Ribchester Arms - Ribble Valley

Went to Ribchester Arms today for lunch with the husband and the food was amazing. We both had chicken Bao buns, I had a fish buttie and he had the stir fry. The fish was beautiful, his stir fry was excellent, staff really friendly and it was topped off by the best of Wham playing! Winner winner

What a fabulous stop off for lunch this was, a great pint of real ale with home made pies to die for and attended by a superb staff team. I can,t recommend this place enough, well done to all at The Ribchester Arms.

Been coming to this restaurant for years. Well I don't know what has changed in the kitchen but the people cooking are certainly can't classed as chefs. I went for a 3 course Christmas Dinner on the 15 December. It was absolutely disgusting. 1 slice of white meat and underneath was dark brown and certainly was not turkey. The vegetables were disgusting. The whole meal my Family could not eat and we left the whole dinner it was disgusting so was the soup which was cold. I demanded the manager I settled the bar bill and refused to pay for the meals it was that bad. Something I have never done in my life but what they turned out was disgusting. We will never to return. We have always supported this restaurant over the years but never again. Produce that standard of a meal and they will certainly be going out of business. 50 mile round trip what a complete waste.

There were nine of us for my partners birthday, we’ve never been here before but had driven past a few times and thought it looked nice from the outside. Some people within my family didn’t have any problems with their food, but four out of nine did. One family member could only eat part of their dish because the other part wasn’t edible…unfortunately they didn’t say anything at the time. Three members including myself all had the chicken schnitzel. One member had to ask for it to be changed whilst my partner and I ate ours. However, all three of us encountered the same problems which were tough chicken you could hardly cut through, the chicken wasn’t flat as schnitzel should be, and it had a batter type coating rather than crispy breadcrumbs which made it soggy. This meal came with french fries and a supposed rocket salad with parmesan. It in fact looked like a few leaves with a bit of cheese on top. The drinks are extortionate with a Stella or Cider costing £5.60, and an Orange OJ ridiculously high at £3.30. Furthermore, they don’t have a drinks menu so you don’t see the price until the bill arrives. At the end of the meal we were given vouchers for 20% off the food in January and February, needless to say we won’t be using them!

After dining at this restaurant for several years, it seems that the establishment is now under new management and definitely has new chefs. Our family recently went for dinner and we were extremely disappointed with the food. The quality was very low, the dishes were bland and lacked seasoning, and the chocolate brownie was almost inedible - hard as a rock and tasted like compacted flour. The staff were friendly but not very attentive to the tables, resulting in long waits between courses. Overall, our children and we were fed up with the experience.