The Dog Inn is located on Belthorn Road on the right hand side near the top of the hill…read more The Dog Inn is an excellent place for a meal with family or your other half. As you walk in you can tell it's a very friendly, cosy traditional pub type restaurant. We ordered our drinks and the lady asked we was eating which we were so they gave us a menu and said if we'd like to sit in the bar while we choose. We ordered our meals and within 5 minutes we went downstairs to the restaurant area and more or less our starters came. I had prawn cocktail which was excellently presented and very nice, then had surf and turf which again was excellently presented exactly how I ordered it Medium rare and was delicious. We also ordered some beer battered onion rings which were gigantic but really nice. All together it came to about £35 for both of us including drinks and highly recommended.

Bloomin' good pub with good cask beer. Called in after a walk around Entwistle reservoir and people…read morewere waiting for food which doesn't come on till 5.00. On a clear day, the views are magnificent!

Another fabulous experience at the Shoulder again! Lovely lunch and the wait staff are just the…read moresweetest. Always checking in with you making sure you're happy. Great prices too. Food was delicious as usual.

I used to love it, over lockdown it was great too doing takeaways. However tonight and the last…read moretime about a month ago was really awful. Tonight they messed up the order. They never checked whose food was who's, then my sons dinner never arrived. Nobody came back to check. I had to go into the pub to chase them. About 10 mins after me complaining they arrived. They really didn't care. The previous month they had a ridiculous system implemented which seems to have gone, where they force you to order food from the table and not the bar. So you would have to order your drinks separately. They said this was to prevent people leaving without paying. They made a mess of this as well. Regardless I offered to pay it all up front at the till to ease their minds. They said that was not possible. It's all gone a bit wrong up there.

My wife and I have been here several times . This is our restaurant of choice , the food is always…read moreamazing and a great choice . I always look forward to trying the specials. A lovely atmosphere and the team are always welcoming and accommodating.

Lovely settings just past Edgeworth, overlooking the countryside, fantastic panoramic windows give…read moreyou a fantastic view whilst eating. Very good service, good selection of beers and wines available. Food is very good but just lacking that little va va voom to make it top drawer. Prices are reasonable although you may expect a little better for the steaks. Have been back several times so by no means is this a bad review!

never had the food here but it does look very good! drinks are great, so is the service. the…read moreambiance is very relaxing and everybody there is very kind.

Lively pub. Good friendly mix of ages. Pool table and darts. Live music at weekends…read more Top quality beers from mainly small breweries. The local brewery, 3 B's is often reserved. As is Burnley Brewery. Landlord looks after the beer. Well worth a visit.

The Pub is a very frendly meeting, drinking and eating venue. We alsway enjoy are evening out there.read more

Great little pub!! Friendly atmosphere, beautiful location,…read morecant beat it

The food was delicious the service was excellent, the owners only been here a year and how its…read morechanged. They are doing a brilliant job with everything we had being excellent.

Walking into the Rock after a snowy, windy walk through Sunnyhurst Woods was great - a warm…read morewelcome, a fire and a refreshing pint. After warming up a little we took in a bit more of our surroundings. Locals at the bar, and not a particularly wide selection of beers. The people remained friendly. Pub grub was just what was required. A review somewhere praised the food and the selection on the specials board looked decent so we went ahead. The pub grub classic that is potato skins was ordered for starters in two guises. Sadly, both were bought in catering affairs, the cheese separated when being heated, and it hadn't been heated enough to actually melt into one piece. Mains started off with a disappointing veg lasagne, with no discernible vegetables in between the pasta sheets, accompanied by distinctly average garlic bread and a simple salad garnish. The beef stroganoff was fine - at least the fillet was of good enough quality and cooked properly so that it wasn't at all tough or stringy. The sauce was fine and the rice perhaps a bit overdone. The service throughout was spot on - everything at the right pace and appropriately informal for a pub with food. Again, we were made to feel welcome during our visit. The reviews we'd seen mentioned the pies, which on the specials board were the only things labelled as homemade. Perhaps we should have given them a go, but I'm afraid it's unlikely we'll be heading back for food. A pint and a warm up in front of the cosy fire would be another matter, and we'd be more than happy to repeat that experience if we're in the area before moving on elsewhere to eat.

I would feel a slight betrayal giving a Wetherspoons a 4 star rating and even though a 3 would be…read moreslightly underwhelming as this place is good at what it does, 3 is what it gets! The good points: for one it's bloody massive and you could fit a small army of friends in here. Secondly it has a nice atmosphere on a Friday night, not too busy or too much of the same crowd - a nice mix of families having a drink after dinner and groups of friends starting of their nights! There was a huge upstairs area that would be perfect for hosting a private party or event. Now, the one big negative: it's a massive chain, so the beer options are drastically limited and even though I enjoy the solid taste of big brands - to be a 4 star pub you need choice! If you're in the area, definitely worth as visit and probably as good as you get in Darwen!

From the owner: Described as the finest building in Darwen, this former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel first opened its…read moredoors on 30 March 1866. It was designed in the classical Corinthian style by the architect Edward Bates - also responsible for the nearby India Mill. In 1969, the old chapel was bought for £14,500 and converted into a supermarket. It later became a discount store, until its refurbishment by Wetherspoon in 2014.

Just Want To Add That The Pub Has Had A Refurb And The Images Shown Above Are Of The Old Decor Aread more

A friendly local pub. They have some great local bands every Friday night, the ale is good ( the…read morecellar is well looked after ), the land lord and land lady are very friendly and always talk, they make you feel welcome. Well worth a visit.