The best restaurants in Sefton North West

Previously visited several years in a row & fully enjoyed both the food & the service. 2 out of 3 main courses arrived almost an hour after ordering when the restaurant has only 2 tables occupied. Food was cold & lamb well done instead of pink. After complaining to a manager, no interim refreshments were offered & he told us that there was a trainee chef working & there were problems. Waited a further 30 minutes for replacement meals to arrive whilst more recent diners were prioritised with their ordered food. We had been working all day at the Southport Flower show & simply wanted to eat & get to bed. Instead our evening was ruined, my husband having to eat alone & us having to wait an hour & a half to eat. The food was disappointing & had become very mediocre instead of excellent as it had always been. Hugely disappointing. As a consequence of such an awful experience, our bill was negated but we would have rather had the great food we normally enjoyed there. I believe the restaurant was in new hands so perhaps new management was responsible for the huge change of quality & service. We will not return.

Such a shame but this place has gone so downhill!!! Last time I visited was almost two years ago and the milkshakes were quite nice. But on my last visit this month, the kinderella milkshake was below average. There was hardly any flavour. Really chunky it was almost impossible to drink through a straw. The place was empty and it was mid afternoon on a Saturday. We walked in to two girls “working”. They were just sat on their phones. One of them didn’t even look at us and the other girl simply said “hi” with no emotion. A small smile would have been nice. She took our order and served it to us a few minutes later and the entire time she never showed any form of customer service skills at all. She was so so rude I actually could not believe it. I spoke with friends after and they all agreed they have had similar experiences to us! She never once said please or thank you. Never smiled at us. And never made us feel welcome. Her attitude was the worst I have ever seen and I will not be returning because of her.

Really enjoyed my time the good and service was brilliant especially the brownies which were amazing considering they were even gluten free! Can’t wait to get back there and try more of the food on the menu

A great addition to the Thornton area and has become a favourite stop for tea or dinner when I'm passing. Owner is friendly and staff are pleasant with fast service.

Just a wonderful place to be food is always great and staff are very kind as we order there quite a lot due to living near by and never once had to complain.

Absolutely amazing food extremely worth the money would 1 million percent come again chef very humble and polite and all staff friendly and meals look a bit pricey but 💯 percent worth it delicious eat here every day

Popped in on my way home for a quick snack. I found the place clean and tidy and staff really friendly and professional. Food was amazing. Will be back.

This is how all Burgers should be. However, the Burger sauce is sweet and overpowers the Burger. It is well worth a try (Without Sauce). Fries are the best I have tried.

My order today was lovely food was nice and hot also I must say the customer service was second to none Thankyou x

Amazing give me a free donut and they were so nice and friendly manager was very kind and generous staff were ver ver ver y kind and I will come back regularly

I am a Southport resident and found it incredible that this pub closed at 6pm because of a parade that afternoon. I felt that we were to blame for this for some reason, the truth being that they took decent money during the afternoon so we're closing now. Total contempt for people who actually live in Southport! Obviously not business minded people, especially considering the pub has run down in recent years and doesn't take much money anymore, or so it appears to me because I pass it all the time (being a local resident) and it's never full anymore.

We moved in to the area 3 months ago. In that time we have been to this lovely place four times. Most recently, 12 of us went last weekend to celebrate a 60th birthday. And every single person enjoyed it! Last week, two friends came to visit us from Formby and called in to Pebbles en route. “Oh, we stopped off in a lovely place before coming here. Pebbles? Do you know it?” Oh yes, we know it! And it is our favourite place in Ainsdale. Small, cosy and welcoming, the menu is predominantly Greek (my favourite food) but there is also a good selection of English dishes. I have tried the Afelia (Cypriot dish), chicken gyros, the mezze. All were excellent, but my favourite dish was the beef stifado, hands down. The chef clearly knows how to make authentic Greek food with big flavours. I hope that Pebbles can get that dish on to its regular menu. The prices are very good too. I will be back very soon!

It was nice enough, only thing I’d say was the kids sausage was very fatty, my baby couldn’t eat it. Had the eggs Benedict that could have been abit warmer.

Nothing special. The business has risen their prices drastically over the past year however the quality and quantity has rapidly declined £11 for 6 small and thin chicken breasts. Get better value elsewhere

Excellent food at more than reasonable prices, all of our meals cost under £5 each, we will definitely be returning.