The best restaurants in Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn Ribble Valley North West

I am not a native of the Ribble Valley: I'm an immigrant. But I've now lived in Clitheroe for 22 years. I can still remember my first trip to the Inn. Got to be the best hostelry in the area. Awesome!

Two night stay. Food, very poor. Accommodation, very comfortable, but the place begun to look a bit tired. Needs some attention. Staff, absolutely brilliant, attentive and very friendly.

Tim Hall is a very good chap. We had filled baps and they were excellent. The tea rooms were closed, but he let us sit at the tables in the garden. We will certainly come again.

I am pleased to say that after such a long wait (due to Covid) indoor eating is now available at this excellent eatery. Food, service and location are all excellent and I could not recommend it highly enough Give it a go, you won’t be disappointed 😀

An all round excellent meal with great and humorous service in front of a roaring log fire. Some excellent grouse and partridge and as always the pies were very good although being really picky a little more filling would have gone down even better. I know its sacrilege to critique those world famous pies but as we keep returning we had to find something that was not perfect!

What a gem! We didn’t expect much of a menu because it said ‘Lite Bites’ on the board outside! There was a perfect choice of sandwiches, cakes, soup, ploughman’s, quiche crispy chips and more. We had a crispy goats cheese and roasted vegetable tart with chips and salad and a warm roast beef and onion bap with chips and salad. Both really yummy. That, plus two coffees came to £16. All set in a picturesque village beside the river. (A truly dreadful lunch in St Anne’s reviewed here last week, cost £18 for half the quantity and poor quality) Lovely. Highly recommend

Having been recommended here by a friend we decided to go for breakfast. Wow! What an amazing experience. All the staff were very polite, friendly and helpful. A lovely member of staff showed us where to go for breakfast. The breakfast was amazing! Everything was cooked to perfection and very tasty. The atmosphere and layout of the eatery was perfect. It was spacious and a little quirky which we both really like. The garden centre itself is lovely. It is easy to navigate and plenty of lovely things for both the home and garden. Will certainly be going again. Also this is somewhere that the weather doesn’t spoil it.

We had a lovely fresh toastie and a delicious bacon barm with excellent coffee (latte and a flat white) - it was all soooooo nice! Lovely friendly and professional staff, from the easy and pleasant ordering experience (from a really delightful new member of staff - gr8 job!!), to top notch/quick service and VERY enjoyable eating :-) We highly recommended this cafe, and would like to thank everyone there for making it such a nice visit. We will definitely be back 👍 x

First impressions… very unfriendly bar staff. Wine was revolting. Food ok but big portions don’t mean excellent food. Salad came undressed-after asking for some oil I was told they only had Caesar dressing. Came in a small jug with a tiny bit in-for 2 people. Then we were expected to pay extra for side plates and forks for the birthday cake. Bar staff told us we had to leave as the pub was closing at 2:30. No mention of it when we booked for 16 people at 1pm. Do they often have such big parties on a weekday?? Very disappointing as we have been coming to this village forever as our ancestors lived here.