The Rigbye Arms in West Lancashire

Our first visit here after many years, and was delighted to see, that although it has been refurbished, it still retains its traditional charm. Sunday lunch was excellent, my sticky chicken starter was one of the best I have had for a long time. We shall not leave it as long before we return again.

Good beer and food, although not quite as described on the menu. Service a little slow, but it was Saturday evening. Food prices reasonable for the quality, except starters are a bit pricey. We'll be going back.

I did not visit this establishment. My post was for The Casbah take away in Leigh

Fantastic pub Great food & Beer 🍺 😋, really good pub. Always a warm welcome and really friendly staff 😊 10/10 ,, Great place ❤️

Had a wonderful lunch. The smoked haddock starter on the specials was fantastic and the scotch egg which my husband had was delicious. All home made. Mains were fantastic too. Would highly recommend

Due to fab reviews I was looking forward to eating at the Rigbye Arms but I was really disappointed with the food. I ordered the Greek salad with chicken for a main. The chicken was succulent but tasteless, the Greek salad was tiny and there was no salad dressing, at all. If a salad is a main it should be a substantial portion. As I was still hungry I bought cheese cake for dessert. It wasn't even cheese cake it was a biscuit base with some type of whipped cream on top. It was as if a year 11 food tech student had made it that was the standard. My friend who I was with really enjoyed hers but mine was definitely not up to standard. The service was polite, the surroundings were nice. I won't be back

Food is lovely with generous portions. Unfortunately service wasn't as expected

We called (reluctantly) on the way home from the hospital; I am so pleased we did. The last time we were there we both said “never again”, as we waited & watched while everyone got served except us, have sat & ordered earlier than most. However I heard that the Rigbye was now under new management. We were greeted by a friendly barman/manager. As I have a very small appetite I asked what size was the small fish with the Fish n chips. Our order was promptly taken, by a lovely smiling young lady. We both had the fish & chips, husband had the large one, my small one was more than enough, In fact I couldn’t finish it. Both very tasty & nicely presented, we will certainly be back one day soon. Highly recommend.

Went for lunch with a friend. The food was excellent and the young staff serving could not have been more helpful and pleasant. The food was plentiful and reasonably priced. Will certainly return.

Great food atmosphere and service

Went for Sunday lunch , had roast beef , with side of honey roast parsnips , absolutely faultless , fantastic meal followed by superb lemon tart

Had a lovely meal out in the beer garden

Not good. Long wait for main. Chaotic atmosphere which was mainly due to families not supervising children and being very rowdy and loud - but pub management clearly not confident enough to intervene. Small toddlers stood on windowsills against windows which in itself is dangerous, and being encouraged to by their alleged supervising adults, and screaming etc - awful , hectic noisy ! Felt like my £100 would have been better spent elsewhere - it’s a lovely pub but young staff are probably beyond managing this sort of clientele and struggling. Food wise: Told us soup would be one flavour(vegan basically) yet it was a totally different soup! Not sure how you can’t know what single soup you are selling that day. Food wasn’t great. Gravyless steak pie. Lots of gorgeous steak but dry as a bone. Too many chips.

Lovely old pub with delicious food and nice wait staff

Thoroughly delightful evening dining with the family

Excellent service quality food staff very friendly

Really nice atmosphere, and food was good. It was really busy so service was a little slow, but that was ok. Overcharged on leaving by about £30.... I would give it another go just be more careful on order and bill.

Now serving good pub food Great for general dining and a quick pint but also have a dog friendly room Which is also good for walkers and hikers !!

Took my wife for an evening meal and was very pleased that we chose the Rigbye Arms. I haven’t been for a few years but heard it was under new management and had been refurbished. From the moment we arrived until it was time to leave, we loved the friendly atmosphere and the lovely staff. Traditional pub restaurant decorated tastefully. Food and service couldn’t have been better. Scotch egg for my starter was one of the best starters I’ve ever had. Tried the cock and bull with chips and rice which was exceptional. I can’t wait to return and will highly recommend to all our friends.

It was cold and no heating or fires lit, a drainage smell in the side room where we were sat. I had Cajun chicken from the lunch menu which I’ve had before and was delicious but today it was cold and dry as if it had been pre cooked and chip were hard and dry. I did tell the waitress, thought we may have got a free drink or dessert as a token gesture but nothing, won’t go again anytime soon.

Not been for many years but decided to stop here on our day trip round the area and so glad we did. Been taken over by new owners but still kept the great food and great prices. Cracking service, great food made our day out a proper treat, we will return

Pop in for Sunday lunch just on spec and they were able to provide a table .The staff were lovely and welcome. Menu was varied, they had proper chips not those triple cooked chunky things .I hade the Beer battered Haddock and chips followed by Lemon Tart.Dad had Broccoli and spinach soup followed by Rhubarb and ginger and Black forest ice cream. John had Steak and ale pie and Apple and berries Crumble with custard. Everything was cooked well and nicely presented, I would definitely recommend a visit

Always a warm welcome and lovely food. Highly recommended.

Really enjoyed my meal, chicken & beef in peppercorn sauce

Service and food was impeccable , booked a table of 9 and still received fast service and quick refills , our server Elliot went above and beyond to make sure we enjoyed our mother’s day meal and will 100% be returning again

Absolutley lovely food - Have been several times but this afternoon visited with my mum & her friend. We had goats cheese Bon Bon’s & Duck Spring Rolls (Gorgeous!) followed by the fillet of salmon - it was huge ! The veg was so nice and fresh & the sauce was beautiful ! Service fab as always - thank you

Overall a very nice place, the quality and portions were very good. We had Sunday roast and I can highly recommend. The only negative for us was the service isn’t as top notch as the food is. We will revisit and suspect the not so great service yesterday was hopefully a one off.

The best roast dinner !! Highly recommend.

Excellent menu choice, very attentive staff with excellent customer service throughout. Food was absolutely delicious. Definitely give it a go and experience the lovely ambience in a lovely setting

Stoped coming after original owners let it go down hill. Decided to visit and we will definitely be coming back!!! Absolutely loved it and all credit goes to Joe, behind the bar, a lovely young man, who was very welcoming and helpful!! Will definitely be visiting again!! Xx

Proper country pud. Lovely for a pint and a chat. Staff friendly and helpful.

An absolute gem, the new landlord and landlady have done an outstanding job turning this pub around. As a local we have visited frequently over recent months, the food is delicious and the staff are just amazing - special shout out to Helena who works really hard and always has a smile on her face, a true hospitality professional. Would encourage everyone to give it a try again!

Quick pint after a walk. We didn't eat but the food looked lovely.

New favourite restaurant. Outside food. Great staff. A last minute Xmas friends get together. Will be returning soon

Proper well thought out menu. Food delicious. Even the vegetables matched the meals you ate!!! Rare indeed!!! Only one negative. The young bloke serving reached right across the table to take my plate away. He should and could have just walked round.. Very popular place, not surprised.

Looked forward to going here having seen online pictures etc. Place paints a good picture, food is abysmal, service isn't any better, and worse of all they've the nerve to over charge. Do not fall for what you see on social media, its a shocker

Lovely pub - nicely decorated with cosy real fire in the centre! Great menu with lots of choice. We both went for the cheese and potato pie - which was delicious. Homemade with a side of fresh greens and chips! Gorgeous. We also managed to squeeze a sticky toffee pudding with ice cream! Yum! Staff and friendly and attentive! Great Place - wish it was my local!!

We were very disappointed with the menu. We understand the pub has changed hands but unfortunately the fantastic game menu and specials are no longer available. We ordered from the Sunday lunch menu and the level of food really didn't match up to the previous time we dined there. It was such a shame the main course was so disappointing. The staff are absolutely fantastic, extremely welcoming and attentive but the raw side dish of cauliflower cheese only to be returned cooked once we had finished our main course was another let down., the gravy wasn't very nice at all and sort of destroyed what was an average roast. The sticky toffee pudding was delicious and the pate starter needed a lot of seasoning. Having had such a disappointing meal it is unlikely we will return unless the Game menu is returned and adequate chefs are able to deliver good flavoured food

Decided to try here again, now that it is under new management - what an improvement! The atmosphere was lovely (back to feeling like a welcoming village pub) and the food was delicious. We shared cheesy garlic bread to start (yum), I had the chicken bacon which was of restaurant quality and my husband had the steak and ale pie which, again, was very good. We will definitely be back!

Nice and easy place good food 👌

The new owners are to be congratulated on an excellent renovation, an extensive menu, well-trained and attentive servers. Our first impression on entering was that the restaurant so much more comfortable and cleaner than we had found on previous visits during the time of the previous owners. This was our first visit since they re-opened and was a last minute booking due to family arriving from the USA. We will definitely be back.

Excellent food and Timothy Taylor's Landlord was perfect!!

New menu offering good value variety of options by lovely attentive friendly staff. The best steak I’ve had in ages

Relaxed atmosphere with great food and friendly service

Had light bites fish and chips. Could see as soon as it arrived chips were awful. Dry hard and tasteless. Should never have come out. Couple opposite complained about them as well. Batter on fish wasn’t crispy. Didn’t eat chips and sent back. Staff were brilliant. They actually informed other diners they weren’t serving the chips as not up to standard. Was offered sweet or coffee. Had a coffee but would have had one anyway. On paying the bill they charged me full price for the meal even though I complained and didn’t eat chips. Said they didn’t charge for coffee. Wasn’t 100% and didn’t think till I got home . I paid the full amount. Wouldn’t recommend.

Fantastic food, lovely staff and atmosphere great country pub

First visit in a very long time. Did not disappoint and so glad we came. Service from staff was excellent from the minute we arrived. Comfortable, cosy and welcoming. Tomato soup as a starter was so tasty, good size portion with crusty bread and butter. Garlic bread was a man size portion and also very good. I had a chicken roast dinner - half a chicken cooked to perfection, four delicious vegetables, mashed and roast potatoes, yorkshire pudding and stuffing. Gravy and condiments completed the dish. Could not fault any of it. My partner had a beef roast and the meat was cooked, carved and presented perfectly. The portions were ample. Thankyou Chef. The cost matched the quality, and all I can say is; you get what you pay for and more. We will be back and certainly recommend. Enjoyed the experience, it was well worth a visit.

Just returned from a lovely lunch at the Rigby Arms. Six of us all enjoyed the delicious food which is very reasonably priced with the light bite menu exceptional value. The whole experience was very enjoyable in a beautifully decorated dining room with lovely staff. It was our first visit but we shall be returning very soon.

Went past it as didn't look open, but glad we went back, got a lovely warm welcome and served with drinks straight away, I had a club sandwich which was absolutely mint,my partner had a different sandwich which was just as impressive, well worth a visit

Brilliant pub great gardens great beer and food

First time here. Lovely place 😌. The lady in charge was super and very welcoming. Had the lamb, which was delicious 😋. Definitely will be going back ☺️. Thank you very much 👍

First time at the Rigbye Arms and we were delighted with the lunch. Sticky chicken salad absolutely delicious as was special of sirloin steak with Brie and chips with salad and ciabatta. Good value for money and excellent service. Thank you for a lovely lunch.

Very nice food, good service and staff. It was lovely to sit outside on the lawn.

Had our tea there last week, and were pleasantly surprised by the quality of food. Plenty of choices of pub classics, tasty and well presented.

Lovely pub delicious food at great location

Such a friendly and beautiful place to park for a minute after walking up the hill too far from Parbold! Looking forward to eating there now that they have re-launched food service.

Great starter main was good but the mushroom risotto was too thick. nice place still would recommend thanks

It's not as good as it used to be food ok but not as plentiful and expensive. Went home and had a butty

Delicious dinner. Traditional menu. Three of us got the steak pie and two had salmon. Real chips. Can’t wait to go back.

Nice pub very friendly great food

Stunning food and great service!

Heard good things from a few friends about the rugby’s arms and decided to try it out as it was only around the corner. The food has improved astronomically, defiantly worth the trip out and will absolutely be making it my local

Lovely place to stop for a drink mid walk!

Nice comfy pub very relaxed atmosphere.Didnt have food as the kitchens were being refurbished as the place as new owners.Were told be back serving food about April.But did have a nice glass of wine.Lovely helpfull lady behind the bar.will deffo be going back when food back on.

Great, has an old pub feel atmosphere, excellent selection of meals, good choice on specials board, staff friendly and efficient...a little hidden gem

Good food with a full menu, makes a change from all the limited menus around at present. Been coming here for years - never been disappointed

Lovely cosy pub with great food and service,will definitely return

We've eaten here on several occasions and always excellent. A great menu and always some really tasty specials as well.

Had a lovely time and meal at Ribye Arms, not been for a few years, hasn't changed, still a lovely 'proper bub', cosy and can't fault the food, so nice, lovely owner and staff, well worth a visit, will be back again soon, check out the menu, proper Lancaster and proper Game, as well as pub grub.

Excellent service, excellent food, good choice of beers, lagers, ciders and spirits. The soup and roast beef dinner was to die for. An absolutely delicious array of desserts and puddings also. Well worth a visit.

The food was OK, its a nice pub in a nice place . Could just do with a bit more atmosphere for it to be a 4 or 5

Really enjoyed our visit here. We went for Sunday lunch. Set in a lovely location. I rang to book at 3.30pm and a friendly member of staff took our booking for 6pm. We arrived and was shown to our table. All the staff was smiley and friendly. They pointed out to us the specials board, Sunday dinner board and desserts. We stuck with ordering the Sunday lunch and it was a winner. Piping hot, fresh and very tasty. We asked for a jug of extra gravy, as we like a lot. Portion size was rather large. Not complaining but glad we didn't opt for a starter. Perfect. There was room for dessert (gotta be done after Sunday lunch) we opted for blackcurrant pie and ice cream. Oh so yummy! Was a nice and peaceful atmosphere. No music which we like. Would definitely visit here again. Especially to try the other items on the menu as it all sounded so delicious. Can't wait.

Lovely country pub, great food, friendly staff and a perfect beer garden for a sunny afternoon.

I love this place but sadly the food was very poor, frozen chips and very average chicken, the beer was flat, normally I would complain but just left very very disappointed,

Nice pub, food quiet out way place

Visited recently food was ok head bar manager could do with replacing With somebody who values customers

High standard of food and service

Dined in for Sunday dinner. Because of heat ate a salmon salad - nice!

Beer choice has not changed in years.

Sensational food as always!!! THE best place for game for miles around.

Very abrupt and unpleasant manager. Very rude.

Great food. Proper country eaterie . And has a very good game menu.

We stopped here today food amazing but the atmosphere was very Solomon and felt awkward we did feel this let the place down coz the food was amazing this would put us off going back unfortunately

Stopped for lunch after not visiting for some time. This pub used to be worth traveling for, we have had some excellent meals there in the past. The pub was a bit cold, a big old fire would have been great. Service was great, the starter, not so much, but it was taken away quickly without argument, an not charged for. The mains were excellent, and could not be faulted. One constant however was the quality of the beer. Landlord was excellent, and at £4 a pint, very reasonable. Will go again, if the heating is on and the starter somewhat better, the Rigbye Arms would deserve 5*.

I used go there yrs ago. It served the best rib eye steak. With peppercorn sauce In England. Wish those days could come back

We had a really first class Xmas lunch. The Salmon en croute was excellent.

Had the most amazing lunch today. I recommend the game pie every time

Excellent Sunday Lunch, great food, good wine..clean plates all round

Excellent meal served by friendly staff and the host was very good, will definitely go again just to have something else I fancied on the menu.

The food was excellent but the place just needs a bit of a lift. The fire should have been lit and there needs to be a bit more atmosphere. It didn’t feel like a cosy country pub which it should do.

Lovely country food with some impeccable food.

We went here last week for a family members birthday as we've not been for ages because of Covid restrictions and even though I can't fault the staff who were friendly and helpful there wasn't as much to choose from off the menu as we like the chicken rigby and it wasn't on. Also frozen chips and veg which used to be all fresh. But on the positive side the chicken curry was yummy and the kids burger and chips was a good size. 👍

Well it's been10 months since last at the Rigbye Arms but just a Great place to go eat 😋 drink 🍸 alway a welcome smile 😃 30 year's of great service 😀👍

One of my favourite restaurants

I had the kebab, very tasty and loads of chicken, my sister who is vegetarian had only one dish she could choose from the menu. Another dish is is needed please. Nice atmosphere, staff very attentive

Great place, the food was so lovely and the staff were so attentive, to us and our dogs! Totally reccomend. We ate outside in the garden and it's so spacious

Food was lovely and so were staff

The serving was delightful the food really brings you back for seconds would definitely recommend

Lovely surroundings, it's a great setting for a pub, we only had nibbles this time, they was tasty, good value and the service was great too, no complaints here at all, we will definitely be back there soon 👍

The food is absolutely gorgeous, menu has lots of things that are not usually in run of the mill eg lots of game dishes which are delicious