Willeymoor Lock Tavern in Cheshire West and Chester

Great curry, friends ham and eggs. Good wifi nice padio.

Slightly tricky access for folks with mobility issues but very good food freshly prepared.

Very nice place to have a pint or two. We were moored just outside the pub and enjoyed going several times. Nothing wrong with the food at all. But also nothing outstanding. A nice, dog friendly rural pub.

Definitely recommend Willeymoor Tavern.. cant fault it at all. Great food and service. Love the Tea-pots around the place... different 😊

Very friendly staff. We had breakfast overlooking the lock, which was very enjoyable. Parking and access to the cafe is easy. The cafe itself though is not very large but there is outside seating.

Moored close by on my narrowboat Excellent Steak pie and pint of Cheshire Cat Well worth a visit Dog friendly and Covid safe

Great food and great prices! We went twice in October and service and food was faultless both times. Portions were great and the selection of beers, real ales, and spirits at the bar was like nothing we’d ever seen before. It was a busy dinner time when we went on a Sunday but service was great and wait times were minimal. So great night, thanks Willeymoor team!

Nice position next to the canal. Food served quickly and tasty

Fabulous canal side pub, warm welcome and good atmosphere, coupled with hearty food and drinks. Would definitely pop in again.

Lovely quaint pub and great staff and owners the food is excellent steaks cooked to perfection and the steak pie is the best in the country would highly reccomend

Was in a nice setting. Food average There was a. Lovely young girl Waiting tables and a lovely guy there friendly and chatty... Would not rush back... Sorry to say.

Went for an evening meal, food was very nice, service excellent. Atmosphere a little strained.

Lovely friendly canal side pub with beer garden. Welcomes kids and dogs. Great selection of beers. A must visit place for all boaters travelling the Llangollen canal.

Lovely meal / great beer / friendly staff 👍

Really friendly and kind, lovely kids playground and nice atmosphere. Have been before and would go again.

A wonderful canalside pub, really well kept beers, good food, excellent service and great crak.

Not so easy to find, as Sat Nav tells you that you have arrived a few minutes before the actual place, but stay on the same road. Well worth a visit. We where the first people there at 12.10 pm, Food lovely are very large ( I couldn't finish my fish platter).

Big thanks to miserable/ aggressive landlady for encouraging us to move on. We found the swan a short walk from marbury lock. Fantastic service and food.

Moored up early for lunch. Went to check the time it opened and was greeted with a scowl and no words to say they weren't open. We checked the sign to see opened at 12. We should have known then.... We decided to wait for lunch and grabbed a table outside. My mum went to check if we order at the bar to which the landlady replied aggressively, with a scowl, 'well there's no table service here'. Absolutely no need for the attitude and aggression. Decided to go elsewhere were they respect customers and had a lovely lunch at the swan Inn instead!

Amazing food. Cooked fresh. We were made extremely welcome. All the staff were helpful, the pub was immaculate. Lots to see in there. We took our two dogs in without any problem. Frank the dachshund was an instant hit. It was lovely to talk to Elsie a very knowledgeable lady. Thank you for a lovely time.

Very friendly staff. Food was a reasonable price and served without delay. Added bonus is that it's dog friendly. Would recommend this place.

Very nice meal in pleasant surroundings. Staff friendly, attentive and efficient .

Really decent pub food, can't fault it really. Pleasant staff. Lasagna, chicken curry and child's meal all great.

Fantastic setting, fantastic food and The Bellhaven Black is delicious

Lovely staff serving a good selection of ales, stouts & lagers. Well placed next to the canal on a sunny day its lovely to sit and watch the boats go by. Also serves wonderful food, on the pricey side but worth the price!

A great spot by the canal for a drink and bite to eat. Dog and child friendly, food selection is great, lots of drinks on offer and staff very friendly and helpful.

Wouldn't recommend. Rude and aggressive management. Shame as I really enjoyed my paddle and was looking forward to a drink!

Lovely family n pet friendly pub food was worth it

Lovely and welcoming for boaters

Revisited this quaint and charming place on my recent boating holiday. Fabulous food, very good portion sizes. Staff are very welcoming. Good value for money. We were a family of 6 and all meals arrived within seconds of each other. We loved it so much we we had dinner there again on the way back and took our grandchildren as well. Kids loved it. They accommodated a party of 8 easily . Well worth a visit

We were on a canal boat holiday down to llangollen we called twice at the tavern once for evening meal and once for lunch. Both times the hosts could not do enough for us and the 2 dogs we had with us. Food was excellent and we will definitely go again when in the area

Great place to stop on the canal for an excellent range of real ales and good pub food - all at very reasonable prices. We had the Willymoor Mixed Grill, which was excellent and we had a the Homemade Steak pie which was filled to the brim with steak.

Great place excellent location and friendly stuff , highly recommend to combine with a walk along the canal!!

Usual pub fare. Strict opening times so check. We booked but you might get away with it.

Me and my mum came here yesterday for first time and we had a warm welcome and the food was great. We will definitely go back.

Staff were very pleasant welcoming. Food was hot and delicious..

Absolutely superb. Setting was beautiful. Staff warm and welcoming. Food was super and served with a smile. Great spot for a lunch , pint and relaxing.

Very good food, and very atmospheric with all the boats going through the lock. P

Great pub and food right by the lock.

Very nice canal side pub doing good food good range of real ales we worth a visit

Just back from our meal, booked for a party for 13 of us for a birthday. Staff were really friendly, food was piping hot and generous portion, not overpriced. Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Cracking food good ale friendly staff and lots of Toby jugs and T pots.

Good classic pub food, something for everyone! Waterside to canal so really nice.

Lovely canalside pub. Large carpark but pub not easily accessible for those that can't walk due to having to cross canal on a bridge with steps, although not many steps it's quite steep? Staff friendly and helpful and food is good. Dogs allowed inside pub on a lead.

Excellent food, beer and service.

Been a few times. Food always good

Great place to stop for a pint and watch the boaters working the lock.

Nice spot for excellent beer outside on a hot day. 😊

Lovely canalside pub with real ales and bar food. Good beer garden

Lovely Sunday lunch by the canal lock, great play area for the kids to enjoy. Steak pie was excellent

simply stopped and had one pint of the local Guinness or a black stuff, as i walked the complete Sandstone trail (34 miles), i can only say totally enjoyed my pint , very much a public house and worth a visit,

Edit Highly recommended We re-visited on our return journey down the Llangollen canal, it was our favourite along the entire waterway, so friendly and welcoming. It was half term so the pub was packed, but it was just as good if not better than our first visit. The weather was stunning which meant we were able to eat outside. The outside there are various places to sit including beside the lock. The pub inside is charming, with an array of jugs and pot, a real unique place. Will be back ! We all loved this place, a proper pub serving great food and real ales. The food was served promptly, was delicious and well priced. Good selection of desserts and coffees. Our beer of choice was the Limestone Stone Cutter which was excellent. They were also kind enough to help us with Wi-Fi, which we really appreciated. We really enjoyed our visit whilst out on our boat and will definitely visit again next time we are in the area. Thank you

Star for the location which is excellent. Such a shame to make this our overseas guests last pub of the holiday. After the landlady was rude and blunt with them for no apparent reason - which left the rest of us plain embarrassed. A shout out to the Aqueduct Inn down the way which is a testament to how good British pubs can be.

What a tonic that was! Have just eaten al fresco here, and can’t recommend enough! Nestled by the canal, with lovely spacious grounds it was a complete joy on a sunny Sunday evening. The staff are wonderful, with a great sense of humour too! The batter on my cod was perfect, and my hubby and son enjoyed their meal too. We all came away feeling very content 🤗 Thank you, it was lovely ❤️

I was really disappointed with the food. A jacket potato isn’t too difficult? Cold beans and a hard potato. Chips as a side order = dry like crisps, cooked too fast. Ordered desserts which also were not nice at all. The food had clearly been microwaved. Finally ordered a coffee which 100% was a sachet coffee. It’s scandalous to advertise a Flat white / Irish coffee when it definitely isn’t. Will not be returning

Booked this pub as our overnight stop on canal boat holiday. Great food good service and a good selection of ales would recommend it

I have been to Willeylock tavern a few times now, with friends and family. Fantastic friendly staff, beautiful food and in such a gorgeous surroundings. I recommend this bar/restaurant very highly.

Local pub to the canal and all you need - lovely peaceful spot away from the traffic

Visited for drinks. They are very friendly, open good hours and appreciate your custom. Good range of well kept beers. Lots of outside seating next to the canal.

Unpretentious lockside pub. Reasonably priced typical pub food. Friendly and helpful staff. The pub is dog friendly too.

Lovely food, fab staff and a delightful location.... What now can you ask for!

Great pub good food fantastic setting on canal and right on lock gate

Dog friendly pub friendly local vibes, what’s better than setting by the water with a pint and man’s best friend, pup rating 5🌟

Visited the Willeymoor Lock Tavern on multiple occasions. Food is amazing, staff are lovely, and the the place is a perfect British pub. Massive selection of drinks, with multiple ciders, beers, and ales on tap. Really can’t fault it. If you’re looking for a quintessential...

Would have loved to tell you about the pub and food, but after being told we couldn't use their bin for 3 empty bottles we moved on only to speak to the boat In front of us who were told not to use the chairs whilst they waited for the pub to open. Shame

Stopped here as guests of the caravan site next door. We got cold and wet setting up the caravan so walking into the pub to a real fire with real ales on the bar was a very welcome sight! And wow was there a lot of ales to choose from. Bar lady helped us choose a pint and gave us a taster before we sat down to look at the menu. The menu was massive and took us longer to decide what to have than it did for the waitress to bring it to us. All in all great night and food was spot on. Thanks Willeymoor

First day of canal holiday, planned by pubs and this was our first stop… Moored up at 5.30pm and pub opens at 6….no issue, we’ll sit in the garden and wait… Had 3 empty bottles as we waited for the pub to open and girl...

The Willeymoor Tavern steps you back in time. It is quaint, and the owner and her family are so lovely. We moored our boat nearby and enjoyed lunch and dinner there. The Coronation Golden Ale was delicious and the Cod and chips was so good....

I have visited this place 3 times in the past. On all 3 occasions I have witnessed very bad customer service to visitors. The interchange between the staff and managers to the public has been quite offensive and counterproductive to their customer relations.

I can recommend the steak pie. Delicious.

Nice pub, we sat outside watching the canal boats going through the lock. Inside was warm and welcoming with an open fire.

Good place to refresh after a hike

A bit old and dated, landlady needs to cheer up!

Friendly and welcoming canal side pub.

Unique atmosphere, lovely no-fuss, hearty food, friendly and attentive service.

I couldn’t fault this pub. Absolutely lovely people working here, food was well cooked pub grub, beautiful building and we were made very welcome. My brother was on non-alcs and they had a good selection on that front too. Wish it was closer to home,...

Very friendly place warm and welcoming Prices every reasonable

Been here a few times lately. Really nice place, nice food and nice people. Well worth a visit.

As locals we've been here a few times as its just a short walk on the tow path for us (when the tow path isn't swamped with mud). We've been consistently impressed, and everytime our friends and family are around we bring them here as...

Very mediocre food and service. Not very impressed.

The glasses had fingerprints all over them, and the good was overcooked. The cutlery was cheap, and the handle og the knives stuck into the palm of your hand.

Lovely staff and a very pleasant place to visit in general. 😀

Excellent food xxx the fires were burning lovely xxx we all had great meals and nice time was had by all on a cold and wintery day xxx thanks 😊

Frequently used it when I lived there 35 years ago

Fantastic little place. I will definitely be back

Not friendly to boaters which is evident by the bridge which is 2ft away from the lock which you're not allowed to use to get to the lock gate and instead you must risk falling in the canal instead to get from one side to the other even though you're essentially right outside the pub hopping from one piece of land to the other, which makes absolutely no sense. There's even signs not permitting you to use it. How to own a pub next to a canal and lose half your passing trade. Dumb.

The Willeymoore is a lovely, traditional pub. The bar has a massive selection of drinks, with multiple ciders, beers, and ales on tap. We’ve have dined here before and enjoyed it just as much this time. In the current economic climate, the menu was varied...

Lovely friendly pub. Food amazing. The collection of tea pots were brilliant.... We loved them. The grandchildren enjoyed the play park too.

Lovely canal side pub, friendly people and great food all at a reasonable price. Cheers

Had a lovely walk down the canalside from Grindley Brook to here and stopped for a coffee and a cider before heading back. A truly lovely spot by the lock . The sun was shining and we enjoyed our rest here very much. Did notice they do not open before midday, so come before and you will be disappointed.

Good food. Good service. Very enjoyable.

Called in for a drink and portion of chips each , not a big order but in the current climate I would of thought we would of been welcomed with more warmth. The chips were less than hot, the portion size did not match the...

Chicken curry was awesome friendly staff brilliant

This was a lovely little canal side pub nice variety of Ales & the food was delicious 🍻😋

Very good bunkhouse. Good shower facility.

Me and my partner ate here last week, chips came out luke warm, the egg was cooked very questionably, we certainly were not greeted well or made to feel welcome in a place where we were paying customers.

It's just pub grub, but it's REALLY GOOD pub grub! Beer choice is excellent.

Dog-friendly, family run pub on the canal side. Lovely beer garden for the summer and roaring fires in the winter. Wide selection of beers, ales, and cider on tap as well as spirits and bottles. Food menu is varied, catering for all tastes. Highly recommend! We’ll be back!

Lovely quaint pub/restaurant great food a few real ales pleasant and helpful staff we will be going back 😀

What a lovely pub ! Sat in a very nice beer garden over looking the canal , we didn't have food although it looked very nice perhaps on our next visit.