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As I walked in the pub it had an odour of used chip fat. We ordered a drink but left soon after. We won't be back.…
Kubanpete
Shoulder of Mutton
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Hit and miss. This place has had an overhaul and seems to be much better than of old although you can still have a bad one! Rural setting in Holcolme …
Helen
Shoulder of Mutton
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We have eaten tonight at the shoulder, we anticipated a nice meal as I'd eaten lunch there recently. We ordered mussels & scollops to start, the musse…
Tracy McMahon
Shoulder of Mutton
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6 Reviews on “Shoulder of Mutton”
As I walked in the pub it had an odour of used chip fat. We ordered a drink but left soon after. We won’t be back.
Hit and miss. This place has had an overhaul and seems to be much better than of old although you can still have a bad one! Rural setting in Holcolme village- car park far too small for busy periods- olde worlde type place. Quite expensive but if you get a good meal its worth it-staff are attentive but they dont seem to know how to deal with complaints! 50/50
We have eaten tonight at the shoulder, we anticipated a nice meal as I’d eaten lunch there recently. We ordered mussels & scollops to start, the mussels were fine (although small) but the scallops came on a cold plate so quickly went cold. We both ordered steaks, one rare & one medium rare – both came well done and one was very fatty, we asked them to replace them & waited 20 mins for that. When the bill came we thought they may have reduced it or at least offered us a complimentary drink but nothing was offered. We complained but were told it was there ‘policy’ not to reduce the bill. We left feeling very unhappy about a meal we were looking forward to.
The guy who reviewed this first is obviously a muppet. Chorley is around 20 miles from Holcombe which is in fact in Ramsbottom. The pub is now back to it’s best after new ownership and a refurb. Beer is good, always busy with a real quality fire. Food is good too. Great location with a superb Indian facing. Give it a go.
John guy is clearly a fantasist, for example he has the address wrong, holcombe is no where near chorley. I live in the village and drink in the pub and would have heard had this happened, be assured it did not. He is also lying about the prices, the shoulder is about 12, although I can’t be exact. The food is good, homemade, locally sourced and reasonably priced. The staff are lovely and the chef, who in reality is a very nice unassuming chap, and incidentally only part owner. I really would reccomend lunch in front of the log fire. The question is which other local eating establishment do we think john guy owns, answers on a postcard please!
We booked a Sunday lunch for 5 based on various local reviews and the fact the chef had worked for various high profile reputed chefs. What an unmitigated disaster. On a busy Sunday lunch service with a christening going on in the background the staff failed to identify our reserved table, after having studied the menu we were set! However it took 3 prompting of the front of house staff before anyone seemed interested in taking our orders. Our starters arrived after 15 mins which were okay. After the dishes had been cleared we were anticipating a hearty main course. After 10 minutes the 2 steaks arrived but no signs of the other dishes, the lamb specials, after being patient and waiting another 10 mins the lamb finally arrived. Unfortunately this was grossly fatty totally untrimmed and unevenly cooked to the extent that there were parts that raw, to the point of being unsafe/dangerous to health. The waiting staff made no apology or offer to replace or discount the food but instead went to get the chef/owner. And bring him to the table. In a scene worthy of a movie the chef came over brandishing a large raw rack of lamb, slammed it down on the table, informed us that he had worked in Michelin starred restaurants ( untrue) and that did not know what we were talking about. Other diners were startled by his overt aggression as he ordered us out of his pub telling us he didn’t want our money and not to return. We duly left, still hungry, and then to add insult to injury one of our party discovered that 2 days later that 38 had been charged to their credit card, despite the fact that we had been told that no charge would be made and that the drinks bill for 4 soft drinks, a beer and 2 glasses of wine would not of exceeded 20. In summary beware of handing over your credit card to open a tab and don’t bother going there unless humiliation is what makes a good meal for you. This chef deserves to choke on his own ego or worse, his food. The prices charged incidentally were way above gastro pub levels with the lamb at 17.50 and the bulk of it inedible!