The Fox Pub & Kitchen in Trafford

I truly believe that this is the worst food I have ever eaten. My friends food was fine but mine was appalling. We waited 45 mins for the food to arrive (I had the prawn linguine) It arrived luke warm, tasteless and bland, the prawns were shrimp sized and the bulk of the food was peas? why peas? I offered my partner a taste and he agreed with me. A young waitress came and asked if everything was ok, I said no and explained why, she said do you want me to get you another one, I refused as I didn't want to wait another 45 mins for more of the same. Nothing more was said or done. The dessert was lovely.

WOW! What a fab little find. Beautiful food and a great environment , even had a live singer on the sunday, who was easy on the eye as well as the ear! Amazing team! Megan was fab and couldn't do enough for us!!! YES YES YES again! I would return everynight for my dinner.

Super welcoming staff. Always with a friendly and professional attitude. And the trio of meats Sunday roast. Out of this world. 10/10. I will most certainly be returning! Well done The Fox!

Went here for lunch recently, staff were lovely and food was amazing for an amazing price on the lunch deal, 10/10 would recommend!

Very nice pub indeed. Prices are the norm, may be a little more than most, but worth it. I had the club sandwich. A lot there and the bread was very nice n rustic. We'll worth a visit.

Great food and a friendly atmosphere

We contacted the pub inquiring about its dog-friendly policy, yet they failed to inform us that no food was available. Upon our arrival for Sunday dinner, we discovered that table reservations were mandatory and the kitchen was at full capacity, leaving us without any dining options. This resulted in a fruitless four-mile journey to the establishment. Additionally, the exorbitant beer prices, exceeding £5 per pint, further compounded our disappointment.

Stunning food. Reasonable prices. Will go again!

The food is acceptable, as is the venue, atmosphere, and staff. It's pretty much in line with many other such pubs and doesn't stand out for anything specific except the size of the potions that gets five stars.

Came here for Sunday lunch, roast beef was okay, albeit clearly chef Mike cooked everything (microwave). Beef should have been pink (as stated on menu) however was more med well. Potatoes were soggy, weirdest cauliflower cheese I’ve ever had- the sauce was a strange colour and the cauliflower was undercooked. Clearly shoved in the microwave. Yorkshire pudding lukewarm and gravy watery. Not the best, probably won’t be back any time soon. Shame.

Very nice pub, lovely staff great food and choice of real ales.

Went with the family for an evening meal yesterday. My daughter had the pasta which was quite good, although needed more seasoning. My husband asked for the fish pie - this was completely bland and had no flavour at all. I had the trio of roast - again all the food was completely bland with no flavours at all. The meal was a complete let down especially for the price we paid.

I am very disappointed with our meal this evening. Lots of menu items were unavailable. The chef forgot our seasonal vegetables so we were halfway through our meal before they arrived. Our first server was helpful and apologetic; the second couldn't be bothered. The service was very slow, and in the end, we gave up waiting for someone to take our dessert order. We had to go to find someone before we could get our bill. Something serious needs to be done to sort out the problems we encountered!

Front of house staff were excellent but seemed frustrated, the food was okay and we were offered a huge discount. The head chef on the other hand, even the front of house staff had complaints about their own chefs to us as the customer, we were told to get our orders in quick as the chefs wanted to go home, this was only 9pm as well. Half the menu wasn’t available in stock either. Sorry for the language but I’m glad I never seen the chef as I can’t put into words how much of a tosser he seemed. Underprepared in the kitchen and didn’t seem arsed one bit, disgraceful from the chefs.

Excellent food.Friendly staff really good atmosphere

Great pub offering bar food and restaurant food. Good beer selection and ample parking .

First time visiting with my sister, her partner and my daughter, we really enjoyed our food, fresh and tasty. I had the panko breaded buttermilk burger with chips and curry mayo, the chicken was bigger than the bun but it was super yummy. My daughter had mac and cheese with fries and garlic bread and she loved it. Only thing I would say is to have a drinks menu with the food menu.

We popped in for a drink during a hike and had a good time. Their beer garden is really spacious.

Food is of a low quality and has been over the past 3 times I have been in. Tagliatelle is bland and sticky. Terrible vegetarian option. Steak today was stringy with fat. The salad and chips were OK. The drinks are a reasonable price in comparison to city centre prices. I won't eat here again, really low quality food. I would nip in for a drink as the environment is nice. The menu is also so limited. You turn it over and there's nothing on the other side at lunch time in the week. I really want them to sort the food here because if they did, its in a great location.

Just had afternoon tea to celebrate my birthday. I can thoroughly recommend this menu. Value for money, fresh and tasty. Staff brilliant, very clean premises and nothing too much trouble. I highly recommend the Fox and Kitchen.

First time for a while after a previous disappointing experience, this was worse so won't be visiting again. Slow forgetful service, and food was borderline (burnt to a cinder burger on a tiny brioche bun, overcooked fish....). Used to be a frequent spot, but is so far below where it used to be.........

Been here lots of times always good. We had Sunday lunch on 7.7.24. Fabulous. I think we were looked after by head waitress and another waitress both outstanding nothing to much trouble. Ps. Gravey to die for. Geraldine and Mark Urmston.

This was my first visit to the Fox and I was very impressed .The food was excellent and very reasonably priced. We managed to sit outside where there was plenty of seating.

Sunday Dinner menu was delicious, and the service was spot on.

Good pub grub, did a Tuesday 241 lunch so it was exceptional value, first time visit but will be returning 5*

Food is fabulous, the staff are lovely and the place spotlessly clean

Great pub with lovely food, always friendly staff around to assist. The Sunday dinners are awesome 👌

An early visit meant it wasn’t as busy as usual. Food was excellent and service was good. They were accommodating and even allowed a choice from the lunch menu rather than the early evening menus.

Incredibly poor service. Actively ignored by the serving staff for 20 minutes until we left. Tables around us were being welcomed and served but we clearly weren't welcome.

Amazing food, lovely service😋 thank you :)

Good place for a quick meal and a relaxing drink. Has good parking outside with some seats for those nicer days.

Beef Rib was the best ive had just fell apart

Had a lovely meal with friends yesterday the place was lovely and clean and well laid out. Two of us had the Steak & Kidney pudding which was very nice and packed with very tender Steak and gravy, good hand cut chips and not badly priced. We arrived at 3.15pm and we were seated right away one very small disappointment was that we had to wait until 4.30pm for the Dinner menu to start but after a couple of drinks that didn't really matter. Definitely recommend the Fox and i think we will be returning.

To be honest not our usual type of establishment, we went after a rugby match, from the outside it looked great unfortunately it was a busy Sunday afternoon and it showed. Prices were reasonable and whilst the food was fairly standard SWMBO was not happy with her lamb being particularity under-cooked.

It's always a lovely experience at the Fox. Service & food of a great standard. Staff attentive but not intrusive.A really well run pub.

We went to The Fox, a party of 7, on a Sunday. The menu was plentiful, something for everyone 😋. We chose different starters, so we could have a taste of everything. Also the main courses were generous, food was lovely. Not the usual typical pub grub, but a lovely home cooked appeal. Pleasing to the eye, plated up at a good standard, nice & hot. Service with a smile, the staff couldn't do enough....definitely will return again...definitely recommend going there....x

A lovely comfortable and friendly place

Fantastic 👍 try the Buddha bowl

We visited today to celebrate our Dad’s 70th birthday as a meeting place between our families. All the food was excellent quality, very reasonably priced and generous portion sizes, and the staff were attentive, friendly and accommodating. Highly recommend and we’ll definitely be back if we are in the area again, thank you very much! 🤩

Booked a table on Monday 29 Jan 2024. 50% off food which was an excellent offer and has been available throughout January, although some items were unavailable the majority of mains were available. Food, service and staff were excellent.

We walked in on Wednesday night and were turned away by a waitress because they weren't taking 'walk-ins'. I could understand if every table were taken, but there were many free. I then asked if all of them were reserved, which they clearly weren't and I was told such. I was then given a different story that the kitchen closes soon. At a busy 'eatery' style pub at 19:30?! Don't be ridiculous. Either they were under-staffed or just couldn't be bothered and had been told to give a lame excuse. Other diners told me there was a 50% off deal on, and that half the menu was unavailable anyway. In hindsight, I should have booked, but that offer was not mentioned anywhere on the website, and it even has a specific "news and offers" page that I'd visited earlier in the day. We had to get a taxi into Urmston instead as there's nothing else nearby. I don't mind somewhere being busy... good for them, but save the phony explanation please and show a little compassion for customers; I didn't even get a simple apology.

Great Food and 50% off in the week

Nice atmosphere but average food and awful service

We expected a better experience from The Fox. It was a quiet lunchtime, but the service was poor. We were kept waiting for starters and the main course. Staff seemed to be hanging around a lot, and it was quiet. There were a few booked in afternoon tea diners, and the staff were more attentive towards them than the walkins.

The Fox used to be a great pub for really lovely food cooked and presented very well, sadly this has all changed in recent times. We went for a meal for four of us a few weeks ago in early December, the food took nearly 1.5 hours to come out, and was very poor, we even went for a take out afterwards as we were still hungry. Hoping that it was a one off issue, we booked a table of 12 for the 17th December (a family Christmas meal), most of the starters had to be sent back, just shocking, dry mushrooms on dry bread, the pate was literally a tea spoon of what was supposed to be pate (we couldn’t tell what it was) and a lump of jelly on the top, and the prawns were 4 prawns with a piece of stale bread! many of us refused to even risk trying a second starter replacement, and the manager even agreed it was shocking! The mains were mostly awful as well, the blade of beef was a small bit of chewy meat mostly fat, and missing all the advertised trimmings beyond a lump of mash! There was too much wrong with it all to even list here. None of us will ever be going back, even though they gave us all 50% off next meal vouchers as a sorry for how bad it all was. Just avoid the Fox now if you want a nice meal, it’s fine for just having a drink.

Great pub had drink in lovely surroundings and great atmosphere well worth a visit 😀

We went to listen to the christmas carols by a brass ensemble. The place was packed! Luckily, we booked a table. I had the ultimate fish and chips. All freshly prepared. Definitely the best fish and chips I've had in a pub. Fully recommend this pub.

Went for a fantastic meal accompanied by a brass band belting out Christmas tunes in the background. Highly recommended

Love the Fox, food is delicious and kitchen chef’s need more credit than they get. Excellent friendly staff who can’t do enough for us. We visit couple of times a week and hadn’t had a bad meal yet. Portion sizes are superb and very tasty. 5* from us 😋

Good sociable small intimate friendly

Great local pub and amazing staff. Probably spend more time in there than any other pub.

Had a fabulous meal here today. Food was spot on and the staff were lovely. Highly recommend it. Unfortunately went again yesterday, the 14th December, and was very disappointed. Booked early, 12 15, waited an hour for soup and sandwich for 5. Soup had to be returned as it was cold. Waited again for sorbets, which was served in a hot bowl. Coffee was also cold and was told that was the way the machine made it . Very disappointing. Been before and thoroughly enjoyed it.

We had Christmas lunch here yesterday and it was a lovely experience. The food was delicious, the staff attentive and very pleasant and the crackers were brilliant! We spent a fun time reading the jokes and trivia cards.

Excellent Sunday lunch today, roast beef & Yorkshire pudding followed by lemon tart. The food was delicious, and the service was great, I will definitely ho again.

Came in tonight for a family Christmas meal. Fantastic atmosphere and great service and great food. A member of staff that particularly stood out was a young lady called Megan. She was so friendly and helpful and constantly smiled and couldn’t do enough for our party of 6. She is a valued member of the team and really nailed the 5* customer service keep up the hard work xx

Not impressed at all. Fish and chips were ordered by 3 of our party. The fish was very small. The batter was thick and brittle. The fish inside overcooked. The chips were very dark and when eaten, lukewarm at best and the skins were gritty. Mushy peas were cold. I left most of my meal as inedible. I discussed my extreme disappointment with the waiter and was told they had an agency chef working that day and had recently changed their fish supplier! I was offered coffee by way of “apology”. Poor service, poor food.

tried it 3 times now. Always me and 2 kiddos 6 and 12. Once a week, slowly becoming regulars as we are quite all really happy with it.

Great food in a lovely restaurant.

New menu was grest service was good despite the place being packed out.

Me and my wife visited the fox for the first time. We both chose the ultimate fish scampi and chips. I have to say we were both impressed with the food and service, the one minor constructive criticism is that my wife thought we would get a choice of bread. The Xmas decorations are amazing, we'll be visiting again. 5 stars

Lovely lil pub, been a few times when I've visited friends. Dog friendly, even free biscuits and water for your pooch. Food is lovely, fast service and tidy prices. Definitely going again.

Catered for a party of ten , with all meals arriving at the same time and were delicious.

Staff and food were really good - just a shame it took a long time for the food to arrive after ordering - would definitely return though

My sister had her wedding meal here with family & a few close friends. The manager was very helpful from the start, he said we could have the room to ourselves so it would be private. He was also helpful in advising what food to choose because of the number of people attending. There was no pressure to choose, all he needed was confirmation the week before. On the day there were some of the guests who wanted to choose from the menu, which was not a problem and all the food was available at the same time. The food was plentiful and absolutely delicious, everyone said how lovely the food was. There was lots of food left over and the manager provided containers so guests took take food home. We have nothing but praise for all of the staff on the day who were lovely, friendly and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you all very, very much. We would thoroughly recommend The Fox to anyone who is thinking of eating here, you will not be disappointed.

Lunchtime menu is fabulous for the money, just enough to keep you going until tea time! The staff are always lovely and couldn't be more helpful

Our breakfast was amazing! Highly recommended.

Bit of a boring menu tbh The pub is lovely and clean though

Having recently rescued a very nervous dog, I called ahead to ask if they’re dog friendly. I was advised they are dog friendly at the bar but they won’t take bookings for the bar area and it’s walk in only. Upon arrival, we were told that no food is being served to the bar area due to an issue with their POS system, and they are only honouring bookings (that we weren’t allowed to make…) I explained to the FOH, that I had called ahead and wasn’t advised of any issues and my parents had travelled 30mins to join us for dinner. They wouldn’t budge on their stance and brush us of entirely. I appreciate it must be a stressful situation with the system being down, but have some empathy to accommodate customers if you can, or even have some flex to your policies in this instance. Fortunately we were forced to try somewhere else which ended up being great, not sure we’ll be back to the fox, especially reading about their food being frozen 😳

I'm responding to the post below by David Wilde. I was a customer in The Fox on a nearby table on this night. I feel I have to respond in support of the staff at The Fox. Mr Wilde's behaviour towards the staff was disgraceful. He was rude, arrogant and very disruptive. I understand that people have a right to complain if something is not up to standard, but there are polite ways to complain. Not this way. He was yelling at staff from the start. It was obvious to me that he was never going to be satisfied with his food or the service. He was slamming his plates on the kitchen counter, very aggressively. I should imagine the staff felt very intimidated by his behaviour. To me it was bullying and if I was the manager, i would have barred him. Nobody has the right to speak to people in that manner. I go to The Fox regularly. The staff are polite and helpful. I find the service is great and the food is lovely. This man was just rude.

Driest pork we’ve ever had and potato’s weren’t much better. Weakest gravy in the North!

Tried to do this review on the Fox QRcode absolute rubbish, but just to say food very good, but very slow from ordering to service. Served by Sarah Emilia, who was excellent.

Fantastic and a great deal on kids meals over the summer holiday!

Good service, good food. Still good 👍

Awesome pub. Good beer, amazing food and lovely staff.

Went for Sunday dinner and both food and service were really good. Cauliflower cheese with truffle was a great side addition and the guys serving were really friendly. Will definitely be returning

Port star is highly recommended cocktail))

Had an end of year drink with colleagues nice place didn't order food on this occasion however the girls often do

Food was disgusting burnt good beer and service pity really.

We've just had a team work do here. Can't say enough good things about this place. The service has been excellent from the minute I first walked in to organise the event. On the evening itself we could not have been better looked after, the food was excellent, especially given that we were a party of 20. Thank you to all the team and chefs, especially Louise, Paula and Dave for making it a fun and memorable night for us all

Cannot fault this place, food excellent, staff fantastic, value for money.

The large heart hanging kebabs which were excellent I had the Greek salad on pizza bread salad was lovely but the pizza bread was really couldn't eat it

I had the guest roast and it was lamb. Best roast dinner I've had for a long time

Great atmosphere. Fantastic clientele

We visit the fox on a regular basis and always find the staff friendly, the pub has a great atmosphere about it and has regular live entertainment over the weekends,the food is a good standard and reasonably priced,a great selection of beers. If your looking for somewhere to dine or just a drink or two I would highly recommend giving the Fox a go

Food was lovely. Drinks were expensive. Place was clean and tidy. Staff were friendly and kept busy.

Nice local boozer great Timothy Taylors 👍

Upon arrival, the welcome wasn't very warm. We had booked a table with the request for a high chair, which wasn't at the table and instead were told "don't know where the pram will fit". Then, we were only told upon ordering that certain foods weren't available, after making us wait 10 minutes to actually order. these things should be said to customers upon sitting down. The portion size for the roast was very small, normally roast sizes are so big that one feels too full to have a dessert, but this was tiny, especially for the price! The only good thing was the taste, amount and temperature of the gravy.. The staff throughout our short stay weren't very friendly and really looked like they didn't enjoy their jobs. One member spilt some gravy (which can happen) over our daughter's cuddly toy and the cup holder on our pram and didn't even apologise or offer to bring us anything to clean it up with and he was fully aware he had done it. We were planning on having dessert before entering the pub, but very quickly decided to leave as soon as possible. Overall, the service was very poor and portion sizes tiny, definitely would not recommend nor come again!

Great place to be fair, staff are always welcoming. Have had the beef dinner a few times with Yorkshire pud last time, the beef and veg was spot on. Best onion rings ever. However they do not do fresh Yorkshire puddings and roasts, they are frozen what tastes exactly like and was confirmed are bought in. Ramsey would have a field day here. No excuse for this at all.. let’s it down BIG TIME

Great food & brilliant staff. What more do you want

Only had a couple of beers. Sat in the beer garden, it was nice.

This pub is set back off the main road decent size carpark with the beer garden to the left of the pub. Once inside the pub the bar is facing you, we ordered a pint of lager shandy and a bottle of merlot then made our way into the beer garden, we got ourselves table number three and enjoyed our drinks in the glorious sunshine. We looked at the menu and ordered the ultimate fish and chips. When the food arrived it was well presented, tasted very nice. The staff were polite definitely be coming back.

Excellent choice for a quick family lunch break. Clean and elegant with friendly and professional service. Fair portions and food in general is well above average. I will come again.

Food superb ,manager ,chef staff very helpful and pleasant

UPDATE: (again!!) 13.5.2 ***Once again 5*. From ringing to reserve a table & speaking to a guy who was SO helpful & happy, to the barman, to a lovely girl bringing our delicious food, all of whom were really pleasant, can totally understand why this place stands out from the rest. Actually still here, but just wanted to say, 'thankyou & highly recommended '. ****** Just to say we ate here again last night, food & service were excellent. Lovely friendly staff. All do an excellent job abiding by the governments rulings- Track & Trace, table service, etc. Really hope this great local pub carries on doing well after the governments 'eat out' deal ends. Good Luck to you all. ******(Went to the pub first time since this Pandemic started. Decided to eat there & booked a table prior to going.On arrival name & phone no taken(good idea) then shown to our table. Everything was ordered from the table by lovely cheerful staff. Food was great,very tasty & fresh (not just your normal 'pub grub' ) Did feel safe @ all times,& must admit it felt more 'normal' than expected. Really pleased to see the pub side & restaurant busy. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff. Welcome back to having a great pub back in the area, which has had a lovely revamp. Highly recommended

Cozy, dog friendly pub. Not eaten there yet.

Friendly staff, lovely meal & reasonable

Used to be called the Union Inn when I had my first pint in there many years ago

Great service, fantastic food and dog friendly! :)

Great local pub with lovely food to. Tip, book in advance for a table for dining, as it get busy!

Friendly pleasant atmosphere and a nice pint.