We visited here at about 5.30pm on a Saturday and the place was buzzing! Most people were dining,…read morehowever we'd just popped in for a quick pint. Black Sheep was the cask beer, well kept and served by friendly bar staff. A glance at the locally inspired menu convinced me that we'll back soon to try the food. Starters include Bury black pudding & Chorizo with poached egg, hollandaise sauce and rocket and chorizo salad; Goosnargh Chicken Liver and Port Pate; and Morecambe Bay shrimps. Mains include 28 day hung Rib Eye steak, Lancashire Hotpot and Home made Beef and Guinness pie. Quiz night on Thursdays and live music on Fridays. Years ago this pub was truly awful but a complete refurbishment and new ownership a couple of years ago (ish) has completely transformed it. Lucky Elswick!

Just Great. Ales change regularly. But the food is locally sourced from the Fylde and is just…read moreterrific. As is the service. Highly recommended.

Update- April 2021…read more Disappointingly this pub that started out as an excellent local pub restaurant has been on a gradual race to the bottom over the last few years..... It seems like this is driven by greed by the owners, with the real ale selection going from great to poor but more importantly the quality has gone downhill. There have been several occasions where the pump clips have not matched whats in the pump . The atmosphere has gone from friendly local to more chave based, drunken idiots spoiling the atmosphere. There are worse pubs around for sure but it's so disappointing to see a great pub go in the wrong direction. It has great potential to compliement the two micro bars which have opened more recently and leave this place standing miles behind, so if you want a good local bar head to these until this place gets it's act together! ________________________________________

Had a great meal here on a quiet uesday afernoon. I went for the salt and pepper chicken wings to…read morestart then the pulled chicken burger. The starter was excellent and tasted very fresh. However, my burger was just ok...I felt it was just a litle to sloppy for my liking although it did taste great. The prices are reasonable which is a bonus. My dad had the chicken goujons which were fantastic and then the fish and chips. The pint of beer which I had (awesome I think it was called) was a very tasty one. I will definitely be back when I next visit my parents.

What's Lancashire tapas? HINT: it's not calamari / potatoes bravas and omelette cooked in…read moreLancashire instead of Spain. It's actually Bury black pudding, sausage and cauliflower fritters with mustard. The Brits do it best - oh yeah! There must be a really good chef in this pub as I had a wild boar pie for a main course that was clearly cooked from scratch. It was served with not once, not twice but triple cooked chunky chips that were crunchy on the inside and deliciously smooth in the middle. My mother had a 'chippy tea' with fish, chips and some addictive mushy peas that were flavoursome and a gorgeous chunky consistently (not too mushy). The atmosphere is really friendly and you can tell it's a place that gets lots of regulars from the local area as we stood out a bit as being southerners. But the staff showed interest in where we'd come from and why we were there (a family wedding) and we ended up feeling like we had a new family. Is it friendlier up North? If I ever venture up North again, I'd re-visit here for the delightful tapas. Bury black pudding is divine.

Just a little update for this place. It's now become our local pub. Staff very friendly good range…read moreof real ale and lager on tap. Called last night and had a nice little drink before dinner. The fact that we have made this our local when there are 2 other pubs closer to home should speak for itself.

Smashing pub with a a big beer garden. Despite it's name, it's not near water, but by the Preston…read more Leeds railway line. Think they do food at weekends but certainly good ale at all times!

Popular pub serving good food & good beer. Guest ales always in top condition…read more On a recent visit in addition to the already excellent menu which offers plenty of veggie choice, they had Ostrich steaks and watch out, Alligator steak too! I stuck to fish & chips, very good.

poor customer service when we informed them of mash dry tasted instant and scampi wet greasy was…read moreasked if (emily ) server did we report poor girl didnt no what to say (OHHHHH ) that was it after informed when paying was told mash made fresh lol wasted £40 wont be going again disgusting meal as a food critic very disapointing service and complate section

This is one pub in Preston that's definately worth visiting, a proper real ale drinkers pub. The…read morebeer is well cheap, but the quality is incredible, where else can you buy top quality beer at £1.70 a pint? there's nowhere else in Preston, trust me? It is an old fashioned pub, very small but very nice interiors, the staff are very friendly, welcoming and the service is very good. It's a good pub to start off in, particularly if you want to head off right into the city centre!

One of a drinker's favourite pubs in Preston. Sam Smith's Bitter is well known throughout the north…read moreof England cos of its low cost. It has a distinctive taste and the regular bitter is a real session beer. £1.40 a pint! That's like BOGOF in any other pub! This is the only Sam Smith outlet in Preston.

I'm making a complaint due to tonight. Myself and 2 other…read moremen entered the property and arrived at the bar. As soon as I made the bar man aware I was homosexuel, he started making inappropriate comments, one of the comments was along the lines of "you aren't my type" I immediately sat away from the bat as I started feeling like he was being difficult. The bar Man stated that I was "not his type" even though I hadn't mentioned anything like this, the security then appeared at my table telling me I had to leave, I had whiteness and there is also cctv to look into this, obviously I was upset as I feel I've been targeted. I asked for the bar staff name but was reserved, I then asked for the security name and was told "mike", I do not understand why I was removed I had caused no issue except telling the bar man he was not my type. The security approached me and then I told him I would leave immediately, when I asked him why he could not explain. There is no reason I can see that I was removed from.the bar, apart from the bar barmans own issues and any cctv or recordings from the night would prove it, I have no idea why I was kicked out and intend to complain on every level untill I have been addressed properly.

This is the only example of its kind that I've attended, so 4star rating for now. I went and…read moretreated myself on my birthday 23rd December 2017 to a private booth so four star rating for now. The dancers are polite and friendly yet pretty girls approaching ME (in underwear) rather than vice versa will take a while to get used to! :-D Though of course it's in their interests to. ;-) The piped music was a little intrusive and made the chit chat with dancers harder to make out. Thankfully it was peaceful in the enclosed box booths downstairs with a bead curtain, if a little dark to see where I was! The brunette dancer, C, named after an upmarket district in London treated me warmly, politely and smelled all girly lovely and snuggly - rather intoxicating to the senses :) It was £65. The door charge was £5. It may have been 30-mins to 45mins but the dance felt like an hour. I liked that she's a keen horsewoman like myself so we had something to talk about, that's if I managed to being so distracted by her gyrations :-) The staff were super and even were kind enough to accommodate my error in invoicing for dances - it is cash only. I wanted to upgrade for another, longer dance to £200. I think it's a private room with more plush furnishings and maybe they take more clothes off I don't know. However I had to reluctantly be on my way as I was getting slightly fatigued.