The best restaurants in St. Helens North West

I have switched allegiances from the Rainford Supper bar to here. It shuts too early, but it does fish and spam fritters and the lady serving is lovely. My fishcake had been sitting a but too long and was hard and burnt but otherwise it was a treat. Could do with marrowfat mushy peas too!

The vegan sausage with mushroom, tomato and chilli sauce on a sourdough bap was totally delicious (and I'm not vegan!) and my daughter and sister were both really happy with their paninis. Service was also very friendly. Would reccommend!

Came for drinks with partner Lakan and Mark were so lovely and attentive couldn't do enough for us will come again maybe Try menu next time.

I’m sorry for the lack of stars but that is based on the lack of cleanliness (they have nice wooden tables, but they have dips in the wood were knots originally were, with bits of food in them, considering we were there 1st thing, that can only mean they weren’t cleaned from the night before). Now iv seen pictures online for BocBoc that states Big breakfast £9.95 for at least x2 sausages x2 eggs x2 bloomer toast etc etc, unfortunately that was a couple of years ago, so when l ordered it was a new menu but instead of making a breakfast bigger & better all l got for over £10.00 was a breakfast with only x1 sausage x1 egg x1 toast (cut in 1/2) etc etc so a bigger payment for at least 35% less items that the other menu had originally Then my wife had a hot chocolate that was so made in such a clumsy way, she had to drink it while leaning into the cup on the table as it had been overflowing that much it looked in a bad state The only good thing was the service from the young girls, pleasant and smiley but we were there for a relaxing breakfast, and wanted abit of glamour, if we wanted dirty tables with less for for the pitied we could have gone for a supermarket cafe breakfast

Nice old pub but food came in the wrong order starters after mains? Portion sizes not the best tasty food but who serves 1/2 a chicken fillet. We had heard great reviews about the places but I do not think we will be returning, bit disappointing.

The restaurant is not accommodating for large groups. The food was excellent, and the service was satisfactory during the meal, although the main courses took a bit too long to arrive. The issue arose when it was time to pay the bill. Despite informing the staff beforehand that our group of 15 would be paying separately, the manager insisted on providing a single bill for us to sort out amongst ourselves. This is challenging when some are paying by card, and it's not practical to expect customers to carry change. The correct approach would have been to allow each person to pay for their own order. Although they eventually permitted this, the hassle significantly detracted from the overall experience. It seems the staff are not focused on customer support. I recall a similar situation last year when an additional fee was charged for card payments. I had hoped for an improved experience this year, but it appears a different choice will be necessary in the future.

Excellent value two course lunch for £12.95 each, served 12 til 3pm. We ate outside as the weather was so nice. The food was hot, visually appealing and tasted fabulous. All the staff were really friendly.

Ordered the fish and chips and it was fab! Huge portions and very tasty. Will definitely be visiting again! Great atmosphere too

After so many year going there it's turned bad way. After Alan left business food became not very good. Yes you can order online now, but food is not great like use to be. Unfortunately won't come back

First time ever visiting this place, didn't realise they sold cask ale, managers very friendly will definately be visiting again

We arrived as a family of 7 looking forward to a lovely evening out. As we walked in there wasnt a very nice smell but was shown to our table. The waitress came over after about 20 mins to take our drinks order which took ages to come out. We eventually gave our food order and was told there would be a little wait. It was not a little wait it was over an hour and that was just for the starters and then we had to ask where it had got too. It then took another 20 mins for the main to come out. When i approached a member of staff after our meal to ask why we had had to wait so long she was extremely rude and lied to us. We will definitely not be going back again

What a fabulous meal we enjoyed last evening. Food, drinks, service, music were all first class. We were amazed that they could serve approx 200 people with hot food. Fast service at the bar too, with plenty of friendly bar staff. And we had a lovely 'full english' breakfast in the morning.

Over £18 for 3x Sausage and egg on toast!! Working in the area called in to cafe and ordered three sandwiches to take away. This is really expensive!!!

I enjoyed a delicious Roast beef dinner, washed down with a couple of the best Guinness and blacks Iv drank. Well recommended!!