The Beach Pub Hollingworth Lake in Rochdale

Very disappointing. Food was poor. Gammon overcooked. Chips were like cardboard and almost cold. Fried egg was broken so offered a replacement which arrived when meal was almost finished and contained a huge piece of eggshell that couldn’t have been missed during cooking 😡 the build your own dessert for our 6 year old came already built so he was disappointed as well. Poor service. We will not be returning any time soon which is a shame because it’s a lovely pub in a beautiful location 🥲

Came in the pub for the carvery, was not disappointed, friendly staff, good atmosphere, good family friendly pub, would visit again

Great as usual. Highly recommend the Lilley's cider for a nice pint and the Kiev burger was lovely especially as it was £10 for burger, chips and a drink

I would recommend this pub for a meal. The offer on the carvery at the moment is great value for money. Although it was busy we didn't wait long for our starters to arrive. And, we was given a takeaway box to take home what we couldn't manage to eat.

Staff are very good at such a busy pub, although I did not dine the food looked very nice. Sophie the manageress is very attentive to customers needs.

Great for the full family as the menu has lots of choices for adults and children the food is standard but still nice and enjoyable the service was good clean inside the restaurant everything was good happy either our visit and finished the day off with a walk around the lake

Called in for food with family, food arrived quickly and was spot on, staff are also great. Brilliant beer garden with nice views, perfect for the summer.

Food was average, decent prices. We waited over an hour for the food though which was a very long time for what we ordered. Lady with glasses was lovely but the man with dyed blonde hair was very rude. Lots of the tables weren’t cleared for the whole time we were there and there were empty glasses all along the bar but it was very busy to be fair. Carvery very good price and was nice.

Wow wow wow just had yet another Rump steak prepared by CHRIS in the kitchen , just perfect & considerably cheaper than v near restaurants..I just can't fault it - give him a pay Rise...yet again perfecto !!!!

Lovely venue but terrible food I am a vegan and the only item on the menu for me was a beyond meat burger and chips the chips tasted of barbacue flavour and were really the most awful chips I have ever tasted, our 2 year old wanted pizza but it wasn't on the menu, he had some chips but gagged on them at spat them out, he also spat the fish finger out. my son and daughter in law said theirs was only just ok, the yorkshire puddings being the best. I/we will never go there again also we will avoid anything owned by Green King It was a junk food menu whats wrong with veggies? why can't they be on the menu

I want to praise all the staff I dealt with. They were all great. I spoke with Jordan to prebook our group. He was very helpful and arranged to reserve an area for us including accessible tables. 27 of us arrived and despite being unavoidably...

Visited today with family and service was brilliant and the food was excellent best carvery I’ve tasted in a long time

We visited the beach on Monday evening for a few drinks. We were greeted as we came in by a lovely lady named Sophie who explained we could choose our table and order via the bar (finally - some pre covid normality!). We chose to...

What a great visit from start to finsh . Great drinks and fast food . Me mum and friends really enjoyed it. Thank you to Laura for great service with her team and Laura is always happy too help . Great friendly team member. We...

We visited on a quiet Friday Evening It's a large pub/restaurant & we ordered a Carvery served in a large yorkshire pudding & mixed grill . The carvery was fine & the mixed grill was neither generous or that good - the chicken was over...

Visited today and can say I was happy with the service and the atmosphere. Lovely location. I was served by a lovely lady called Jessica who, despite only learning, ensured she got my order correct and was very friendly. Will definitely be back here

Despite reading the 5 star positive from single reviewer reviews, personally naming staff, I took a friend for a carvery. It was fairly quiet, ambient music and felt a nice atmosphere. Unfortunately the food was a real let down. Unlike I'd seen pictured on this...

Excellent venue and food. with a fantastic view of the lake. Staff were friendly and looked after us very well. The kids had a fantastic time and didn't want to leave, music outside to listen to and huge selection of food from the menu and...

I visited yesterday and was extremely happy with the service and atmosphere. Jessica in particular made sure we felt welcome when raising money for McMillan. Lovely charity! It’s nice to know that workers such as Jessica are happy in their work. It was an absolute...

As a family of 6, me my husband and 4 children we find it daunting to go out and do things, but I have to say the staff here were amazing, the food was great! It didn’t seem like anything was to much of an...

My family and I decided to visit the Beach today on the last minute. We were greeted by a lovely lady named Laura who managed to get us a table without us booking. Every member of staff went out of their way to make sure...

The atmosphere is lovely and the food was delicious. They were great price too. And the service was excellent, Jessica was very polite and made us feel very invited. Would definitely visit again.

We stayed at the lake for 2 nights Thursday and Friday we went in Thursday night for a drink and Fri for tea had the carvery very good and sat morning for the full English very good nice polite staff would recommend

Always amazing service and great quality food. I personally recommend the steak and ale pie, it is delicious! 😄 The beer garden has beautiful views of hollingworth lake and it is the perfect place to sit on a sunny day.

I visited The Beach a few days ago and was amazed by the quality of the food. It was hot and tasty. I really enjoyed my visit here and would definitely recommend to any who ask for a family meal. It was a very nice...

On paper looks and sounds fab, realty awful. Poor service bland awful food and afters raw pastry. Never again When plates being cleared no mention of How was your meal. Regardless they got told. My advice avoid don't waste your time or money

Disappoining food terrible Service absolutely chaotic. And super slow. Paid for a carvery and they told us they would bring the veggie option out when it was ready. When we asked for it they changed their mind and said as I haven’t specified veggie when...

Came for a meal at weekend and I must say the food was top notch. Lovely area for this little pub, and the staff where amazing Lisa made us very welcome especially as we was new to the area and can't wait for our next...

Would like to say we were very pleased with the service. Lisa looked after us and was fabulous with my autistic son. Will definitely be back soon.

Visited Sunday with the family, food was delicious and well portioned, the Little ones really enjoyed their time here, John on carvery was very polite and really helpful, the bar staff were very friendly too, I think their names were Jack and Dylan. I will...

We arrived on Sunday with a reservation and the door staff very kindly let us in early as we had finished our walk quickly. The carvery was spot on and all the food was delicious and hot. The guys behind the carvery were lovely and...

Enjoyed a gorgeous carvery on Monday. Carla and Laura were both super friendly & we felt very welcome throughout our stay. The place was busy but they took their time to ensure we had enough potatoes and veggies and the gravy was mmmmmm gorgeous, the...

Visited here on Sunday and we all had carvery. Even though it was busy staff couldn't do enough. A lad called Jack I think was very helpful and John on carvery was really nice.

Good food at a great price I went there and the staff were really nice and it was a great atmosphere with sick food at a cheap proce and would visit again. Also shout out the table service on that day was very good.

Visited The Beach today for a family get together. Everything was fantastic from start to finish. Plenty of parking, super quick service, lovely food, friendly staff. Can’t fault it.

Visited today with my family the food and level of service was absolutely dispicable, we ordered the Yorkshire pudding wraps which was dry and rock hard, the roast potatoes had clearly been deep fried, the bacon burger was dry I would save your money and...

The general manager was very helpful prior to our visit following a couple of issues trying to book online. He also understood that our timing might be a problem as we were cycling along the Rochdale canal. We were quite late (although we rang ahead...

Such a pleasant visit, can’t fault a single thing from start to finish, Carvary is spot on, will certainly be returning

We visited Hollingworth lake and had lunch in ‘The Beach’ pub. The staff couldn’t be more helpful, the food was lovely and served in good time. Big thumbs up, we will definitely visit again.

Visited on a Sunday for the carvery and was greeted by lovely members of staff who showed us to our table and explained how to order our food. Ordered via the app very easily. The portion of the food was really generous and it was...

My husband and I visited the beach on Sunday. On arrival we were told to use the app to order, my husband ordered the carvery and I the carvery bap. Usually we would be told when my meal was nearly ready so the other person...

I was able to book a table quite late on as we decided at last minute we wanted to eat out. We was greeted by Lisa who showed us to our table. She explained we can either order via the app or we are now...

Foods great & very reasonably priced, dining area and toilets were nice and clean, the outdoor area was very inviting. It was Laura that made our visit extra special though, super friendly and chatty, professional and polite. She gave us some great recommendations & talked...

When the drinks were brought over on the tray the tray was dumped in the middle of the table and never took away even when the food came! which left us squashed trying to fit our plates on the table. the food was ok but...

I’m quite an empathetic, level-headed person but my experience at this restaurant pushed me to the edge. My family and I ordered a table for seven in the outdoor seating area. We rang the restaurant originally and tried to book but were told to book...

The welcome was good but after ordering drinks and food the food arrived before the drinks. The general service was very slow. Order drinks and then later food. After this complaint we enjoyed the food we ordered which were carvery baps. Excellent.

First time visiting this lovely pub. It was my birthday treat. We were greeted by the manager Jordan and he explained about the track and trace app of which we downloaded. We were shown to our table and placed our order for the carvery. We...

We arrived and sat in the front garden. Ordered drinks and then had a bite to eat. Service was a bit slow and 2 of the meals were below par but they were busy and we would've given them a pass but when my parents...

Rude and unhelpful staff talking to us like 5 year olds . Jobsworth and we have been local regulars for years . Having a few beers

Visited on Sunday to watch the England game and what an amazing atmosphere! All the staff were attentive and service was speedy. We were greeted at the door and completed the test & trace as required, we were seated outside and shown how to download...

Went here today to order from takeaway. Was greeted by laura the assistant manager at the door who explained about all the restrictions and how to order. The lovely barman Leighton took my order then one of the chefs Chris came out and explained they...

I’ve not been out with my dad in about 2 years so we thought we’d make the most of the sun and pop on the beach as it’s local and has a large beer garden. And we was not disappointed:-) Me, my dad and my...

Arrived at the beach, Wednesday the 2nd of June, the car park wasn't full, good sign. went in to be told they was full, hardly any people inside, we was told we had to book, how stupid, they could of booked us in or told...

Was out with the family had lovely day staff was so helpful and friendly the staff was great Lisa she great showing us how to use the app to order our food we will be back x

Recently visited last week for a carvery and it was AMAZING! Everything was top notch from the food, to the drinks and to the staff! Everyone was so friendly and made me feel so welcome - especially the girl named Laura - what a barrel...

Went to the beach for a few pints couldn’t knock the staff I was welcomed by a gentleman called Chris, and was served a nice pint by the waiter called Leighton. All the staff made sure everything was a great experience

Me and the family loved our little trip to this pub! The staff were amazing and the manager laura I think her name was, was brilliant couldn’t ask for better reslly

WOW! Missed this pace whilst closed & of course had to visit the first day. Garden is lovely & spacious, app really easy to use. Amazing food and drink.The staff are something else. Extremely busy and moving at 100mph but yet so friendly, welcoming & attentive. VERY Covid safe!

Really missing coming here! HopeYou can re open soon, missing the delicious food, your lovely staff & the Covid safe environment, which may I add is much safer than supermarkets!Take care and see you when you re open! I will certainlyBe coming to visit that very day.

Another amazing visit.This is without a doubt the safest place to be dining. Each and every team member cannot do enough for you.We visited today (Sunday) the food was amazing, table service spot on & couldn’t have felt more welcome .This is our monthly treat & already can’t wait for next time.

After an early walk around the lake we visited the Beach for breakfast. What can I say? The staff are marvellous and very attentive. Especially Sophie and Laura who made us feel very welcome. The food was delicious and cooked to perfection. Hopefully be back again.

Visited again on Friday, we hadn’t booked but got in straight away. Lovely lady on the door. Helped us with Track and trace, explained all the rules for us. Thorough but polite, heard 2 guests having a moan about her but she only did her job. Food excellent again, all staff inside lovely. Our new regular place.

Hadn’t visited for a while as previous Managers not that great and the food wait time-shocking. Noticed in our local Facebook group “Discuss littleborough” its was under new management, with being local decided to try. OH MY GOD the food was amazing, Carvery spot on (Visited Saturday 8th August) lovely and hot. We then had a drink outdoors, staff really polite and couldn’t do enough and all wearing PPE, very very clean inside, and social distancing was fantastic. Most certainly will visit again.

I had hoped to have a drink here and meet with a friend before walking around the lake and then lunch afterwards. I had my dog with me (dogs have been previously allowed inside in certain areas and outside). I was told that dogs are not allowed. I asked if I could use the toilet and was told it was for the use of customers only. I can’t see how dogs are a risk in relation to COVID. It seemed very petty and unwelcoming.

Visited here during the social distancing/COVID restrictions, very well organised, Jordan the manager had it all under control and made us feel really welcome. Thanks, will visit again soon!

We've been coming to the beach every Sat night for three years. We come to enjoy the food with our dog and loved that it was a dog friendly pub. There is reams of dog walkers using the pub especially in the summer. The last manager didn't last long. But the one before had it right. Letting dog owners use the eating area near the toilets. It was always full of diners. Especially those who had walked their dogs around the lake. This manager however has killed it completely. You can only take the dog now in the bar area which is full of football hooligans. Trying to eat a meal with that racket and loud speakers is bad enough, but tonight we get told no food being served in the bar area where they only allow dogs. Good luck to you in the summer months when your takings will see you ruined with the hundreds of dog walkers taking their custom to the wine press. Tonight alone they lost the custom of 6 people with dogs who took there custom to a neighbouring pub. Not that I was bothered after seeing what kind if pub this has turned into. Full of football lot shouting and screaming it has as much Class as a back street boozer in Syria. You have now lost our custom who have been regulars for years. Good luck. Let's see if you last til the summer.

Mixed reviews on here, however my experience was extremely pleasant. Can’t fault anything. Food tasty, reasonably priced and the service was good. Will definitely return

Came here today after a wet walk around hollinworth lake. The poor guy on the bar was on his own and over worked need more bar staff for a bar that big. Orderd me and my partner ordered carvey the kids orderd different. We could get our carvery straight away the meat was lovely and big portion. Everything else was hard and dry because it had been sat under heat lamps. The gravy was thick and cold. The kids dinner come about half hour later my sons was absolutely shocking for the price.

We have had some very nice meals here in the past but unfortunately the change of management has resulted in a massive decline in standard, the staff are unfriendly and a double burger has become a quarter pounder with half a cheese slice . The outside area is a haven for wasps two people stung in the hour we were there

What a great location, free parking if you eat or drink, pay at machine and then claim your money back at the bar. Can't say it was one of the cleanest places I have ever been, but we got a table quickly and the service at the bar was good. We ordered 5 carvery's, 1 small and 4 standard. the meat and veg on offer was nice, however the Yorkshire puddings were rock hard, take my advice, pay for a small, don't have the Yorkshire pudding offered but stock up with the nice veg. small is plenty big enough.

I don't normally put reviews on about places I've eaten at but felt that I needed to share my experience at The Beach at Hollingworth Lake. I've never eaten here before and certainly will not again. We were a party of 8 and ordered 5 main meals, 2 light sandwich options both with chips and one kids meal. We were told when ordering that the food will take 40 minutes which was fine as we thought our expectations had been managed. An hour later and half of the mains arrived, 2 fish and chips (extremely well done/burnt), 2 x chicken strip sandwiches, broken and soft bread so you couldn't pick it up and the chicken strips must have been ready five minutes after the order but left to go cold. 10 minutes later still waiting for the other 3 adults meal and the kids pasta. Two more meals arrive, roughly 20 minutes after the first meals, again one overcooked chicken strip meal and an alright curry. Still no sign of the burger and kids meal. Oh yeah we did also order chips with the sandwiches which now were stone cold as we wanted to eat them with the chips, more fool us. Hooray, finally the kids meal and the last adult meal (plain burger and chips) came a full half an hour after the first. I'm not sure why I'm surprised but I genuinely expected more from a Green King pub. As I say it just felt like as they have a captive audience at Hollingworth lake it didn't matter and almost came as a shock when we complained, complacency at it's best.

After a good visit. Carvery was all nice. Dessert took forever to come out. Kids pizza wasn't really a pizza. Was two slices out of a pizza

Would've rather had McDonald's. Plenty of food for any visiting spiders on those dirty windowsills though.

Came here after a walk round the lake, the food was fantastic and the staff and service was briliant

Terrible service and terrible food and we were completely ignored when we complained would definitely not go back the whole place was dirty and the staff were rubbish

Food was really nice and the staff were welcoming and friendly. Very affordable price as well for both food and drinks.

We visit at least twice a year if not more and always book in advance.We arrived this time in a particular busy time but was dealt with and shown to our table quickly. The staff are always helpful and our order was taken along with drinks order. we did have to wait a while for our food but was informed of this when ordering and was expected at such a busy time. The food arrived and was most enjoyable. The staff although busy took the time out to check every thing was OK. All in all it was a good visit with good food and service with good staff. Would highly recommend this pub in its beautiful setting of Hollingworth Lake.

This pub is really near my house, so me and my family use it a lot. We have seen it go through some changes from an ok pub to an absolutely superb pub when Dan was brought into be the landlord. Dan has now left and the pub has gone massively down hill and that's being generous. The tables are always dirty, the beer when it's on isn't nice and the place is filthy. You struggle to find a table that isn't full of glasses and I've even found a used nappy on one. Me and my family now go else where which is sad as this pub under Dan's leadership was turning into a gem.

Went here today, asked for larger lime, no lime. Got a come and lemonade no ice. Ordered good was asked three times number of tabel, told them that number had been wiped off,. When good came chips where half cookef. Me fish was horrible, my husband's cheese onion sandwich was more or less just onion again chips not good. No point complaint to bar staff as he did not know what day it was never mind anything else. Will never go back!!!!!!!!

I have visited this pub frequently and have always been impressed, however yesterday left me shocked.

Food was great we all got our meals together. Staff was very friendly and lisa was very helpful staff and we ask them to bring out a birthday cake and there did and the staff lisa song happy birthday to all the family and the kids had a great time

From the moment we walked in we was greeted by a friendly face and was seated at a table. Was told how ordering works and if we needed anything to just ask. So we ordered our food of which our son is a very picky eater. They was able to help assist in food that he was going to eat. Lisa on the vat was most helpful in assisting us with options for our son. Food was great and atmosphere was OK too. We will be returning again. Thank you for making our visit a pleasure

I recently visited the beach on a recommendation for a very close friend and I can say hand on heart that I was not disappointed. My visit was Thursday 18th and I arrived around mid day, when I arrived I was warmly greeted by the Daniel behind the bar. I found myself a seat and although the few staff that were on were passing back and forth with food they were welcoming and polite. When I went up to the bar there was a queue as there was only Daniel behind it serving but it was done so in a fast and efficiently and with a manner that you don't see much these days. The bar was tidy and well presented and had lots to offer. I had a carvery on my friends recommendation and it was amazing, plenty of choice and all piping hot, the young man serving the carvery was very polite and chatty. Due to the excellent staff I decided to have a dessert which was brought to me by a lovely lady called carla who could not do enough for me. All in all a fabulous trip and I cannot wait to return

As a vegetarian, I ordered a macaroni cheese with a side salad. The macaroni cheese looked like a child’s portion but this isn’t the issue I’m raising as I enjoyed that. The salad was brown, slimy and limp..obviously I didn’t touch it and went to complain to the manager. His reply was ‘It was a fresh bag, I watched the chef open the packet’. Which either the bag of salad was out of date or had been left in heat/sun! The managers comments where out of order and not professional! He said ‘well what do you want me to do about it’. I was refunded the money for my drink but I feel that the side salad was an important part of the meal and it spoiled the whole experience. Now I understand why this place was empty on a Saturday lunchtime. I will not be returning again!

Went in at early tea time expecting it be be busy and a long wait but it was just steady with a nice flow of people coming and going. The wait for food was reasonable and the food was delicious, more than expected of a pub bite it was tasty and portions generous.

Had a carvery and it was gorgeous, very hot and really tasty. Great value for money, was served by a young man in a suit (seemed like a manager) He was very friendly and couldn’t do enough for us. We will definitely be returning

Had a lovely evening this evening with my friend when we went in for a quick tea. Food was hot and fresh. We wanted to change the flavour of the ice cream and she happily covered it for us. Polite and pleasant. Really impressed with Lisa and she went above and beyond to help. Best meal I’ve had in here for a while.

I visited The Beach last week, I had a carvery which was lovely. Lots of choice of veg and the meat with juicy and a good portion. The lady serving on deck made polite conversation with me. My son had a steak which was cooked just as we asked and he said it was delicious. We shared a big dessert but unfortunately didn’t have enough room to finish it. Would definitely recommend and we will be back

Visited the carvery yesterday for the first time. Absolutely amazing value for money and the food was gorgeous. I was served by a lovely young lady named Ashleigh, she was very polite and friendly. Would highly recommend. Keep up the hard work guys

Came in Saturday night early doors for a carvery,the staff where Brill,found me a table out of the way,food was hot,homely, and filling,table was cleared immediately after I had finished. Would I come back ,yes

We holiday in this area and tried out this establishment for a carvery. The bar where you purchase your carvery tickets and initial drink was not overly busy, the youngish barman was not rude but not friendly either, only spoke the minimum necessary words and was unwelcoming, brusque I think would be the best description. We then went to the carvery bar and waited, and waited and waited, nobody was serving at all, after 10 minutes we started to ask the passing waiting staff to call someone to serve us, still nothing, went to the bar and asked still nothing, I did not measure the time but reckon it took approx. 15 to 20 minutes for someone to appear and he was not a happy bunny either, the meal was neither good nor bad, mundane would be a fitting description, the roast potato's were of a rather poor quality which all pointed to the dont give a dam attitude. We will not return here again, if you are starving and everywhere else is closed then yes but other than that give it a miss, staff training is very badly needed for the people who work here and deal with the public, type of service you used to get decades ago before things moved on a lot.

Attended the beach this Saturday just gone with my parents for food and drinks. Bar staff were very efficient and quick with service and the new burger menu was delicious and fantastic value for money, did not have to wait too long for food. Overall happy with the service, staff member ‘kirsty’ greeted us well and served very well at the busy bar. Will be back very soon!

A pleasant day. A nice atmosphere, alotbough quite busy.. still managed to get us sat down and the food wait wasn’t long at all.

We had to wait 50 minutes for fish chip and peas and the place didn’t seem to be that busy, we had been previously when it was under the old management and was served in less half the time and it was very busy. After we had finished our meal the waitress cleared our table and asked if everything was alright, were I replied; it wasn’t brilliant, and she then replied; well you’ve ate it all now so there’s nothing we can do about it and walked off. The reason we ate it all, is that we were starving by the time we got served. We won’t be going back under this management, we would rather pay the extra and eat across the road at lake lounge.

Called in for a drink on a Saturday evening, we have eaten here before, and wouldn't do again but thought a drink would be ok, how wrong were we! The pub was quiet yet every table was full of glasses and plates that had not been cleared. There was a distinct smell of sick by the bar. I asked for a Hendricks gin and tonic and was served it in a half glass with no cucumber or lemon or even ice. I asked for a gin glass and was told they didn't have any, nor any ice. This was at 9pm ! My partner had a pint of Lager and the bill was £9 50.

This pub in the right hands would be great.... bad managment tables full of glasses and plates some lazy staff. took glasses to the bar to make a point but nothing registered with the young lady at the bar several tables need cleaning and plates removed not sure if the lady is some sort of manager but when serving food she needs to dress appropriate do not need to see that before eating . customers have to go to different tables to get cutlery and condimonts it's such a shame as this would be perfect. bar staff are great feel so sorry for them.seriously the managment should be ashamed 1 star is to much

The children love it there sometimes they have a boat you can go on. the beach has very good food for adult or children reasonable they have a out door garden with slides etc

Ridiculous. Paid £10 for a carvery and was told you were only allowed to go up once. Hadn’t filled the plate as a carvery you can generally go up multiple times for. Someone needs to sort this place out. This not on. -1/10. Will never recommend the man behind the carvery told us this in a rude fashion.

Absolutely awful! Went here with 2 couples and a child. Bearing in mind it was only 6pm, we weren't allowed glasses outside so we switched to plastic (beer tastes horrible in plastic cups, nevermind what it does to the environment) then the child wasnt allowed an ice cream outside so we had to come in. On the way in I noticed a knife on the floor (funny how we weren't allowed glasses) then we waited for 1hr 30 for a sharing platter. The staff were rude to us and I would definitely not come back!

We came to this pub as I like to have a carvery to suit my appetite. When we arrived we was welcomed by a lovely member of staff Carla who showed us to the table and then told us to order food at the bar. At the bar we was greeted by Lisa who was very polite and talked us through the different options available on the children's menu to suit my autistic son who is very picky. We was able to open a tab which was simple to do. Our experience of this restaurant was fabulous and will definitely be going back.