Old Nells in Wyre - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Absolutely awful food Dry and tough chicken , hard to cook Fish small but loads of greasy batter Currry ok Probs the worst pub meal ever

They need to cook the eggs a little bit more they are always a little bit raw . you can find snotty eggs all the time I love a runny egg ...but I don't like raw.

Not one for writing negative reviews as we all have bad days, but today's meal of battered fish and chips with mushy peas was truly shocking. Service was excellent, the waitress was efficient and polite, but when the food arrived I was surprised it didn't slip off the plate it was that greasy. The fish had obviously come straight out the fryer and tipped upside down onto the chips causing the fat to soak them and the plate. The batter was dark brown and at least 3mm thick, with significant parts fish free. Being the greedy begger that I am, I ate the fish part and piled high the batter. I brought this to the attention of the waitress who just apologised and took my plate away with no offer of an explanation or next actions. Other than that this is a fine establishment in a great location and well worth a visit especially during the summer.

We used to be regulars at Guys next door but we haven't been for a while , we decided to go to Owd Nells because they allow dogs. I'm afraid we we were disappointed. There were 4 of us and we ordered four starters to share, three of the starters came together with two of the main courses, the food was tepid and bland. About ten minutes later the other two mains and the fourth starter arrived. The food was expensive and uninspiring and the whole experience was poor. We were sat near to a door used by irritating smokers going in and out causing a frequent icy blast across our table. Just not good enough and they need to raise their game. We wondered if customers in Guys got a better service. Sorry but we won't be back to Owd Nells anytime soon.

had the Christmas menu today amazing the food was fantastic will be back soon , the starter mushrooms was lovely staff great

A group of friends meet here regularly as it is roughly half way between Manchester and Morecambe. Yesterday we had booked a table as they get busy on Saturdays and visited for lunch. It was not as busy as usual for a Saturday. Firstly I ordered the food and drinks for our party. The drinks were served 2 coffees 2 teas including tea pot , milk jug and 2 mugs and saucers. I asked for a tray to carry the drinks and was informed that they didn’t think they had one. I was expected to walk the length of the restaurant carrying all these items. Eventually a tray was found but by the time I sat down to drink the coffee it was stone cold. The food eventually came 2 scampis and chips, owd Nell’s chicken, and gammon. The chips were barely warm and the peas were stone cold, the chicken was over cooked and also cold. I ate the scampi and left the cold food. When the waitress came to collect the plates I explained that I couldn’t eat the chips and peas as they were cold. She said she would let the chef know. We also asked if we could have more coffees and she advised us that she didn’t think she was allowed to do that! That was the end of our experience yesterday. No-one in authority came to apologise. We will now shop with our feet and boycott Owd Nell’s in the future after many visits, too many to mention.

It's hit & miss again. Staff friendly on ordering food and drinks. Steak & kidney Pudding once again had no kidney. The same experience as last time sadly. The chips served with the deep fried fish & Pudding has seen better days, reheated, to crispy ( the little ends and bits) not enjoyable. We did mention this to the waitress and she did offer to bring a fresh basket of chips for the 4 of us but we didn't have time. In my opinion the chips should not have been sent out at all in that condition. I appreciate chips can be branched but to hold them too long just looses the dining experience. The fish was great, one good part of the meal.

What a pleasant discovery . A very cosy place with a great atmosphere. An antidote to all the new minimalistic modern bistros . The menu is extensive and also great old fashioned home cooking . Couldn’t improve on it . Great pie delicious cheesecakes and super Wallings ice cream . Very generous portions and great selection of beer and ale too . Great location by the canal. prices good too xx

Fantastic little place for food and drinks. They provided kids entertainment over Halloween too. The kids loved it. Highly recommend.

Had a birthday celebrations here 21st October how this place has gone downhill! Not the place it used to be. Rooms are grubby and in poor state of repair. Who would paint over pine furniture! The jacuzzi floor was black with grime with sink casing rotten, the bed has lumpy and uncomfortable mattress sheet was stained. Food as with previous reviews cheese onion pie as hard as rock, we complained and was told chef forgot to get it out of freezer! this was on menu as freshly made pie! BREAKFAST in restaurant was poor ordered breakfast barm which consisted of 2sausge,bacon and egg on toasted barm I received all on soggy toast and was not asked how I wanted eggs done so they slopped scrambled on. The tea and coffee were awful! All in all you need to do better Nell!

I have been many times to old nells and it will be the last time I go. Cheese and onion pie which looked like it was cooked hours ago and just kept warm. The pastry was hard the filling dried out and well overcooked. The chips were no different.

We stopped for a bite to eat & all of our choices were lovely & freshly prepared. Drinks were also good. Staff were just wandering around in groups mainly it was odd to see. That said we did have one lovely waitress collect our plates & ask if everything had been ok. Would visit again definitely.

The food was appalling, fresh made pizza, not fresh and on a bought base. Arrived cold. Cheese and onion pie slice was rock hard and burned. The cheese had formed a hard skin from the microwave. £6.95 for half a lettuce with some spunk sauce on and bacon bits. Beer was flat. Nice location, spoiled by the menu.

Me and my family stopped here for quick breakfast and I'm sorry to say we was Absolutely appalled! The service when we ordered was a joke, a bunch of teenagers stood behind the bar with not a brain cell between them. I ordered toast and my son ordered a bacon and egg sandwich. My toast turned up half cooked and without any butter ?! My son's sandwich was drippibg with grease and the bacon was fatty and horrible. Not often we go to Owd Nell's, but we will not be returning Don't even want to give them 1 star, they don't even deserve that.

We have moored on the canal at old nells on many occasions. Had a problem with my lunch BUT Andy turned a negative into a positive! He could not do enough for us and really went over and above to make our visit a good experience. Would def recommend a visit and a meal. Ice cream is to die for. I hope ANDY gets to see this feedback, thank you so much you are an asset to the team at Nells

A lovely spot in the world and even canal side peaceful scenery ruined by loud rap music played throughout the beer garden. Even the ducks weren't keen. What really spoilt it though was when i had almost finished my drink noticing that the glass had two red lipstick stains on it. Left my drink and we left. wont be hurrying back either.

We have been going to Old Nels for over 40 years and been happy with the food, but this was one of the worst meals we have ever , cold chips and veggies and tuff over cooked nells chicken , we complained and the young girl said she could get us fresh chips but we said we would have it with salad instead,we expected to get a fresh fried chicken but the old chicken came back even dryer , grandchild’s chicken nuggets were the same ,she couldn’t cut them , not good enough for £38 , and having to come home to cook dinner , very disappointing! .

We have eaten at both Guys and Owd Nells for years, unfortunately over the last few months we’ve noticed a significant increase in the prices across the board and a lack of car both at the bar, food preparation and service. My dad and I have been having breakfast here over the last 4 or 5 weeks and each time the same order has varied significantly. We ordered a basic bacon and egg toasted sandwich and coffee. On one occasion the break was almost burned, the next time it was lightly toasted on one side and most recently the bacon had half of the burnt and charred remnants of where it was cooked and was dripping in grease. One one occasion a basic americano coffee took 10 minutes and when it arrived you could see right through it, almost transparent. I ordered a double espresso and the very young bar server just plonked the tiny cup in the table in front of me, no saucer, sugar, spoon or usual complimentary biscuit, when this was pointed out, staff acted as though this was common practice. This is a real shame because we have habitually come here and are saddened at the lack of care that is taken here now. It’s as though they are just cashing in. Very disappointed.

Absolutely useless lack basic skills to get a cheese burger right minimum requirements is a burger Pattie cheese in a burger bun not the poor excuse they served burger was burnt and crunchy no meat left in there more charcoal if owt no cheese what so ever when asked about it they said they would remake it right but just took the old one put 2 slabs of cold cheese on top and set it back out food it’s not worth the price was way over cooked and burnt can get a better one at McDonald’s for a fraction of the price and McDonald’s ain’t great so that says something

The only issue with Owd Nell's is that it's too damned popular! being right on the Lancaster Canal it's a great spot to park up, take a walk and then grab and drink and eats when you get back. We went on Sunday lunchtime and it was busy but packed. I suspect by mid-afternoon it would be wall to wall people although that's no bad thing, just takes longer to get served. We ordered food and drinks and sat outside in the sunshine. The bar has a great stock of beers and wines, gins and the like so you won't have an issue finding something you like. Food ordered and we waited a reasonable time to get the food delivered to our table. Staff are always friendly. Being next to Guys Restaurant (Italian - which is lovely too) the pizzas are very good - not sure if they are cooked at Guy's or not. However, one of our party had a seafood pizza which was reportedly "delicious". Another of our party had the Cheese and Onion pie (see below) and I had the Ploughman's which was just right for a lunchtime. The Cheese and Onion pie used to be old favourite of ours. However, several years ago you use to get onion water with the pie, because as it comes now it is a VERY dry dish. The pie is gorgeous, but because of how it is made it needs something wet. It would be nice if they could bring this back. Our friend who had the pie said exactly this when he finished; that it was lovely but so dry. Anyway, if that's the only thing we can find wrong it's not bad at all! They also do nice ice cram from a kiosk round the back in the old street which is like a little themed street from older times. Kids can also feed the ducks on the canal too.

Stayed at Owd Nells several times over the years it's a great place to stay right next to the canal. We booked an open executive room for £75 for one night, On arrival we felt the room was tired and not for us so we contacted reception who sent a manager down with a key for an upgraded room (Executive plus) which we were happy to pay for. We were shown around the room which was perfect for us. Outside to the rear and side of the restaurant bar area has lots of tables to sit at, there used to be little shops which are now closed and the signage a little worse for wear and could do with a spruce up. The front area has been renovated with loads of protected seating areas should it be windy. We ate outside and the food was lovely and reasonably priced. Service at the bar was very slow as there were only two serving one taking food orders and the other doing drinks. It's a large complex so I understand everything costs money to upkeep especially after the pandemic years. All in all we would recommend a visit especially in the summer months when the sun's shining.

Bar staff with no knowledge of drinks or what they are.Six cask ales on,all about the same strength and style.Lemonade flat and then changed with total boredom and contempt.Pub looks great from the road for tourists who must give away easy money.

Very disappointing. Food below average . Prawn salad was a handful of prawns , lettuce, tomato and pepper . Fish was more batter than fish. Coke flat . This place is in dire need of some fresh investment and refurbishment. Looking very tired.

Very disappointed with the food today. Ive had the cheese and onion pie before and its been lovely but today everything looked like it had been kept warm from the day before! The pie was dried out and the chips were inedible. We complained but...

Won’t be back cold food tables outside not cleaned away a lack of care staff really not interested this place used to be so much better than this not sure what’s going on

Went as a large family and they really looked after us all. The food that came was really good and compared to.our previous visit it was a massive improvement. Thanks for getting better as I've always loved this place.

This was a brand new place for us as we’d met friends who’d been here before. It’s a picturesque setting beside the canal with plenty of seats outside. We arrived at 7pm on Saturday after a glorious sunny day, there must have been around 150...

Some of the staff (Emily and Andy especially😊) really look after their locals , free garlic bread in the week at 5 ish and my goodness their pizza s and garlic breads are amazing . 😋😋 give it a try.

This is a beautiful lil tavern with amazing food, great staff and extremely good value for money if your in the area its a must, to visit , have a walk on the canal or stay over the night .

We visited Owd Nell's last Saturday and the food was lovely, I had a prawn sandwich with the soup option (leek and potato). It was so good we had lunch there again today, I was so disappointed. The sandwich wasn't as good and the soup...

Food standard pub grub which was nice and reasonably priced .Glad to see they use common sense and allow vaping which is harmless and nothing to do with smoking .The bma recommend it but we still have idiots whining when they don't have a clue...

We had a bad meal here. We had stilton croquettes which were cold in the middle, mussels which had loads of sand in them. Clearly hadn't been prepped and washed properly. Following this we had pizza which was ok and the pork belly which was...

Sat outside and asked a staff member to help put on the heaters outside and was met with a rude, ignorant response and no alternative. Not impressed.

Tried our luck as we were passing early evening yesterday and luckily they had a few tables free for the three of us. Excellent service at the bar and smthe staff were fine tbh. The pizzas weren’t bad and the ice cream never fails to...

I have just returned from a dreadful experience at OWD Nells on Valentine's Day. Having ordered our meal we waited 50 minutes before asking how long our food would be. I provided the receipt and was told the food order had not been started yet....

Have visited this establishment many times for the last 30 years. Its never disappointed us on every visit. Staff are customer focused, friendly with excellent service. We have stayed overnight and longer with the bargain weekend deals. Can highly recommend these deals. Food is of...

The pub was very very draughty staff never spoke at the tables then to round it off the chips and vegetables when they arrived we’re only lukewarm 😡 complained but staff not bothered at all All on all very disappointed

Went to owd nells today as not been feeling too well and had a very recent pet loss. Ordered 3 meals,wifes cheese pie(freeze pie) was frozen to the core. She took it back and chose to have a refund instead of another meal. I complained...

OMG a jewel in the crown, we sure found from going through the door the atmosphere felt amazing ,the staff were very friendly and was made to feel very welcome. There were so many different areas and places to sit lovely and quirky decor, open...

I'd bigged the place up to my friend and we weren't disappointed. There was a roaring log fire and we felt cosy. The menu is extensive, to cover all budgets and tastes, from Pizza and burgers to traditional food and salads. We opted for the...

Cannot understand some of the reviews. Went there today with my wife and eldest son. Food was superb, staff really pleasant and polite, there wasn’t one thing I could criticise. Will definitely be going again soon, thank you.

Called in here after a long walk from Garstang along the canal. Decided to share a hot beef sandwich as we were having a big meal later on. Glad we didn't get one each it was massive ,two large slices of granary bread with a...

We popped into Owd Nells Tavern whilst staying overnight locally for an evening meal. It was extremely busy but there was no wait at all to get a table. It has a lovely laid back atmosphere inside and you really feel comfortable. The menu is...

This place gets no better, in fact it’s probably as bad as it’s ever been. The place is filthy, the staff are ignorant, arrogant, clueless and management have no care for the customer experience. It states on the webpage that breakfast is served till noon...

My wife and I ate here with her nephew and his family and we all had an excellent meal. Plus the family were blown away with the childrens Fun Fair in the back field. Their 5 year old daughter loved it. We shall be back.

Order from menu ‘a warm chocolate Fudge Cake with lashings of whipped cream ‘. What arrived was a stodgy brownie, warm with a pot of single unwhipped cream. Asked for manager who said that was what they serve. End of. No apology and quite rude....

We went as a family today and my partner got the hot beef sandwich. Normally I would assume a hot beef sandwich would come with gravy and onions however this was 2 slices of the driest, fattiest beef slapped on top of a piece of...

Just visited 29TH July my wife had a salad the lettuce was old brown and slimy the tomatoes like rocks hard and stale couldn't eat and complained the 1st waitress told chef nothing happened the second one told the manager who eventually turned up and...

Great location, really decent food, and the portions are excellent. Staff at bar and servers are great , top marks. Will definitely be back.

Nice place for a drink, but the food was awful. Four of us went for a family meal and not one decent plate of food between us 😳

Elderly mums family birthday meal get together on Sunday 4 pm ,table pre booked ,waiters helpful and cheerful . Problem was all our food was Luke warm and came with long waits for each persons individual meal ,all chips where nearly warm ,one battered cod...

If you go for a meal here you will be playing Russian Roulette with your gut. An absolute no,no for us ever again . Two of us suffered gastric illness after eating their fish and chips. Customer care and response to complaints was nonexistent. One...

Called in yesterday for lunch at around midday after my daughters graduation ceremony from college. We ordered fish and chips, steak sandwich and a panini 3 soft drinks and one alcoholic drink which amounted to £62. Staff were pleasant enough and food arrived in a...

We have visited here loads off times before and have always enjoyed it. The last 2 times we have eaten in the Italian we have been very disappointed. Service was bad and slow, menu had a small selection off choices, orders came wrong, husband steak...

Prefer thin based pizza/garlic bread but much to thin. Garlic mushrooms dry and only 4 on dish. Scallops dish consisted of fig cut in 2, slice of lemon and ONE scallop in a shell propped on rocket and tomato. For the cost felt totally disappointed...

Dinner and breakfast with an overnight with family. We arrived to a packed Saturday afternoon. Outdoor seating was dirty. Indoor was worse. Thankfully, as we were a large precooked group, the opened another room for us to use. The bar was chaos and the prices...

The food wasn't as good as it has been. We've visited a few times and felt the quality wasn't as good. Lukewarm and dry chips, soggy pizzas. Not the best. Breakfast was good but we preferred it when it was buffet style. We felt that...

Owd Nell’s Tavern - Bilsborrow, Preston, Lancashire - Awkward to reach on foot, but better accessed by car or canal cruiser, being right on the edge of the Lancaster Canal. A big pub, with some original thathing and Jacobean beams but many modern extensions, add...

Fish and chips were OK, nothing special, pizza was terrible the soggy pizza base, Carrots were straight from a can and boiled to a mush, nobody came to check on us or even clear the table. Won't be going back. It's a shame because with...

Submitted review which was meant for-the above not Guys eating establishment, went for family meal 10 of us , been regularly over the years, really gone downhill since lockdown, gone very expensive for what you get , cold chips which were sent back , rest...

Attended for lunch 1 member of staff appeared to have no idea what was going on was seated by a girl and given menus. Ordered at bar. Food arri Ed male server sighing as if it was too much trouble. Food stone cold so sent...

Food barely warm, fish over cooked, not enough staff, staff not that interested when complained. Won’t be going back.

The table was sticky and dirty. As previously mentioned by another traveller - the smell near the ice cream parlour area was absolutely disgusting - if someone is sick then you need to clean it up properly!! The stench was vile. Food was over cooked,...

Absolutely disgusting, filty ,dirty tables ,totally unacceptable staff who are useless, the food I would not feed my dogs ,so be warned do visit place and the price they charge well a complete stich up.

Been here a few times over the years ,never again disinterested staff and management filthy tables with food being served on sham it used to be really nice but gone down hill avoid at all costs

Impromptu lunch visit, prawn cocktail starter was more the size of a prawn salad, and prawn sandwich was good, needed a little more sauce in my opinion, maybe offer a pot on the side? Chips good but a lot of very crispy bottom of the...

Called here for Breakfast as a family on our way out for my sons Birthday. On arrival it wasn’t busy inside, we ordered 4 full cooked breakfasts. It took well over half an hour for food to arrive and the smell near the ice cream...

The selection for non meat eaters has been reduced, leaving limited choice unless you want pizza. The cheese and onion pie was delicious but even this has been changed with no salad and veg which was cold. The fish and chips although looked impressive was...

myself and my partner dined in owd nells last night, what a mistake! awful food, chips and scampi were soggy, the chips were foul! just thrown on a plate with no care in the world! my partners burger looked miserable and tasted even more miserable!...

We decided to have a ride out and this was the first place that sprung to mind. After regularly visiting in the early 90s. First impressions we thought was good. Nice and busy. Which to me is always a good sign. We visited a family...

Living in Wigan, this was an ideal location to meet family from Cleveleys to celebrate my daughters 18th birthday. Was slightly nervous with 13 of us, but needn't have worried, 4 x Garlic bread arrived promptly, very tasty indeed, bearing in mind it was quite...

Once a great place to take the family or a significant other, Now stands a shadow of its former glory, The exterior lacks love - Flaking paint - Entrance lacking a clean and tidy - On the inside a Pub that does not know anymore...

My husband and I have been visiting Owld Nells for years and always enjoy the atmosphere and food. We usually opt for the lamb chops, always tender and flavoursome and love the chips. The staff work really hard in this busy environment and management seem...

We happily visited this place for many years, staying in the accommodation behind. On our most recent, and our last visit, we pretty much enjoyed a meal and drinks - a little pricy but as they say, location, location, in the restaurant Friday, and the...

We visit Guys a lot, the food is always good, more so in the restaurant rather than the pub, and this review is not a reflection of the restaurant, but of Old Nells Tavern. After eating our meals and finishing our drinks both decent. I...

We ordered our food and had to wait 40 minutes for it to arrive. The meals were cold. I chose sweet potato fries which were nice but my medium rare steak was put on top of them and the blood and juices had run onto...

Visited on a rainy Saturday afternoon....little bit of a mix up regards seating, but Andy said we would have a table in 20 minutes for 6 of us plus dog, and we did. Fish and chips....fantastic value for money...home made chips and freshly battered fish....

This has always been a go to place for convenient family dining. This time I got the smallest vegan burger I have seen that disappeared inside the bun and for added cheese there was an insulting amount of raw grated cheese not melted. The meat...

Thought we'd try this place as although fairly local, have never been. Also it has a fairly decent gluten free section. Booked although was told not necessary as it would be quiet. Got there, had to find our own table as nobody knew where it...

Not been here for any years as the last time I went it was overrun with too many people and it just seemed unpleasant and dirty. Stopped off yesterday for lunch on a bike ride as it seemed unusually quiet. Nice table outside by the...

Visited here for my birthday - late lunch. Wasn’t our first choice - which was shut. Sat outside. Ordered food which came fairly swiftly. Nells chicken - good. Chips and veg - would have been fine if not just ‘luke warm’. Hubby had lamb chops....

When I arrived, I found out my booking had not registered. So I was told to sit outside and i would have menus brought to me, which didn't materialise. Went and and a lovely lady said she'd find me a table. The difference in attitude...

Lovely place and a great setting. Food below average. Brought out starters and main course at the same time!!! Chips had been kept warm for a long time and would have been better put in the bin than served. Steak pudding was good. Would I...

We used to visit very often so this is our first time in a while since the lock down .was always good in the past but not anymore .food was a total letdown.Burgers with a stale bun and over toasted and dried chips .my daughters...

Despite its glorious canalside setting, I was hugely disappointed with this place. The staff were slow and not particularly friendly, and the drinks prices are scandalous.

Food took 57 mins to arrive scampi was under cooked and soggy steak was over cooked asked medium rare got well done £21 for steak you expect it correct. So three of us had our food whilst steak was taken back to be redone the...

We’ve been here before and the food was amazing. We went today and the food was awful. ‘Fish, chips & mushy peas Ever seen whale and chips? Fresh cod from North Atlantic cooked until crispy - it's big! Served with a pot of tartare sauce...

The staff in Old Nells were rude and arrogant. The food was cold service was really bad. I have been to Owd Nell loads of times but this is the last. I was absolutely discussed. Never again. Save your Money

Nice quiet table in corner. Food was excellent & large portions. The young serving staff were very pleasant, BUT disappointed that non of the staff wore face masks. Very surprising, as they had to carry plates of food to the tables.

Was staying overnight popped in for a traditional ale wasn’t disappointed staff behind the bar friendly and we were made to feel welcome

I visited Owd Nells with my mum for lunch on Saturday after MANY glowing recommendations from family/friends in the Preston area. Would not recommend. I ordered an IPA, the girl said yep fine, my mum ordered a white wine and lemonade. Whilst I was queuing...

Not been here for years , arrived around 12.00 noon on a Sunday and it was starting to get busy , ordered food and it was on the table in 30 mins , I had the gammon my wife had the salmon , both were...

Sadly, the food menu choice has gone backwards while the prices have gone skywards. The choice for vegetarians and vegans was never great here, but it has gone worse. The choice of main courses is limited to one uninspiring dish, unless you want a pizza....

We stopped off on our way home for a quick cup of tea and scones. The tea came, ok except for the milk jug which was filthy. Then the scones arrived. The clotted cream was in little pre bought tubs which is ok. BUT was...

The staff in Owd Nells Tavern need some education on Customer Service and manners. Twice recently two different members of the staff have reacted rudely to a simple question. A month ago a male member rolled his eyes at me when I enquired about the...

Came for lunch (which was fine), then came back for ice cream. After queueing at the parlour for 10 minutes without moving we decided we might as well go back into the pub and have drinks at the same time. After a very long wait...

This place hasn't had any money spent on it for decades. The blue badge parking area is like a lunar landscape, with no markings so my car was blocked in, Food was at best mediocre, had fish&chips, soggy batter and dry chips. We sat outside...

The system was OK, no queues but it was Tuesday lunchtime. I had mussel hotpot, hubby had fried chicken steak and we had their "famous" (or infamous) Tomato garlic bread. Chicken was not too bad but mussels not cleaned and v v gritty, sauce tasteless...

We visited here Sunday 12th July for lunch. My husband order a panini which came with chips and I ordered a small mussels. What arrived was a dish with about 8 mushrooms on. Even though I’m not keen on mushrooms I declined the offer of...

Visited last night to take part in the quiz, our first time since we began to come out of lockdown. Shown round back of building to enter on one way system, waited to register for track and trace then shown to a table. So far...