The best restaurants serving British food in Leyland St. Ambrose South Ribble North West

This was our first visit to Charnock Farm. Lovely setting but the service and food would benefit from improvement. The chips were delicious, cheese bacon burger was OK, had much better elsewhere but the lasagne was a little burnt and scorching hot in places but lukewarm in others like it had been overheated in a microwave. I found the service rude, unlikely to return.

Food The lattes, which are normally served in those fancy glass cups, came in builders’ mugs this time—really disappointing. They’d even run out of vanilla syrup, so that was a letdown. My mates ordered breakfasts, and while they were okay, they were just your bog-standard fry-ups. As for my panini, it wasn’t toasted, barely warm, and falling apart. It was doughy and sloppy because it hadn’t been toasted properly. I only managed to eat half before feeling sick. Honestly, it was shocking. I even asked for a simple cheese toastie, and they refused to make it! Meals we saw coming past us didn’t look much better, which put one of my friends off eating anything at all. Service When we got there, there were no tables free, and they don’t have any sort of plan for it. I asked them to reserve a table for four, but they refused because it was “same-day.” So, we had to awkwardly stand around, watching people eat, waiting for someone to leave. Felt like hawks circling prey—so uncomfortable for us and for everyone eating! When a table finally became free, a group of elderly people came in and the staff told them they could have it. What could we do? So, we had to wait even longer. Why don’t they just get those pager systems to avoid this chaos? It didn’t get any better once we were seated. We had to clear the table ourselves because it was covered in dirty pots, and they didn’t even wipe it down. There were loads of tables piled up with pots everywhere. The staff looked completely unorganized, slamming food and drinks down without even asking who they belonged to. Atmosphere The staff didn’t smile or talk—they just seemed miserable and uninterested. The whole place felt chaotic and a bit grubby with all the dirty tables. I used to really like coming here, but after this experience, I won’t be back. Final Thoughts I wanted something simple, like a cheese toastie, and they couldn’t even do that for me. The photos say it all—basic, sloppy food and zero care. Such a letdown, especially when it used to be a decent café. They need to sort themselves out because I’m definitely not recommending it to anyone.

This used to be a lovely place but has really gone downhill. The building needs tlc to say the lest and on our last two visits the service has been poor. Won’t be going again.