The Farmers Glory Inn, Haslingden [Closed] - pub details
Closed
Address: Roundhill Road, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 5TU [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 22891) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Huncoat (3.2 miles), Accrington (3.2 miles), Church & Oswaldwistle (3.2 miles)
> Current user rating: 3.8/10 (rated by 6 users)
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user reviews of the Farmers Glory Inn, Haslingden
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| Well where do i begin??? We decided in 2009 that we would take the stress out of Christmas Day by going out for our Christmas lunch. We chose our venue carefully by price, location and the food. My in laws visited the restaurant prior and had a meal to try it out and enjoyed it so we booked the Farmers Glory for the big day. (nb. there was nobody in when they had the meal just them) Terri sold the day to them. Log burning fire, bucks fizz and canapes on arrival, spectacular decorations, a home from home. What more could you wish for? We arrived at 12.30pm for our bucks fizz reception to be seated right away at our table in the conservatory. The restaurant was full to bursting with then happy Christmas day customers. The heating was broken and substitute heaters were dotted around. Our bucks fizz was brought to the table and you could "grab" a canape from a fleeting waitress as she went by with a tray. The clock was ticking. 1pm, our first course was due to arrive. Everything was pre ordered before the day so hopefully the food should come out quickly and we would be back home by 3.30pm with our feet up enjoying the rest of our day. Eventually our starters arrived. One was wrong but when told about this we were told that that was what we had ordered? Surely a quick swap wouldnt have caused too much trouble. This was a 6 course lunch and was pre ordered. Basically it was 1 hour per course. After nearly 3 hours sat in a cold conservatory our Turkey dinner arrived. Well it wasnt worth waiting for! Piled up like a school dinner was all the vegetables, which were cold and hard, turkey swimming under cold gravy, raw sausages and red cabbage topped with cranberry sauce on top. Disgusting. Not how i would serve my Christmas dinner and i am an ammature home cook. By this time we had had enough. We had been there far too long and there was still 3 more courses to arrive. We asked for the bill. Full price it said! So we queried this with the owner Terri and the head chef who i presume is her partner. They were raging that we had the cheek to complain about there establishment. No apology just disgust that we hadnt enjoyed there efforts. After telling us to just get in our cars and leave and swearing at us at the bar we walked out halfway through our Christmas meal. We were all extremely upset and disapointed and it ruined our day. We had gone there to relax and it was the most stressful day we had ever had. Now since Christmas day i believe business hasnt been good and now they are closing down! Others walked out on the day aswell. Shouting and swearing was heard coming from the kitchen and the waiting on staff were left in tears. No wonder. If they ever read this i hope they feel bad for spoiling our day and will admit to themselves that they let us all down that day. Never again will i go out on Christmas day and i hope whoever takes over the pub does a much better job than they did in the future. nailteq - 27 Jan 2010 20:55 |
| just too add on my recent comment... i would like to point out.. 1 - it was a sunday dinner time 12:30 2 - there was 2/3 people in there 3 - the annoying hostess/landlady also called us "Mi Dahlins" bradinthesun - 10 Aug 2009 14:51 |
| I've been enjoying coming to the farmers glory for many a year with my father in law and his mate, whom have tallied about 60 years between them coming to this watering hole. I've just come back from Afghanistan to look forward to a nice cold pint at the farmers, only to find its changed hands and the new policy by the landlady is that people are not allowed to go in their just for a beer and even though we had already been served we were asked if we wanted to carry on having a drink we must vacant the premises and drink outside. we where made to feel like we where making the place untidy, too tell you the truth the place is on it's last legs and by treating good customers like our selves like this just proves how desperate they are to get some new ideas. by kicking out the customers who just want a drink. but until you land on your faces and beg us to return we'll find another watering hole who wants our money. great pub, sadley gone down the hole bradinthesun - 10 Aug 2009 14:45 |
| I've visited this pub many times during the last few years and always had an excellent meal at a reasonable price with good friendly service However, I visited in January 2009 for the first time under new management and was very disappointed for a number of reasons:- * I was unaware the meal would take so long to cook * the soup was 'cock a leekie' and had a large mass of shredded chicken in the bowl * the portions of vegetables and roast potatoes were small and some pieces of carrot and parsnip were very hard * one family member thought his size of steak was small * the waitress/hostess annoyed all of us by continually addressing us as 'my dahlings' with a very affected accent There were some good points - the food was beautifully presented, my salmon was in a delicious sauce, (would have liked more of this sauce) and the waiter there when we needed him but not over attentive The bill was 50% more than we usually paid for a meal in this pub/restaurant but unfortunately the overall quality wasn't Needless to say I won't be revisiting - I know things change in life but I really preferred the pub the way it used to be foxymimi49 - 25 Mar 2009 12:50 |
| Thanks to Rossendale Online and the Farmer�s Glory for the prize of lunch for two in the recent competition. We went there in December; I�d recommend giving the place a try if you haven�t been already. I haven�t been in the pub before, it�s extremely tastefully done with a real log fire and the food is fabulous. Virtually everything is made from fresh ingredients so Andy�s has to work very hard in the kitchen, Terri makes a wonderful hostess. The house red wine is very fine. I had the fish and chips which was very good. And not just any fish and chips, let me tell you. The fish was that large that it needed to be folded to cook it! It tasted very fresh and he chips were proper home made - thick cut and crispy and served with side salad and tartar sauce. My wife had Cumberland sausage and mash with deep red brown rich onion gravy. I sampled that too, it was equally nice. For dessert we had toffee apple brioche, a kind of apple based bread and butter pudding with cream � this was exceptionally good, all rounded off with fresh coffee. The lunch menu is mouth watering; the evening menu looks even more spectacular. Apparently word is getting round � they had a full house on Saturday night and had to turn fourteen punters away! The pub is on Roundhill Rd, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 5TU. Highly recommended, rest assured that we�ll be back to try the evening menu soon. Godi - 11 Feb 2009 20:17 |
