Craven Heifer - Darwen

I noticed the prices had gone up since my last visit. I ordered a jacket potato with chili and cheese, but it was very dry. I had to ask for butter and still couldn't finish it. The chili was lacking its usual sauce.

Haven’t been in for a couple of months so went for lunch but were disappointed. My wife had the Cajun chicken burger which she had had many times before but she said the burger was a lot smaller than usual, I had fish and chips but whether the chef forgot about it but the batter wasn’t just crispy it shattered when I tried to cut into it. The chips looked overdone, which they often do but I like them, but were only just warm. Service was good but probably the worst meal we have had there.

The food was so lovely. Very tasty chicken skewer. Huge pieces of chicken with great flavours. Lovely staff and excellent service. Always a fabulous atmosphere too in the Craven Heifer

Table of 5 arrived for lunch Sunday afternoon. We sat outside not busy . Ordered garlic bread arrived after about 20 mins lush as always ! Then the problems started. We waited over an hour from when the garlic bread was served for our mains . Asked 3 times where are they? First time i’ll check. 2nd time Told you’ve had your starter !!! Rude was a garlic bread between 5 people and we told you we were busy and you didn’t book ? We weren’t told they were behind and busy ! Can I just point out we’ve never booked before and we’ve never waited an hour for our mains. 3rd time it’s being plated up ! 10 mins later still no food just as we were going to ask for a refund the food arrived with 3 waitresses absolutely red hot food that had just been cooked with extra chips as an apology .This experience would not stop us from returning but it was frustrating. We’ve never had a bad meal there and the service is usually good .

What a great meal we had on our first visit in over 20+ years. Food we had was excellent and the service first class. Shame we live 275 miles away other wise we would go more often. Was my local for more than 5 years living just across the road. Thanks again.