gorgeous food great service great drinks great atmosphere there's not a bad thing to say about it! With most people struggling for money at the moment you want to feel as though you've not wasted money going out and you genuinely don't here. It's so lovely we've lived every trip. Been to a few other pubs for food recently and it just confirms how amazing the Navigation Inn is. Defo worth a visit

Brilliant service and excellent quality of food

Excellent food, a small menu of traditional pub food, so thay are very good at what thay produce.

A very friendly welcome from Sue, the lady that runs the pub!! She gave us lots of choices and advised us on the best real ales and food choices. The food was all homemade and my husband and I had a small cottage pie which came with a side of beetroot! Extremely delicious 😋 our two friends had the steak pie and chips and the chilli chicken with skinny fries. We all cleared our plates… portion sizes are generous. It is service with a smile throughout and we would definitely return !! An extremely pleasant experience. Will try a dessert next time!!

Very good day but was there for a celebration off someone's life

Unfortunately I was at a wake but I could not fault anything staff were lovely food very good .We would go again under different circumstances

Beautiful food , we both had dishes of the specials menu . Excellent value , the sea food dish was outstanding . Service was excellent , nice atmosphere , lovely bottle of Malbec

Such a lovely little gem! I came here to write a review especially about Joanne and how lovely she is! She really makes the pub feel like a second home (she remembers your drinks order after one visit, welcomes you warmly and even remembers what table you prefer) we plan to make the trip back to the pub not just for the great food but to see Joanne again for sure! If every pub had a Joanne I think they’d all be super busy!

Lovely pub with delicious home cooked food and a warm atmosphere. Sue the landlady always has a friendly smile and is very welcoming.

Fabulous food we have been a few times. The food is amazing. Large portions and the owners is really lovely. She always makes us welcome. I am celiac and they have a fab range Will be back soon.

First time recommended by friends. The food was amazing. We all had 4 different meals and all were nice but them chunky chips were the best. Taking the order was a little slow we had to ask but other than that will Definately be back just lovely atmosphere

Friendly staff, lovely atmosphere, perfect food! Love the place

Had a post Christmas family lunch at the Navigation Inn, we received a very warm welcome. Everything on the menu looked delicious, we were spoilt for choice. Food was lovely, portion sizes are on the large side, so no room for pudding unfortunately. Looking forward to going back there sometime in 2024!

Lovely food and very friendly service. A good point is that the offer a smaller portion on some of the dishes.

Genuinely friendly service. Good choice of beer. Food always excellent, particularly the daily specials.

We must like the Navi as we have been dining there for over 20 years. My latest treat was fillet steak Rossini which was cooked to perfection whilst my wife ordered Cod, both meals tasted delicious and were presented perfectly . We are both foodies and tonight certainly didn’t disappoint. Well done Sue, Mark & team Navi!

Great beer, great service and great food. What’s not to like. Special mention for Jo on the bar who is the essence of professionalism whilst still having fun with the customers.

Always good food at the Navi, their curries are always full of flavour. For starters I couldn’t resist the soup which was pea & ham, made to a traditional Lancashire recipe, which Sue & Mark get just perfect. For main course I ordered Fish Kofta curry and my wife ordered Salmon fish cakes, both meals were excellent.

We had a delicious meal - the beef brisket special was very tasty and I was pleased I could order a small portion of fish and chips - leaving space for a pudding! Lovely, attentive service too.

We are regular visitors to The Navigation and have been for 17 years. Visited on Sunday for lunch and was left gobsmacked at the rudeness of the lady behind the bar. How this lady has got a job in the hospitality trade is beyond me! We thought that the pub had changed management and I actually asked the waitress where Sue was and was told she was on holiday. It’s possible the rude lady was the covering manager. I wouldn’t have ever visited again if I thought Sue had left for good. Please Sue reassess your staff before leaving your pub in the hands of someone so rude to your loyal customers!!

Been here a few times and we have always had great food with a friendly service. Will be back again soon.

I don’t live far from here but called in as some family are staying in dale cottages, however i couldn’t find it and this pub was on the advertisement photo, (booking.com) so i called in to politely ask for directions. I was told “im not the land lady, i just work here” and she rudely stomped off. The nice couple at the side kindly suggested where they thought the cottage then was and spoke in a normal kind manor. (Probably to help break awkwardness) However I’ve heard the food is suppose to be nice but certainly wouldn’t be going in to try for the sheer rudeness of this bar lady. Im really glad as it was suggested not long after for a meal early next week. I don’t think I’ve after left a bad review if im honest but this lady left me slightly furious and in shock how she thinks she can be that damn rude to people.

Delicious food and very friendly staff. Nothing too much trouble. Highly recommend and will be returning again. Good and varied menu with vegan options.

All very good, including the landlady experience until the food arrived. That is when the good experience turned into a problem. My friend Bill ordered chillie con carnie which is, as it happens is my speciality at cooking! This one tasted like minced beef had some chilli chucked into it. Simply just a tasteless but overly hot lunch. Even worse is to follow. I specifically asked about the cheese and onion pie. The landlady said “it has two cheeses & is a big seller” so I ordered. My mistake. It arrived complete with baked beans and thick chips, but very obviously the pie had been microwaved so the pastry was very soft. I returned it to the bar and she agreed to serve a different meal. I ordered haddock and peas which was excellent and would recommend that meal. So to summarise; my pal & I ate at different times (as my meal was sent back) but no consideration when it came to the bill. The beer was excellent. The lady behind the bar was a wonderful host, but for the food……..I’d give it a wide berth.

Lovely place, superb food from a great menu and top class service

Lovely Inn, friendly staff, comfortable surroundings! Food was excellent value for money and delicious, we had the cheese pie which was lovely and the roast beef dinner, if I’m being very picky I’d prefer the beef a little more pink but that’s a personal choice! We will be back!

Devastating tbh, we came for our two year anniversary for a quite meal away from the world to be surrounded by old drunken men screaming with laughter, the place was hot, overpacked group meal bookings and old people shouting... It's ruined our night, food was basic but service was 10/10 for friendly and helpful x

Lovely meal and superb Vocation Brewery beer. Friendly service as ever.

We have been regular visitors to the navigation and just can’t recommend it enough. The food is superb every time and the value for money is unbeatable. The staff are all so friendly and professional. The roast beef dinner on a Sunday is exceptional and is huge!

I cannot fault this Inn! Having wanted to visit the Navi for a few years after visiting the area. I finally got around to it this weekend. What a treat! The Inn is very welcoming and cosy as soon as you walk in and has been finished to a high standard. However, the true gem in the crown is the food! A great selection to meet any requirements and a fantastic list of specials! All the food was delicious, and I would highly recommend it to all!

Friendly welcoming host. Lovely food and good service. Great atmosphere. Have booked again with friends.

One of the Nicest Sunday Roast we have had in a LONG TIME , JUST PERFECT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO SAY

This used to be our favourite ‘go to’ place always reliable for quality of food, service atmosphere. However we went last night (usually you can’t get a table) the prices are a little eye watering!! Scampi and chips £18, fish and chips 15 ( my husband was nt keen on the fish) £16 for ox cheek which just came in a large amount of gravy with chopped carrots. Nearly all the traditional dishes were around £12.95.

The staff are beyond a five star!! Not ate here yet, but lovely pub, good measures in drinks, had a great time with my sister and boyfriend!! See you very very soon my dears xxx

Fabulous, welcoming service and delicious food,.

Great home cooked food and a good selection of beers, friendly staff and great atmosphere. Highly recommend.

Best pub food in Saddleworth (or even Manchester) Every dish was packed with flavor and the ambiance encapsulated the true essence of a traditional pub. A must-visit for both locals and visitors!

Fab food good ale and you could safely take your Gran.

Beautiful pub with a lovely outdoor terrace. Staff really welcoming and dog friendly 👍

Didn't think a lot of it to be honest not impressed with menu or decor

Met some friends here. Did not eat, but will do in the future as food looks great . Very friendly place. A bit embarrassed as we are locals and have not eaten in this place before. We will do now!

Lovely pub, very friendly and welcoming staff, good atmosphere. Food was excellent.

They were so accommodating, we had a party of 8 but 2 were late and additional guests arrived. The staff were so accommodating to our needs. The food for our family get together was excellent, the service for the staff also excellent We will be...

My second visit to The Navigation, and again, a first class experience. Great beer, and excellent food. The Service is excellent. I was made to feel very welcome on both occasions. Thank You.

From the minute we walked in we were greeted with a smile and a warm welcome! We hadn't booked but we were found a table and very quickly were asked what we wanted to drink! The menus were very good with a great choice and the specials menu was excellent! The landlady made us feel very welcome. Highly recommended.

We go here a lot as a family and with friends. The food is always delicious and the staff are great. Keep doing the good work guys

Warm , comfortable place to eat , very friendly staff and amazing food, highly recommend the chefs specials , I had the new Tuna dish absolutely delicious, cooked perfectly, Hope the chef gets to read these reviews Your brilliant 👏 keep doing what you do & believe in yourself Can't wait to return to try more of your delicious food 😋

Decent pie and chips and a ridiculous amount of peas! Really nice meal though and the pie was a slice of real tasty beef pie, delicious.

Nice quaint pub with real ales great food and very friendly service also dog friendly nice end to a wet walk

Nice food and very friendly staff.

A wonderful heart warming experience with the most delicious food. We received such a warm welcome from all the staff we felt like royalty. The 3 cheese and cauliflower soup was the most delicious soup we'd all tasted. We had cheese and onion pie, seabass...

Jo was so funny and great at putting up with a rowdy family meal (and all the young servers too, thank you!) Large portions - the halloumi fries starter would feed two. Massive sticks of halloumi. All the meals we had (prawn curry, crispy chilli beef, ox cheek, sea bass, hake, fish and chips, liver, steak) were all fab. Can't fault a single part of the meal.

Aftercwalking along the Huddersfield canal, we decided to stop for some lunch. The Navigation near Dobcross is a good pub /restaurant, the drinks were reasonably priced and the food was good quality too. I particularly enjoyed the steak pie, although the rag pudding was good...

We have been eating at the Navigation in Dobcross for 20 years so that says it all really. They have a good selection on the normal menu, then there is always a selection of daily specials which are a bit different and always delicious. Navi...

What a treat. Food was exceptional, good sized portions of quality food. Is it wrong I don’t want people to know how good it is! Excellent staff and food at a reasonable price!

A lovely place for a pub lunch. After a long winters walk we stopped off at this cute little pub for a bite to eat. We received a warm from the landlady who, having prebooked a table, sat us in a nice snug booth next...

Another return visit to the Navi for lunch after a walk in this beautiful area. A warm welcome from friendly and hospitable staff, good quality pub food and excellent beer. What's not to like? We'll certainly be back before long!

I was visiting the UK from France and lunching with 3 friends. Following a friendly welcome, we chose a Malbec house wine from a limited selection that proved very acceptable. The four of us chose cod with scallops and prawns as a main course. Exceptionally...

One of the best cheese and onion pies I have ever had! Helpful friendly staff and nice environment.

Great value meal for 4. Service was fast, they even allowed us to pre-book the meal. Beer is spot on with a good selection of well kept real ales. Atmosphere was very Christmasy - we will definitely go again. Make sure you book though as...

Lovely entrance with the tree , lovely pub atmosphere and staff very pleasant. But the food first trying to present food like a posh restaurant didn’t work . Turkey dinner lovely slice of turkey but what was ,looked liked a deep fried stuffing ball repulsive...

The service was shocking . I have never felt so uncomfortable & unwelcome I was extremely hurt & upset by their attitude towards us. Never experienced this kind of treatment in all the year we have been dining out .

Great place, friendly,cosy. Not eaten there yet, but seen the food and will be eating there soon. Worth a visit.

We were a party of 4, we all enjoyed the food ,drinks and service, been many times in the past, always good value, we will be back ASAP 🥂🍾

Booked lunch here on recommendation today and have to say wow .Popped in from wigan with some family members. Amongst other things we had 4 meals off the special menu which were superb .Hake , Ox cheek tagliatelle,Fish pie and lamb hot pot .We also had a small child with us who was , like the 4 adults very well received and couldn’t have been made to feel anymore welcome. Great food, great service and cracking value. Will defo be back !!! Regards Andrew and family.

A brilliant meal in a relaxed atmosphere. The service and food was excellent. It was that good and filling I'm struggling to find the right things to put down to say. Best thing to say is go yourself and you will know what I mean.....

We have been visiting the Navigation for over 15 years and have always enjoyed the warm friendly atmosphere and the excellent food. Sue & Mark know what good food should be like as they regularly eat at some of the best places in the UK...

I’ve eaten here many times and it has always been 👌🏼👌🏼 I visited yesterday for my first Sunday dinner experience and was seriously not disappointed! Absolutely delicious anyone thinking about trying here do it ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

We came across the Navigation Inn, after Waze took us off our route. What an amazing find. Our Granddaughter had Jumbo Sausage, a great kids choice served with a huge pot of Mayo for her to dip her chips in. We had Spicy Chicken to...

During lockdown we had several fantastic take outs from here. Now for Bday celebration we decided to go for proper sit down dinner. Amazing meal! I had halloumi with sweet chilli sauce to start with, and hubby ordered prawns in garlic & chilli butter - both were stunning. For mains we had fish&chips and lasagne-so much of so flavoursome food! Great service to boot. Highly recommended.5*

That meal was superb! It was reasonably priced and the service was great! I'll definitely be going back!

Having grown up in this area, I moved out a good 25 yrs ago. Today myself and my wife went to visit my father and take him out for a Sunday dinner. We called here on spec, unfortunately every table was booked and at first...

We, a family of 10, were on holiday in Saddleworth. The Navigation was recommended by a local person as a good place to celebrate a ‘big ‘0 ‘ birthday on a Thursday night. How right they were. The booking was easy no fuss but plenty...

Nice place staff very polite food was nice especially the cheese onion pie chip were a bit hard but if passing would go again but would also book a table I advance

Called in on the off chance, table for 4 for lunch. Staff were extremely friendly and the food was amazing!

Food was wonderful service was great My husband had the four spice curry and said ot was as good as any curry he had ever tasted Can’t wait to go back soon.

Great food, beer and service. Cheese and onion pie is great.

We take my Mum about every 4 weeks. From the first time we visited we were made to feel welcome. They even keep our favourite table for us. The menu constantly changes, when visiting somewhere often the menu can become boring. We have all always...

The food was delicious and beautifully presented. Really lovely bar staff.

It's just a lovely pub. The welcome is good, the beer is very good and the food is excellent. Four-spice chicken curry with half and half chips and rice was particularly good. Have eaten here several times over the years and the high quality has been maintained. Worth travelling some distance!

Great little eaterie,cosy with friendly staff and great food.

Went for freind 40th lovely place food spot on

My friend I visited Friday lunchtime & there was a warm welcome from all the staff. The food was excellent so much better than usual pub food & presented beautifully. Wish we lived nearer to visit more often

Dessert amazing Staff lovely Roast dinner - vegetables were that hard I could not cut them, mentioned it but no Appoligy or refund, I left most of the dinner on the plate Roast potatoes were frozen Not enough gravy, even when asked for extra Asked for mash potatoes and they didn't have any This is the second time I've eaten there, was disappointed this time

Lovely food exceptional service though the staff are quite rude and don’t treat customers right. My children got shouted at by bartender for going to the bathrooms not happy and I will not be returning

We have been dining in the Navi for over 15 years and we rate it as one of the best restaurants in Saddleworth, tonight my wife had Salmon with Salmon fish cake which tasted as good as it was presented. I ordered a giant Yorkshire...