This is part of the banks chain of pubs and is set on the side of Preston Docks. In the summer it…read moreis lovely to sit outside in the beer garden and watch the boats on the marina. It is just a short walk from the odeon cinema so its good way to finish of the night after you have been to watch a film. They serve food too which is quite cheap (sometimes on a 2 for 1 offer) and it tastes good too. Sadly they have tore down the outside children's play area and I don't know if they will be replacing it. At weekends it does tend to get a bit rowdy with all the local youngsters so I prefer to go during the week when its a bit quieter. Good friendly staff.

A nice pub right on the views of the docks. It's very handy as it's right near the cinema, KFC and…read morea major supermarket. The staff are nice & the service is good but the beer is overpriced, the food menu is good and the food is of good quality, the food in there isn't overpriced either. The pub is great is you are taking your family out for the day and you want to spend sometime walking around the docks.

Easy to find off the main Blackpool Rd on the way to Preston, I visited this pub tonight to try out…read moretheir carvery (£5.99, all you can eat) following a recommendation from a friend. And I wasn't disappointed. Food was excellent, good service, and plenty of space/choice of tables (admittedly on an early Tuesday evening). Real ale is served as it is a Marstons' pub (Pedigree was on offer, along with one guest ale, and Banks was also there). Lots of parking available. Worth a visit.

Try this place only if you're eating in even numbers! This place offers its main menu as BOGOF…read more This sounds great but when a main meal cost between 10-13 pounds it's more like paying a standard pub meal price on 6-8 pounds per head. Saying this a really do think its worth at least one visit. The layout and décor is warm and friendly and staff always greet you pleasantly on arrival. Service is quick and food always arrives warm. This is a chain of pubs so don't go expecting home cooked food, it is however good quality food for what it is. If you visit ensure you take a look at the 'specials' board which on some days containing more options than the menu!!!

Most of the time food is cold or overcooked with bad customer service and hygiene standards!read more

Well I've given the grey friar in preston 1 star for the reason if I didn't rate them I wouldn't be…read moreable to post a review. After our experience of the worst ever weatherspoons I will not be going in any weatherspoons again. We was away on a family weekend and we decided to visit preston and thought sitting outside would be ok with 3 well behaved dogs and was told that we was welcome to stay with our dogs but they was happy to take our money first. People who visit preston stay clear of the weatherspoons. We had our 85 year old parents with us and all they wanted was to sit down and have a drink and was upset by the whole experience. Please think about retraining your staff on customer service.

Incredible quality food, great selection, good prices…read more Highly recommend the pork and Stilton duo (right proportions of everything and the onion marmalade beautifully contrasted the Stilton) and the lamb shank (fell off the bone, perfect vegetables). And a special mention of the Southport potted shrimps - hot and delicious. Great, friendly and helpful staff who took our reservation over the phone and served our drinks while we waited for our table to be ready. Good ambiance (carpets make all the difference to the noise levels), but not as busy as we expected for a Saturday lunchtime. Very likely to come back again soon.

Was looking for somewhere just for a quick bite and just passed Fishermens Rest. It mentioned on…read morethe outside how it was one of the top 100 most famous pubs in Britain - although famous for what!! Its a nice enough pub inside. It was just a few days before Christmas so most of the tables were reserved but we found a few tables free. I went for the chilli con carne and my Dad went for steak and ale pie. My chilli was average at best - actually more of a "meh". However, my Dads pie was not good. The meat was so tough that after just one bite he asked them if he could have something else - he went for the gammon. They didn't have any issue with this and it was all no problem. The gammon he got instead was also "OK". Based on just the food it would be a 2/5 but with the service and the interior of the pub - looked like the toilets had recently been refurbed - it gets a 3/5. This is one of those times half marks would be good and it would be a 2.5/5.

We ate here every night of our last stay in blackpool. The food is delicious and is such good value…read morefor money. In this pub the whole menu is 2 for one on main courses so basically you pay for the maost expensive main course and get the other free but the average price was around £7 so it was an excellent deal. They sold good old fashioned pub grub like steak pie and gammon steak and they had burgers, fish and chips. There was a good selection of beers and other drinks too so something to suit everyone. Would highly reccomend this place to anyone visiting blackpool!

Great place for a swift pre-cinema drink as the Odeon is literally a stone's throw across the car…read morepark. Generally a nice enough family oreientated food pub with good deals on meals! It is named the Swift Hound as it is built on the site of Blackpools old Greyhound stadium.

Came for a quick afternoon meal! The table ordered the pie and the fish and chips. Both dishes were…read moregreat. The server took great care of my allergies making sure to no verify I was safe

Amazing coffee and real ales. Should my review finish there? Maybe - but there's more you need to…read moreknow about the Sun Inn, way more! First of all it's one of the favourite hangouts of very tasteful people... those being some of my best friends in Lancaster. Secondly, it's bloody gorgeous. You want a cosy, rustic, boutiquey pub in what I've come to call 'The Edinburgh of the North West'? Walk right this way. Want to see how pretty it is? You only have to check this cinemagram from my fiancé: http://cinemagr.am/show/4336818 Look at that. What a backdrop it provides. Gnarled branches with fairylights = one of my favourite things ever. Big wooden tables, locally roasted coffee (a coffee my maid of honour recommends wholeheartedly, and it has its own shop around the corner. I do believe it's called Atkinsons. http://www.thecoffeehopper.com After our epic roasts we needed a pick-me-up, and I opted for black while she had a fab-looking latte. We also got biscuits as standard. (That should be a rule, everywhere. No exceptions. If Font Bar can give out entire Freddos with every brew, all establishments should at least be able to manage a Lotus biscuit.) The food looks amazeballs here, perhaps a little pricey for a casual lunch but great for a treat, and potentially truly delicious. The atmopshere's lovely, the staff friendly, and we've had wine here too which has always been tasty, offered in some of the prettiest wine glasses I ever did see. And fruit beer on tap? I can see why this could easily become a Lancastrian's local.

Place is not bad. Food is cooked well and is a good atmosphere. The bar was clean and the…read moreplace if kid friendly also. Would be a great place to bring the family.

It's a pub... in a town with plenty of pubs. I came here with my entire family. The food, while…read moreuninspired, is done basically well. They know how to cook the basics well. It's kid friendly. There is also a kid play business right next door, so you can drop the kids off and go have a reasonable meal. I'm used to American food at this point, so the Festive Burger was just ok. The patty was overcooked, but it was well put together. They have a distinction between the chips and fries (the fries are thinner and more like you get in America. The chips are exactly what you expect.) The staff is super friendly and the service was quick (especially considering there were 14 of us). Definitely try the candy sundae. It was huge, and well received.

The wheatsheaf is a gastro pub situated in the heart of Croston village, it is located next door to…read morethe Fresco Fresco Italian restaurant (a must visit) and the lord nelson pub. The pub is tasteful decorated and is in keeping with the period of when it was built. The restaurant menu offers a good variety of dishes from baked cod to grilled steak to spicy Mexican Fajitas, there is also a special's board with an extra five starters of five mains to choose from. You will be given a large loaf of warm local bread while you wait for your starter and are welcome to take this home with you at the end of the night. The food is off a high quality and the staff are friendly and efficient. There is a selection of tapas style to dishes to choose from if you wish to dine in the bar.

A really nice pub in the village with a good atmosphere and well laid out. The menu is varied…read moreoffering a good range of items. The food is great particularly the different chips you can get! And the price is reasonable. However we found service is quite poor, we had to wait a substantial amount of time for the starters, and between courses. We were not offered a dessert menu and after asking for one no one came to take our order. Considering we were the only table in the restraunt and three staff were waiting on it was a poor showing. In the whole not a bad place to eat but be prepared to wait!