Shawbridge in Ribble Valley

A piece of Italy in the Ribble Valley. Thoroughly well designed and decorated establishment done to a high standard. One of the best looking places in clitheroe. From coffees to cocktails with impeccable service standards. Been back since to the same service and experience. Enjoyed by all. Even baby change facilities which were supplied with everything you're likely to forget!

Excellent cocktails and very attentive service, had a lovely chat with Marco who gave us all the best places to visit and drink in Clitheroe, made our day!

Absolutely lovely venue, shoutout to the lovely lady and man behind the bar! Service with a smile always. Drinks are excellent and the best mulled wine I have had. Shame about the price of the bottled beer, simply too expensive to have a few rounds there. Would be perfect if draught was available :)

We had coffee and ice cream with espresso on top £8 :-) No cash taken, card only :-( The drinks were spot on. Water served with the coffee's. Friendly staff. It's a fairly new place. Nicely decorated. Modern and clean. I would go again. It has an Italian theme.

Although the young Barmen try hard we found the place to be overpriced especially for the location, Town centre would have been better. Very nicely decorated and clean with some attention to detail but not for us.

We are local to the area and visited for the first time today whilst at the food festival. The bar itself inside is really lovely, they offer table service only and we’d literally only just finished our drinks when we was asked “are you ok to pay” not would we like another drink, can I get you the bill… just pay and rushed out of the door. I appreciate it was a busy day but our money is as good as the next persons. We probably won’t be spending our money in there again.

We visited this beautiful bar on our night out. The interior is really lovely, lots of flowers. I had a milano spritz and my husband had a pink grapefruit gin. We loved them. We'll be coming back to try the charcuterie boards or the gelato. Would definitely recommend to anyone.

Tucked away I liked that this place was quiet. I had a delicious unfiltered Sardinian been and a combo meat and cheese platter. Staff were friendly. Wi-Fi available too. Will sample the gelato next time I think

I feel very mixed about this new Clitheroe cocktail bar. Whilst its floral ceiling and concrete floor is very on trend, the atmosphere felt cold despite it being 8.30 on a Saturday evening. Unfortunately it wasn’t especially busy. The bar operates table service and the staff were very quick at taking our order and serving our drinks which was great. I personally would prefer a less formal approach from the staff, with a little more welcoming chat. I think this manner and their formal attire adds to the cold atmosphere. Water is automatically served to the table once drinks are ordered which is a nice touch and something I’ve experienced before in many great cocktail bars. We ordered 3 cocktails - 2 margaritas and 1 old fashioned. The presentation of the cocktails was immaculate with a perfect ice cube with the Shawbridge logo in the old fashioned and my first clear margarita which was incredibly smooth and interesting. They tasted pretty good but the selection of drinks is limited, and with the vast number of alternative cocktail bars in the area I think perhaps Shawbridge need to up their game. However, what really left a bitter taste was that as soon as our cocktails arrived we were asked to pay for them. This felt wrong and as if the staff were expecting us to do a runner and then had the effect of putting us off ordering another drink once we had finished the first round as we felt the bill was already settled (we then went elsewhere for another 2 cocktails before heading home). I noted the next door table didn’t get the same approach and paid at the end of their visit despite the the fact our waitress had told us it was their standard procedure. I will give Shawbridge another go as we are incredibly local - perhaps coffee and cannoli before trying the evening again. I of course want a small and local new business to thrive but I would have been more inclined to provide more business had it felt a little friendlier!