The best restaurants serving British food in Ribble Valley North West

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 😀

Very lovely country pub. Lovely furnishings and decorations which gave it that real "country pub" feel

Excellent morning here for the full English breakfast and full tea pot very generous amount of food and staff very professional and helpful will be visiting again for sure especially Xmas Market season gorgeous food

Once again, it was an excellent experience. Lobster a particularly good highlight! We've been several times now, and it never disappoints.

Delicious full English by the River , lovely log burner too

Had a great lunchtime experience here today. Came across the pub by pure chance and what a gem it is. Delicious higher end pub food menu and beautifully prepared, scrumptious dishes. That together with being able to enjoy some lovely October sunshine sat outside the pub made for a memorable lunch treat. I’m normally a very critical type but this place ticked all the boxes for me!!

Great food, great service, reasonably priced. Would recommend. I ordered the ox cheek pie and husband ordered the fish and chips which were both lovely, being really picky the mash were a bit on the dry side, but I would still recommend.

Had a wonderful Stay, room was absolutely fantastic & staff & food were amazing & breakfast was one of the best you can get.

This was not our first visit to the Calf’s Head but it has to be the best meal we have ever had. It was a large family gathering and despite the size of the party the service was friendly and efficient. Looking forward to a return visit, hopefully not in the too distant future.

Emailed the restaurant to say how disappointed we were with our visit. Received no response. I attended with my boyfriend for afternoon tea which was a gift for my birthday. Firstly, the food was not as advertised with 3 of the desserts/puddings changed from what was on the menu. As in the picture the menu advertises - Strawberry panna cotta - Mini Victoria sponge - Lemon meringue pie - Chocolate caramel tart Instead we were given chocolate brownie, Eton mess and “cheesecake”. Therefore we lost 1 dessert from the 4 advertised and also were not informed of these changes and the food was just given to us as if that was what it should be. It meant we were given eton mess and cheesecake, and as you can imagine with the addition of scone with cream and jam we felt like all we had eaten was the same jam and cream over and over. The cheesecake was just crushed biscuits with cream on top and the Eton mess was just strawberries with cream on top. Additionally the ceaser salad was essentially a pile of lettuce with 2 anchovies on top. You may wonder why we didn’t bring this up at the time which brings me to the fact that the service was very poor. We were served promptly but ignored for most of the meal. Staff saw that we had finished but ignored us with a group of around 5 staff members stood chatting at the bar without attending to us or asking if we needed anything. We waited for that long that we just got up and went to the bar to pay without our table being cleared or the bill offered to us. To say we paid £50 for the meal which was not what was advertised and a very poor standard of service we were very disappointed. Photos have been added to show what was advertised vs what was served.

As a wedding venue this place is amazing. The food, setting, everything for the wedding was perfect. We have a really lovely day. Our problem was the rooms. We had room 4 which has no window to the outside. There is a frosted window to a corridor. No air conditioning or ventilation and a small double bed. This was just horrendous, we got a taxi back to Bolton at 1.30am as we couldn’t sleep. Several of the rooms are the same with no window to the outside. I’m abit claustrophobic so this was just awful. The room needs a king size bed and at least a fan / air conditioning.

Spent an evening here with some friends, staying elsewhere. First up, it's uphill, and I mean uphill, to get here but the views and the service were easily worth it. Kaitlyn (really hope I remembered this right) properly looked after us. Thank you.

We booked a table for 9 for a family lunch to celebrate my Dad’s life as he wanted us to do this instead of a formal funeral.We were all driving from different areas so the location suited everyone. Peter the Manager kindly suggested we use the room just off the main dining area which was perfect. There was a very comprehensive choice of food options which ranged from A La Carte to sandwiches. Perfect if you’ve no idea how hungry people will be!The Cosy Lunch set menus are very good value.Everyone enjoyed their meal ,the salmon being particularly popular. The service was extremely efficient yet unobtrusive.I felt everything was being done at our pace which is often difficult to achieve. Thankyou Peter and staff you were great!

Really nice cafe in a lovely setting. I only had coffee and cake but it was very good and reasonably priced. Seems popular with cyclists, but don't let that put you off, they don't bite :)

Firstly I have to make clear that the restaurant manageress understood what a terrible experience we had here and did not accept any payment for the food, although we did eat only a little of it. We booked as a group of 6 to celebrate my wife's birthday with her family. On entering we were put off to begin with by the dated and odd surroundings - with a trendy name such as 'Fitzy's Restaurant' it was not at all what we expected. It had a 1980s feel about it - certainly the high backed dark faux leather chairs were popular in that era. They felt that old too, no longer having padding in the seat. Some of us tried changing but they were no different. After a 40 minute wait and a reminder to the bar staff 5 of our 6 starters eventually arrived. The manageress herself brought the missing one a few minutes later apologising. She then saw for herself that the food was not cooked - the crumbed coating being hot but the centre stone cold. Clearly an error with the microwave. Meanwhile my wife was served her chicken wings covered in a thick gooey sauce, not something to attempt to eat with a knife and fork. When asked for a finger bowl a waitress arrived with a bowl containing no water. Fawlty Towers at it's best. It became clear that none of the waiters were trained - not having the skills or knowledge required to work in a restaurant. Nothing was offered by any of them - everything that is usually on the table had to be requested such as salt, vinegar, ketchup. Not once were we asked if there was anything we needed. The menu on the day bore no resemblance to the sample menu published on the restaurant's website which was the reason we chose it hsving two vegetarians in the group. As it turned out they had a choice of a pasta with a tomato sauce, or cheese and onion pie, obviously again microwave meals. Tiny pieces of overcooked pie were served with a few chunky 'chips'. Our great niece was served undercooked, gristly chicken in her burger which we did not allow her to eat. Our great nephew ordered a side dish of garlic bread which arrived as a small slice of bread cut in two with a spreading of garlic butter. This was an extra for £6 ! He then ate his first chip to find a hair on the plate underneath. It was at this point we all gave up to return home to order a takeaway. My wife and I, both in our mid 70s have eaten in many restaurants around the UK and around the world when travelling. We can honestly say that this was our very worst experience in any restaurant.