The Alston Pub & Dining in Preston

First time in...food was excellent and so was the service.

Great food, great value, great staff.

Called in on a Saturday lunchtime. Excellent meal and a nice pint of Wainwright's.

Nice food served fresh and piping hot. Clean and tidy with pleasant staff.

Staff are lovely and welcoming foods great, it's are go to pub Keith Beer Sue Cooke x

Absolutely brilliant Thank you.

Stopped for lunch and was not disappointed. Sandwiches were lovely. Really nice honey roast ham, thick cut with loads of salad and a decent salad on the side. Service was impeccable. Thanks.

Stopped overnight here in our camper. Fantastic welcome, brilliant communication when booking, super friendly welcoming staff and fantastic food. Absolutely delighted to have visited. If we lived locally as opposed to 120 miles away...it would become a regular Loved it .Thank you

Excellent Sunday Lunch with the family

Stayed in campervan in carpark food excellent service great.

Was ok, the food was a bit pricey for what it was

Decent everyday pub food and nice staff

Excellent food and drinks and friendly staff

Excellent food, will be returning

Visited mid-week for lunch as part of a larger party, including three dogs, two toddlers and several adults. The Alston was very accommodating and made our visit really enjoyable. Food was really nice and service was fantastic - special shout out to Charlotte. While the pub isn’t immediately local to us, we will certainly be stopping by again when we are in the area!

Had lunch here and am going back in May for certain but will probably call in before thst, lovely food, nice staff.

Really nice Sunday lunch meal promptly served for our group of 14. Every plate served nice and warm. Not a single complaint from anyone.

Lovely traditional country pub we happened to find where we could take the dog. We all had Sunday roast which was home cooked and excellent, great portion. Even the dog had a meal 😂 The pub was a bit tired and could do with a refurb, but otherwise very good.

One of the best in longridge by far 👌👌👌

Food was delicious and good value for the money

Amazing food-the chicken kiev was sooooo good! Staff were really friendly and helpful

Really accommodating and friendly. The food was delicious and they even had a menu for the dog! Good size carpark that we were able to stop overnight in our motorhome.

Really nice atmosphere. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. The service was excellent as was the food. They also had a good selection of gluten free options.

Lovely pub great food and nice staff

Excellent food, and not too expensive .

Excellent 50th birthday party held in the cabin with family, the poor waitresses had to battle awful weather to bring our food but took it i their stride & provided brilliant service 🌟

Had lunch with friends. Staff were great and food was excellent. Excellent environment.

Popped in for Lunch after a walk at Beacon Fell. The food was very good in pleasant surroundings. Shame they only had 1 cask ale on. My Steak pudding was delicious and came with an extra jug of gravy 😋 My wifes Chicken Kiev(a proper breast) was v tasty too and portion size was good. Will go again.

Chicken was very dry. Chilli sauce ok .

Brilliant roast dinner.well cooked and meat was perfect mashed potato was excellent.

So the waitresses were poor I am sorry to say but their manager was on the ball and thank god, because otherwise it would have ruined what was a decent meal and nice venue. FoH needs some training but appreciate not easy to find people in the current climate.

Just Lovely ... Great 1st Visit Amazing Roast Dinner Best I've had in a long Time Recommend Highly .

A great pub with generous portions of food for a decent price. The only hiccup was that there was a generous waiting time for the food. All said and done it was fresh and very tasty. The garlic mushroom starter was phenomenal 👌

Very good food, with a good choice. Friendly helpful staff

Arrived tonight for food and a few drinks was told kitchen was closed had a drink while booking a table elsewhere only for two members of staff to walk out the kitchen with cooked food 25 mins after we was told no food thanks for the lies

Great place to grab some delicious food and a beer

Excellent service, lovely food & very generous portions. Highly recommended

Excellent food, service and staff

It was all lovely except the decor needs a refit. Food was great at a fair price and service was swift.

Friendly & welcoming, stopped serving food but allowed me to order a takeaway to eat in the nice beer garden out the back

Sunday lunch was great! Staff was lovely and the food was reasonably priced!

Went in Alston few Saturdays ago for a cheese and onion buttie very nice and plenty of salad to can't complain at all. Went also today 24th June before going to Longridge town had that beer battered fish and chunky chips with an wainwright ale again fantastic and defo will have that again at somepoint service with a smile and friendly staff brill.

bit shabby needs a refurb staff bit dizzy but food was nice and not bad

Great place for Sunday lunch or dinner. The food was excellent and good outside space for children to play.

Had a great evening, food was pretty good and well priced, we were well looked after and the atmosphere was good if a little quiet later on. Would certainly go again.

Food pub just outside Longridge

Our lovely new local. We've been here quite a few times now! The staff are super nice here and we love the food! I had the Sunday dinner last time and it was absolutely spot on. I loved that the staff member offered extra gravy because... Well... Gravy. We are Lancashire people! Haha. We also started a night out here a few weeks ago and brought our friends from afar and they loved it here too! The Malibu and lemonade was lovely! 🍸

A lovely building in a great position. The staff are excellent too. However, the standard could be raised significantly if the stained carpet and seats were professionally cleaned, they really let the place down. I hope this feedback is received positively, because I think this establishment is an asset for Longridge.

4 of us called in on Easter Sunday we had 2 starters to share 4 mains 2 bottles of wine and a few beers the food was tasty and the plus side was the staff who were very friendly and attentive but not overpowering the total amount inc a tip was £133 which I feel was adequate for what we had

Great local food and reasonably priced

Nice food ,nice surroundings, pleasant place to go.

Went in for the valentine's deal, staff we're amazing and constantly taking drinks orders. Food was absolutely amazing, drinks also of the same standard. Will be returning without a doubt!

We love coming here, it’s the best food in Lancashire by a long shot. Pub classics and a Sunday roast to die for. The service is friendly and attentive, the food is seriously delicious and it’s very reasonably priced. See you again soon

Cracking pub with excellent food. Great quality

Staff, service and food are all great. The only downside for me is that they allow dogs in, to me that should not be allowed where food is being served.

Great place to eat. All staff are welcoming professional and always happy to help. Landlady Michelle can not do enough to make sure your visit is stream less…… highly recommend!

Called in on Christmas day for a drink, the atmosphere was lovely and the staff really friendly 😀 Unfortunately I started to feel poorly (drinking wine on an empty stomach after a 2am bedtime and 4am wake up wasn't my smartest idea) but I want the staff to know our quick exit and abandoned drinks were not a reflection of the pub.. just me being a nuisance 😂 Thanks again and I'm sure we'll see you again soon!

Been a few times now since moving to the area, food is always good, hot and of great quality. Service has always been great, and staff are very welcoming and friendly. Noise levels that travel from the bar are often high and sometimes a bit of choice language, so not great when dining with family, which is now putting us off a bit, and a consideration when choosing where to dine out. I don't mind the busy atmosphere at all, just that sometimes it's been very loud. It would be great if they could extend the height of the partition screen to the ceiling, to offer some better noise protection to diners. Would also be fantastic to see some triple cooked chunky chips on the menu too, I think it would be a gamechanger for this place.

Excellent freshly cooked food and service

Lovely pub, warm, friendly and very helpful staff. Excellent food 5*++

Went for Sunday roast with babies and dog, felt very welcome and the staff were really friendly and warming. The Sunday roast was absolutely delicious and good portion sizes. Sticky Toffee Pudding was beautifully rich and dark, hands down the best pub sticky toffee I have had in as long as I can remember. The only thing that I felt slightly let the meal down was the side order of Cauliflower cheese, the portion was small for the price, and the sauce could have done with more cheese and perhaps a hint of mustard to give it some sharpness.

Nice enough place and staff, shame the lager is flat majority of the time. And sneakily adding head from a different lagers tap, to make it look correct, is not a suitable fix

Today was the first time my family have eaten at The Alston Pub and it certainly wont be the last. Absolutely spot on. No complaints from my party of eight people.

Very busy on had one chef when I went and mine came out 5 minutes later than everyone else's

We have been here a few times and the service is very very slow, Sunday lunch was nice but yesterday we went in, first thing we were told all the things they never had, quite a list, we ordered drinks I ordered a pint of soda water and got half, they asked if my husband wanted bacon on his burger he said yes, it never came till half way through his meal and it was cremated so they said they would not charge us but they did, I asked for a small ham sandwich with skinny fries for my 7yr old daughter so a kids meal, they said they would sort something, came back and said they would have to do a normal ham sandwich and brought out a massive baguettes full of salad, cut both sides so it just all fell of, too much for for a little girl. She never ate it and they charged us adult price of 8.95 to which she could have had a kids 3 course meal for less. The baguettes were raw on both meals that had them . Not sure we will return

Nice place staff were helpful meals were good value with plenty of choice.

Food lovely, atmosphere very nice and staff friendly, what let's it down is the service, you wait for ages for the food

Wow. Service slow food OK. Carpet absolutely discusting, nothing a carpet cleaner couldnt sort out also could do with a lick of paint Could be alot better, it's a shame really as there is so many people who would use this pub in the village of Longridge and surrounding areas.

Only went for a drink but the staff are amazingly friendly and made you feel welcome. Will definately return.

We chose the Small Roast option on the Sunday menu. It was excellent. The nut roast in particular tasted like a proper dish not a meat substitute.

Lovely staff . Had delicious garlic mushrooms for starter. Yummy cheese and onion pie with chips and beans . Lots of cheese in pie.

Didn't stay as no food on the Sunday,not the friendliest staff either

Staff were more forgetful than Boris Johnson at a garden party.

Excellent meal for grandchildren. Cleared there plates

Mark is a really good host, and everything is quicker now.

nice pub overlooking millionaires row on the edge of the forest of bowland ,comfy seats, good choices, good food and polite manager

Good atmosphere. Friendly staff and a decent pub serving food

Great pub, great food, super friendly staff & they allow pub stop overs for Motorhome's & Campervan's. Just remember to eat at the pub. Highly recommended.

Shameful... wouldn't serve our fussy autistic 13 Yr old ( by 3 months ) food from the 12 and under kids menu!!!. Said its not allowed... not sure by who....??? So we left.

Great food service and reasonably priced.

The beer battered haddock was absolutely superb, one of the best ever! Home made tartar sauce was delicious too. Definitely recommend a drive out to this place!

Guys, what’s going on? Normally you are spot on but last night it was abysmal. Had to chase to take our order. The table that came in after us got their food before us, 5 mins from walking out our food arrived. The food was spot on as usual but has to chase again to clear our plates and sort the kids dessert as part of their set menu. Gave up waiting for their ice cream to just pay and leave. Were you short staffed or short of staff who cared? As every time we came to chase they were busy chatting to locals at the bar. Bear in mind we arrived at 4.45pm and the place wasn’t busy so that can’t have been the reason for poor service

A group of us meet up for a meal , i waited a long time for my coffee , something about the coffee machine not working , my meal and most of the group found their meals good , service was good , and a busy place so must be well liked by locals

Great parking , good beer ,great food , great service!!

Our family celebrated the life of our mum at the Alston last Friday 18th Feb Michell, Chanel, Mark and the chef could not do enough for the family. It was a cold rainy windy day and a nice roaring fire welcomed us all. The buffet provided was very nice and also plentiful,. Thank you for help making this sad day end with laughter and memories.

Burnt chips, charged for 2 beers which weren't ours. Previously had really good experiences but wasn't great this time around.

Went today for lunch, was really tasty I had steak and ale pie and my husband had cheese burger. Food came out hot and the steak pie was the best I've had in long while. The staff were very pleasant. Brian who served us was very helpful and polite. He showed us round the barn on the side and I've booked in to hire it for my 40th birthday meal looking forward to it 😊

Great food and friendly service in a lovely part of UK

Lovely service, good standard pub food.

Great pub lunch - friendly staff - good prices

Came away for the weekend and tried this pub on Sunday, absolutely amazing food great prices and lovely welcoming staff 😀 absolutely recommend

Great food and lovely atmsophere

We went here on a recommendation from a lovely lady and her daughter who we met in the dog park. She said they are very welcoming with dogs and food is lovely. Staff are brilliant and sorted us a table as we didn't know you had to book (as we was passing through on our way to Scotland) had a dog bowl and some treats for our dog. Have to say the food is outstanding. The beef was amazing and tasted out of this world. The gravy really set it off. I give more stars 🌟 if I could. I go to say it is Michelin standard. I thank all the staff again and the chief for out of this world roast. Best I have ever tasted.

Very welcoming and delicious food

Whilst the food was great, at the time of my visit the system of ordering food was painfully slow. The kitchen was only preparing one order at a time and new food orders would only be taken upon the completion of the previous order. This resulted in a wait for nearly an hour just to order our meals and another half an hour to receive them, on a quiet evening early in the week.

I have to say I was a disappointed, I've only been once so don't want to judge to harshly though. But my first impression is that the food is bought in and prepped on site. Which is fine, if the prepping has some quality but it didn't. The Sunday roast looked good, but as they had run out of roast beef I chose from the a la cart. If the pub is happy from what they make from the locals then all well and good, but they have some work to do if they want to compete with other gastro type pubs in the area. Service was good and at least we were able to get a table. But only because everywhere else was booked up....which tells its own story. Sorry guys.

Good pub food and well kept beer.

Great for a family meal. Ensured my dog was looked after also.

Good food, good service, good pub overall. Recommend to anyone.

Very nice food and service. Had the home made cheese pie which was very rich and indulgent. Chips were chunky. Drinks were readily available. Childrens menu was less than 8 pounds for 3 courses and my 8 year old loved his.