The Old Boat House in Wigan

Great food and service as always

It was a nice cosy pub it was fairly busy with a couple on the next table with a small dog. On the table behind they had a large dog so a dog friendly pub.

We went to celebrate our anniversary, the food was lovely, service was perfect! We booked and let them know it was our anniversary, we were seated at a quiet table in the corner. Then at the end of our meal they surprised us with a little gift. Absolutely wonderful experience would definitely recommend and will definitely return!

Canal side pub with good choice of drinks and pub-style food. Staff are very welcoming & friendly, they were very quick with food service, really good to be given such individual service. Food was presented nicely, arrived hot and was tasty - burger with blue cheese & mushrooms was really good. My sister had the steak pie & mash which she said was full of lean tender beef. Her only criticism was the gravy tasted a little like ‘bisto’, if it had been made from the pie filling juices then that would have been more to her taste. Difficult to fault this place, £34 for the meal and drinks for two. Give it a try!

Great food Very good service and great staff brilliant beers 😁

Booked to have lunch here as it was pet friendly, and we had our 10-week puppy in a carrier. The staff were so friendly and brilliant, and the food was delicious. I would highly recommend it. Will definitely go back on our next visit to Manchester.

Went for Sunday lunch today, was tip top, food was great, service was fantastic and the atmosphere was busy but chilled a really decent pub that serves great food.

Beautiful pub, the atmosphere is lovely, all the staff are super friendly and helpful, the food is wonderful and it's dog friendly inside too which is something we look for a lot! Excellent place to visit.

Lovely place lovely people and dog friendly

Wonderful atmosphere. Delicious food and the service is above and beyond!

Classic and tasteful DOG FRIENDLY pub with a great atmosphere. Perfectly placed with ample parking; prime for starting and ending a walk along the tow path right outside

Great friendly place to go. Staff are all lovely.

Nice clean and service and food really good.

Wonderful ambience, flavoursome food, attentive landlord, interesting position on canal

Wow what an amazing afternoon we had on Saturday 21st December. The staff put in so much effort for the children to meet Elsa and Father Christmas. Great atmosphere, good food and fabulous staff. Who could ask for more. Special mention to Paul and Mark who can never do enough to make sure your visit is memorable.

Very nice lunch slightly let down by the "hand cut ,skin on chips" actually being ordinary frozen chips. Lovely decor and helpful staff.

We booked The Boat House for a wake for my lovely Nan and where so impressed with the communication, service and food that we booked again for a family meal to celebrate what would have been Nans 90th birthday. Catered for 12-15 of us, some of us fussy too. The communication was great we pre ordered and we all knew what we where having and if we wanted to add or change anything that was fine too. The food was great quality, hot and served in a timely fashion. The service was amazing, patient with us and couldn’t do enough. It was an absolute pleasure and we throughly enjoyed it. I’m sure Nan would approve too! We will be back and thank you all of you who made special

Visited today for first time and we thoroughly enjoyed a roast beef dinner, best I've had in ages. The dogs also enjoyed their roast dinners which were free for a donation to Makants Greyhound rescue. Staff were very welcoming and accommodating and we will be back for sure

The hubster and I had a fabulous Sunday roast here today. We live locally and decided to walk along the Bridgewater canal to try out the Sunday Roast. We were met with a warm welcome and a freshly cooked fabulous meal. The meat was plentiful, lots of fresh veggies, a great Yorkshire pud and lashings of gravy! The meal was reasonably priced too along with a good red wine. Big thanks to Mark and the team who were all lovely. We highly recommend and we are looking forward to a return visit!

Stopped in after visiting the Lancashire Mining Museum; a good canal side pub with a classic food selection. Would be amazing in the summer time.

Had a lovely lunch here with friends . Comfortable, warm pub , great service and delicious steak sandwich. Will definitely visit again

Just fantastic. Lovely cosy pub with a relaxing vibe. Highly recommended

Oo...lovely people.. Saturday 5.00pm, disappointing risotto pea soup with tiny sea bass fillets. It was all tasty but too expensive for the portions. Very small chips for the chicken and slaw and corn ribs. About 16 chips. All too mean for 18 quid plus. ..Sorry guys.. ×

Great Pub! I Went Here Yesterday (from the time of posting) And The Service Was Great! The Staff Can Merge Sides And Mains Onto One Plate If Requested. The Staff Are Nice And Polite! And The Food Was Excellent, I Had The Cheese & Bacon Burger With Chilli Chips (you normally get skin on chips alongst your burger but you can ask for chilli chips ( 50p+)) And Trust Me It Was Great! I'd Recommend This Place :)

Amazing little spot for Sunday lunch!🫶⭐️ the team are so lovely and ready to help, service was top notch and the food to match! We will be back!

Food standard pub gub served by friendly staff. No pressure to order or to leave as soon as meal finished.

Great food and lovely atmosphere. Will definitely return.

What a joke!!! Arrived at 3.45pm to be told they wasn't serving food outside as only one chef in. Not a problem. Went to the bar at 4.55pm to be told stopped serving food at 5pm by the useless articles behind the bar. No sign of this anywhere or even told by the manager who we'd spoken to when we arrived but happy enough to take money for our beer. A place we've been to for many years and definitely will not be revisiting.

Great pace, good decor, friendly staff who went above and beyond. The food was good and well priced and they are dog friendly. I recommend a visit if you're in the area and I'll be back again

Average pub grub. Bit disappointed after high recommendations. Parking very restricted at busy times.

A nice atmosphere especially sitting in the sun outside. Good to see the outside structure still there which I built about 20 years ago. It won't be another 20 until we return. Lots of nice people enjoying the ambience.

Roasts were served without stuffing but we were only told when the food arrived not when we ordered

Enjoyable lunch time drink. Nice pub tucked away down Astley.

Our second visit to this lovely pub. Super friendly to the dogs..including dog biscuits. Everyone, staff and customers, stopped to give them a fuss. The usual drinks menu and nice food on offer. The standard pub restaurant options plus a few different options I've not had elsewhere. Only marked a star off as one of the meals was bought out a little while after the others & we had to ask where it was rather than been told there was a slight delay. Another was missing an item from the plate but it turned out that they had misheard and had substituted for something else. When settling the bill this was removed without having to ask. None of this would prevent us from returning as the rest of the visit was lovely.

Had lunch here today with my mum and dad and daughter. The lunch menu is a bargain and is a good sized portion for lunch. My garlic chicken wrap was very tasty and well filled with chicken and salad. The 5 oz gammon was cooked to perfection and the fish and chips were tasty too. Not feeling like a big dessert we were going to have Mini dessert and hot drink. This was not on the menu due to restricted menu due to staff shortages, however, shoutout to India who made us a mini cheesecake and mini crumble herself. My dad was in his element drinking Black Sheep Bitter. Above and beyond with customer service. Can't wait to visit again.

Lovely place Shame the food didn't quite meet expectations. Shared my disappointment with the management and they were very good at dealing with the complaint. Overall a good experience I will certainly try the food again.

Love this pub excellent service and beer is always good just what you need on a good bike ride

Food was great, service was friendly but really slow, maybe we hit it at a bad time. After our food order came out about 5 more orders came out all at once, so maybe the cook just got back from lunch lol. Overall, good ambience, food was great, nice beer garden and outside seating along the canal.

Party of 5 for a meal last night at 7pm (3 August) really nice meal great service and staff very attentive. Been a while since we have visited and we definitely recommend and we will be visiting again soon. Many thanks to the staff.

Has a deal of £10 for a small lunch and a pint - great value. Service is good, could pay a little more attention to the non-regular paying customers. Atmosphere inside is a little flat, although I can’t say I’ve ever been in the pub when it’s been really busy.

Excellent venue, superb food and extremely friendly and helpful staff would highly re5

Great location and top-notch 🍺 beer

The old boat house is an excellent little pub settled in canal bank. Perfect for a drink after a walk. Beer garden/ canal side seating is great in the sun, but also in the milder weather due to the out door heaters. This is definitely a new favourite. Neck oil £6.10.

Nice place and good food,only had a drink today.

Good food, selection of Beers & atmosphere. Highly recommended

Absolute brilliant place you must go.

First time eating at the pub and the food didn't disappoint! But for me star of the show was the lovely young lad in the red shirt! Warm welcoming, polite and even joined in on winding the kids up over the canal

We always get a warm welcome here. Food is good and view next to the canal is great. Highly recommended

Excellent food, Great service and great atmosphere, Would recommend this pub in all weather conditions, Winter very cosy snug and warm, Summer outside by the towpath great scenery and good atmosphere,

Visited here today for the first time with my partner, my son and our 9 week old puppy bluey, can I just say what an amazing place it is, it's dog friendly, the food was absolutely delicious and reasonably priced, the staff where so lovely and they all loved our puppy bluey he got lots of attention even from all the people that where in there to, they also gave him some treats which he loved thank you so much and we can't wait to come and visit again 🙂 (highly recommend)

Very sorry to rate this so low , it was recommended for Sunday lunch by family and friends , we had Sunday lunch but we were very disappointed, we don’t eat out often and so was looking forward to this , the beef was far too overcooked roast potatoes were soft , was hoping for crispy, veg wasn’t great , and gravy was very bland ,,, to be honest the whole meal was bland , the surcharge was £8 on a £57 bill , we paid it but won’t be going back for food,,, ashame really because it’s a nice pub

Just dropped in for a drink this time but will visit again for a meal

Really good. Service a little slow but we were a large party so to be expected

Nice food and good service, the lunchtime specials are small portions, you don't find out until the food arrives

Great food, decent ales and a pleasant outside area. Has a dog friendly room.

We went to the Old Boat House after a friend’s recommendation. Staff were friendly enough, food was very nice, but considering it wasn’t or didn’t appear that busy, the service was slow.

Went with friends at the weekend for a meal. Service was good but food left a lot to be desired for the price. One meal of steak pie was inedible as the pastry was rock hard. Management apologised but didn’t offer a replacement or discount. I had one fish cake small salad and a child’s portion of chips. My other friend had the chicken tikka which was ok. Only soft drinks and felt ripped off when the bill came to £75

Nice place for a quiet drink , not eaten there

Not been here for a while. Went for lunch today with my husband (we celebrated our engagement here in 1986!). Had a really yummy lunch today. Great atmosphere and service too. Thank you. We plan to visit again very soon 🙌🏻 💖

Lovely location on a sunny day canalside take our dog here regularly,dogs welcome inside too great outdoor space food good vfm lunch menu I had frittata on this occasion and small glass wine £12 staff friendly and helpful car park tight and small but parking on rd available just before and after the pub

Delighted with our lunchtime meal served by friendly staff , We will definitely be going again, thank you Mark and Paul

Lovely canal side pub with friendly, welcoming staff

Lovely pub on the side of the canal Polite staff Good selection on the menu We sat outside and watched the barges go by Food fresh and tasty Highly recommend We will come back

Fantastic service with a real family feel! Food was lovely we had beed sunday roast and it was gorgeous. The gravy being the star of the show. Thanks we will be back.

Lovely little pub, sitting next to the canal.

What a little gem on a summer day. Great outside dining adjacent to the canal. Friendly staff and excellent menu (I enjoyed the venison and bacon pie). Good selection of beers, and it won't break the bank. Dog friendly, too.

Lovely sunny day, it was busy but the service was fantastic. Garden area was full yet the staff still found time to speak to people and ensure any dogs had water and even a free doggy biscuit or two. Highly recommended

Popped in after a long walk along the canal, very nice location and would of stayed longer and made an afternoon of it if my wallet would of allowed it very expensive drinks so 4 stars.Possibly return if along the canal again, £3.50 a pint just up the road

Not good chips and fish fish was under cooked never going back 👎👎👎

I visited with my family Sunday evening. As soon as we went in, staff greeted us making us feel very welcome. Emma served us and what can I say! She’s bubbly, funny and very helpful and efficient. A real asset to the Boathouse. She looked after us really well and ensured we had a great Sunday roast. We would recommend to everyone.

Great place good food good ale good staff friendly only niggle noise from gaming machine

Great location next to the canal, great outdoor seating on sunny days and dog friendly. Good selection of drinks and great staff

Very welcoming and good is great. Outside seating area is nice.

Came across whilst driving on the east lancs road - such a lovely pub, amazing food and the sweetest staff!! Would definitely come again!

Never been before, the young girl.that served us was very friendly and attentive, food was delicious and plentiful and reasonably priced. Busy place for a thursday

Great day at the Boathouse with lots of great entertainment....Best of all were The Monkeymen......unfortunately the band had to stop short of the full sets due to torrential rain....hopefully they will be back there soon....

A realy nice meal with excellent service and an excellent cider to wash it down. The 2 courses for £16 is great value.

Fantastic location but expensive

A very nice place for a drink and food, didn't try the food this time but it looked very nice, will definitely call again

Been today with my wife, mum, sister in law n nieces.. Had the fish and chips and pint meal deal.. What I was expecting and what I got were too different things.. I was expecting an actual portion of fish and chips.. I wasn't expecting a slither of fish, handful of chips and tea spoon full of peas on a saucer.. Plus I couldn't have the beer I wanted as part of the deal.. So not very good really Following up from the owner's response.. Please don't insult me by calling me 'David'.. My name is 'Dave' as it clearly states at the top of the review.. We wasn't explained anything about portion sizes at all

Visited for lunch. Chose from the lunch menu for £10. Drink and a small plate. I have the vegetarian sausage with mash, onion rings and peas. It was delicious. The onion rings were the best I have had. Finished off with ice-cream. That was delicious too. Great service and super friendly.

Been to the Boathouse a few times mainly for a drink or popped in when cycling on the canal. First time we’ve had a meal since the new owners took over and we were well impressed! Fabulous atmosphere, traditional pub classics menu. And dog friendly too! George was greeted with treats and lots of cuddles! What more could you ask for! Will definitely be back!

Lovely food, with helpful & friendly staff, a great place to eat at 🤗

Huge thankyou to Paul and Mark and all the team front and behind the scenes, at the Old Boathouse today for hosting a family and friends celebration of my Mums belated 80th and my Mum and Dad's Anniversay , combined. What a delicious varied, plentiful full buffet. Great value food, great company and a great location . Thankyou for your help, advice and warm welcome, from initial enquiry through to todays, thoroughly enjoyed event. Smiles and cheers all round. Dave

The staff are always friendly come here alot especially in the summer when cycling always top service, in the summer a lady let us fill our Warter bottles up when we had a heat wave

Really pleasant atmosphere, and staff go beyond with their attention and service. Amazing food 😍 what more can you ask for. I would highly recommend 👌

Not the cheapest pub grub in the area, but the food was excellent, and full table service as well, so in all a very enjoyable experience. Will definitely recommend and return ourselves soon

Ideal lunch date venue. The pub has a very cosy atmosphere and the garden area is very pretty. It wasn't the ideal weather for sitting outside today, but I can imagine it would be great in the warmer months. Service was excellent and the food was fresh. I will definitely book again.

Brilliant staff, food is great, not too busy, the atmosphere is lovely and the whole place is well decorated and has a very good energy about it

Food undercooked! And staff very unpleasant when trying to return it. Tea and coffee served luke warm, white foam on top suggest that water has not been boiled to appropriate temperature to brew tea. Not for us.

Had a lovely evening in the Boat House for Valentine's night. I chose from the set menu and the food was absolutely perfect. Thank you so much and we look forward to coming again soon.

Very enjoyable first time visit here. Very nice food from a decent choice of menu,excellent service and decent vfm. Nice place on the canalside,MUST call again in the warmer weather.

Food was nicely presented, hot and tasty. Service was prompt and very friendly. Good value (we ate from the evening set menu).

Lovely pub. Really good vegan food. Good atmosphere. Very clean. The only thing I was disappointed with was there only a small choice of vegan sweets. Apart from that, we will carry on visiting the establishment.

Nice place to stop for a drink or food near the canal or while out on then bike or out for a walk

Lovely lunch today, great food and lovely, pleasant, friendly staff. First visit will definitely return. Highly recommend.

Fantastic pub. We have eaten here many times and the food has always been excellent. The whole team here are very friendly and nothing is too much trouble. Dog friendly and an all round great atmosphere. Highly recommend.

We went here for Burns Night. All the staff were so friendly. Food was excellent & a great atmosphere.

The order was incorrect. The portions were significantly smaller than usual- I have been here many times before. The attitude was appalling by the member of staff when I informed him of the incorrect order and portion size. Customer service was absent on this occasion. Due to his behaviour we left and went to another local eatery, this highlighting the huge difference in customer care and professionalism. Also, your response to this review speaks volumes. I am fully aware of what menu I ordered from. Yes the portions, even for this, were smaller than usual. I am surprised at the lack of acknowledgement and apology for your sarcastic and aggressive attitude/demeanour at the time.

.Been again today for lunch.. fabulous place, excellent food! Service brilliant. Luv it 💓 thank you..