The Great House Barn in Chorley

Great service friendly,helpful staff,great food!

Arrived about 1045am on a Friday. Quite busy but parking and table spaces ok. Liked the waitress service. Very kind welcoming staff. One helped with a wheelchair as flagstone path to terrace uneven. Had a superb breakfast plate in the sun. Generous food, very speedily provided. Hope to come again!

Great place. Good food, atmosphere and plenty of outdoor dining available. Phots is of the bluebells in the woods nearby.

Food so fresh, staff so lovely and friendly. Fast service thank you x

Great food, pizza and flatbread cooked fresh on sight. Lovely service and perfect sun trap 😎

Very lovely location great food and service, after a pleasant walk what a way to end the day

Visited 05/05/2025, arrived just after 9.30am not realising opened officially at ten, however super helpful gent on reception checked with chef and allow our group to be seated as kitchen was ready ahead of schedule - fantastic We took both tables 1 and 2 inside and then were seen to promptly, efficiently and the drinks and food came quickly. The dishes were tasty and would definitely coming to the Great Barn House for the atmosphere, food and drink especially before taking in the walks in the surrounding area Highly recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nice restaurant after a morning walk.

Went for breakfast here last week and it was fantastic! I ordered the eggs royale and it tasted great! The service from all of the staff was excellent from start to finish as well! Would definitely recommend this place to all my friends!

Lovely day & lovely food. Great to be able to take my dog too 😍. Would highly recommend 👌

We come here often, mainly for a cup of coffee after a walk around Rivington. It's an incredibly popular place no matter what day or time you go. Popular with walkers, bikers and dog owners alike. The food has always been good there and now does table service both inside and out. It is a little on the pricey side but no doubt that is due to its very desirable and popular location. The restaurant/cafe also has a takeaway section for desserts, tea/coffee and cold drinks and also has a nice little gift shop if you are there and needed a last minute present or card for someone. It's doing very well currently so hope it doesn't change!

sit inside or outside, both are brilliant.

A lovely lunch in the Sunshine at my favourite place today. As always, absolutely fantastic food, atmosphere and service. I rarely go anywhere else because there is no where that is as consistently good as the barn. Matt and all of the staff are lovely. Highly recommend the avocado toast and the carrot and pineapple cake.👌🏽 A great place to stop for lunch and enjoy Rivi. 😊

An okay place to grab a quick coffee and cake after a long walk. Service was very friendly and fast. My friends ordered a panini, sausage sandwich and my partner and I had the pineapple carrot cake and banana bread with mascapone. The peanut butter shake I had was pretty tasty but both desserts needed cooking some more, as they were dense and not cooked enough in the middle . Overall an okay to stop

The limited menu on offer has some fantastic dishes. Also sell beer. Very quick and attentive service

Staff were amazing. Food was great. Walks around the barn are fabulous.

Really nice venue, friendly staff and reasonable prices for the remote location. Not much on the menu for allergies or smaller plate options (my son is allergic to dairy) but they were still accommodating and we all enjoyed our food. Cakes looked delicious and lots to choose from but we were too full to try.

Amazing Breakfast this morning the food and staff were wonderful. Also Gluten free bread available. Will definitely return ☺️

Dog friendly biker friendly decent food

Very interesting little place ,had a lovely chat with the lady ,didn't know it was there just next to the toilets

Lovely lunch sat outside as the sun was shining . The staff are friendly and efficient

Excellent food and a great range of drinks. Nice when walking and dog friendly. Beautiful walks and country views all around.

Nice place for a stop on the 🏍.

Great cafe with a great selection of food and drinks

Great place for food after a walk

lovely coffee and cake after a cheeky mountain climb... lovely, friendly staff too... Will be back..

Parking was an issue today due to glorious weather. Once parked we found a bench in the sun then came the crunch - - the menu. £8.75 for a baked potato!! Didn't look any further. No toilets in the cafe! Is this legal? . Had to walk to the public toilets at the visitor centre. By 2.00 pm they were very smelly due to amount of visitors I suspect. So take your own picnic and portaloo!

Lovely. Staff friendly & polite. Accommodated a large group, pushing tables together to ensure we could sit together. Once ordered drinks & food arrived really quickly. Would highly recommend.

The cakes and lunch were very delicious

Great location. Helpful staff. Tasty food and good understanding of Gluten allergens.

A little pricey but excellent food

Small menu choice, but it doesn't need to be bigger. The food and service is fantastic. Recommend to everyone (including the dog). 😁

I love this place. Nice food and fantastic staff.

Nice cafe in Rivington, which also serves cake and ice cream. It can get really busy on a sunny day!

Impressed to be honest, great staff with quick service and a cracking bacon barm with nice coffee. Well worth a trip from Preston. Thanks guys 👍

Busy, relaxed atmosphere with lovely homemade food.

Great place for my morning brew

Always a lovely joyful visit to the barn after the walk along the lake thru the woods down to the castle ruins I know it's fake but the grandkids don't and that makes it special.

Always amazing food here, great location, lovely place to visit for breakfast, lunch dinner or just coffee and cake!

Always eat here after a great dog walk. Gets very busy but the food is very fresh and tasty. Service is always decent especially considering how busy they are.

Came in here for a quick bite after walking the rivington pike winter hill loop. I had a ham and cheese toastie and a cup of tea which came to £12.30. The food was nice and went down well after a long hike

Came in here for a quick bite after walking the rivington pike winter hill loop. I had a ham and cheese toastie and a cup of tea which came to £12.30. The food was nice and went down well after a long hike

Good food slightly on the pricey side but always nice to sit outside

Amazing food! Great for after a tiring walk👍

Nice cafe with table service or takeaway options. Extensive menu and friendly staff. Indoor and outdoor seating

Fantastic food, delicious drinks with superb service. The best brunch or lunch stop.

Got lucky in getting a table quickly on a busy day. The food was great and the service excellent. Kids loved the place. Thank you

Visited yesterday on first sunny day in ages. After long, long walk up and around the Pike we were very ready for what the cafe had to offer. Despite being really busy, staff were lovely and polite, service was surprisingly quick and efficient. As for the food - delicious!! Excellent value for money as well as being top quality. Thank you for a lovely experience to finish off a lovely walk 😊

Food is top quality, but a bit expensive hence only 3 stars

Lovely food, great service too. The menu is a little on the pricey side, but the food is all fresh and delicious so a nice treat after a long hike around Rivington Pike

Came for breakfast after a dog walk and they welcome dogs which is helpful, the menu has changed so I was initially gutted as really wanted my usual French toast but happy to say the harissa on toast was delicious. The prices are not expensive but not cheap I would say fair for the quality of food and drink presented. You do have to pay upfront which could be awkward if you were on a date or a group of you. Toilet wise you have to go outside but they are OK to use All in all I would recommend but if your not a fan of dogs then perhaps this isn't for you.

The barn has been extended significantly outside with weather canopies to keep the rain off. Lovely food, lovely atmosphere and decent parking although it does get VERY busy at weekends and holidays.

Not much choice on food but quick and simple. Ready to go for your walk

Always great food and really good coffee Even at its busiest, you are assured of superb friendly and prompt service.

This is a friendly place. I've been visiting here for over 20 years. If you love walking, then this is the place for you. Once you've built up an appetite, you can enjoy a good tuck in at the Barn for a fair price, but you'll need to order hot food before 3 pm during the Autumn and Winter month. After 3 pm, only cakes and cold foods are available because the barn closes by 4 pm. time, I seem to remember it's 5pm closing time. There's a good amount of free parking ,but it can get really busy during the summer months and school holidays. keep in mind that the outdoor toilet facilities are not great, and if you are bad on your feet like my mother who has to use a walking aid, you might struggle! The walkway to the toilets are made up of cobbles and are very uneven. You can bring your dog along inside the Barn; dog walkers are made very welcome. Despite the toilet facilities I do still recommend a visit to this very friendly place.

We visited today as a family of 8 for lunch and drinks. I had the steak baguette with egg, which I can only describe as very overpriced and disappointing. The sandwich was around £15 and the size of a half sub. I was expecting steak for £15 but to my disappointment, it was little thin strips of tasteless meat. No chips or side salad just a few crisps. It was also barley warm and came out of the kitchen within 2 minutes of the order being placed. I wasn’t asked by a member of staff, if the food was okay, at any point. We visit here often, mainly for a hot drink after a chilly walk but I’ll be avoiding the food in future!

Excellent service from excellent staff, probably the fastest and most efficient I have experienced. Would highly recommend.

I'm happy to say that the very condensed menu has improved to a much better offering. We drop our visits due to the menu, we can resume our regular frequency, coinciding with our walks through forest and beside the lake.

Visited the lower barn today. Staff are lovely. Dogs whimpering and barking. Shame could be a pleasant atmosphere. Wont be back even though I live locally. Far to much emphasis on dogs.

Great place...just a pity about the state of the road....a couple of bags of gravel wouldn't go amiss...?

After a walk round Rivington along the lake to the castle, we stumbled across the café the Great barn Café as there are a few there. Although there seemed to be a queue, the staff were very attentive clearing tables, washing tables changing them from a two table to a four table to accommodate any visitors Therefore the wait was minimal. We ordered poached egg on toast and a sausage and bacon barm it was lovely really nice and no waiting. Lovely breakfast after a lovely walk. Well done to all the staff.

The service is great. Staff are efficient and super friendly. Comfortable seating and nice atmosphere. Food is honestly restaurant standard. It's a 10 absolutely perfect. Hats off to the chefs

Great good and service. Well worth a visit

Excellent as usual usual though not much choice for vegetarians. I did enjoy the soup though. The staff are lovely and very helpful

A little busy but ok, nice staff

Am a semi regular at this Cafe. Called in last week and ordered an eggs benedict. at £9.00 Eggs were good but the muffin was hard one and not soft. The problem was that they were very sparing with the Hollandaise sauce. It was just a mere drizzle and not a dollop. Its That sauce that makes the dish and they completely disregarded that for what purpose or reason I don't know. Perhaps the chef or cook doesn't know just what is required. I spoke to the waitress but to no avail as nothing was done about it.

Great service and fantastic got chocolate at a reasonable price. The location is amazing and the Great House Barn offers a wonderful way to finish off a beautiful walk in a not to be missed area of Lancashire. I've been coming here since I was a child . A great place!

We had a really lovely bacon and egg barm followed by tea and cake. We shared a carrot and pineapple cake and a hazelnut and mocha cake - both moist and delicious. The cafe was full of people and very festive.

I like it here. In the warmer months I come regularly before or after a walk up rivvy. The breakfast is very nice. They change the main courses (from 12 onwards) every few months it seems. Although there isn't loads of choice, there is enough to satisfy most people. The staff are generally pleasant, although they are not very attentive if you want to order something else after your initial order. Try to wave and make eye contact all you like....it could take 15 mins before you actually get spotted. But generally the food and drinks are good. The place is nice with the beams and feels cosy. Although it can get quite noisy with dogs. It's also a magnet for retired bikers, who like to park their motorbikes at the front and can make navigating the end turn of the carpark a bit of a 3 point affair. Or just play motorbike dominoes and watch them fall with a little bumper clip.😉. When the weather is good, it can be difficult to park.

The great house barn is very dog friendly and the staff are very helpful and quick.its a lovely place to visit. You can get a doggy sausage. Well worth regular visits

On a snowy, freezing morning, after a good walk, this place appeared, to warm us up, with a warm welcome and excellent food and drink. The coffee was first class as was the hot bacon sandwich.

Nice friendly table service and a welcome warm drink and lovely food after or before a walk around Rivington.

Ordered the pork sandwich and was served the steak sandwich. Did not choose this as had egg on it. Not one for complaining so accepted the steak. Luckily no sign of egg on it only chewable steak and full of something bright yellow which I presume was the mustard, dripping out all over the plate and staining my hands. The price over £11. We visit on a weekly basis and this new menu is so expensive , so sorry will not be visiting again for food.

Opening times are poor for visiting on the weekend

Very accommodating staff and some great treats, very difficult not to be greedy. Inside is very interesting, but it’s nice to sit outside when weather permits in their comfortable outdoor dining area. Well worth a visit at the moment as they just put up their Christmas Decorations! The are fabulous, a real credit to them. Portions still as generous! 😊🎅🏼

Indoor and outdoor eating. Dogs welcome.

Always like Rivington. Country walks from easy to hard. The photo is the main entrance located on the farthest side of the barn from the road. Eat in or out or take away. Well behaved dogs are welcome.

First time back there in a long time. Very nice but a lot more expensive than was on my last visit 4 years ago. Niche market but needed after a7 mile walk Staff where very present

Only had a drink, but lovely place and fantastic walks, would imagine great in summer

The food is lovely the barn has a good atmosphere but sitting outside is really nice the staff brought a table outside and chairs for us could not believe how they went out of there way when they were very busy great place but the staff make it.

Amazing place, amazing people. We love visiting here while walking with the family. The food is great and the location is amazing!

Great service. Wonderful bacon and sausage barm. Would go again

Free car park and excellent food

Great place to eat and meet friends

Good place for a family day out plenty of walking sites and family atmosphere in the house barn with good food and drink

Overpriced, but in a good location in Rivington.

Alas no hot takeaway food on offer today. Would have been good to have had a sausage roll or a pie. However the coffee was nice but at £3.30 for a cappuccino in a paper cup twas a tad expensive. Should have gone to the Village tea rooms down the way for a hot meal that was not much more than the price of a coffee at the Barn. 2 stars but only due to the location.

Busy place, food good, lovely building

Great place, highly recommend 👌.

Great breakfast menu until midday. 8 of us ate there and the staff combined tables so we could all sit together. Good value.

Just a minor niggle. Ordered an Afagato at 11:30 am, but they had run out of vanilla ice cream, which i thought unusual for a place with an ice cream parlour. Had it with chocolate ice cream and it is something I would have again. I think I'll call it a Mochagato, except that Judes ice cream already market that name.

Staff at the barn All ways smiling and welcoming. A CREDIT Thank you.

Had to update my review for this place, it's a lovely old building, the service is first rate... But the food is so hit and miss. I've had 4 breakfasts there in two months. One was great, one was good, one was just about ok and another was awful. Even the coffee is inconsistent, with the worst just being like warm milk with no hint of coffee flavour. The food is best when it's quiet, that is obvious. It seems when they're busy the cooks rush and what you get sugfers for that. I wouldn't mind, but if you're charging £12 for a modest sized full English, it should be really exceptional every time. I've given up with this place now, I hope they read this and can improve.

Not much on the menu that children would in the way of hot food it's catered for the older adult The young gentleman that seated us was lovely and acknowledged my daughter but when were ready to order the young girl seemed less interested as if she didn't really want to be there, must have been having an off day It was lovely to see dogs welcome and a relaxed unrushed atmosphere which is great when you have children with you but if you do I'd suggest taking a picnic and only use this place for a hot take away drink

Lovely spot, popular with bikers and walkers and cyclists. Great food... on the expensive side.

Visted the Old Grey Barn today. We had a lovely snack, a cream scone, and coffee and tea. We would highly recommend a visit, we will try a lunch next visit.

Really nice staff, great food choices, loved the experience!

Great spot for bikers and families. Freshly made teas, coffees and hot chocolate drinks. (1st October 2024 cappuccino costs £3.80). There are several tea rooms in this area and I think this one the best. Good parking for cars, disabled vehicles and of course Motorcycles. Very large potholes at the entrance to the parking area. Staff are lovely.

A return visit to the lower barn cafe. A busy spot where on occasions parking can be difficult but today was fine. There is seating inside and out however we chose to sit inside. Plenty of seating available and a good menu. The menu changes and there is always a specials board. The food is very good and served quickly. Toilets are in the next building and inside there is a small shop selling local goods. Some beautiful walks on n the area so a good spot to start and end.

A lovely place with great food and friendly staff.