The Squirrel in Blackpool

Came here for a cheeky carvery two days ago and I loved every bite! Service was great and the vibe was very homely. Thank you to all the staff!

This place is Very family friendly went for Sunday lunch on father's Day food excellent kids loved the bouncy castle while the adults enjoyed a relaxing evening with the football and an array of beers great night had by all

Lovely place and staff can't do enough to help us thanks we will be back again soon. I do enjoy the dirty top chips nice n spicy

Fab food friendly staff. Kids love it, especially the bouncy castle and bottomless icecream xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxccxcccc

Dining with our close friends and our dogs was, very pleasant, as usual all staff were very helpful and friendly. The carvery chefs were mindful of our dietary requirements including diabetes and lactose intolerance. Chef Mary even requested and delivered cauliflower without cheese. Chef Ethan provided meats cooked and carved in our preferred manner. Niamh & Collette provided excellent drink refreshments and till assistance. Overall a wonderful dining experience.

WOULDN'T BOTHER !!! Being local, we have given The Squirrel so many chances. We return often to see if anything has changed ( for the better ), and I'm sorry to say it just gets worse !. This last visit was the worst ever! Waiting at the bar for a good 5 mins for someone to appear to take our order was the start. We then found a table, everywhere just looks and feels dirty these days ! The tables were tacky and sticky, seats looked and felt grimey ! Not enough cutlery in the pots on the table. We went up for the carvery, no turkey ! just gammon and beef, ( we should have been informed when ordering ! ). Beef was fatty, gammon was dried up, veg's looked sad !!! Gravy was as thick as it was lumpy ! Finally sat down to eat it, it was COLD !!!. Nobody came round to ask if everything was ok with the food. And finally, way too much time and staff being used on DELIVERY SERVICE !!! which in turn is taking away the food from the customers eating in, as we have to wait for food to be replenished !!!

Went for the carvery which was lovely. Nicky, the lady behind the bar was just so lovely. She was very friendly and went out of her way to help us. We will definitely visit again.

Visit here as much as we can always enjoy the food and always get a great greeting when arriving especially of nicky, we usually have the carvery especially if Adam is on everything is always clean and fresh and fast service would recommend this place if your visiting blackpool.

Amazing service, brilliant atmosphere, staff all friendly. Carvary was great value for money! All fresh veg and juicy meat!!!! Place looks clean. Overall 10/10

Not a good variety of food for the carvery. Partner had meat and Yorkshire puddings that’s it. Food was dry not worth the money

Food cold and service slow and food virtually thrown at us when they cared to come out of the kitchen. Won’t be back there any time soon.

Had an amazing night with my boyfriend, Brett hill, but was topped the night off was the amazing service by Molly, but unfortunately it was her last night shift tonight, me and my boyfriend will dearly miss his and will leave a big hole in both our hearts. I hope your rock band works out in California and don't forget about us, you can play at mine and Brett's wedding xxx

We wanted the carvery and ordered one together with a pudding and a bottle of wine. We asked for the glass to be changed as it was dirty another one was brought out that was dirty, so third time lucky. Went to eat our food and I asked where is the beef ? I was told it was sold out. So i settled for the Turkey when i actually wanted beef. Now I think that when we ordered we should have been told there was none. The stuffing was dried up and the gravy had lumps in. Started to eat and found that our meals were barely warm. So asked the staff member to heat them up. Being microwaved it meat that erecting was soggy ad not At all enjoyable. Had to calla member of staff to get our pudding. The young man came wth our pudding and put them down without taking our plates away. He had to get us spoons and then too the dirty plates away. We live locally and we have had similar experiences. We will not be returning . The management should be giving their staff some training. I have seen on the Bispham chat group that there are lots of people saying they will not go there now for similar reasons.

Friendly staff, Amazing food, good prices and very clean. We really enjoy coming here and definitely will come again

Great service, lovely fresh hot carvery. Delicious and fantastic value soup and jam packed sandwich. Vicky the manageress has the best customer service I have ever had. She should be training other places!! Thank you so much to all the staff and Vicky. Will be back very soon.

Very disappointing visit today. We took family that stayed over for the night, I promised them a great breakfast but we all left feeling like we had been robbed of our money. Firstly, hats off to the young girl holding this sinking ship together, although you could tell she was stressed, she was very pleasant and always had a smile on her face. She was the only member of staff we saw in our 1hr visit , and was running around like a headless chicken. She gets 10/10 for her dedication! Food: Bacon looked like it had been boiled, no special breakfast dishes as advertised on the menu, waited 5 min for eggs, 6 came out, I was 7th in line…. So had to wait again, then waited a further 15min for black pudding. No mushrooms available either which is disappointing for an all you can eat breakfast, especially on a Sunday! Clearly something went wrong this morning, either due to staff sickness, or poor management, (where was the manager?) but it definitely wasn’t up to their usual standards. Wish I’d gone the Tramway instead.

Stopped going years ago because the food went downhill, thought we would give it another go. The food was fine, tasty gammon and beef, I like my veg undercooked so was perfect for me, unfortunately the food got cold very quickly, the plates were cold and the building was cold too, even the 2 workmen waiting to eat were commenting on how cold it was there. The real downside was the smell, an ambience of stale urine isn’t ideal, everything just looked dirty, not the table tops, they were probably wiped after use but the chairs and the rest of the table, doors etc and the coverings of dust and grim at the table base was enough to put you off really. The long wait for the gravy to be made was frustrating but not as bad as the hour wait for anyone that wanted pizza. The young lady on the till was polite and did her job well enough. Overall I think it needs a deep clean.. carpets, chairs and tables.

Hubby and I visited the squirrel last Saturday evening. We both had the carvery most enjoyable. Fresh . Hot and plenty of choice. We both had a desert fred had apple pie . I had the strawberry and shortcake. Sundae lovely . Our waitress was lovely Jess very pleasant and friendly . Hopefully we will be back in February.

Lovely food and came very quickly. Staff were friendly and checked if food was okay. Kirsten was very friendly and quick Would highly recommend

We used to visit the Squirrel regularly but haven’t been for a while. Was actually shocked at the level of cleanliness and service. First alarm bell was walking in to find a small child running along one of the counters where the pizzas are made. After a while I realised it was the staff members kid! The kid was also running around the place and through the kitchen doors. Still, we ordered 3 carveries, along with a separate item from the menu itself. I asked when I placed the order how long it would take for the menu item as the rest of us would wait to get our carvery so we could eat together. Was told 20 mins, fair enough. Second alarm bell was sitting at the table and every cutlery item was filthy dirty. We had to swap them out. The table was dirty and sticky. My son couldn’t wait for his, so he went up, but there was no one serving. He eventually got served and came back with a slice of Turkey and a bit of mash. He said nothing else was edible. While sat at the table another customer came along and was complaining to the manager about the dirt and cleanliness. He walked out. Another person then appeared, unsure if he was a staff member or not, but he walked up to the kitchen doors and kicked them open. The burger was delivered at which point we went to get the carvery. Only to be told they were stopping serving for 20 minutes to clean down and refresh everything! We ended up getting our money back for the food and leaving. Have no idea who is managing it but it’s gone massively downhill. We went to the Tramway down the road instead - miles better!!!

What a rubbish pub, got ignored at bar while men walked in got served straight away. Waited an hour and a half for half cooked burgers that tasted strange,we are locals, won't be going back or recommend.jaifostet

Took 40 minutes for a little eaters chicken dippers and chips and they looked like they had been cooked 2 or 3 times! Pizza wheels not fully cooked - dough was stringy. Overall a very poor experience.

Booked for up to 50 for daughters 18th birthday meal! Staff friendly, food amazing, prices great, atmosphere relaxing! Would deffo book again

Went for the carvery o a Sunday .. was looking forward to it until having to queue for 15 mins whilst 3/4 cooks boxed take out meals leaving 6/7 of ys waiting . Then when get there no ham or mash for another 6 mins...

Wouldn’t bother with the carvery, absolute pump. Gammon - alright. Turkey - alright. Beef - might as well of been Jerky. Pork - awful. £14.00 for a large. Comes with 1 extra sausage for the price which was also awful. Pigs in blankets looked white,...

Came here on Sunday was really busy our server Collette was so bubbly, friendly and attentive, my son has autism and doesn’t like it when it’s busy so we got a table in the quietest spot, which was very accommodating so thank you Collette. We...

Visited the Squirrel once again today (Sunday 25th June), we have only visited on weekdays before. We had a look at the menu and chose the traditional carvery priced at £7.99 each. We ordered 2 x traditional carveries and 3 x Pepsi drinks. Having paid...

What a diabolical breakfast today. They had just opened up. Advised buffet not quite ready and the hot water for coffee wasn't up to temperature. Checked out the buffet, no eggs, bacon was frazzled and old. The sausages we're more wrinkly than dried out prune...

Me and friends came to blackpool for a holiday and looked for a place for a carvery we didnt book but eating late wasnt a problem for the staff. A friend in our group has food intolerances and the bar staff Tony couldn't have been...

The staff are ignorant and rude. They stone cold lied to my face and tried to charge £5 for a cookie dough desert that was essentially just a scoop of ice cream. After complaining my “cookie dough” got replaced with an upgrade of 3 more...

Can I say great place staff very welcoming lad on the bar tony very good and his banter is top notch which is very hard to come by these days food very good pizzas are banging definitely return

We visited for Sunday lunch easy to find is seat staff were helpful. We ordered 1 large 1 regular carvery the regular had the same amount of meat as the large £24.77 ,The Carver dropped two pieces of my meat on the counter he mumbled...

Cold food on cold plates. Served bits of turkey at the carvery, and over cooked pigs in blankets, not recommended.

I want to say a massive thank you to the team at the squirrel for allow us to have my baby shower here! We had the little side room which is the perfect size for a gathering! Food was amazing and service was five star!...

Not one to ever comment but my visit today was awful Food was cold and hard and the staff didn’t even seem to be working they were all sat around one table eating and giggling on their phones even left the carvery stand empty with...

Had a meal with my two boys tonight at the Squirrel in bispham. Food was ok and good value. The reason I had to review is because of the exceptional customer service from the staff! They were absolutely amazing with the kids! They spent time...

So disappointing, we arrived and were told to go through to the restaurant to pay, we waited and eventually had to go and look for someone to pay, the waitress/host was in the kitchen. We paid for two all you can eat buffet breakfasts. We...

Dropped in to have a carvery for tea. Food good, ideal for families, staff proficient and quick to address customers. The two ladies who attended the resteraunt tonight 1/3/23 were lovely, witty, humerous and clearly enjoying there work, for the staff interactions alone I would...

Really good food, I do recommend going, it has a nice atmosphere 😊 staff members respect you and are kind to all customers and get the job done in no time😄

Me and my friend came for a carvery today and all I can say is the only nice thing was the meat! Apart from that everything was disgusting! The stuffing was hard and looked like it had been there for a few hours, the mash...

Excellent food and fantastic service from Colette the carvery meats were lovely and all of the food came out hot, the staff couldn’t be more helpful

This is our 3rd time here for lunch this week, beef cooked perfect, consistently good. All staff friendly, definitely be back

Went for lunch today with a ‘difficult’ friend with a strange allergy. The staff were brilliant and made sure ‘the special one’ was looked after. They couldn’t do enough to help! The food was good service brilliant, Darcey was an absolute star and looked after...

Went in this evening as a family of 6 at around 5.30 for carvery meal, scraps of turkey and pork left. We were told that they didn’t bring more meat out until 6.00 pm so paid full price but we were given just scraps of...

the beef was nice but that where it ends we had carvery the veg was undercooked sprouts were hard and we had to wait for roast potatoes for 15 to minutes no sorry anything just put tray of potatoes on side and walked off. the...

Part of the Stonehouse chain. Not a great start when standing at the bar to be served for drinks on a very quiet Sunday just after Christmas I was ignored as regulars turned up at the bar and got served without asking. Known as a...

We came in for tea as a family. Waited an hour for our food. For them then to say they didn't know what my youngest actually wanted. They brought all meals out bar one meal, we then waited a further 10mins and went to bar...

We came in for food and decided on the reasonably priced 3 course set menu, and ordered our dishes at the bar. We also ordered 2 diet cokes. We were not informed of any wait at all, it also didn’t appear particularly busy. We sat...

Visited for a carvery lunch. The staff were lovely. But i did think it was not very clean seating area. The serving point was mucky, meat was excellent thou the veg etc was cold and dry, gravy area was really dirty.

Had a very enjoyable meal was looked after by a very polite and attentive waitress called Barbs. Will definitely be calling again on my next visit to Bispham

Used to love this place and come a lot so had high hopes. Gone down hill! Found 3 hairs between our main and dessert, orange juice tasted like it was water threated by orange juice and the mash from the carvey tasted like instant mash......

I will not be returning. Bad service and bad food. It is not like it used to be. Don't waste your time. Cheap prices reel you in but it's not worth it

Fantastic all you can eat breakfast our server Tilly was fantastic very friendly and polite what a lovely person

Went to the squirrel for my 60th birthday x 4 of us ordered fish but only had 3 left x apart from that we all thoroughly enjoyed the meal xx must say though server called Colette went over and aboard to make us happy xx...

Popped in for Sunday lunch whilst family were up visiting. Lovely carvery, tasty and filling. Service from Collette was outstanding!

Went today for Sunday lunch with my mum and aunty. We were served by the lovely Colette. We all had carvery which was delicious with a fantastic variety of fresh veg to compliment the meat on offer. I then had the profiterole sundae and we...

I think as they were open on the day of the Queen's Funeral they were having a bad day. We went in the afternoon ( as we found out they were opening in the afternoon on the 19th Sep after the Queens Funeral). As many...

We have just been and had some food here and it was fantastic. Tony and the staff were brilliant. Couldn't have done enough for us. Food was all fresh and really tasty.

Lovely carvery. Fresh, hot, meat tender. Friendly staff especially Milly. The bar lad Tony was very friendly.

15 ladies had a catch up at the Squirrel in bispham oh my what great service we had VICKY took exceptional care over our order and service THANKS VICKY we often have catch ups and we will be back good food great service and reasonable...

Was at my friend's birthday party and the food and staff were amazing would highly recommend to anyone

I came here tonight with family to celebrate my son's birthday. Nice relaxing atmosphere and great service from Colette and Niamh! Will definitely be back!

Fantastic food and service can't thank the waitress Tilly absolutely amazing nothing was to much for her a credit to your team

Arrived at 18.20 for meal with family. Went to bar to order, OK so far. 2 carvery and a fish requested. Went to collect meal and on offer was scrag end of beef, half dried turkey crown, dried end of pork and honey glazed gammon...

This meal was the worst ever , we went looking for a bit of family time , No we didn't get that ! The manager was shouting at her employees whilst she was next to us. The food was cold , no wonder the car...

Out of all the places we could have eaten around the area, we chose this – it was a very bad choice. My partner and I ate here on Friday 6 May 2022 and we both opted for the traditional carvery. I had beef which...

We came for a carvery at 6.30 pm Sunday . The food was cold unappetising and my partner found a creature in his lager shandy ! 😡 The roast potatoes were soggy and the turkey was fatty on the edge ! We left most of...

Food was standard, plenty of it and hot. Great, tasty gravy and lots of different vegetables and sauces. However , the toilets in the carvery area left a lot to be desired. The ladies was filthy; the toilet cubicles were grubby with debris on and...

We have come to this restaurant as a change we will never come back the poor waitress is on her own running around, when we got the food it was cold complained said we wanted a refund. Waited 45 mins, for the food to come...

We visited today, great service and food arrived fast. Cozy atmosphere. All staff were pleasant, Reece who served us our food was very helpful and happy, what a credit to your team he is. We will come again Thank you Danielle

I visited the squirrel on the 17th of Feb with my little brother, the place was warm a friendly, so was Colette our server thank you and I'll be in again

Superb food. Clean restaurant. Excellent staff especially Colette. Customer service was fantastic. Food lovely and fresh. Other Stonehouse restaurants should come here for training especially on managerial skills and customer service

Had a fantastic Xmas day dinner here this year. Food was fabulous, staff were wonderful, they were working under immense pressure and the system went down on them at one point. Definitely would recommend.

Visited here mid week with family for the 1st time and wasn’t disappointed. The pub itself it’s lovely and has a nice atmosphere. Carvery was lovely great choice and all food piping hot. Was quite busy however there was minimal wait at the bar and Carvery and was served swiftly. Great place will definately return soon.

It has been a while since i was last there, but i was treating my brother to a breakfast and although the staff were nice the toast was rock hard being put under heat lamps. mushrooms were extra and so was the tea. Over £16 i paid and was very disappointed . would not recommend the breakfast.

Collette was very lovely and nothing was to much trouble for her! She is always friendly when we come into the squirrel!!

Hi I visited this pub whilst on holiday in Blackpool with the family during October half term and we went on Monday 25th October on the Monday the meal was great staff member collette looked after us all night no complaints however Tuesday 26th October was a massive let down food was cold waiting ages for our meals we had 2 young children with us who were getting bored and hungry etc I ordered the burger and the table we were sat at we could see our meals on the pass under the Hotlamp and not one member of staff brought our meals out they all kept walking past all our meals there was 8 of us they said they were short staffed but the point is we we paid good money and expected top quality good food but it was a massive let down avoid this place we had a terrible experience there won't be returning its a shame because we came back after coming in the summer time and had a lovely meal such a shame.

Had been wanting to try this place out for well over a year, after hearing good things from other family members etc. Entered via the back car park entrance and asked a helpful staff member how things worked? etc. Glanced at the menu and my first reaction was the prices were a touch more than expected, so we plumped for the carvery. The turkey was OK, but the quality of the beef was poor. The vegetables etc were fine. The drinks prices were fine & the pepsi actually tasted like pepsi, which is quite rare these days, anywhere. So in summary, with a carvery, you live or die by the quality of your meats and these were average at best.

We had a great meal this evening at The Squirrel. Colette our server was really friendly and chatty with our whole family and made us feel very welcome. The food was tasty and served quickly and there was a great selection of fresh food at the carvery. We really enjoyed the food and will visit again if we are in the area. Extra thanks to Colette for making the kids smile!

This is the 2nd time of ordering x2 roast dinners from The Squirel which were ordered on Just Eat!I am not a roast lover at all and could easily eat anything but this but since having our 1st takeout from here a month or so ago it was a must that we had to order again. Brilliant selection on Just Eat too choose from to cater it your own way. Including Yorkshire puds, veg, cabbage, gravy, roasties, beef, gammon, turkey etc.The only thing missing which we didn’t see on the menu was stuffing, this would have been the “icing on the cake”.Thank you again for our 2nd excellent delivery which we will order again soon from you.

Went to the squirrel tonight for tea collette couldn't do enough to help I had a stroke a couple months ago she came to the counter with us and helped me with my food and carryed it back to the table and when my granddaughter went to get her food she cut my food up for me she was so helpful can't thank her enough

Came in this morning greeted by a lad called Tony ordered the all you can eat breakfast which I can is extremely good value for money me and my mates needed it after a couple of days in Blackpool what can I say the bacon was perfect just the way I like it nice and crispy(thanks reece) the rest was absolutely amazing and great value for money had a great laugh with Tony gave us a great service nothing was to much him definitely be coming back soon top service and top food thanks to the squirrel and team and big shout out to TONY AND REECE

We had fab meal and our waitress Angel was brilluant Mr is fussy eater she came to check his order was right as kitchen got little confused. She was polite, friendly and we had great banter. The food was lovely and hot . Best front of house we had in a long time. Caring and attentive nothing was too much trouble. Def visit again when in area

Lack of staff,tge ones tgey had and we only saw 3 table staff were rushed off of their feet. No time to clear tables,had to find out own cutlery.One the food arrived we were very disappointed. Wifes burger was dry, the chips were all but cooked properly looked quite dry and pale.I had gammon and eggs and chips.....several fatty peices of carvery gammon,a few maybe 20 dry crunchy chips and the eggs.....not been fresh for days,over fried one of the yolks was so unappetising i left it.The only thing really edible were the deserts. But for 2 edible sundaes and a cherry cheesecake the best part of £40 was i feel a wate of moneyHow is the egg in attaced photo edible or fresh?

The food was cold and dried up. The seating area was dirty. No chef present had to wait to be served. Beef was tough. Whole place needs a deep clean. Very disappointing. Standards have declined since last visit. Food was tastless.

Dreadful service and Dreadful food ! Small portion on meat even though paid more for extra. Cheap tasting veg. Don't waste your money !

I visited the restaurant today the service was exceptional and the food even better I visited with family thank you for all you do even though the covid 19 pandemic

As soon as we arrived we was told that there was no meat on the carvery until 5:15, we was fine with waiting for the 45 minutes. As we ordered our drinks my friend asked if we could put our order through ready for 5:15 so that we could go straight up to which he was told yes but needs to go to the other end of the bar, when he did he was then told he couldn't order there but could order them with the waitress when she brought out our starters. When our starters arrived we were told we couldn't order our carverys until 5:15 so was clearly getting mixed messages. I'd ordered the calamari strips and they were all little burnt pieces, would definitely not recommend as they were very dry and didn't even come with the lemon wedge advertised worst calamari I've had. 5:15 came and straight away there was a queue at the carvery station full of people that had arrived after our table, so clearly they'd already ordered there's despite us behind told we wasn't allowed! We'd been there for 45 minutes and was at the back of the queue. The waitresses were very slow at clearing any glasses so we constantly had empties on our table. The only highlight of the visit was the actual carvery (recommend not having a tiny spoon to serve gravy) and the people carving the meat as they were very polite. Apart from this there seems to be too many staff with very little communication. Definitely not an enjoyable visit.

Visited today and what a difference to the "sister" pub in Cleveleys.....The Tramway. The manager was fantastic. Hands on, lovely manner, customer focused. Amazing. Great staff, fab food, good price. Lovely and clean. Tramway manager needs to take some tips from this restaurant.

Food was lovely really tasty and clean plates, however service and decor let this place down massively!! The staff seemed to have a main focus of getting the online orders packaged and out with drivers, I think this was a saviour to most restaurants during lockdown but surely now things are back to normal you can’t let it affect your customers dining in, maybe different staff should be doing this. On the carvery we put all food on our plates and had to stand and wait some time for mashed potatoes.We then had to wait 50 minutes for our desserts to arrive after asking 3 times. Kept getting told they were busy!! I then asked a really lovely younger lady who sorted the issue straight away, I should of took her name as she was single handed keeping dine in customers happy!! As the attention of another member of floor staff was taking up fussing over 1 regular customer when there was a full restaurant, I understand the need to look after regulars but not at the risk of not gaining any regulars of the future.Decor is abit shabby, and toilets very Uncleaned, and walking to car park after meal was intimidating for myself and daughter with people shouting and swearing on, I get it’s a pub but not very family friendly

What can I say absolutely amazing food night out with the family today kids had carvery and pizza I had the Wednesday deal meal which was so good but a massive shout out to tilly she's a star looked after us all night she's an absolute credit to your team what an absolute friendly bubbley person deserves a special recognition TILLY YOUR A CREDIT TO THE SQUIRREL

We were served by a lovely lady called Collette, she was very helpful and attentive to every need! Food was amazing, empty plates all round!

Tasty breakfast and could fetch the dogs with us. Very nice. Staff helpful and can have what you want.

Decor still gloomy and dated. Waited ages to be seated, no staff interested. Limited menu. Food so-so. Ice machine not working. Coffee machine not working. Don't bother!

Came in for a breakfast with the family food was amazing and great service . Compliments to the chef Reece and waitress Tilly

Just ordered 2 carverys and 2 puddings absolutely delicious got it delivered as well will definitely be ordering again 5 stars

The food was absolutely rubbish dry chicken gammon was dry also I ordered gammon but it was definitely ham ?really not impressed at all the chips were soggy will not be returning do not recommend at all !

First time back service was great staff amazing covid safe. But the toilets, no checks were done the whole time I was there plus that toilet roll holder was broke b4 the 1st lockdown least they finally got the locks on the doors fixed

We ate at the Squirrel on 2 consecutive evenings and definitely weren't disappointed. The venue is comfortable and spacious and well organised. The menu choice was great offering a range of burgers and pizzas as well as a carvery and other pub classics. The pizzas were some of the best we have ever had and the chips were delicious. I had battered cod which was beautifully cooked and the batter was crisp, light and not at all greasy. The staff are great too, you feel well looked after, service with a smile. Highly recommended, we would definitely eat here again.

I visited at the end of September. It wasn’t very busy so the atmosphere was a bit strange (to no fault of your own). However, myself & my friend ate in & Reece on the carvery absolutely made our day. He provided the only atmospherethe & completely made our experience as he was extremely customer oriented when serving our food (eg, asking us if we wanted crispy roasts or not - which is important for a carvery tea when you can’t serve yourself). He’s a real credit to the team & really made our evening. I recommend for a good carvery even in covid restricted times! Thank you Reece. - Lauren & Ryan.