Inn at Whitewell, Whitewellback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Not often that a Black Sheep Best Bitter is anything less than superb but last Sunday afternoon's pint was only just better than average. The other handpulls were Moorhouse's Blonde Witch, Tirril Ullswater Blonde and Timothy Taylor Landlord. The pub itself is situated in a spectacular location overlooking the River Hodder but my impression was that it is not as grand as it once might have been. It's still worthy of a visit though.
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One of those places that tries to be all things - pub, hotel, restuarant, wedding venue, vintners - and pretty much succeeds spectacularly at all of them. It's also a good place just for a drink, and sitting on the back patio supping a pint of Bowland Hen Harrier overlooking the magnificent scenery, I could just about swallow the �3.30 I'd just been charged. One of the Ribble Valley's true destination venues.
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Great food if a little expensive, me and the dog enjoyed a great pint
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have to say i was a little disappointed with the "pub" side of the inn - it doesn't really feel like a pub at all in places, more the small country hotel with bars attached, which i suppose it is these days.
i believe it has a had a bit of a makeover recently and the duck egg blue walls and spotlights don't do it any favours in my opinion. that said, it still has plenty going for it - well kept local ale (not cheap, mind), superb food, an unrivalled location and spectacular lancashire views to match. if you can afford to treat yourself to an overnight stay, you won't be disappointed.
maybe i'm being harsh, certainly i had high expectations of the place, but i had hoped for something a little cosier. well worth a visit though.
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I love it here, it's quirky and the setting is superb. Ales and food good and fine for prices charged (a little expensive for some perhaps....) always a place you can trust, but they do rest on their laurels a little with service.......
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Dave Tunnicliffe has been made Bar Manager (January 2005). Dave worked behind the bar at the Aspinall Arms in Mitton and ensuring that the choice of ales was both wide and superbly presented was his mission in life. He'll doubtless do a very good job at the Inn. Just don't start him talking about music - the man's an encyclopedia of knowledge of jazz, Chicago, Blues, pop...you name it, he'll talk it!!
My only reservation about the Inn is that the prices are high - �2.60 a pint for TT, for example. Still, you're paying for the surroundings, and the excellent service..
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Unmissable. Excellent beer (Landlord and Copper Dragon at August 2004). Brilliant food - the Fish Pie is a culinary treasure, but the Sausage and Mash runs it close. Tables out front, and a lovely setting. Also don't overlook the fact that here, if a couple are sitting at a table for four or five, it's the custom to ask to share their table and to be invited to do so. I've started many conversations with total strangers in this way (all of them friendly!!).
But the building itself is the main delight. Richard Bowman (may his name be ever revered), for whom the word "eccentric" was coined, owns the place. Here, on the walls are a vast choice of photos, cuttings, cartoons. On the way to the toilets are to be found a fox escaping through a door and another playing cricket. Hunting, shooting, fishing and rowing items proliferate. The gents' toilet is devoted to pictures and articles on the Bowman family. Not sure about the ladies'!
Go here for an unforgettably brilliant experience.
Allan - 25 Aug 2004 12:40 |
I took myself and my girlfriend off for a long weekend at the Inn just after New Year. The rooms are fantastic - we stayed in a few different ones during our stay so we could compare them. It was the owners idea, but then he is borderline straighjacket material - in the best way possible. The main restaurant is of a very high quality and reasonably priced. The bar food is also above average. Beer includes well kept Taylor's Landlord. The location lends itself to weekends when the weather is poor and you can settle down next to one of the many open fires.
Staff all very friendly and it even has a wine shop on site!
Not cheap, but a memorable experience and one I would highly recommend. It has also won practically every food, drink and accommodation award going over the last 7 or 8 years.
Neil - 30 Jan 2004 17:12 |
legendary amongst discerning lancastrians - received all the plaudits recently, but we've known for years.....
james-lanky-in-london - 21 Jan 2004 07:19 |
Brilliant place for weekend away in an old stagecoach inn. Good beer, own wine imported and excellent food. In a village consisting of a church, a village hall, a house and the pub. Has local fishing and plenty of good walks.
Charles Frankland - 6 Aug 2003 16:48 |
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