The Kilton Inn Pub in Cheshire East

The Kilton Inn I had a wonderful experience. The atmosphere was cosy and welcoming. The interior was nicely decorated, with lovely mirrors adding a touch of elegance. The country pub was smart and homely, making it a great place to unwind. Although I only ordered Diet Coke, the lady who attended to me was incredibly friendly and bubbly, making my visit even more enjoyable. Highly recommend!

Stay over in well appointed quiet rooms. It's clear it's undergone a large and recent refurbishment. There were large chunky chocolate chip cookies in the room that were a nice touch. There was good selection for breakfast and hot breakfast are made to order. Dinner was average and the kitchen closes at 8pm, I'd probably dine elsewhere for Dinner next time. Staff are friendly and extremely helpful. It's in a good location within minutes from Knutsford and I will be staying again.

Looks good, great service, nice beer.

Wonderful staff. Excellent food. Great place to stay.

Didn't eat here as menu was so limited

Good value food, very pleasant staff who go out of their way to help. Good pint of Sharps Atlantic ale too.

Lovely friendly old pub setting, nice a quiet and relaxing.

Nice place, all the staff were great, pub is good and the room was nice, clean a warm. The only gripe I have and it’s minor is the check out being at 10am, I understand rooms have to be prepared for the next customers but you expect a 10am departure at lower grade hotels, Premier Inn and Travelodge have 12noon, if this could be reviewed it would make the hotel 10/10 for me.

Visited this pub with family, would not go back, service was dreadfull, only a few people in, had to wait 30 mins for order to be taken, then the same happened with our sweet order, old stale vinegar bottle was given, which we asked to be replaced, which it was. No cream in the pub to go with our sweet, we had to go up to the bar to order it, as staff were too busy chatting Two cokes were flat. Great shame, we have used this place three times before in the pass few years and been pleased. Sadly, we will find somewhere else, Very disappointed , especially as it has newly been decorated.

The room was perfectly comfy and practical and clean. The morning staff really made it for me. Kerry and George thanks so much for your cheer and warmth. All the best

Really enjoyed the food and drink. It was very quiet especially for a Friday. The drinks were definitely on the expensive side but I felt like they were worth it. Definitely would recommend a visit.

Can’t fault the place for the price Staff are great especially George he always makes me feel welcome

Feels very homely with a nice atmosphere

This hotel is ideal and provides a pleasant atmosphere in the bar area, big thankyou to team including George, Hannah, Georgia and Lucy for your welcome and excellent customer service over the last few weeks . The Kilton Inn has the potential to be perfect with some extra touches and improvements. Yes I would recommend staying at the hotel.

Staff were so friendly and helpful, room was clean and spacious and the food was delicious. Very satisfied would definitely recommend it.

Nice and quiet but very little for kids. Small amount of play equipment. Limited menu but not busy enough to warrant greater choice.

Didn't have food as the menu was so small

Just stayed overnight. Very comfortable and good value for money. Small choice on menu but our food was nice.

It was clean … needed a complete room refurb . A work in progress.

Lovely country pub and hotel, superb staff.

1915 hrs Friday night, and the place is near empty! Possibly, they were busy earlier. 🤔 No cask beers, just three lagers and Guinness on tap, and limited in selection of food. Was a regular stop for food on the way home. Sad decline since Casa Mere hotels took it on.😟

Stayed overnight got what you paid for

Food was not good. Burger bun was dry, burger over cooked. Others meals were really poor, small portions - really poor :(

Service great and lovely pub.. shame about the food. Food has drastically changed since our last visit in March .. possibly a new takeover? Freshly battered fish in March, today’s was a frozen oven fish similar to one you buy in Iceland. Such a shame as the place is lovely

So bad we couldn't help find it funny. The Fawlty Towers of Knutsford. The two staff that were there morning til night had only started 2 weeks prior and evidently given zero training. Did not know how to work the bar. The food was edible although with nothing else to pick from close by after a long journey you'd eat a soiled shoe. I wish we had taken photos. My friends lasagna turned up already mashed up - we were speechless. I can only deduce it had been mushed to make sure it had been cooked through in the microwave. Other memorable moments were when we had to ring the last orders bells behind the bar to get any staff attention and queues of guests trying to check in while staff were smoking outside. I honestly don't blame them for this and would put it down to training. The young man seemed rushed off his feet constantly. It's such a shame as the pub itself is decorated nicely but it seems that poor management is running this place down.

Sorry guys, but the food and choice is just awful. Clearly this hotel is being renovated at the moment but if the management don't get a grip soon the damage done to their reputation will be irretrievable. The service is simply not professional - from dress code, menu presentation to general attitude. And just to make matters worse, the Chef didn't turn in this morning, so no breakfast. Indeed, the conversation at the breakfast table between two contractors went, "This place gets worse by the day." I have had the 'Please Service My Room' hung on the outside of my door for the last 3 days and still the room doesn't get serviced. Such a shame, as this hotel has huge potential, given how nice the bar/restaurant areas are and its proximity to Manchester Airport.

I didn't try the restaurant, otherwise it was very clean and quiet.

Where do I start, firstly you order an orange juice and lemonade, and they have no orange juice, that should have started alarm bells ringing but nope, it was a long drive before we headed off to our hotel we ordered fish chips and mushy peas, expecting some nice light freshly battered crispy fish, some nice fluffy chips and nice thick mushy peas, mmmmm nope we got something straight from freezer greasy cheap fish, some straight out of the freezer skin on French fries, and what can only be described as pea soup. A quick trip to Iceland and I could have done better for £2:00 a plate, definitely not what we paid overpriced is an understatement absolutely dreadful definitely don’t waste your time or money!!!

Sad to say that we were very disappointed on our most recent visit here (early May 2024), and yet my wife had visited just a few weeks earlier and had a totally different experience. We suspect that it has been bought out by a chain who have radically reduced the menu to the absolute minimum of choices, which are limited to approx 4 starters and 4 mains now. None of the beer pumps were working on our last visit (bottles only on the bar). Service was fine, but this pub does not appesr to be what it once was, sadly.

what the hell has happened to the menu ? samosas came still frozen in the middle. its more like going to a takeaway not a nice country pub for some good food like it was 2 weeks ago, who ever decided to change the menu has no idea about marketing im sure they are trying to close the place down. the staff were excellent btw and this review is no reflection on their perfromance i actually feel sorry for them hearing all the guest complaining about the "new" menu

The place has a lovely and homely ambience to it, with clean and tidy washrooms. The orders were promptly taken, but it took close to an hour for the food to arrive. The service was painfully slow. I ordered the steak pie, which wasn’t served with gravy. I waited till I got to ask for gravy and waited for another 10 mins for the gravy to be served.

Lovely food and service. Brilliant company and we all enjoyed the experience...thank you

Rumours of pending immigrants 🤔

Gone very downhill, food came out cold, won't be visiting again, sorry.

We had the turkey Sunday lunch. It was nice. If you come here about 12 noon, it's never very busy which makes a nice quiet atmosphere

Excellent breakfast ….well presented and cooked would recommend to anyone Well worth the visit

I really wanted to like this place, the staff were brilliant and the service great but the food was terrible. Actually it was just the fried food that was bad, my wife's gammon was great but the chips and my scampi were really greasy. The type of greasy where the oil hasn't been hot enough. It genuinely made me feel sick trying to eat it, and it's such a shame because the ingredients seemed good quality.

This was great. wonderful time with friends. excellent food.

Good food, good availability and nice staff.

The food was cold, and we waited 50 minutes for our starters despite it being quiet. We ordered three different steaks, all cooked differently, the waitress couldn't tell us which was which. We won't be returning, unfortunately.

Only had soup, which was nice, but heating had failed and it was cold!!

Amazing food and service. Can not fault. Best burger I’ve had in a long time! Highly recommend this pub for food and service. Thank you

Lovely clean place. Service was excellent. Food wasn't great..steak tough and chips cold. Other meals served first and wait for steak.. service was so good though didn't mention poor food.

We stopped off just for drinks sat in front of the open fir the staff were very helpful and nice will call again thank you d x

Vege burger terrible so greasy made me feel sick bun very sweet couldn't eat it, ordered dessert both with ice cream when it did say on the menu one was with cream, and one with custard?? What a shame have been coming to the kilton for years worst meal I've ever had

The meal was good, apart from our steaks being cold. The guy beind the bar seemed to be doing all the work. Whilst the 2 waitresses spent too much time chatting!! Certainly not up to the job of being a waitress.

Lovely food. Just not much choice on the Sunday lunch menu. Fish and chips were perfectly cooked x

Just called in for Sunday dinner with my wife and son , had the chicken dinner. What a disappointment a chicken 🍗 never in my life have I had this . Vegetables were all hard as well as potatoes. That’s right we left the lot mangers came over and said we don’t have to pay . Big deal birthday dinner in ruins. I think the hotel are more interested in taking the government money for the hotel and the back full ov asilum seekers . Manger did apologise, fair play she did not cook the food however don’t think she told the cook as she herself look about 12 years old. Never again. So sad nice pub . However all staff were very respectful and friendly.

The food was very good, and decor is nice, id certainly go again when out that way

Very kind and friendly staff. Amazing food and location.

Lovely pub and staff but food was shocking freezing cold and just tasteless. Staff were so helpful. Thanks again

Used to frequent regularly, but had been disappointed before. Thought we'd give it a second chance, so went for dinner. Some dishes were off the menu, as not been delivered. Opted for the sea bass, which when presented was more like a child size portion. To charge over £17 for it was a disgrace. I did feedback to the our server, but she was far from interested. We shan't be giving them the benefit of the doubt again, definitely not worth it

Cant say too much about the food as we didnt stay - sticky menus say dont eat here to me - pitty as the location isnt too bad

Great atmosphere good food and beer choices plus a great pub stopover for the motorhome for the night . Highly recommended

Fantastic food great menu and superb service

I have been to the kilton a few times before it changed hands. It was never the best but you could grab a cheap eat which was ok. I visited for breakfast with the new owners as it was advertised a lot around the pub and online. The food was absolutely disgusting I was very unwell with the thought of what I ate. The breakfast was not great. The sausage was a deep fried mess. I later was told it is their own sausage which just is pork mince with nothing else. The bacon was bbq grilled and poor quality and cold. Almost Like leather. The black pudding mushrooms and hash browns all Tasted frozen and all was caked in oil. The food took 35 minutes to arrive and the pub was fully empty so the advertisements hadn’t payed off or they had and people didn’t want to go back. The food just needs to be revamped as the kilton has so much competition in the area and for it to be a local to myself I start to become a little ashamed. The company really needs to take a step back and evaluate everything.

Great beer (Kilton Gold), fabulous food (Steak Pie), lovely staff. And, a free overnight stop in my VW Camper on the way to the Lakes. Highly recommended 👌

Nice pub interior. Friendly staff. But having been told soup of the day was carrot and coriander the waitress then brought our starters out. She brought out a bowl of mushroom soup and then explained that soup of the day was actually mushroom was that ok. Not really, seen as that was not what was ordered. We did actually see the funny side and ordered something different. Food was ok, nothing to get excited about. I ordered Lamb dinner which was a little dry but not worth complaining about having added the gravy. Dessert we had apple crumble which was nice. Having then visited the toilet which were really badly designed my daughter had to literally climb on the toilet seat to be able to close the door. The door was about an inch off the toilet seat not very suitable for the average person let alone anyone any bigger.

Walked in asked for a table for 5 said we haven't booked and was quite rudely told can't accept that which was a strange response to us considering there was a least 10 empty tables no other explanation we have been here for years but never again Disgusting customer service

Went for a meal here after we had been to RHS Tatton flower show. The food was hot, fresh and very tasty, although I couldn't finish mine as the portion was too big for me (small appetite). There is some refurbishment work being done but there was no disruption to our meal. Huge car park too.

Very good food, it was small portions but was perfect and staff were very friendly.

Lovely serene 😊 spacious car park....good music.

Hair in the soup. Starters were cold ( we were the only table in the whole place) Mains were ok. Burger was cold. Desert was ok. Don’t think we will be returning One of our party now also has food poisoning which is a bit of a coincidence

Didn't have any food, stopped off for a quick drink on a bike ride, staff very friendly, nice garden.

Would definately recommend the Kilton! The food, staff and service was excelent, though my only gripe is the same as many food establishments namely 'Cold Plates' The atmosphere was not great as we were the only ones there, though the staff made us feel really welcome!

We visited as a family last week after going to a nearby pub restaurant which was fully booked and came to The Kilton which was empty apart from one table which raised alarm bells but we were hungry and having been here before, we thought it’s ok. Considering the pub was nearly empty, it took sometime for the lady to acknowledge us seat us. Ordered drinks which took time to arrive but they came. We then ordered food including 2 starters; the spicy scotch eggs… where do I start? The scotch egg was served already cut in half and just by looking at it, it had been cooked for about 2 weeks. The yolk was like dust and the white was that over cooked, it had layers. Eating it was like it was coated in plastic and the entire thing was like warm. This had obviously been pre cooked but then microwaved as what should have been a crunchy exterior was a soft breaded mess. The lady the cleared the starters and we waited an eternity for the mains however the waitress returned asking us what our mains were. She explained that the tickets had gone missing and advised that they hadn’t even started the mains. We were sure this was a sign so we upped and left going to a local restaurant however, just caused the whole experience to be stressful. A shame really! I know this place used to be great but we definitely won’t be returning but I do hope management are reading the most recent reviews and take some action before it is too late!

We have been here many times and it has always been a real favourite with our family, especially for their amazing Sunday dinners. 10 of us went yesterday for a birthday treat & we were SO disappointed. The place was empty but service was terrible & the food was not good. They didn't have many things, including pigs in blankets & cauliflower cheese, which were standard for their Sunday dinner, to name just 2 items. The portions were poor & the roast beef was equal portions of fat & tough meat. There were 2 small, thin pieces of carrot & parsnip, 2 tiny long stem broccoli pieces & 3 small roasted new potatoes & that was the Adult portion of veg on each plate. Previous the chef had done a brilliant job of fitting all the amazing food onto 1 plate. We cleared the plates away ourselves during the 25 minute wait for our deserts to arrive & there was only a small portion of ice cream available as it had melted. The young lady that served us was Lovely, but she apologised so many times we all felt sorry for her. We will now be looking for another restaurant for our family favourite, as we will definitely not be returning. We have found out that it has changed hands & things have clearly taken a nosedive. Only saving grace is that they did a lovely desert board with Happy Birthday piped on for our Granddaughter, which made her happy.......which is what the whole visit was about.

AVOID!! Attended last Friday night as a meal for my cousin and her fiancé before they got married locally on Saturday. We were a table of 11, including 2 children aged 4 and 10. Table was booked for 7pm and the pub was relatively empty. We arrived promptly and the orders were taken about 7:15. Everyone ordered a starter. Starters came around 8pm except three which had not been put through the til. The other three starts then came out at 8:20. We were told our mains would be prioritised. At 840 we were told our mains had not been started, including the Childrens. At this point we were all starving and the starters hadn’t touched the sides. The food we had was lovely but service was very slow. Managers were apologetic but if that’s how slow they are in a half full restaurant, I expect you would be waiting a week for your main meal. The managers blamed it on the reservations team, however, if a restaurant can expect to cover that amount of people. That can’t be an excuse. Nor were we told there was a wait on food when we ordered. Ended up walking out when they said the mains hadn’t been started. Ridiculous to make anyone wait almost two hours for their main meal let alone two children. Two of the adults were also diabetic. Will not be returning.

Ran an event at Kilton, we have been here a few times now. Olivia and the team always look after us. Special thanks to Olivia who went out of her way to sort out some initial booking problems

Great pub. Good management and nice menu. Highly recommended. 🙏🏻

The worst meal I had in a long time. My bacon chop was raw. Sent it back, came back within 2mins having had 1mins in the microwave and was still raw. My partner's burger was a joke. Just don't go there if you want a good meal.

Lovely food friendly staff couldn't do enough for us made us so welcome will be going back

Great food, venue, staff and service. A superb venue for a team meeting especially when hiring the board room.

Food menu poor & slow. Decor atrocious & very tired. Old motel next door looks abandoned

Might be good if you can get in. Turned down at half 7 on a Sunday evening as they weren't doing walk ins. Pub was barely half full. What is a pub if you can't wander in for a meal on a Sunday evening...

Great food at a reasonable price. Went later on in the day so more space and quieter

Very friendly and accommodating. Spacious car park large enough for our MH stop over. Very quiet and safe. Friendly country pub with superb food. Would definitely recommend.

The Kilton is better inside than it looks. The meal i had was 2nd to none. Lovely meal nice staff no faults 10/10

Staff are brilliant here, so attentive but not encroaching. The food is normal pub type food, so very easy to find something on the menu for everyone. Also have my favourite no alcohol wine. Car park is huge

Very tired looking x slow service but food is good

Left feeling disappointed.😒 Service staff pleseant. Starter very nice 👍 ordered a bramble gin [no bramble gin] ordered crackun & coke no coke on draught gas had run out inky bottled. 😒 Mains arrived just short of an hour after starter, not all party had eaten therefore waiting nearly 2 hours for food. Seafood grill, parts inedible [were replaced] unfortunately still extremely overcooked prawns. Meals were luke warm. Chips on mixed grills had to be replaced. Drinks nice. Seafood meal removed from the bill kindly. But still left feeling disappointed and wouldn't return unfortunately.

Excellent service by friendly & happy staff eager to help. Lovely grub & ample & varied courses. Great atmosphere in pub surroundings but with that little extra. Would recommend to family & friends.

Waited 30 mins after being seated to have my order taken. No one came. It wasn't at all busy. Ordered drinks which came in mins. But again no one came to take our food order. It's quite rundown looked a very tired in places. I won't go back.

Excellent food served nice and hot , reasonably priced with good service . Wife and I visited for a quiet meal which we enjoyed thoroughly 👍👍

I had the three meat roast and my wife had the lamb. Food was lovely but portions were a little on the small side and could have done with a bit more gravy. We both had deserts too, which were very nice. The pub was very clean and the toilets were exceptionally clean.

Excellent food and very friendly staff. Tables nicely placed apart and comfy dinning chairs. Would highly recommend.

Good food and service in a pleasant pub not far from the motorway.

Excellent food, service and atmosphere 10/10

First time (in a long time) and we throughly enjoyed our meal/Sunday roast

We visit the Kilton Inn as a car club group, so there are usually 24 - 30 of us dining, usually at lunchtime. We called on Sunday 6th November and we all enjoyed some wonderful food. The staff were very attentive and friendly and the food was excellent, served at the right temperature - not always easy with a large group - and made from good quality ingredients, which is so important. We'll be back, next time for Christmas lunch!

Have been here a couple of times recently. Such a great place to go with little kids - amazing indoor play area and fantastic kids menu, highly recommend!

After an hour of pumpkin picking with the family we needed some lunch and Kilton Inn was just up the road. So we stopped bye. From the minute we walked through the door until we left we had a great experience. The place has such a lovely feel about it. Warm and calming, with excellent service and great food. I had the steak and ale pie 🥧 it was lovely.

Excellent food and reasonably priced

Good food and drink in a relaxed atmosphere friendly staff.

Top food very polite and professional staff, we never booked a table but they squeezed us in ,thank you ,

Chef and Brewer pub and restaurant. Standard menus and food. Overall good value and service in comfortable surroundings.

Nice pub. Staff were lovely. 3 meals ordered and nice presentation. Food was delicious. (Apart from the sirloin which could not be eaten. I had been looking forward to a nice steak all week 😔). Heavenly dessert.

Absolutely lovely, Host and staff very friendly and welcoming. Well worth a visit.

Very nice food and wine. Its a pity the AA discount is a lot less than it used to be.

Great trad food. Clean and lovely environment. And a great wood burner to boot. Yum. Went back for the first time in over ten years or so... Was really happy that I did.