The best restaurants serving British food in Prestbury Cheshire East North West

I was a guest of a 12 person dinner party here last night. I want to highlight the fact that the service was really, really impressive. Almost invisible in the sense that the staff were so well-trained that you finished eating one course & you hardly noticed that your plate was being removed, or that you were being asked so seamlessly if you wanted more wine or water. They got all the angles correct - we didn’t have to move or adjust in the slightest - so we just went on talking & laughing & hence the service was not INTRUSIVE. In any way. The meal & the occasion took centre stage -as it should! Good service is an art form very rarely encountered these days owing to staff churn & the pandemic. But staff ant Bacchus are apparently longstanding, very well-trained in observation & table management & it showed. It was refreshing & and an absolute pleasure!

The only reason I have awarded 2 stars is that the price was relatively inexpensive for a night’s lodgings. Apparently, back in the day, the Bridge was THE hotel around, complete with uniformed staff. How far it has fallen! The rooms are tiny, with poor lighting and walls painted dark colours when they need pale. The TV doesn’t get decent reception and, although the bathroom is clean, we were provided one towel for the two of us. The corridor leading to room 20 is so overheated that windows &!doors have to be left open to keep it bearable. Windows are filthy. I was told the hotel is for sale but, if so, I hope the buyer has deep pockets. Inexpensive but not somewhere you’d want to spend more than one night. Give me Premier Inn any day or, in Prestbury, The Legh Arms.

We just dropped in for a drink on a busy bank holiday and without realising sat at an empty table that was in the area for food service, but where other pubs may have just asked you to move with no consideration - the waiter came over and kindly told us he had reserved us a table in the bar area to move to and made sure to check on us while we were there - it's the small things that make a big difference and we will definitely be back!

Staff very attentive and excellent, especially Yasmin, but food ok and massive prices, wine £35 for a bottle of house wine! Lovely restaurant, even with the rowdy group of women on a hen do or similar