Provenance Food Hall & Restaurant in Bolton

Absolutely fantastic! I visited Provenance Food Hall for Sunday lunch and had the Sunday Lunch for 2—it was perfection. The food was fresh, flavorful, and beautifully presented. Generous portions, excellent quality, and great value. The cozy atmosphere and friendly staff made it even better. Highly recommend for a memorable dining experience!

You are immediately greeted by the very attentive staff in a rustic colonial setting ( felt like I should have had my Panama hat on ) very relaxing atmosphere. An amazing interactive concept for the diner including picking your own wine in person rather than from a confusing menu that nobody reads. The food is extraordinary and I don’t say this lightly. For anyone who knows food and restaurants you need to take advantage of this hidden Gem before it’s six weeks to get a table ( that is coming ). I would like to thank all the staff for an unforgettable evening especially James and Matthew. Once you have been if you know then you know. A very special place.

Wonderful experience and food. Really enjoyed the butchers block and getting an understanding of the meat, where it came from and the recommendations. Quality of meat was superb and the vegetable side dishes..wow.

Such a lovely hidden gem in Westhoughton. The food and service was amazing. We visited for a friend's birthday and were in a large private dining area which had a great atmosphere. The front of house ladies were so knowledgeable and friendly, couldn't do enough to look after you. The food was to die for and the steak was amazing! Well done to the chefs. A big shout out to Matthew in the kitchen also, he made the best truffle fries! Would 100% recommend 👌

Went last week with friends for a birthday, was a large group and the service was excellent along with the food, couldn't fault it

It's about time we had a really good restaurant that isnt Italian! It's just what Westhoughton needed. Loved choosing from the butchers and the small plates couldn't fault a thing. Steaks were cooked to perfection great menu lots of choice. Lovely decor and atmosphere, service was great seeing as it was the opening week ! Best meal we've had in a good while. Will definitely be coming back regularly.

We visited the recently relaunched restaurant on the upper floor, having previously enjoyed the breakfast menu and as a regular visitor to the shop downstairs. We were warmly greeted by the team and had the concept explained to us; if dining from the butchers block, you head back downstairs and select your own meat from the display. Greedy and looking for more? No problem, they’ll happily prepare a larger cut. For starters we had the pork belly bites and tiger prawn & squid, both could not be faulted and packed with flavour. For mains, we chose the T-bone steak and pork loin, with shared sides including the fricasse and french beans. The meat cuts were cooked in the inka oven, which if you’ve had elsewhere you’ll recognise the distinct taste. We thoroughly enjoyed everything, and even managed to squeeze in a pistachio brownie and tiramisu to finish. The pricing and portion sizes were more than reasonable, especially given the quality. We’ll be going back again and urge locals not to miss out!

Visited the new evening restaurant Home@Provenance for the first time this weekend. Wow! We were not disappointed - it was fantastic. The whole evening was perfect. Staff were excellent, just the right level of attention to our table. The atmosphere was good and we really enjoyed visiting Norvines wine 'cave' to choose our (excellent) bottle of wine to have with the meal. It was very quickly chilled to perfection. The butchers block is a great idea, as other reviewers have explained you can choose your own meat before it's cooked for you and it all looked fantastic. But we decided this time to have the Chateaubriand, which came with various sides. It was all absolutely delicious and there was plenty to eat. I was so full, I nearly skipped dessert. Nearly. I had the delicious moist chocolate brownie with ice cream, it was great. My partner raved about his - a Harwood's chocolate and whiskey bomb (sorry I can't remember the proper name). He doesn't usually rave about food, but he said this was probably the best dessert he has ever had (and he's had quite a few)! It was top quality. We have previously been regular visitors for Saturday lunch and love the new additions to the shop - sandwiches, breads, desserts, wines as well as the great butchers. So a visit for dinner was a no brainer for us. The restaurant is excellent, the additions of the butchers block experience, fantastic quality wines and award winning desserts makes this something really special. We can't recommend it enough. Can't wait to go back.

Visited Saturday night after being a few times for there amazing sandwichs we thought we'd give the new menu a try. Greeted straight away but the owner loads of info given about the how to order and about the butchers block. Shown to our table and was served by Joe who was very friendly and spent time talking to us instead of just asking what we wanted to order. We chose the butchers block which is a amazing idea to be able to see the meats and pick your size was brilliant. We chose the fillet and french fillet. We then took it to our table and they took it to cook. We went a bit over board on the sides but I wanted to try them all! Each would easily serve 2. We tried the pearl onions, roasted tomatoes, poutin potatoes, potato rosti and the croquettes. Everything was perfect the steak cooked to perfection it was the nicest fillet I've ever had. I couldn't manage a dessert which annoyed me! We will definitely be back and will definitely be booking for the Sunday platters that Joe told us all about I've got the date saved to book in for that as soon as I can.

The concept of the Home restaurant is well explained by other recent contributors but the food is really, really good. Joe and Jamie (the butcher) are very professional and friendly. The beef steaks are great as were the lamb steaks. Of the sides, we loved the onion jewels. The House red is really tasty and excellent value. All top notch. So much so that we went again 3 days after our first visit.

A wonderful place to lunch. Superb cakes, delicious macaroon and chocolates could easily keep you for 15 minutes just to make up your mind on which to pick

An apple a day keeps the doctor away 🍏 I really love Harwoods Patisserie being based here

Great food, albeit too much of it for lunch. New owners are great. Really nice place for lunch and looking forward to restaurant opening. I had the club sandwich, which was enormous, my wife had roast beef sandwich which was also enormous. Takeaway and butchers on ground floor. Restaurants upstairs.

Great Butchers Lovely sausage for bbq Excellent Burgers

First and only stop for butchers

Lovely little place with some amazing food/desserts!

Large portions, reasonable price and nice premises

Great deli food hall/butchers with a wine shop upstairs. Small eat in cafe section, great local artisan food prodcts, my favorites are the bread/pastries from hive bakehouse. Tried the new sandwich counter for lunch today and they were fantastic, so tasty and good value for the size of them (big!).

Lovely food, especially the cakes!

Great sandwich surrounded by great delicatessen. Fabulous service. Very pleasant lady served us. Defo coming back. Would recommend.

Just had a amazing sandwich here.lt was called the perfect egg and it was perfect.very tasty will be working my way through the new menu.

Very tasty sandwich was perfect

An absolutely fantastic place to get your treats from. We travelled from Bury just to get some fantastic Harwood Patisserie desserts and whilst there, we also saw the gorgeous food available in the butchery. Highly recommended but parking nearby is limited. We managed to park on the main street for 40 minutes but did see the nearby Aldi supermarket has a big enough carpark and is easily within walking distance.

Great sandwiches with home made bread and fresh produce

Random find, Hardwoods cakes sold here. Thought at first when the better half brought me a cake , that it was a joke (apple on a biscuit ! ) But no , it's an exquisite apple looking cake, which was awesome in the extreme. Apple crumble go and buy one ❤️❤️❤️❤️

If the venue has no "Je n'est sais quoi!" What should one say?Rein!

Fabulous selection of foods for the discerning palate. Love the pastries and cakes

New owners who are starting to offer some great deli style shopping, looking forward to seeing how they develop it

We had a lovely lunch in the upstairs Cafe here. And then we took home some delicious pastries and bread. From the downstairs food hall.

Cafe on 1st floor no disabled access Bread and cakes available to take away, parking isn't great around the area. Advised making changes inside, we shall see.

Excellent food very friendly staff, excellent butchers down stairs quality meat also do great pies and super dooper cakes well worth a visit and price .

Great service and pleasent staff.

Lovely place, service very good,very polite friendly and helpful 😀 the coffee is delicious 😋 very good 👍 xx

My favourite butcher in the area, lots of other goodies too

Fantastic store with lots of local delicacies, a Sandwich counter as well as Pizzas. The first time i got a sandwich from there the guy behind the counter said it would be the best sandwich I've ever had and he wasn't wrong. They're unbelievable. Made in their own rolls using 00 flour. It's not cheap but worth every penny. Would recommend the Steak onion and mushroom sandwich.

Outstanding, was in the area for work. Grabbed a sandwich, they made to order and it was simply outstanding, thankyou

Our first time eating in the upstairs cafe last weekend. Ordered 2 full English breakfasts. Firstly we were kept waiting for over half an hour before food came out and then we were extremely disappointed after having read so many good reviews. The ambience of the place was quite nice and the staff lovely but it was greatly let down by the food. The sausage, bacon and black pudding were all extremely undercooked and we were quite scared to eat the sausage as it was raw inside. The mushrooms were sliced really thinly and appeared to have come out of a tin - cant be sure on that but definitely not fresh. It was all very over priced for mediocre (at best) food. Definitely sticking to Weatherspoons in future.

A very strange Frenchman brought his own cup from home and served me a coffee in it, saying "I might not have done it enough" when didn't fall ill, but then later giving pleurisy, then said "he wants me to do it again" when I revisited.

Really nice but the staff downstairs on the pie counter don't wear gloves and start to touch money and other things whilst touching the food. Cross contamination 🤢

Great cafe upstairs above butcher and delicatessen. Visited on Saturday 12th August. The breakfast was substantial and well cooked, we had the veggie breakfast. The coffee was good and I'm quite fussy. We also tried the loose leaf teas they had, which were excellent. Had the Earl Grey One, and there were several more on offer However the stand out was the friendly staff, 2 ladies working when we were there, about 11:30 to 1pm . I'm not from the area, was visiting a friend over the weekend, my experience was they were nice and helpful, friendly and engaging. Suggestions to the owner: look after the staff you have, hire more like them and keep up the quality of the food and this place will be a license to print money. Will be back on my next visit to Westhoughton.

When I first moved to Wethoughton the cafe was closed; just got back from working away for 5 months and noticed it was open so decided to try :) ladies are very welcoming, just had a sandwich and coffee, but noticed they have a bar, so wine next time!

Visited provenance upstairs cafe , heard the food was good , so decided to give this place a try , was very disappointed order 2 full English breakfasts , pancakes with streaky bacon , and fried egg on sourdough toast , everything was burnt bacon black pudding etc the pancakes looked like waffles and they were cremated , also the sourdough toast looked and tasted just like warburton thin crust bread , very disappointed considering it cost £40 , restaurant prices but nowhere near restaurant quality , Wetherspoons dish up a better breakfast for less than half the price .

We visited today for breakfast and was so disappointed. Hardly anyone in but waited 45 minutes. I had avocado and poached eggs on sourdough toast. The quality of the food was poor and tastless, eggs were also cold and the toast was soggy in parts. My daughter had a vegan breakfast which she said was OK but a little cold. The items were over priced, basic and took ages to arrive in a quiet restaurant. Sorry but I won't be back.

Excellent meat and made products like sausages and burgers etc, fair and competitive prices in line or below supermarket prices. Very clean premises and nice helpful staff.

Two sandwiches to go. Freshly sliced beef and fresh salad made while you wait. Took roughly 10 mins but worth waiting for. Competitively priced against a prepackaged option yet worlds apart in quality.

I came a couple of weeks ago with my friend and we were all blown away. The quality of the food was top notch. You can tell they use quality ingredients and not over priced. A member of our party has food intolerances and they catered for this no problem. Really don’t understand the negative reviews certainly not our experience

Best butchers in the area. The pre prepared dishes - courtesy of Karen-are excellent. The garlic and herb chicken kebabs are divine. Home cured bacon is excellent. Good selection of specialist marinades and sauces. The tomato based Mutti range is the best

Always a joy to shop here. Great cuts of quality meat , the butcher there will look after you and give you the best cuts of fillet. They have an excellent Greek olive oil and some other products you can’t buy from the supermarket. Selection of freshly made ready meals if your stuck for cooking ideas. I went in particularly for their Italian Mutti selection which is very good as I usually have to order in from Naples. Well done provencal.

My dear samuel, what a fine establishment you have, The food was the best I ever had, When all these people said it was bad, I will write this review, the foods pretty rad, I read the bad reviews, it makes me sad, Paul and Karen make the best food, The food always gets me in a very good mood So thank you, for the great establishment It is very very fabulous

This is the first time I have had to put a poor review on premises. Even where service is average, I put up with it. Very poor service today. Booked a table for 4, the staff (1) had no knowledge. Thankfully at the time it was quiet. Seated 1130am. One of our guest was gluten intolerant. So one egg Florentine was ordered gluten free, the other not. Two full breakfasts also ordered. One egg Florentine and full breakfast delivered 15 minutes later. I had to go and ask if the egg was gluten free since it was given to my wife with no explanation and she did not need gluten free, our guest did. It was gluten free. BOTH WERE COLD So essentially our guest who was gluten intolerant could have been given the wrong meal? No apology. I don’t think the staff cared or knew of the medical implications? My breakfast came out 10 minutes later, Cold/lukewarm at best, no knife/fork. I had to go and ask for some utensils again. THREE times I had to ask where my wife’s breakfast was. Turned up 15 minutes later, wrong item. By then, we had finished. When she got it, it was cold. In summary 5 times I had to go to the counter. Other people were also waiting, complainig. Food would have been nice if warm and on time. The serious ‘DANGEROUS’ thing would have been if our guest had been given a none gluten free breakfast? Today seemed chaotic? Poor service and no apologies. Either get more staff or reduce table service. More importantly train staff on how to safely ensure the wrong meals should not be given to people with allergies? Advice: If you are intolerant/allergic be very careful. I have been before, slow service but this is the last time I frequent this establishment.

My first visit to Westhoughton in years and pleasantly surprised to come across this nice deli/cafe. Nice selection of meats and breads in the deli. I went upstairs to the cafe and had an iced caramel latte and a plate of mixed cooked meats with cheese, bread and oils. I enjoyed but the sourdough could have been a little fresher. Pleasant eating area and nice staff

Best Meat Pies By Far , Stunning. !!!

We visited Today for lunch, waited 45 for a sandwich that didn’t arrive, asked for a refund waited ten minutes because she couldn’t find our receipt, asked us to wait another two minutes for food arrival, waited another five minutes and then left the establishment without food or refund, only one other table occupied they had waited longer than us for lunch, disgraceful service

Food very good. Disappointed that no sparkling water available . Staff very pleasant and would definitely go again

Wonderful food and great service, upstairs and down. Food was great - Salmon Salad and a Ploughman's Lunch, and excellent coffees. Options available downstairs all looked fantastic - went for lamb chops and chicken wings to take home, as well as a couple of gift items. Will visit again!

Waited over half an hour for 2 nearly raw, lukewarm take away breakfasts. So much potential that place, poorly executed. Google won’t let me upload the photo.

Great food and welcome although you sometimes need patience but it is worth it !

Wonderful staff, wonderful food. Had my bridal shower here and the service was wonderful and attentive. I love it here

Eat in the upstairs cafe. Had the burger and the sausage and mash. Really enjoyed the food, great service and lovely location. The food in the ship looked amazing as well, although we didn't buy anything this time. We'll be back though

Impressed with the cured meats sandwich and lovely fresh dressed salad. First visit and would definitely return. Service friendly and plenty of space

Fabulous food, fabulous team and lovely premises. Highly recommend.

Very friendly staff and great coffee.

Food was thoroughly enjoyable, with more than enough on the plate. Our group was in an area on its own. We had a fabulous time. Would definitely recommend.

Excellent experience. The cafe was warm and welcoming the staff were totally relaxed yet attentive and the food was well prepared and delicious. My friend doesn't like butter and it was no problem at all for the staff to get her some unbuttered bread. I haven't been here since pre Covid and really I'd say it was even better than then. Lovely place, lovely people will be going again x

Such a wonderful well stocked Food hall with friendly service. Always pop in when I am in the area.

Food very good 👍 staff always polite and make you very welcome dougie

Slow serving but worth the wait

Lovely breakfast barm while out and about with work.

Superb meat from the butchers here served with humour from knowledgeable staff. Thoroughly recommend.

Nice ,clean friendly place, very reasonable prices

Fantastic range of fresh produce.... Do be aware of over zealous traffic wardens who gave me a PCN when visiting the shop for no more than 5 minutes. I was parked 5 metres from the shop doorway and they must have watched me go in before they appeared.

A wonderful spot for astounding seasonal food and market shopping.

Awesome fresh coffee and food, would definitely recommend.

I love everything about this place. The butchers is great, and the sandwich, pizza, pies / deli is delicious too. Oh and the brownies are pretty special

Excellent butchers department serving good quality meat. Interesting food section with some unusual items. Delicious cakes available and a good selection of cheeses

Savories that are second to none , don't forget the brownies and the fresh meat counter that makes me feel spoilt for choice .......

Would always recommend this place! Such lovely, friendly staff, with delicious products! The pork pies are to die for 😍

Very good service and friendly staff food brill.

Excellent service and excellent quality of food and drink.

This was our Friday visit for their pizza night, select a pizza on line or pickup a leaflet, book a slot and pick it up. Not a vast range but sufficient and what they serve has always been good. Give it a try. They may also have some deserts available!

Excellent shop, always use tge butchers. The meat is always of a high standard, very approachable and friendly.

Great produce and butchery. Lovely food for eat in or maybe they do take away now too. Great cake options.

Brilliant butchers and cafe. Grass fed/free range chicken, beef, lamb and pork. Ready made meals,wines and various other foods.

I travel 13 miles to get my meat from Provenance. Excellent quality, good service and the prices are very competitive. Though closed at present the cafe is excellent and the food is too.

Very nice friendly professional people and excellent quality products

locale piacevole e curato con personale estremamente cortese e disponibile. Qualità del cibo fuori dai nostri canoni latini con condimenti opulenti poco rispondenti ai ns. gusti ma portate ricche e curate per gli standards del posto. Prezzo in linea con la concorrenza

Not good only got half meat stuffs I went for also stood at pie counter no body came to serve me?

Good atmosphere during piano night, but the food was average given the price.

Good food to buy and sitting upstairs to eat is great too

Lovely surroundings. The food is slightly more expensive than others in the area, but well worth every penny. Not a standard menu like pub grub etc, so if you have fussy eaters, you may have a problem. If you want a tasty, fresh cooked meal, this will not disappoint.

Visited recently for lunch. Very disappointing...had steak sandwich and the bread was soggy and inedible. There was a tiny piece of steak and all for £9. I really used to enjoy lunch at Provenance but not any more. The menu is very limited and needs changing. When I mentioned my concerns they were dismissed that food is always like that. Look for somewhere else.

Great quality. Reasonably expensive but worth it for the quality of the meats at the butchers. Good selection of specialist foods.

Delicious breakfast, lovely staff and great place to chill.

I took my Aunt to this cafe the other Saturday. I had the sea bream and it was amazing - every mouthful was delicious and when I’m next in the area I will definitely be going back.

Loved everything apart from the sour bread which was too hard for eggs royal

I liked it went for breakfast nicely cooked nice sausage black pudding would have preferred old fashioned beans but thats personal choice

Cedar place for ladies who lunch

What's to say clean good meat good around

I used to love Provenance cafe at lunchtime, However the last three visits have been disappointing. I'm afraid the time has come to look elsewhere. The lovely chairs, the thick napkins the cutlery has all changed ( perhaps used next door in their new restaurant?). The service is poor the waitress seems to disappear somewhere? And the food has also taken a backward step. I had a chicken caesar sandwich. The bread was ok but the filling was a disgrace. The chicken was I think tiny bits pulled off the wing, no bacon and well overall very poor. I suggest Provenance needs to rethink before it's too late. My custom has gone I suspect others will follow.

Visited at lunch time. Waited a long time for order to be taken. Ordered a soup and a sandwich and were told the sandwich does not decrease in size when ordered with a soup. To say that it costs £9 for this size sandwich and a handful of chips/£7 with a soup is crazy and unjustifiable. Tasted fine but nothing special for the price. Very disappointed. Save yourself some money and go to a bakery on the high street for a much better sandwich at better value.