White Bear, Adlington in Chorley

This used to be one of the villages most popular pubs. I went in for a pint last week & what has happened? On a Friday night there were literally a handful of people in, no atmosphere, no wallpaper on one side of the bar & to be honest an insult to previous landlords that made it a go to pub!! Whoever owns this needs to reach deep into their pockets & shell out a few quid to decorate it. Bar staff could do with a boost of energy too. Come on , too many pubs are closing as it is, make us proud.

Just popped in for a drink and the staff were very friendly x

I can't rate food as I haven't had food here. Great friendly pub with a great atmosphere, has live music on most weekends, small kids play area in the beer garden.

Fantastic pub. Staff very welcoming. Great atmosphere and a good selection of beers.

Loverly currie. Got a take out. Nice peeps, really.

Great pub. Fantastic pool room.

Good pub, Had a great night out with friends, live music large out door area.

Top place if ever in area pop in top people good warm welcome 🤗👍👌

Great evening at the white bear and fantastic entertainment with The Monkeymen......

A lovely British pub, I may say 10 out of 10

We go to the Quiz and Bingo every Thursday night at 8pm, its a great night. Food is really good and reasonably priced and staff are great.

Went to the white bear Inn over the carnival weekend, although it's a nice pub with a beer garden and a childs play area at the back, I was actually mortified to see how many people was vaping in this establishment and this included the land lady actually vaping behind the bar, as a smoker myself who has to go outside in respect of other people, I don't feel there was any respect or consideration from the many people who was vaping and puffing smoke over other paying customers and I don't feel the landlady set any examples in respect of her premises, smoking is smoking weather it be cigarettes or a vape everyone should have respect for others when in public places.

Good service and very good price..food really good too definitely be back

Came down from scotland to visit family and came into the pub. It has a great atmosphere. pool and darts are also available if you want to have a laugh or competition with friends. It has a nice outside area aswell with a play area for kids. Staff are friendly and up for a laugh and prices are good aswell.

Very nice pub, with friendly staff

Old time pub, frendey warm local.good beer

Cycling the Leeds Liverpool canal from Leeds with two of my friends, what a friendly welcome we received when we eventually arrived ! All the staff were more than helpful and couldn`t do enough for us, even letting us eat the takeaway we got in the back bar and providing us with plates, knives and forks etc ! Great banter in the bar whilst watching the boxing Saturday night and in the main bar a very talented saxophone player also with a good crowd in attendance ! Fantastic breakfast the next morning with more than enough to see us for the next 43 miles ! Very clean, tidy and organised rooms and they very kindly secured our bikes within the pub for the evening. As three tired and very weary blokes having cycled 87 miles that day it was just what we needed. I cannot reccomend this highly enough and actually much more personal than any premier inn or travelodge ! Thanks so much again we are actually looking to book again for September 2022 ! Thank you !

Adequate room but the light and shower in the bathroom didn't work. When we got up at 9am the pub was dead and no staff to see regarding breakfast or checking out. We had to hang around for an hour.

Well where do I start? me and the misses decided to stay here mid December and what a horrible stay it was, it’s like staying in a terrible hostel with bad decor and out dated furniture. I wouldn’t ever come back to this pub, I’d rather have slept on the street.

It's a brilliant Day our and you can have a good laugh

Welcome break from my canoe trip on the canal. Found the staff to be friendly and the accommodation clean and to an acceptable standard. Would use again.

Not particularly friendly, not particularly clean. I won't be going back. Prices were reasonable, no ford as the kitchen has been condemned...

Nice pub, clean beer. Opens early! Well earlier than most

It's a pub. Not posh just a proper pub

Under new management had a great time staff nice and friendly

Booked a room but unable to book in as phone wasn't answered and despite repeated phone calls and leaving my number when I eventually spoke to someone, nobody rang me back. Very disappointed. I went to pick my car up at about 8.30pm and could only see one customer in the pub on Saturday night! I had tried booking by email but the lady I spoke to when I rang, because nobody replied to my email, said we've just taken over and haven't got round to looking at the emails yet. I ended up on a settee at my cousins in Burnley! I would have thought new management would have been keen to build the business up, obviously I was wrong.

Dropped in for refreshments on a hot afternoon. There was this DJ on singing on his own karaoke system. Loved himself and wouldn't step down lol... just kept squwarking on and on and on... and got a bit aggressive if you even politely approached him... he was in charge and it was all about him... really unpleasant guy.

great food Please please please change that awful wall paper the rooms ! The mismatch paper and bedding doesn’t show your lovely personality. Dated and garish

No real ale on but advertised on board outside so ended up having Guinness

Really good pub and good atmosphere and friendly

Nice bar and friendly STAFF..Beer very good...

A nice cosy pub pool table sports TV pleasant staff prices are more expensive in Aldington Also it is a bed and breakfast so a good place to stay

Nice pub nice lady to know . and work with X

Good local pub for eating and drinking.

Nearest pub to home so bound to call in occasionally

Used to be a really nice pub.It is nice downstairs in the pub but upstairs B&B is dated.The alcohol prices are dear

I‘ve now stayed here for a month, really glad I chose this place and sad to leave already. Pete and Tom are very good hosts and helped me with everything I needed. Huge thank you!

Brilliant place very friendly helpful staff can't wait to visit again next time I'm in Horwich visiting my friends

I went into this pub with family as a quick stop so I could have a brew and give my son his bottle. It is not a family environment and I wouldn't have gone if i hadn't needed to feed him. However, there was nowhere else open. The tables were sticky and didn't look clean, it was cold and smelly. We went mid afternoon and people were drinking/drunk already. I have not been part of the pub Culture since I was younger so perhaps I'm not appreciating it for the old, dated local it is. It wasn't inviting at all and I can't imagine it will attract new customers or even passing traffic. It seems like a place for regulars and that's all. I wouldn't go again or recommend it.

Servicing an array of liquid consumables. Sky sports and football games can be viewed here, there is a discount of 20p off every pint when games are on, seems a fair compensation for having to watch premier league football, although sometimes the bar tender forgets to give this special discount. There is a beer garden, but most like to sit out at the front on the benches, in summer baking to a lobster red. Avid car spotters can enjoy the motoring on the A6, if you're lucky you may catch an incident, the zebra crossing with mini-roundabout combo has always been a heady mix. They may do food, I have eaten there many years ago, it was pub grub, what can be noteworthy of that? In summary, this is one of the better pubs of lower Adlington, cheaper than the Bridge, although if you don't give the Bridge a bit of business then Adlington may lose yet another pub.

Me and my partner booked here for our anniversary. While here we got engaged and the owners and staff were amazing. It's a family run small business bar and b+b and when they found out we just got engaged they got us a couple of rounds of drinks and at breakfast brought over a lovely bunch of flowers. Really nice friendly warm people can't wait to stay there again..... thanks Kelly and Peter x

Standard "local" pub. We popped in for coffee but they don't to tea or coffee so I had pint instead. Nothing special, doesn't do food.

Friendly folk but decor although clean is looking a tad tired. Tend to sit outside with the ice cold lager and watch the world go / drive by on a busy A6. Advertises Cask Ales but non available last time I went.

Best pub in Chorley Atmosphere great on a Friday night Staff very friendly and well worth a visit Beer and spirits reasonably priced

Small friendly pub, with a good atmosphere and games room. Beer garden and play area very safe for the children,live music and disco regularly.

I booked this B&B for 3 friends cycling the Leeds to Liverpool canal. This was the end of day 2 of 3. The landlord was very helpful on the phone and price competative. However when they arrived,the first question asked was for payment. They were then asked what time they would like breakfast and that it would be a big breakfast ( much needed with 45+ miles to go). However when they went down for breakfast the bar was in a state of disaray(empty glasses everywhere) and a note on the bar with a refund for breakfast stating kitchen closed no breakfast. There may be good reason for this but there was nobody about to ask and no explanation offered. I feel I let my friends down, and am disappointed that I have had no correspondence from Peter ( the landlord who I spoke to when booking) since. Would not recommend

This B&B is a little gem, you will love the atmosphere, very friendly staff and the locals are lovely. Our room was spotlessly clean, good size with walk in shower. Parking is adjacent and is free, local shops, pubs and Indian restaurant all within walking distance. Would definitely return to The White Bear as am going to miss those fabulous breakfasts by Pete & Sharon xxx

Spent just one night in a clean comfortable double room. Would certainly recommend The White Bear to anyone. Amazing full English breakfast Very friendly hosts who couldn't do enough for us who made us feel as if we had been regulars for years.

The White Bear is very near to where I work on night shift so was very convenient for a somwhere to stay Monday to Friday while some work was being carried out on my house. It is very basic and the room I was staying in was a double. But that said it suited my needs very well. It was very clean and tidy and the shower was very good. I did not eat here so cannot comment on their food ( though I'm led to believe they do very limited food these days ). The White Bear will be ok for anyone wanting only a few nights stay ie workers etc or for passing through travellers.

Just popped in for a drink White bear still lovely to sit in or sit outside and eat great for families and couples good food lovely views of the area

As with many other pubs in the area, reasonable place and prices, nothing to exciting about them.

Walking the Leeds Liverpool canal so were very pleased with a comfortable clean room, good piping hot shower and excellent value home cooked evening meal- recommend the braised steak in Guinness. The full English breakfast lived up to it's name, as was very plentiful and kept the energy levels topped up for the next day's walk.

We were staying in the area for a few days and decided to have a walk in the village of Adlington as it was a beautiful day ,we saw a pub offering ,homemade Duncan lunch and thought it sounded just what we had in mind!we entered the white bear bar and ordered our drinks and asked about the Sunday lunch ,the bar person said to sit were ever we wanted and someone would be with us to take our order ,the pub its self looked like it could have done with a return and lacked that sparkle I had expected from outside ,I'd say it looked a little unloved inside ,the lady took our order and offered 2,3, courses we chose just the one course ,I had beef and pork and my husband had just beef ,it was very soon served to our table and as we love vegetables we were very pleased to see 3 fresh veg not frozen ,tasty new potatoes too and a large helping of meats on both places ,the gravy was tasty and all the meals served hot and fresh , no complaints from us about our lunches ,my husband wanted to see the end of the formula 1 race so I went into the large beer garden ,only to see the cook and her husband taking there veg order from a man who had GROWN the veg and that explained why the veg was so tasty ,it was indeed very fresh ,WELL DONE too the kitchen staff your cooking was very good and was definitely fresh and HOMEMADE, but the bar its self could do with a bit more love and attention!

Stayed here on the 16th of may room very comfortable and clean went in bar very friendly locals met the landlord and land lady pete and Sharon whom have recently taken over the pub who remind of an old school landlord and landlady lovely people I will definitely stay there again if in the area

I have never been in before it was taken over so i cannot comment,went in for the first time yesterday and what a lovely pub, lovely atmosphere, there is going to be live entertainment starting this saturday 23rd april once a fortnight, landlady and landlord lovely couple. looking forward to going back there

Arrived for an early lunch. Got off to a good start with hot water in clean toilets; however soap dispenser did not work and, although reported, it had not been attended to an hour later. Ordered beef bourgignon, which lacked in taste but was reasonably cheap. A nice fire was lit but, otherwise, the service was non existent. Although I was the only person eating, the three members of staff sat gossiping in the other room and made no attempt to clear my plate or offer the dessert menu. I went and sought them out and asked about coffee only to be told they only had Nescafe!

Had a nights stay here while attending my works christmas do. Very clean and well decorated room. Breakfast was plentifull and very nice indeed. Would recommend this great little inn to anyone wanting a place to stay in the area.

Fantastic food and fantastic atmosphere spent a good few nights here including hank holiday BBQ and bonfire and fireworks for the children

My family and I visited The White Bear for a get together and were treated to a great meal all round.You couldn't knock the meal for value for money as we managed to eat and have several drinks each for a total bill of just over £100 for eight people.The service was attentive and friendly, but not obtrusive and there are a nice selection of beers and real ales available for a village pub.People may have seen this pub on the Channel 4 programme "Four In A Bed". What I would say is ignore how The White Bear was presented on screen because you will be treated with a great meal for a more than decent price and with great customer service.

This is a proper English pub with proper hosts in Martin and Rachael. These premises were recently on "Four in a Bed" and they came joint 3rd. The reviews by some on this programme were not representative by any means. The rooms are good and clean and the food is excellent. If you want a cheap clean room and a good pub atmosphere with home made food, this is the place

Had a lovely lunch here today with family ... All had different meal and they were all very good and a lot for the price .... Homemade chips pies and gravy yum yum .. Staff were all friendly too .. Will be going again

Me and my friend went with our children it said it were child friendly and it had a play area the staff didnt make us feel welcome and we spent alot of money there having drinks and meals we will not be going there again and will not reccomend to any of our friends or family to go there for a drink or dine there!!!

I recently went to this restaurant with my Husband. Being our two year anniversary we wanted to go somewhere new. I've heard good reviews about this pub so decided to give it a try.Well I can tell you I'm very pleased we went. From the moment we walked in we felt welcome. We was greeted by manager & he was very friendly and made the evening a special one for us. Everything was spot on. The food was absolutely divine and at a great price. I highly recommend this pub and have told all my friends and family to try it!

We were a group of around 16 walkers visiting the White Bear on a Tuesday lunchtime in May - the menu choices were good and the food and service were excellent - everyone commented on how good the food was and that we were all served our meals at the same time. One of the best outings this year - We will definitely be back!

I have visited the white bear on many occasions every time i have been the food has been delicious lots of choice lovely yummy puds will definitely be going again

The food is excellent, my father has had the white bear whopper on more than one occasion and not once has he had a bad one, the barms are fresh, the burgers are of top quality and the homemade Chips are fantastic too, it aint just the rubbish pub grub you get these days its a lot more than that and I would definatly go back! 10/10 for service and food!

As a regular diner in the white bear I find it hard to agree with the last review. Service always excellent great value for money and proper hearty pub grub no ping meals and real home made chips. Always good selection on specials board.

This is a proper old boozer of a pub that serves proper pub food. Not the usual microwaved slop but the kind of food that has clearly been bothered about. And at a bargain price.

We've gone the the White Bear on a few occasions for Sunday lunch after it received a glowing review in the Chorley Guardian. Usually the food is, for the price, fairly good with reasonable service. I must admit I was a bit nervous about returning after I sampled the "White Bear Whopper" which was, quite simply, the worst burger I've ever tasted. It consisted of 2 hopelessly underseasoned and tasteless brown circles of some sort of meat, with a rasher of bacon and a very sad looking Kraft cheese slice. The contents were presented in a soggy barmcake and were as unappetising as they looked. So, back to the Sunday roast it is then.On our next visit, soups and roasts were duly ordered. The mushroom soup arrived and had way too much pepper in it. I asked if the Chef could do anything and was told no, that was the way she'd made it! Oh, all right then. Can Chef stir a little Creme Fraiche into the soup to take some of the heat out of it? Our waitress went to check and came back with news that Chef had used up all of the Creme Fraiche yesterday. At times like this, the little voice that pops into my head wanted to point out that there was a supermarket across the road and I could go and get some if Chef wanted but I thought better of it. The soup, therefore remained uneaten.The mains followed and were their usual, inoffensive, selves but no mention was made of the soup. We had paid for 2 courses so did they offer a refund? No. Did they offer a dessert instead of the soup? No. Will we be going back? No.