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Nº 48 in 359 in Blackburn with Darwen

Nº 1 of 2 Other international cuisines in Blackburn with Darwen

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adam was a brilliant server, would recommend

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millie Thornton . 2025-03-30

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Amazing food, great service. Will be returning

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Em . 2025-03-29

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Mehak was a great waitress. She was always making sure we had a drink and if it was taking longer than usual she chased it up. Id recommend turtle bay for bottomless brunch anyday. Great service provided and a great atmosphere all round. Thankyou :)

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Millie Hartley . 2025-03-22

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Great service, amazing time will be returning Mekah was amazing

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Rebecca Barnes . 2025-03-22

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Lovely place I always enjoy coming here, the staff are lovely and so helpful

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dave berry . 2025-03-22

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Really good service from Mehak, will definitely come back again

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Eloise Blackburn . 2025-03-22

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Booked a bottomless lunch today at short notice. Lee looked after us and nothing was too much trouble. Genuinely great guy, food great, and Lee made sure the cocktails were flowing. He also took care of us for my wife's birthday bash and it wouldn't have been the same without him. Five stars minimum, great day, champion x

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Sean Gavin . 2025-03-22

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Fantastic service, brilliant food

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SomaCrumb . 2025-03-22

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What a great day at turtle bay ,my partner treated me to the bottomless brunch ,we were greeted by Lee & he looked after us through the whole 2 hours he was amazing, the drinks were flowing & the food was great ,i would highly recommend giving it a go xxx

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Angela Gaskin . 2025-03-22

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Been here a few times and mekah was the best server just what you need for a brunch

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Send me Nudes . 2025-03-22

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Really lovely meal out at turtle bay! First visit and really enjoyed! Mehak was fabulous and really friendly.

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Danny Rodden . 2025-03-22

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Visited for the first time today. Delicious food and genuinely great service. Thank you Mehak, we had a lovely lunch. Will definitely be back.

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John Rainford . 2025-03-22

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Went for brunch at Turtle Bay today and what a good day we had. The waitress (Shah) made sure we had drinks at all times and was super friendly. Would definitely recommend!!

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Neesha Ryan . 2025-03-21

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Went above and beyond to help us amazing service as always been coming here for years the lady that served sha was amazing also keep her there!! Thanks guys! Xx

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Bobby Carter . 2025-03-21

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Good chicken bowl, mac and cheese a bit bland. Adam very good server.

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Nathan Rogan . 2025-03-20

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Had a top evening out live singing was so good

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Peter Baptista . 2025-03-11

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Went for bottomless brunch...it was far from that! Had one drink in thr first hour and then when.we tried to order two each on our next one the manager had the absolute audacity to challenge us and give us cheek when we complained about the service. Been twice now it's been the same both times ..if you want a bottomless brunch go elsewhere. Horrendous management.

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Martin Jones . 2025-03-02

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Went for a date night, service was not great which is why you can’t get 5 stars. The food we had was good but wouldn’t rave about it. Nice different flavours though on the ribs and cooked perfectly. When asked to remove and add other things to the dish the server refused.

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Dame . 2025-03-02

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Mehak and Lee did such a good job and looked after us! We have had such a lovely day

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jess gleave . 2025-03-01

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Great service from Shahlaa, Had a chicken rice bowl from the new menu for lunch. 10/10! So tasty!

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Sophia . 2025-02-20

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Went today for bottomless brunch, went ok for first hour, then got served one drink in the second hour, would only recommend the brunch if there's a party of 4 or more, as that's the only people getting served, food was brilliant though

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Andrew Greaves . 2025-02-08

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Third visit to Turtle Bay, first to Blackburn. Great place for a really nice, big portioned meal. Nice staff very attentive. Used a birthday voucher that Turtle Bay sent me for my birthday via the app so when the bill came along with my blue light discount it was great value, starter to share, main course each + 2 extra sides, 2 cocktails & 2 pints beer =£30 for two people. Food was really tasty, nicely presented & also live music from 630pm …

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Liz H . 2025-02-07

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Fantastic from start to finish. Love the atmosphere, the vegan options of garlic flatbread, chickpea curry, spiced fries and roasted greens were absolutely delicious. Love how all vegan options including drinks are labelled. Adam looked after us and what a great job... personable, friendly and helpful...could not fault it..we don't live in Blackburn but when we do and want to dine we always visit Turtle Bay. Revisited last night 6th February and had another fantastic evening..and exceedingly well looked after by Tasha and Sha. Tried the Stir It Up cocktail (and old fashioned like Don Draper drank on Mad Men) wow it was gorgeous. Never had a bad meal at Turtle Bay Blackburn and will return, handy too as it's opposite the train station.

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J H . 2025-02-07

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The food was good but the service was terrible as it took quite a long time my vanilla ice cream was in fact coconut.they did a good job on other people but not on us

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Arla Doyle . 2025-01-25

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I went here with a friend for lunch.i had the Buddha bowl which was a tasty mix of different things, followed by the best cheesecake I have ever had, no joke! We were served by Adam who was a lovely guy, professional and friendly and seemed to really enjoy his job. Prices very reasonable. We will definitely go here again.

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Catherine Kenny . 2025-01-24

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Not good service the staff not polite couldn't be bothered with our order overwaiting to be served food not good chicken so dry tastes frozen food I expect wouldn't recomend

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colin lees . 2025-01-05

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Beautiful place for some Caribbean flare. The food was real nice, you would a swear a Jamaican cook it.

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Damien Vassell . 2025-01-03

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Unfortunately as I have a mild allergy, I couldn't have any drink other than one that they opened in front of me eg a bottle of lager or wine. No cocktails, even the ones without my allergen in, i wasnt able to have, in case it was spilt in my drink. Also food became very limited. Its great restaurants are taking allergies seriously, that's a must however listening to individuals and taking into account the severity of the individuals allergy is a must. Unfortunately we left the restaurant, due to the above. Turtle Bays allergy policy needs some amendments.

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Hayley McHugh . 2024-12-15

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Where to start? Our table wasn't ready and when they set it up, they set it up for 5 people not 7, even though they clarified 7 at the door. They gave us the wrong menus, I went to request the correct ones and the manager and a colleague summarily ignored me for 5 mins while they had a chat. Not just me either, there was a couple waiting to be seated and the gentleman made his feelings clear when they neglected to so much as acknowledge them. The manager said they were very busy (they really weren't) and had things to discuss. No apology, nothing. They brought us starters but no cutlery for the 2 missing places. We took some from the next table. Then they brought 4 of the mains, told us there was a delay on the vegetarian food and by the time it arrived the others had finished. The vegan jerk chicken was awful. The fake meat tasted of absolutely nothing and the sauce was just bitter. They brought one without fries and said they would be along in another minute! They did not bring us all cutlery for the mains so we took that from another table also. At no point during the whole meal did anyone ask us if we wanted more drinks, nor did anyone ask if we were OK. My husband went to the bar himself and ordered drinks to be confronted by a very rude barman. Dessert wasn't bad but I'm not sure they understand what a compote is because those chopped up pieces of pineapple do not a compote make. The music was extremely loud, to the point where we could not hear the person at the other end of the table. Probably to drown out any complaints!!! A large service fee was added but we were not told about the fact it was optional, if I had been told, I would not have paid it! We received absolutely no service at all! Will not be returning, was a very disappointing experience and ruined our Xmas do.

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Clare K . 2024-12-15

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I thought the amount of food you get for the cost was kinda meh. Also we asked for the music to be turned down as it was deafening and we went to socialise and enjoy the food which was made difficult. I doubt me and my friends will be going back there as it just didn't feel like a enjoyable place to eat.

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Vatra Lion . 2024-12-15

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Where to start? Our table wasn't ready and when they set it up, they set it up for 5 people not 7, even though they clarified 7 at the door. They gave us the wrong menus, I went to request the correct ones and the manager and a colleague summarily ignored me for 5 mins while they had a chat. Not just me either, there was a couple waiting to be seated and the gentleman made his feelings clear when they neglected to so much as acknowledge them. The manager said they were very busy (they really weren't) and had things to discuss. No apology, nothing. They brought us starters but no cutlery for the 2 missing places. We took some from the next table. Then they brought 4 of the mains, told us there was a delay on the vegetarian food and by the time it arrived the others had finished. The vegan jerk chicken was awful. The fake meat tasted of absolutely nothing and the sauce was just bitter. They brought one without fries and said they would be along in another minute! They did not bring us all cutlery for the mains so we took that from another table also. At no point during the whole meal did anyone ask us if we wanted more drinks, nor did anyone ask if we were OK. My husband went to the bar himself and ordered drinks to be confronted by a very rude barman. Dessert wasn't bad but I'm not sure they understand what a compote is because those chopped up pieces of pineapple do not a compote make. The music was extremely loud, to the point where we could not hear the person at the other end of the table. Probably to drown out any complaints!!! A large service fee was added but we were not told about the fact it was optional, if I had been told, I would not have paid it! We received absolutely no service at all! Will not be returning, was a very disappointing experience and ruined our Xmas do.

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clare kinder . 2024-12-15

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7 of us went here. Food was great, service was good, cocktails were great. What ruined it was the 25 pound service charge they tried to put on our bill. Now If we lived in the US then fine but we don't. It seemed like they thought we were all drunk after the 7 cocktails each but we weren't so don't try and rip us off. When I told them I'd be paying the bill without the service charge the girl who served us asked if there was anything wrong with the service. I replied "not at all". We would've left a bit of money on the table but to try and put that service charge on with out doing anything other than their job they didn't get anything. When we were ordering our cocktails the girl who served us rolled her eyes and said "can I give you a tip when ordering drinks? If you all order the same thing the girl making the cocktails can make one big batch and make them quicker" like we were being a hindrance in ordering different drinks. I don't like Gin, brother in law doesn't like rum, so obviously we were going to order different drinks. We had 2 drinks at the end where we all ordered the same thing but it took just as long for the girl to make 7 of the same drink than it did to make 7 different drinks. But we put that down to the fact they slowed down serving us after the meal.

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Anon ymous . 2024-12-13

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Great service and cocktails but charged for an extra person. Manager not apologetic. Heard a neighbouring table with same issues. Blackburn store and manager’s name was Adam Dique.

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Gareth P Harding . 2024-12-07

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Fab time. Thank you so much for looking after us so brilliantly; my sister has a severe nut allergy and you catered perfectly for her. We've loved the cocktails and food. Thank you Ebony and her manager for being so fab looking after us.

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Marianne Cutts . 2024-12-07

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Would recommend, mehak was lovely

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F SD . 2024-12-07

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Didn't visit but looked full all the time

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Thomas Laughton . 2024-12-02

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I planned an overnight visit to Blackburn and searched for something nice to eat at night. Glad I chose this restaurant. Staff offer a friendly greeting and I was immediately shown to a table. I had the Kingston chicken and jerk fries and a lovely margarita style cocktail. Bill was a mere £19.50. Only drawback was they refused to take Scottish notes. lol. Luckily I had my card. It’s a common thing so I wasn’t bothered. Recommend this restaurant if you love spicy food.

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Urban Grrl . 2024-11-29

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Thanks Adam for a great evening with good service from the whole team 👍🏻

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Ryan Johnson . 2024-11-20

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Good food, but pricey for what is effectively a sprinkle of jerk seasoning you can buy from places like Tesco. The waitress didn't appear very welcoming, even though we came at a time where there was just one other group of people - kind of had a fed up attitude 🤷‍♂️ Atmosphere is nice, with good views onto the cathedral square.

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Juris Savostijanovs . 2024-11-16

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Ebony was really nice and accommodating. Love coming here, the food is always nice and the atmosphere is great!! Definitely recommend Turtle Bay! Especially the Bottomless brunch!!

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A Greenhalgh (Lissy-B 98) . 2024-11-15

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Decent place for a starting point on a night out

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Timothy Metcalf . 2024-11-11

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Fast service, good food, just perfect

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Elina Edobor . 2024-10-27

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Ella did a great job and everything was great

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Mihails Beinarovics . 2024-10-26

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Went midweek and decided to have the goats curry which was just a tad to hot, it came with a side order of dumplings which unfortunately was gooey in the middle. Apart from that service was good.

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stuart bell . 2024-10-16

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Absolute disgrace. Waited over an hour for food after being told 20 minutes wait. Birthday meal down the pan!

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Lucy Pemberton . 2024-10-12

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Awful! Told 20 minute waiting for food. 1 hour later nothing and tables still before us waiting. Birthday meal spoilt and down the pan. Not great at all. Mixed service information. Gutted!

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bellaair . 2024-10-12

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Such an amazing experience, food was incredible; and drinks too. Would recommend especially Adam, he was incredible, amazing service off him, and so friendly.

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Abbie Fawcett . 2024-10-02

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service excellent, bottomless brunch, Lee was amazing, cheers Lee

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Jim Mitchell . 2024-09-28

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Amazing service from ebony and shallah

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Freight Desk . 2024-09-28

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Only good thing about this restaurant is the drinks. Got seated at 6:30, didn’t get our mains till nearly 8pm. No apology for the food taking ages to come out. Food ended up being cold and incredibly bland, had to force myself to finish my plate, which i still couldn’t do. Found a beard hair on my plate, my chips were literally toothpicks. Ordered an extra side along with the one that came with the food, didn’t bring that out. Wouldn’t recommend to a friend.

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Mia Rakauskaite . 2024-09-12

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Great service lovely food, amazing rum our waitress jodie was amazing, couldn't do enough. Top night😊

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Andy Middleton . 2024-09-06

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Lovely waitress Ebony served with a smile, restaurant was a bit quiet but it wasn’t quite tea time and did start to fill a little. Food was lovely, so much we couldn’t finish it all and really tasty.

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Pauliepie68 . 2024-09-06

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The food and cocktails were amazing! Jodie was very attentive and made sure we had plenty of drinks. All the other staff were very welcoming. Will visit again!

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Jake . 2024-08-30

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They food was amazing and The drinks were great too and The service from Jodie was good to definitely will come back again

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belle hope . 2024-08-30

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Lovely food + fast service on the cocktails, thank-you Jodie + staff for their time.. ❤️ x

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Shannon Crane . 2024-08-30

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Staff were very friendly especially Jodie couldn't fault her

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Amy Greenhalgh . 2024-08-30

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Thank you Chelsea! Amazing food and drinks ✌️

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Andrada Mihalache . 2024-08-26

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Excellent service and food as always, thanks Jodie 😁

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Chris Hardacre . 2024-08-17

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Great vibes, drinks & food can’t fault it.

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Alex Abbott . 2024-08-13

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Staff started clearing tables and packing up table condiments even before our food was served, very uncomfortable and felt rushed.. will not be back sorry

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John Evans . 2024-08-11

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Great cocktails and great service!

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stacey lloyd . 2024-08-11

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Great food from this chain here in Blackburn. The vegan jerk chicken was tasty, as were the sweetcorn frittas.

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Joey Googs . 2024-07-26

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Jodie was brilliant food 11/10 cocktails were fudging brilliant

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Aaron Moore . 2024-07-26

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When arriving Chelsea made us feel welcome through the full visit. Will be visiting again.

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Katie Wright . 2024-07-19

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Chelsea is the best bartender in the north west. Always gets it right!

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Daisy Gielty . 2024-07-19

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Wow excellent customer service at Turtle Bay. Went this afternoon for some drinks and Chelsea went above and beyond, absolutely beautiful cocktails 😍 we will be back 💕

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Erin . 2024-07-19

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Turtle bay in Blackburn was probably the most best turtle bay we’ve been to by far !!!! Me and my girls have been to a few different locations in the uk when we go out on various outings but the bartender Chelsea made us feel really comfortable made us some fabulous cocktails and always served us with a smile! Couldn’t fault her at all, she made our experience!! The food was brilliant the sides were the best bit, definitely recommend the sweetcorn fritters.

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taylor comber . 2024-07-19

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Nicola was lovely and the food was delicious! Excellent serive and experience 😊

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Mary Joanna Coogan . 2024-07-10

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Amazing food and awesome cocktails - everyone should come here - big shout out to Nicola who was an amazing server 🥳

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Simon Woods . 2024-07-10

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We came in with a big group and there was one chef who handled it very well! Sunday team did great!

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Iona Murray-Brown . 2024-07-07

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Thank you so much for accommodating a table of 16 at 9pm on a Sunday. The food was incredible and the staff were brilliant!

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Lauren Zawadzki . 2024-07-07

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Thank you for last minute large table , delicious salmon!

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Helen Kemp . 2024-07-07

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Came in last minute with 17 of us, food and service were great, Jason the chef cooking for us all on his own was beyond impressive. Lovely people lovely place!

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Kate Hardy . 2024-07-07

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We were a large group with no reservation - they fit us in straight away and the service was lovely - even though there was only one chef on!

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Daisy Williamson . 2024-07-07

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Thank you guys for a great time! We came in late on a Sunday as a party of 17 and nothing was too much trouble - thanks so much!

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Rose . 2024-07-07

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Sunday team was really lovely. Had a massive group and they were super accommodating and one chef (Jason I think) made it all and it was great.

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Callum Baker . 2024-07-07

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Great staff. Especially Jason the chef :)

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Rachela Lanc . 2024-07-07

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Went with my daughter just to have to wait almost an hour for my food when it wasnt busy at all. I then saw the server touch and eat some of my food before giving it to me. When i went up to another server, i asked him to check the cameras, to which he just laughed in my face, did not apologise, was very ignorant to the situation as he just said i’m not the manager (as in thats not my problem). Even when i asked for the manager he avoided answering. People serving the food were also constantly on their phones. Happened around 7:30pm on sunday 7th if july. Safe to say i will not be returning.

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Cyrus Rajabi . 2024-07-07

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started off okay until we had to wait almost an hr for our food when it wasn’t even busy, just to see one of the servers take and eat one of our fries before serving it to us, to make it even better it was a manger, what a joke. We went to complain about it to another waiter just for him to laugh in our face and not apologize whatsoever. Young girl was nice, but the two males who were there weren’t. On their phones constantly, and totally rude.

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ruby murphy . 2024-07-07

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Had some good vegan food, excellent service by Lee, will be back, ta very much!

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Giles E . 2024-07-07

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Brilliant food and service. Ebony was so patient choosing something with my little girl. Thanks so much

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Carly Henderson . 2024-07-06

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Burger was delicious, atmosphere great and Ebony was brilliant

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Andrew Slinger . 2024-07-06

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Lee is the Queen :) pleasure to work for your team

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Jordan McGauley . 2024-07-06

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Excellent service, lovely girl and we have the same name Jodie ☺️

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Stephen Ramsden . 2024-07-06

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Came for the bay brunch , worth every penny - Jodie was very attentive. The burger went down well with the drinks

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jack kessock-philip . 2024-07-06

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I had a lovely time here with bottomless brunch. Waitress was lovely and always had a drink

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Izzy Martin . 2024-07-06

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Ebony did a brilliant job, excellent service and very friendly

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Ellie Long . 2024-07-06

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Ebony was lovely and welcoming! Thankyou

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Abbie Tunnicliffe . 2024-07-06

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Brilliant server is ebony, top notch service

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Kai Goan . 2024-07-06

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Ebony was great server, would recommend!

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Harry Murphy . 2024-07-06

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Jodie provided a lovely atmosphere really good service

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Jordan James . 2024-07-06

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Perfect service from Jodie , lovely atmosphere. Had a really nice time

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natalie renton . 2024-07-06

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Bottomless brunch was lovely and service from Jodie was so quick, definitely got our moneys worth x

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Phoebe Pounder . 2024-07-06

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Tasha went above and beyond, when I asked about what to drink she was very helpful. Couldn't recommend going enough, but mainly because of her.

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Harri Yerkess . 2024-07-06

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Food is great, and prices are really good. Good atmosphere and good drinks. Highly recommend

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Amy Macnamara . 2024-07-06

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We love Lee, Lee is slay Lee is queen

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caitlin jones . 2024-07-06

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Great waitress and experience thank you Ebony

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Hayley Dunne . 2024-07-05

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Great environment and a wide variety of drinks to choose from!

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Issy Affleck . 2024-07-05

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Adam and rob provided brilliant service for us, funny, friendly and caring the cocktails and food were brilliant, spot on highly recommend

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Jodie Eatough . 2024-07-05

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Absolutely fantastic! Lovely greeting at the door. Ebony was our server & she was just amazing. Food was beautiful & so was the cocktails & service.

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Jack Robinson . 2024-07-05

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