The Wheatsheaf in Preston

Went here on a recommendation of a colleague. Only had a nibble and a couple of pints but wouldn’t go out my way to visit again. The service was ok, nothing to write home about. Gentleman behind the bar didn’t really acknowledge us and was more interested in chatting to his colleague than doing his job but it is what it is. The food was ok too. Again, nothing to write home about. It certainly beats a lot of the microwave food you find in pubs these days. The biggest let down was the beer. Guinness and Madri were both tried and were both some of the worst pints I’ve had in a very long time (Guinness was the worst draught I’ve probably ever had, come to think about it). Awful presentation and pour of Guinness (dirty glass, no head, not smooth at all). Madri tasted like they were in desperate need of a line clean. The atmosphere was pleasant and is probably the only reason I would pop in again, but I’ll definitely be ordering something that comes in a can or a bottle. Shame, heard good things but found it to be subpar. I’d probably make the 90 second journey to Guild Merchant next time - food isn’t as good but the pints are much better.

Very nice bar, great beer and friendly staff

Really good visit Three of us had a three course meal and no real complaints at all (slight lighthearted dig at the lack of custard with the dessert was rewarded by an extra, free jug from one of the excellent service staff) We all had the same "black pudding stack starter" which came with beautifully cooked haggis and was great! Well worth a visit! Ian

Called in here on the way back from a day trip at Blackpool Zoo. The Landlady was very welcoming, nothing was too much trouble for her, we were met with a friendly, smiley Landlady, which I think speaks volumes, especially when you're not a regular. We hadn't booked and she sorted us a table for 6 people. Food was perfect, service brilliant, it was not overly busy when we called in, which was great but could tell that it will be a popular venue with the locals. Thank you and will definitely call again

Stopped by for a drink after a long muddy walk in the area. This is a lovely pub mixing both the traditional old lay out with the new modern restaurant. I’d like to come back for food sometime. Nice choice of ales and drinks. Outdoor beer garden too and car park.

Excellent food, friendly staff, great atmosphere. I will be returning

Lovely traditional pub with great staff. Food is delicious 😋

Wonderful staff. Every request we made was catered for straight away. And served with a smile . Absolutely recommended this place x

Excellent food and service, brilliant will certainly be going again, and dog friendly

Had no food, very smokey due to the fire not good for kids.

Great landlady who knows how to run a pub, and make her customers feel welcome, love it

This pub was rated 1/5 hygiene many months ago. It would appear that no effort has been made to improve matters. If the owners cannot be bothered to take such things seriously then why should we spend money there? The only village pub but regretfully cannot return until this important matter of personal health safety is taken seriously

Fabulous pub, super atmosphere, great service and wonderful food. The food was all homemade and very reasonably priced. We can't wait to visit again!

Lovely food, excellent friendly and pleasant staff. Highly recommended.

Excellent meal which was good for the money and lovely staff

Really nice food and Really friendly staff

Food not up to the standard of the price they charge.

So friendly and welcoming! 5* to the barman!

Fantastic pub in a beautiful village. You are always made to feel welcome here, especially around Halloween when we make our annual pilgrimage to visit Meg's grave in the church opposite.

The hostest with the mostest was what made our experience. What a jovial lady. She was very attentive and friendly. Food was average but we were just having a get together. Drinks were fab and service great

Good lunchtime. Pleasant and efficient landlady. Food well presented,hot,well cooked. Nice country pub.

Been a few months since visited and they now have a new menu and chef. Previously food has been A1 but this time it was mediocre at best. One of our party ordered garlic bread to start and this was basically just toast with garlic butter. Lots of menu items not available too which was disappointing for a Saturday evening too. Sadly based on our latest experience I doubt we will return in a hurry as there are currently better eateries within the area

Fabulous lunch today with my BFF, we both opted for the homemade cheese and onion pie, with proper chips and peas, followed by sticky toffee pudding and custard x2. Very attentive and friendly service from the lovely Kelly, we’ll definitely be back.

Just back from an excellent lunch with three friends. I haven’t been to the Wheatsheaf for many years but will be back very soon after the experience today. We were all delighted with the quality and price , (no ding and ping here) of the food served. I had fish pie . Served piping hot and very tasty. Two of my friend had steak pie which was definitely home made. I thought a bit of extra gravy but they were happy enough. And the last choice was fish and chips that looked amazing. The place itself had retained the charm of an old inn and the service was certainly with a smile. I don’t usually put out reviews but I thought this was well worthy

Our go to place for lunch. Good pub grub with well kept beers.

Great, welcoming, village pub. Very Dog friendly. Lovely homemade and reasonably priced food. Sunday dinners. And nice to see a pub serving foot till 9pm (8pm on Sunday). Usually 2 cask ales and a lovely well kept pint of Taylor’s Landlord.

Had lunch in the Wheatsheaf, very quiet, hence atmosphere score. I ordered gammon, beautifully cooked, served with chips, egg, peas & pineapple-- couldn't fault it, the chips were great. My husband had fish & chips, again the chips were good but the fish only just ok. He had the chocolate fudge cake & enjoyed that. Lovely staff, reasonable price, would go again.

Went for lunch to the Wheatsheaf, our first visit. Very quiet on Thursday lunch, lovely staff, quick service. I had the gammon, perfectly cooked with really good chips, egg, peas & pineapple, delicious, couldn't fault it. My husband had fish & chips, again the chips were great but the fish was nothing special. He had chocolate fudge cake & enjoyed it. Good value, would go again.

Great atmosphere but there's zero lighting outside so it's a bit of a death trap.

Always amazing food and lovely staff, they do a great Sunday Roast, we've been back multiple times!

Was recommended to go here for the Sunday lunch and must say we were not disappointed. Generous portions, very well cooked and presented. Left feeling full and satisfied, hats off to the chef today! Will be back.

had checked the menu online as i am diabetic very pleased with what i saw so booked a table for 2 for our 51st wedding anniversary. The menu when we arrived was NOT the same as online we were informed for that day and the following week it was a smaller menu but even then there was NO SOUP as a starter. We ended up with a main course of fish and chips and scampi and chips and not the steaks we really wanted for our special day. Therefore we will NOT be returning

Out house hunting in the area and I check Google reviews for the best place in the area to have a meal. Looks nice from outside and I'd guess a refurb In the last 5 years but the outside area in the welcome sunshine was looking very tired! Ordered two steak and ale pies with a kids meal of sausage, chips and beans for the grandson. Steak and Ale pie was mediocre (6.5 out of ten) with the chips having the crispy outer and a fluffy interior being the highlight of the meal. My partner noticed a crispy dried up bay leaf in her pie and some quite frankly manky over microwaved carrots on the plate.. So much for 'seasonal vegatebles' on the menu?! Frozen mixed veg from Aldi would be better than what was served here.. Very disappointed especially regarding the average Google reviews here I hopefully will adjust the 4.6 score because it's so undeserved

Came here based on pubs highest Google reviews of 4.6 in an area of 10 miles. Ordered two steak and ale pies with a child serving of one sausage, chips and beans. Steak and Ale pie was mediocre with my partner having a shriveled bay leaf and quite frankly manky carrots that had been microwaved to death they looked so unappetising.. The outside decking area is looking very tired and the wooden table and chairs seating looking like it's very uncared for. To sum it up it's a pub which has had a refurb maybe 5 years ago and has little investment since. Food is mediocre apart for praise for the chips which were crispy on the outside and fluffy within..

Lovely welcome, from Grace, great service, excellent food. The best Sunday roast we have had for a very long time. cannot fault this place. lovely atmosphere very friendly staff. Very good value!! We will be back.

This is our second visit to this pub and most definitely will not be our last. The staff are lovely and the Steak pie is to die for. Well worth a visit

Fabulous pub with really friendly staff and the best Steak pie I have ever had. Well worth a visit. Will most definitely be back

Lovely barstaff very accommodating with our 4 crazy doggies x

The home cooked food was delicious and served with fab service BUT we have since discovered that the pub has a 1/5 good hygiene rating which means that we won’t be returning anytime soon. As a member of our family is vulnerable, we are aware of the risks of eating out and do normally always check the rating before dining but we forgot to look up the latest score for this establishment. Such a shame about the poor rating! Please improve the food handling, kitchen cleanliness and food safety and then you will be able to request another inspection and hopefully improve your hygiene rating. Otherwise, it’s the cosiest countryside pub which has so much potential if it can only improve its hygiene standards.

What a fantastic host Kelly is. From entering the pub to leaving she was most attentive. The food is of very exceptional quality and the drinks were absolutely tasty. Excellent value for money and served in very nice surroundings. Definitely will return.

Dreadful experience at the Wheatsheaf. Went with family for Sunday lunch. Chose the restaurant as they had good vegetarian options available on the menu. Upon arrival we were notified that the soup was pea and ham, which meant that there were no vegetarian starters on the menu, and that there was no Cheese and Onion Plate pie, which meant that the only vegetarian options were 'Vegetarian Nut Roast' Roast Dinner, Veggie Burger, and a Cheese and Relish Sandwich. I opted for the 'Vegetarian Nut Roast'. After waiting for 45 minutes, with no explanation for the wait, we received our food. Upon looking at my food I soon realised that the gravy on my vegetarian roast dinner had pieces of meat in it. I asked our server whether it was meat gravy, and received the response 'It will be.' My meal was sent back to the kitchen and I was advised that another would be 'right out' and it would be without gravy. I enquired as to whether there was a vegetarian option for gravy available, and was informed that there was not as it had been out of stock. 20 minutes later my family had all finished their meals and mine had not arrived. In the end I left having had no lunch. I have attempted to follow this up with the restaurant via their contact form, but have had no response.

Very nice pub,food excellent and good service, staff very friendly, and dog's allowed.

Lovely place for a bite to eat, great food

Excellent pub grub, friendly welcoming staff

Wow!! One of the best roast dinners I have tasted in a long time. Loved it so much we reserved a table for a week later. Kelly and staff are so friendly and helpful.

What an amazing find this gem is! Beautiful beer garden, great friendly staff and the food was delicious, the best hot beef and onion in gravy sandwich I have ever eaten…. Thick slices of perfectly cooked beef onion and rich gravy on thick toasted bread (brown or white option) thoroughly enjoyed every mouthful. Washed down with an Amstel which was perfect.

first visit, we both had the Steak Pie and Chips, I switched the garden peas for mushy peas 😁 it was pretty amazing really and obviously “home made” - so tasty, we also had a nice pint of Timothy Taylor’s that was in great condition and a glass of Shiraz - great value too 👏👏

Very friendly pub lovely staff and dog friendly

Absolutely lovely. Went with my mum and dad food was spot on and the staff warming and welcoming everything was just spot on definitely worth a visit will be treating my wife for a date day and Sunday lunch thank you

Wonderful good quality home cooked food, great service. Very good value for money. We will definitely eat here again

Only opens 5 days a week but nice chilled pub for quiet drink

Great beer, great food, great pub.

Good pint of Timothy Taylor Landlord

Great pub food, friendly service and dog friendly, a perfect pub

Good pub food friendly service and comfortable surroundungs , dog friendly which is good to see and helpfull manager

Loved it food amazing defo going back very reasonably priced great service friendly 😀 👍

Bit busy on Friday night, but the food is always good

Can't beat the quality and quantity for the price point. Good atmosphere, quirky little building with friendly staff. Food portions were great, the taste was good and it was cheap! A good pub lunch.

food is very nice and I would recommend it to my friends

We had the most amazing food here last night for a birthday dinner. All 4 of us couldn’t fault the choice or the taste. Service excellent and lovely friendly staff. Will definitely visit again soon.

Abit smokey from wood on fire. But the sunday lunch was lovely and plenty of it

After discovering that Kelly was now the Landlady of the Wheatsheaf we were keen to try out the food. I rang to see if we needed to book for Sunday lunch and Kelly said she was fully booked but said she would ring me back...

Lovely, cosy, and warm on a cold Feb day. Food was delicious and the staff were so friendly.

Lovely place nice roaring fire good food and great staff

Great food, busy pub and nice atmosphere. Landlady was very welcoming and kind. Staff all working hard and polite. Good value food, generous portions snd reasonable prices for proper home cooked food - not the freezer to frier variety!

Haven't been for over a year. Used to be very popular. What a difference. There were only 2 tables occupied. Should have realised why, it was practically empty. Food could have been hotter. Small steak very gristly, when staff told, no alternative offered ' I'll tell the kitchen'! Won't be going back.

The wheatsheaf is a lovely, cosy welcoming village pub with home cooked food. Took my mum for Sunday lunch and it was delicious. The food and service were fantastic! Only disappointment was we were to fill to try the desserts. Will definitely be back

Went for Sunday lunch with my wife. We had a starter each and a roast beef dinner. The food was absolutely delicious with generous portion sizes. The staff were attentive and polite which made for a nice relaxed time. If there was one small negative, it was that the service was a little slow, but after all who wants to rush on a Sunday?

This is a lovely little pub and the food is absolutely delicious! It’s a small and cosy traditional pub with very friendly staff. I would suggest booking for a meal at the weekend as they get extremely busy.

Sunday dinner at the wheatsheaf. A warm welcoming pub with a roaring log fire .Attentive ,helpful staff and a good selection of ales and wines . Roast beef, sunday dinner did not disappoint , A bulging platter of beef ,potatoes ,vegetables and gravy ,all freshly...

Loved it. Cosy little village pub. Warm and friendly. Il definitely be back.

Had a fantastic meal on 20/1/23 although it was very busy we had great friendly service and the food was brilliant..THANKYoU

Lovely atmosphere, country style pub, roaring fire, dog friendly, all the staff were very nice and welcoming & made a fuss of our dog. Beer was well kept also. A bit disappointed as we tried to order fish & chips after seeing people eating but despite closing the kitchen at 2000 they wouldn't do f&c for us at 1940. So I'll reserve a star until I've tried the food. We do intend to return.

Came here for some food, after travelling a decent amount of time as were from Sheffield. To find out they weren’t serving food with nothing advertised anywhere to say you weren’t serving food. Won’t be going again

This is my second visit this month and both times the food was delicious! With a welcoming fire, friendly staff and great service what more could you want. Well worth a visit-

Great food, and friendly staff.

Not been in for a few years but we decided to come in today for Sunday dinner and we absolutely loved it! Staff were very friendly and welcoming, beer was great and the food was absolutely delicious! I had a beef dinner and sticky toffee...

We called in off chance unsure whether food being served, friendly staff & welcome. We were told most things off menu due to busy lunch so opted for homemade pie & gammon, food lovely & hot. The only thing was the room was so cold...

Took my mum for Sunday lunch - 23rd Oct 2022 - booked late on the Sat and very lucky to get a table, the land lady squeezed us in. Both me and my mum had the roast turkey dinner. My mum had the smaller option....

Fantastic pub in Preston! Visit it and have a steak sandwich of the day.

Got top nosh here. The steak pie was gargantuan.

Absolutely stunning food first time here great service amazing food very tempted to lick the plate clean sooo good 🥰

We were spending the night in a local b&b and asked the landlady about a nice place to eat and the wheatsheaf was recommended. We are just back after a most excellent dinner of chicken curry and lasagne followed by mint and chocolate cheesecake (which...

Went for a birthday meal with family on 17th September , Great food couldn’t fault any of it ,my steak was beautiful, great lovely service would certainly recommend. Excellent atmosphere will definitely return again.

enjoyed my 1st visit staff are brill food excellent defo go back

Is this a hidden gem or a local treasure? The pub itself has been a local main stay for years and now has new ownership which does not disappoint. It felt like a personal service with a smile and conversation with the food being absolutely delicious and filling. Would definitely recommend reserving a table in advance 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

We came here on a fairly busy Wednesday lunchtime a few weeks after the new owners had settled in. It’s plans for a new menu in the coming days, the choice was still very good and the lady host was a breath of fresh air....

Lovely, friendly proper pub. Food excellent, highly recommend.

Friendly staff,good selection of beers

very poor food any very expensive wine the roast potatoes were very hard and the mash was very lumpy i told the server about the problem and he said he would mention it to the chef no reply from either of them wil def not...

What a lovely place, food excellent and staff very friendly 😁

.........been going there for years. Only just returned after Covid . Sadly Pete and his wife have retired . New landlady Kelly. Very friendly and welcoming but needs to calm down a little to be more of a quieter reassuring presence. Good to see some old locals there . Me and my dad had the Gammon Egg Chips etc. Took an hour to come though !!! Chef lost our ticket !!!! The ordering system needs a review obviously. When it did arrive it was wonderful quality....but missed the little bits Pete's wife added...bit of salad mushrooms and an onion ring . Kelly did apologise profusely and gave us a free drink ....Thanks Lots of potential though wish you would do the ladies toilets up ....very shabby and smelly old carpet . Will returns dad lots of memories of there. thx

Visited for lunch for the first time since covid struck. Very pleased to see that Kelly is maintaining the high standards of the Wheatsheaf. Excellent food, well priced, with a nice pint to go with it. Ah, life seems almost back to normal now!

I like this place. The food is good and the beer is good . It's very friendly.

Nice country pub, with a beer garden outside.

Brilliant atmosphere, Soraya and Darren are hostess of the mostess. Food and drink was fabulous and great value for money. Highly recommended and will be back xx

We popped in today on the way past, for lunch! We weren’t disappointed. Friendly service, great menu, delicious food and super value for money. As a vegetarian, there was a lot to choose from, which was great. My daughter said “it’s like eating heaven with...

Great food and a lovely atmosphere

Called in today for lunch with my sister and friend,first time in ages. The food was fresh, delicious and very reasonably priced. The service was quick and efficient by staff who were friendly and happy to have a chat and a laugh while serving,without slowing...

Relaxed and friendly atmosphere with a warm welcome from the staff. Sunday lunch was delicious and the staff couldn't do enough for us. Beef was superb. Very reasonably priced too. We will return without a doubt.