The Red Cat Restaurant in Chorley

We had a great evening here. The waiters were fun and looked after well. The atmosphere was warm and welcoming. We all enjoyed our food.

Cracking Italian food , great service and atmosphere, best food I've had for a while. Highly recommended...will be calling again soon ..

A great little gem in Chorley. Fabulous fresh food, large potions, excellent hosts. Lovely atmostphere. We will be back......

Service great ..happy people seeing to all our needs ..food came in good time ..alot of it ..13 in party ...quality was there ..all good

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff, food plentiful, well cooked and presented. Definitely will have to return to try something else from the menu.

A great place. The food is good and service brill . Highly recommended and we will be back soon. Thank you for a lovely meal

Staying in the near by premier in and was reccomemeded by our receptionist. We love eating out and this was the best place we have eaten in years. Beitiful food, warm welcome from staff and management. Very good price range. Thank you for hosting us family of 4. Truly loved it. Great food

Great service, friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere, just what was needed, food was spot on and good value for money, definitely worth stopping off for

Great local spot. Good authentic food and engaging and attentive front of house. We would go back again. Good menu and wine list.

Been here twice now this year since discovering it. The food has been superb and the service is polite and fast. High recommend the Red Cat, I’ve not had a mediocre dish yet nevermind a bad one. I will be going again.

Excellent all round. Would recommend to all.

After reading reviews my wife and I visited one Tuesday lunchtime, was greeted by a person who needed a personality booster, but I thought maybe he had his own problems, so ordered the meal, my wife hade the Salmon, I had Seafood risotto, both of which was smothered in a thick lumpy tomato sauce that tasted like it was commercially produced in industrial volumes, the sort you get in a tin of sardines, five muscles and two draws in the risotto, Salmon was a reasonable size fillet along side 3 large pieces of build potatoe, aside plate of veg mostly carot with couple of limp asparagus, so disappointing, then on top ovr that was charged with a 12.5% service charge, won't be visiting again anytime soon.

A Sunday roast/Italian perfect as a casual family dinner at an affordable price. Their market 3-course set menu (£20.95) has a well varied selection of things to choose from and everything I tried was tasty!🍕🍝🐟 🍴What we had🍴 Funghi fritti Pate di casa Mozzarella fritta Bruschetta ai funghi Traditional roast dinner The red cat pizza Tiramisu

attentive, pleasant staff, good food and pleasant surroundings .nice touch bringing the cake and singing happy birthday .will certainly return.

My family and I were there for my retirement and birthday combined. The food was delicious . The service was excellent and the banter with the owner and waiters was great.. The atmosphere was so nice. I really couldn’t find any negatives. I would have to give it a well deserved 10/10.

I went to this wonderful restaurant tonight to celebrate my mums birthday and retirement. The staff went above and beyond with their service, humour and looked after my family so well. The food was 10/10! I will be returning, thank you so much, you have made my mums day! Lisa x

Beautiful food, lovely hosts although the tables are very close together but the food was so good we have been back already. Very amenable, i am allergic to fresh tomatoes so going to a Mediterranean restaurant can be tricky but they did me the lobster ravioli in the most delicious creamy garlic sauce and it was banging!

The food was delicious, the staff were friendly and full of character and very attentive. Will certainly be going again 😁😁

Excellent food, wonderful staff, great menu, money saving deals and a fabulous time had by all! Pizzas are SO very good and I would definitely recommend them, in fact I would happily recommend everything that we ordered, from pate, crispy breaded mushrooms, soup of the day, seafood linguine and all the way through the meal including coffees and ice creams! We will definitely be returning to this gem of restaurant as soon as possible.

Great Italian food and gluten free available

My husband and I were working away but it was our 20th Wedding Anniversary. This restaurant was within walking distance of our hotel so we thought we'd give it a go. So glad we did. The food was amazing and the staff were just wonderful. Will definitely be returning next time we are in Chorley for work. My only criticism would be the price of the lemonade (as a mixer) added over £2 on to the drink and after 3 drinks £7 extra just for lemonade is a little extreme. I had garlic mushrooms for starter which was lovely and the lobster ravioli for main which I could not recommend more

Service is brilliant, very friendly. The food is excellent, I have been coming here for four years we enjoy everything about the place.

Lazy food and overpriced. First visit in about 5 years after a bad experience. Had the lamb souvlaki at £19.99. A huge pile of undressed salad, a single skewer of hardly marinated, overdone dry lamb and soggy vegetables. Even the yoghurt dip was thick and dry. That with prawn starter, a garlic flatbread, plain penne pasta and chips, plus one beer and one soft drink came to £70. Only went as no other Italian restaurants open or not fully booked. Will not be going back.

12 of us went yesterday for our daughter’s 40th Birthday, we had a lovely day the staff at the Red cat are very friendly, polite, and helpful, the manager was great helped us with the balloons and the 40th sign, he even put up a banner for us, the food was fantastic service was great. Thank you Red Cat for all you did, see you again soon. Made our day.

Shame it was so quiet, but it was midweek. Foods good as is the service.

Excellent. Very good menu. We were a big party but everyone had a lovely individual meal. Even though it was extremely busy service was good and we never felt rushed. Lovely

Amazing thought we give a try what can I say me and my husband thought wow truly amazing food. Fresh filling and the flavours where lovely we have found our local eating place.

We went after finding this place online, setting is lovely, watched the lambs gambling about in the field next door, had the Spanish Platter, Funghi Fritter, Beef Stroganoff, Spanish Chicken, Cheese n Biccies and Panna Cotta. Loved everything, apart from meatballs, just not to my taste. No long wait, friendly service. Would deffo be back. Don't be put off by the 10% service charge. We paid it it, but the first thing they asked when paying is if we wanted it removing

Three of us ate here one lunchtime and we would love to return if ever in the area again. My husband is Italian and his plate of pasta was spot on. He couldn't praise it enough. Service was quick and efficient. Would highly recommend.

I didn't enjoy the meal at all. The calamari was so tough I would need a steak knife. No flavour, coating not nice. Disappointed, cost nearly £9. The main course lamb kleftiko very tough, not edible, but tried to eat for the sake of the company I was in. Left most of it, the vegetables dry also. Cost nearly £19. I didn't pay the service charge. I shan't be returning

Fantastic if you love Spanish/Italian/Greek food. Great staff

Good food good service but they put 10% on the bill which spoiled the ambiance. After a lot of discussion most people refused to pay it and it was all VERY embarrassing. Some of our party said they would not go again unless the service charge was abolished !

I used to recommend this place. What has happened??? Bland, tasteless food. Very little seafood in the linguine and to let a very, very undercooked risotto leave the kitchen to be replaced by a slightly less powdery offering was more than disappointing . With a service charge added for the privilege. An embarrassing experience.

Food average and on the expensive side

Hugely disappointed. Used to be our go-to local restaurant but this time the food was very poor. Pizza base was cold, soft and chewy and couldn’t eat the pasta as it was swimming in oil when I’d requested only a little. They didn’t charge for the pizza but the night was spoiled. They must have changed the chef?

Gambas pil pil £9. 3 prawns!! Just 3 prawns. Everything else was great 👍

Food cold and half cooked. Expensive for carry out. Not the first time but probably the last. Staff very friendly and efficient.

We enjoyed our Saturday evening here. The food was quite good .We both had chicken livers to start (plenty of them) My main meal was a chicken stroganoff which was very nice.Plenty of souce but a measly portion of rice ( about the same as a single scoop of ice cream) The venue was quite warm & cosy . The staff where not particularly sociable but the service was prompt enough.On a negative side we where asked if we wanted a drink many times ,twice in less than 1 minute !by different waiters. Placing a £6 service charge on your bill is NOT good. You can ask not to pay it & i did. We have visited here a few times in the past & yes we will go back

We have been coming to the Red Cat for years as it is my favourite local restaurant. The food and service has always been excellent, however for the first time this evening this was sadly not the case. I ordered the salmon and prawn parcel and the prawns had parts of the shells still on them which was not pleasant. The main was even worse, I ordered the Chicken Diane but I could not eat the chicken as it was rubbery and was only fit for the bin. This should not have been served. I complained to two members of staff and did not receive any apology. When the bill came they had the cheek to add on a service charge of £7 which I refused to pay. All in all very disappointing and we won’t be returning anytime soon which seems to be a common theme when I have read the other reviews on here.

Been coming here for years but unfortunately over the past 6 months it has gone down hill. They need to get the old chef back . The food is nowhere near a nice as it used to be . The food is not up to the standard it should be , very inconsistent. I am a great cook so when I go out it needs to be better than I can do myself but unfortunately this is not the case . The restaurant used to be a warm place and now now heating makes it cold and unwelcoming. My parents came to and along with us were cold all night . We did remove the service charge . We tip when we get food service and that is including the food hence why we removed it . Sad but it has put us off returning . Quality needs checking, monitoring and upgrading .

Had a great night with family celebrating my son's 18th birthday with family. Food and service excellent! Would definitely recommend, we will be back!

Totally enjoyed our first visit to the Red cat.. Thursday night.. Quiet but we like it quiet. Food was lovey, service cheerful and attentive, really pleasant and comfirtable surroundings. Will certainly be back

Came for a family meal here, booked in advance (advisable) had a small wait for our table to be ready. Ordered drinks at the bar then went to our table. The building is very well decorated and has loads of character. Very cosy. Ordered garlic bread with tomato and cheese so best of both worlds - excellent Main was lasagne. A good size portion which was throughly enjoyed. Dessert because why not , chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream which was very enjoyable. The waiters / waitresses were very helpful and friendly. The main waiter was very friendly and we had a good few laughs with him. A really good experience coming here. Nothing is disappointing. Really enjoyed our visit and will return for sure.

Went for Sunday roast dinner and didn’t disappoint, service good and didn’t wait long for our meal, the only gripe I had was the service charge ,we aren’t in a city like Manchester or London so I don’t agree with it, apart from that we will return .

Ate from the set market menu 3 courses for £20.95 very reasonable, had the calamari the beef roast and tiramisu fab value will be back

Mediocre food 😕 Very expensive Calamari was peculiar to say the least, rubbery with a burnt fat after note, and a unnatural uniformity to the rings? Burnt edged pizza. Being constantly called mate by the waiter, annoying 🙄 General feeling of being rushed through your meal. All in all disappointing 😞 Shall not be returning.

Well we’ve been visiting here for years. When we first ate here it was quiet and we could not understand it because the food is easily right up there with the best locally. Over the years we have brought family and friends and can honestly say every meal we’ve had has been top notch. Yet I haven’t reviewed it on social media, the reason being , we usually just turn up and we’d hate to struggle to get a table! So please, don’t all rush to book! Seriously the food is delicious and the guys that work there are always welcoming and friendly. You know when you’ve enjoyed a great meal when you’re still enjoying the meal you ate an hour ago! In the words of our daughter - always a good meal at The Red Cat 😋

We were in a bit of a hurry (unfortunately), and we were seated quickly and served a super delicious meal of pizza, garlic bread, calzones, and penned carbonara. Excellent authentic food and beautiful old cottage wnviromeny. We'll be back!

We had a great experience here on 21.01.24 the wait on staff were very friendly & great with our 4yo granddaughter actually asking what would she like to eat/drink. Food was devine and prices on par to other Mediterranean restaurants we have eaten in. Very good options of food, Looking forward to our next meal there in a couple of weeks.

Not been here for a while do we thought we would give it a good. Hasn’t really changed much inside . Was a bit chilly to be honest . The service was good and the food was good . May call again sometime but wouldn’t rush back . Nothing wrong with place though .

We had such a lovely evening ,food amazing ,we added two more people at the last minute and they made it work for us ,everyone enjoyed it

I went to the Red Cat as a team event. The beer was excellent and food even better. Definitely not just your standard affair. I had the slow roasted lamb which was amazing. The polite and friendly service tipped up a great evening. Not the cheapest, but worth the little extra you'd pay.

Restaurant was cold, plate was cold. It used to be nicely presented with veg in a side dish and a full plate. Today it was small slices of beef (catering pack not from an joint as all slices were the same size). Hard carrots, Brussel sprouts instead of the usual broccoli and no Yorkshire pudding as they had ran out. With a cup of tea for one and one alcohol free beer it was £40. Hefty service charge added which could have been taken off but it makes people look mean. We were regular visitors for years but the last two visits have been mediocre so won't be going back.

Great restaurant. One of our favourites

First visit and I was very impressed. Food was lovely and staff very helpful. Will definitely visit again

Made an order to collect. Collect your food and started to serve up at home. The pate Was melted, and the toast was wet. The prawns, which you only get three were not hot. The penny carbonara was tasteless and Greasy. The calzone pastry was about an inch thick and was hollow with 5 half cut cooked pieces of meatball, undetermined origin. All of the above food was binned. I took it upon myself to contact the manager of the restaurant, who constantly kept asking me to listen to him. The pate melted was apparently my fault. Apparently you only get three prawns for £7.45 and the calzone that is the amount of meatballs you will get and yes, there is no sauce inside because they put it into a separate container. They only give out a certain amount of sauce with the penne carbonara. He wasn’t interested

Very disappointed with the Christmas Day experience. For £90pp I was expecting something a little special. Food was below par compared with their usual high standards, welcome drink was not even a half full glass of prosecco and Yorkshire pudding was the cheapest doughiest bought in bulk type. Can't even begin to explain what had happened to the roast potatoes, they looked deep fried. Bailey's tiramisu was their usual tiramisu with a little pot of Bailey's cream. Very disappointing. Other than an Xmas decoration on the table, no crackers nothing. Considering the initial price the added service charge was a bit of a shock. Unfortunately won't be returning at Christmas again

Very good service, our grandchild has food preferinces which were met with care and no fuss, so he enjoyed all his meal, our food was hot, on time and lovley the wine was beautiful and great deserts we had a great boxing day meal thankyou red cat defo come again .

I had a lovely Christmas Eve meal here with my partner and her family. I chose the chipolatas for starter and for my main, the Herdwick Lamb Henry. Food was delicious and hot. I had a tiramisu for dessert. My waistline has now expanded considerably, but it is Christmas! Will definitely be returning!

Excellent food, good choice and one of my go to places. Had a great pre Christmas family lunch. The staff were amazing.

Food lovely. We were very rushed by the staff and made to feel an inconvenience. Staff too attentive! They were never away from our table. Table booked for 7.30pm. Couldn't find our booking for ages. Seated us next to the loudest big party. Music from the speaker was very loud, but it was turned down on our request. Service very, very hurried. Our wine bottle was taken away when half full, and we had to retrieve it. Plates were removed before they'd been used. Same with glasses on the table. We were asked if we would like desert and coffee's. We asked please could we order our coffees after our deserts, to try to enable ourselves to sit at the table long enough to drink the wine we still had. We were tutted at when we did order coffees. We were leaving by 9pm and lights turned off as we left. Obviously they wanted to close up, which I don't understand when you can book a table for 9.30pm to begin a meal.

Gorgeous food. Very reasonable prices, plenty of parking. Highly recommend

Fantastic from start to finish highly recommend it 😁

Gathering of friends in a warm, friendly atmosphere. The service was bril all way through. We were last out again!!! Very enjoyable night in all ways xx

The Red Cat is back. Traditional Italian restaurant with cosy atmosphere. Good food and big choice.

Service was a little slow, but it was very busy. Food was excellent.

Meal Deal is fantastic offer, never had a bad meal or Pizza in here.

Super service from start to finish food Amazing would definitely recommend. Dined 7th October

We used to go quiet regular years ago, then it changed the name and owners,but for a while now, it has its original name back, so we tried it, we only had pizzas and pastas, they were not as good as I remembered, to heavy on the crust, lacking a bit of seasoning,that is my personal opinion.

Pasta was claggy considering it was mainly an italian food outlet I wasnt impressed maybe I should of said something at the time ,but didn't want to make a fuss

First time here, the food was amazing and a great price too. Staff really pleasant and interactive with diners. Definitely will be back.

Food, service & value for money was excellent. First went in the 80s, was great then & has only improved. Bit miffed that we seemed to be the only ones overlooked for the parmesan cheese lol. Only down side was at the end when we really struggled to get the bill, waited over 10 mins & ended up going to the bar to chase.

Thoroughly enjoyed our meal. Food was hot and delicious. Staff were efficient, helpful and friendly.

Visited for a Birthday meal, good variety of Mediterranean food, a tad on the pricey side but good quality.

The food was delicious! Enjoyed my visit and will definitely visit again

Can I start by saying to the owner, your staff are an absolute credit to you. From walking in the front door Greated by a lovely polite young lady behind the bar to moment we left. Its not very often myself & My partner get a night to ourselves with the kids & our work. But tonight we made time for it & we were not disappointed with The Red Cat. Every single staff member that came to our table was so polite & attentive. Food was absolutely amazing way to much to choose from I really did struggle to decide. Best peppercorn sauce I've ever had & better than I make myself ( I cook for a living) 1 disappointment of the evening, you had just sold the last dessert special before I got chance to order. This is what I had decided on before I'd even decided my drink order. Was really gutted it was sold out, but I did get a complimentary ice cream scoop with my Tiramisu. Thank you once again for making our first visit one to remember. I definitely will be back. ( will call before hand to make sure the dessert is available) :-)

Great restaurant. Good value for money.

Wonderful food and service. Be warned the portions are very large! Definitely recommend

Amazing food, great prices, great atmosphere and great service, do not hesitate get yourself booked in. Thank you to all the staff who looked after us during our visit. We will be coming back, no doubt quite a few times 😊.

I feel really disappointed tonight, the food was brilliant but the service was a let down, my partner and I got a pint of paroni and my partner was flat we asked for a fresh one in a different glass and I witnessed the same pint being tipped it to another glass which obviously made it flatter, the bar tender came and asked if he wanted a bottled drink instead so I explained we would just like a pint poored into a different glass that's in date, to be apparently looked at like I'm stupid by a waitress behind me. To have to tell somone that works behind a bar that glasses have a 3 year tops life is embarrassing, after this our food was served and nobody came to check our food was OK just my partners drink. The food was good but the service tonight really let the place down. Staff that work with alcohol need to be trained in what there serving and what their serving it in.

Very busy, food tasty, service good, will go again.

My starter was lovely, smoked salmon flatbread. Unfortunately my main of paella was poor! Rice was under cooked, chewy and grainy, I still had rice in my mouth 2hrs later, I doubt it was paella rice. Chicken was overcooked, very dry, no saffron in rice, looked very grey, no slice of lemon, very bland dish. My recommendation to chef, remove from menu. PS why have they only got 4 Star hygiene....

Excellent lasagna for lunch. Good price of £8 for some pasta or pizza midweek lunch. Always very good service

Lovely food, 2 week's running. Fantastic staff.

The food was delicious although quite expensive! Service was very slow when we were trying be as quick as possible with 3 rowdy toddlers!

We went the at the weekend (sunday evening) it was very nice, reasonably priced and the food was nice. The portion sizes are rather generous. 👍 Thanks.

1st time of visiting and wow! The food was exceptional and the servers were wonderful. Very knowledgeable and so helpful. The atmosphere was very relaxed. The food portions are very large so be mindful of that. We ended up bringing some home! Would highly recommend this restaurant

Visited on a busy Sunday evening, The staff were attentive and pleasant. We ordered our food and were promptly served. Delicious and plentiful couldn't fault it.will definitely visit again.

We were fortunate to be in the area during the recent heat wave! We booked the previous day and as it was a lovely evening we sat out in the beer garden. The place was very busy and as we come from Scotland, we are still a bit wary of mixing with others at present, so outside was fine for us!! We really enjoyed the £16.95 meal deal, three courses, good quality and quantity. The staff were all great, a few young kids finding their way, but they were all very pleasant. The maitre D was on the ball, a good laugh and very attentive, always checking in to make sure everything was ok. We can strongly recommend this restaurant, good value, good vibe and good food.

We have frequented The Red Cat for several years and found it to be a very enjoyable experience. However our last visit iwas very dissatisfied. The food was mediocre at best. The Sunday lunch my wife ordered was to say the least attrosious. The waiters and waitresses were rude and bordering on incompetent. We felt like the food was being thrown at us. We complained and nothing was done about it. I told them on the way out we would not be returning and basically pardon my French they did not give a shot. Totally unacceptable. They have lost our loyal and good patronage. I am disgusted.

Good family group for my daughters 40th with ages ranging from 9 to 91 . The food was hot and tasty, service very good. One error with a Pizza stops me giving full marks as it had to be cooked again thus we did not really all eat at the same time but that aside it was a very nice night, good ambiance and quality food well presented.

We were surprised how busy and buzzy it was for a Thursday. Ordered drinks and a jug of water, drinks came but no water. They took our starters orders and we again requested a jug of water. Our starters arrived Italian board , mussels and pitta with hummus and olives but no water. We asked again for water. Starters were really good. They came to collect plates we asked for water again and this time it arrived. The mains lamb klefta, steak, chicken souvlaki and sea bream with salad arrived as did a mixed bowl of amazing veg. My sea bream was excellent however my salad was not dressed. I requested dressing and waited for a couple of minutes and none arrived so I started on my fish, when I’d nearly finished a waitress arrived to tell me that they had no salad dressing. I was surprised and suggested chef made a simple Italian or balsamic dressing but told this couldn’t be done. I ended up leaving the salad as I’d wanted to eat a dressed salad with my fish. All bar one of us left and the owner came over to our friend and insisted the salad was dressed which was a blatant lie. If they had dressing in kitchen why not bring it out???. This sort of thing really grinds my gears. What had the chance of being outstanding became good because of a lack of attention. Please bring me water and a dressing for my salad if that’s what I’ve requested.

Lovely little restaurant visited a few times before Food was presented well & tasted delicious Staff were very attentive even suggesting some popular dishes to try from the menu Myself & my partner had a very enjoyable evening & will definitely be returning

As we haven't been able to eat here for quite somne time, we decided to order a takeaway once the restaurant started this service again. I have to say it was delicious - we both had chicken souvlaki and it was hot, freshly cooked and so delicious. Highly recommended!

They have been open throughout lockdowns for takeaway. Ordering is easy and can be done online on their own website. My favourite from the menu is Make Your Own Pizza as I can choose ingredients. The toppings on the pizza on the photo are: mozzarella cheese, feta cheese, aubergines, courgettes and balsamic glaze. Delicious! Sun dried tomatoes are a great addition, too.

Super meal. Delicious and varied food and drink choices with friendly and very professional service in a charming, historic interior.

Wonderful friendly service ..great menu choices ... Good food, very much like the pre covid red cat ... It's food has seriously improved during these uncertain and restricted times and is once again delicious! Will defo return.

Went to be Red Cat this evening for our daughters 16th Birthday, first time we have eaten there but certainly won’t be the last, staff were very attentive and professional along with some humour thrown in. Food was excellent, overall a lovely evening and very reasonably priced

Excellent service, excellent food. Hard to say more other than if you are in the area book a table. Party of 5, all dishes arrived together at each course, everyone enjoyed the evening

Fantastic family meal at the red cat with great gluten free options so that we could enjoy our meal together. The team at the red cat provide fantastic customer service and great food. Highly recommended.