The Old Broken Cross in Cheshire West and Chester

Great food and a reasonable price

Took a friend for a birthday lunch. We were all pleased with our Beef & Ale pie, delicious a proper full crust pie with succulent beef and tasty thick gravy. Definitely recommend Broken Cross and will certainly be going again.

Lovely food,but a bit noisy for me,didn't appreciate televisions in the restaurant part

My first experience since the Pub was refurbished. I attended with my elderly cousin who uses a walker. However the staff were most attentive in ensuring we found a suitable table. A mix of high and low seating very cosy armchairs. The decor is good and relaxing. The menus are extensive but l was disappointed they lack the Home Made signature dishes of the previous chef. We both chose Mixed Grill. Which arrived very quickly nice and hot. All but one item was cooked perfectly that being the pork sausage. I mentioned this purely as l feel they should consider a Cumberland textured sausage, as the variety they use is dried out and solid in texture. I can’t rave about the food other than to say it was acceptable. Would l return ? Yes to test out a Sunday Lunch. Please note Disabled Access is via the front of pub not rear carpark.

My go to place to meat with my boys for drinks great selection of drinks food os great and the staff are really friendly. The new decorated pub is amazing and o look forward to spending more time here with family and friends alike !

Just had a fabulous Sunday roast. Neat clean pub, with great service. Excellent hot tasty food.

excellent service. Friendly bar staff. Value for money. Phenomenal refurbishment! Just adds to the place!!!

Amazing service again by Sammy and Chloe They are just so perfect and make are Friday night each time … great pub, great service always x

Nice pub. Great food, but a bit pricey. Closing soon for refurbishment. Hope it's not too long.

Beautiful refurbishment, recently done, great menu and delicious food, service was professional and attentive, all in a comfortable environment.

Fantastic refurb . Visited the pub recently and it’s a breath of fresh air . Various new drinks on draft . Very friendly locals , especially one called josh , very friendly .

Great pub and the food was great too. Reasonable prices, just wish I wasn’t as hungover so I could enjoy another few beers.

Great food and a great atmosphere. Even better Sunday roast.

Amazing Atmosphere Hats off to Rob And Sam it’s been an absolute Pleasure dining here tonight for our Anniversary and as we only live 5 mins away we shall definitely make an effort to come back more often 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻😅

Food delicious and great value. Atmosphere warm and welcoming. Service friendly and efficient. Looking forward to trying the Sunday Roast 👍🏽

First day of opening after refurbishment. Beautiful decor. Food was excellent. We had the special - steak dinner and bottle of wine for 2 - £30. Excellent service. One thing to be improved would be the sound system. The sound is very tinny and way too loud - it was intrusive.

It's shut under renovation, its a building site!

Place was in the middle of a shutdown for refurbishment so there was no food being served even though there were signs saying limited menu available. Staff weren't particularly friendly and would not accept card payment for anything under £5 so had to buy two pints to be over the limit. Might have been friendlier if was local perhaps??

Had a beautiful lunch here with my daughter the food and energy here was special thank you would highly recommend ♥️

I used it on a canal trip. Enjoy delicious pub classics such as puddings and steak pies. The volume was also plentiful.

The food is so good, they have good beer, the staff is really good, 5 stars without hesitation

Tried to order a side of chips and an egg (for a baby) and despite an egg being an add on in the burger section prices at £1.50 they decided they were going to charge me 13.99 for the chips and egg. A side of chips being £4.50. so they were going to charge me £9.49 for an egg. Absolute ridiculous and no shame. Avoid.

Went here for lunch, ordered a shandy and found a fly in it - took it to the bar and the bar staff tried arguing the toss about whether it was there when she poured it (we noticed straight away once we sat down) - a terrible atitude which is a shame because of the location - it doesn't take much to have empathy!

Went to the old broken cross today for a catch up with my friend. Been a few times now and it never disappoints. The portions are very big. So big we couldn’t eat it all but when they came to take it away she asked us if we wanted to take it home with us which we both said yes too straight away. The staff were very friendly and the food was lovely.

Good food, nice staff,I had the steak and kidnesuet pudding it was very good.

The reason for only 4 stars over all. Although it does welcome families there is no play area but still a lovely place and location.

Enjoyed a good beer after a long walk on the towpath.

Good value, comprehensive menu, large portions, friendly staff.

I recently dined at The Broken Cross and was thoroughly impressed. The cozy atmosphere and friendly staff made us feel right at home. The menu offered a variety of options and the portion sizes were generous. The meal was excellent value for money. I highly recommend it for a great dining experience.

I’ve been in here several times , I always have the same chicken fajitas, but this time it had some hot very hot spice I just couldn’t eat it it was awful chicken was dry and this stuff that was on I’ve never had before, anyway waited and waited then when my partner had finished they came to ask if everything was okay, I explained an she said I’ll get the manager who did come over with the worst attitude saying what’s up with it I said I’ve tried to eat but I can’t but because I said I didn’t want to pay for it , she said she would check what the manual says there allowed to take off , she came back and said ok I’ll knock 20% off coz I had some chips and a tortilla, I said well I’ll pay you 20% coz I only picked bits , she really didn’t like it coz she said that was the best they could do. After a while she agreed so I paid 4 pound for something that was too hot to eat , will never go again . Total price £18.99….

We called in last month on the off chance to grab some lunch, we were greeted with a warm welcome and taken to a table in the restaurant. The service was attentive and friendly throughout providing a Great Service. The food was really tasty and plentiful, really enjoyed our experience - I would recommend this place

Lovely pub right on the banks of the Trent & Mersey canal. Lovely food with a wide choice. Reasonably priced. Seating at front (roadside) and back (canal side)

Good food ... not quite the large menu it was a while ago but decent portions of good home cooked food.. sadly no bread and butter pudding on new menu!! Definitely will go again..

Having lived in a nearby town for some time, we finally visited this charming canalside pub for our Sunday teatime jaunt. I never order a Sunday lunch but on this occasion I did and I wasn't disappointed. The 'mound' of food on the plate with a generous portion of perfectly cooked roast beef took me by surprise. Plenty of vegetables, perfect mashed potato meant our bellies were filled to the brim. My wife opted for an 8oz burger with added cheese and it was topped with onion rings, salad and chips. We had no room for dessert due to these brilliant portion sizes and it won't be long before we return. All staff were pleasant and accomodating especially when I asked for some extra gravy. Thankyou to you all.

Thought I'd try this place a go with my friend. We both ordered spaghetti carbonara.... Sauce was horrible and runny. Garlic bread was extremely thick and stodgy, was bigger than the plate itself. Obviously cheap cubes of chicken, several pieces including some chopped up bacon... more than the meal itself!! Pay £17.50 for this dish you'd expect much better quality, tasted super cheap and chef hasn't put much thought into it, just pure laziness! Shocking!! We got served by this young girl as a waitress, yes I know she asked how our meal was but that was right at the beginning when we didn't have a chance! Me and my friend decided after a few mouthfuls how poor our meal was. I didn't eat it all, I did eat all of that pasta because I was starving and my friend barely had half. I left a lot of the chicken, bacon and sauce behind as well as the super stodgy garlic bread. When the young girl took our plates at the end, she asked how the meal was and my friend said we weren't impressed with the sauce. The young waitress was incredibly rude and passive aggressive, made it clear she was peeved off with us. She had a go because we didn't say at the beginning, well yeah because we were barely into a meal! I'm so annoyed how she reacted, my friend was just telling the truth politely and she was so horribly rude, really not acceptable! Never had such an expierence in my life whilst going out for meals out! The waitress didn't apologise, didn't pass anything on and walked off in a huff. Disgusting behaviour. We payed a lot of money for this as well, not happy with meal and service.

Fantastic choice of beers, Cruzcampo not quite the same as Spain 🇪🇸, as I live in 🇪🇸. Staff excellent, pleasant and efficient.

Really nice food and a lovely location next to the canal. Great service.

Lovely pub with friendly attentive staff. I had steak pie with home made chips which was really good. Pub is clean and well laid out with a friendly relaxed atmosphere. Separate seated area for food service but we just sat in the pub area, my friends preference. Cask ales looked good but I had a shandy as I was on driving duty.

Real olde worlde pub, great food

You must stop here if on the canal. Food fabulous and portion size incredible.

One of the best places to stop off at when cruising 🛳. Lots of space outside and inside, a wide variety of drinks and food as well as a very welcoming atmosphere.

Rang from canal boat to check they were open . Good service - friendly staff …vegy sharing platter starter was amazing ! Reasonable prices

Looked around for somewhere to have lunch with wife. Found this pub and glad we did. Great atmosphere, friendly staff and excellent food. Google has it as opens 12:00pm but opens sooner, think the 12pm is for lunch. Come and see, we think you will love it, and a little walk by the canal afterwards.

Excellent pubfood. Super service. Well deserved 5 stars!

Great quality food and friendly helpful staff.

We're regular diners at the Broken Cross. We always have a great dining experience, great food and great service.

Lovely pub with good food and good service

Had a beautiful Easter Sunday roast with my wife, came here by chance after an airport drop off (20 minutes from Manchester airport). Lamb shank cooked to perfection and nice starters too. Not a bad price at all would happily have paid more.

We told the staff my child had Dairy Allergy at the time of booking, at the time of seating and a staff member asked the kitchen what he could have. Ordering we told them again he has dairy allergy and another member of the team came and checked again but still dairy filled garlic bread came out on his plate. My Cesar salad was not worth the £15 I had to add mayo it was so dry. No vegan ice-cream for my dairy free child however he could have had a crumble or a brownie but yet again he would miss out half the dish as no vegan ice-cream. We paid and left. Terrible experience

Excellent food and great portions

Went for meal friday before mothers day after returning home my daughter was extremely ill all night visited gp at out of hours & doctor on Sunday.. and again 5days later as still unwell . A week off work sick . Lost pay .We all had different meals and none off us ill . I rang to inform them to be told sorry no other complaints . Pursuing as poss food poisoning .we have eaten here twice in past no issues .Halloumi curry !!

Excellent food brilliant service very reasonably priced a place you must try !!

5 for a Saturday lunch,a very friendly welcome and great service. The food all arrived together and was hot and very tasty. Will definitely be going back again, a superb meal service

Brilliant location good food and nice seating area outside

Spent 2 weeks on the towpath here, had several meals and can honestly say that everything coming out of that kitchen is gert lush. The homemade jumbo chips are to die for.

9 of us went for my birthday yesterday.food was amazing and piping hot.service great.would highly recommend.

Traditional warm friendly busy pub with generous delicious traditional food

Beautiful pub! Atmosphere...feels very local and you might get some funny looks if you're not from the area. Felt quite judgmental and the drinks are overpriced. Apart from that I feel it would be great on a warm day to watch the canal on the front seating area.

The pub catered for a group of 21. The food was really good, no one had any complaints. The portions are huge. I had the chicken fajitas and there was enough for two people.

Fantastic home made chips - massive like a roast potato

Had fish and chips, batter was soggy and the whole meal was tasteless. Very disappointing.

Didn't book , but staff went out of their way to found us a table. I hope they don't lose the chef / cook food was hot and superb.

Had a few meals here and the food is fantastic NOT your quick in the microwave stuff that so many pubs pass off as cooking! Had a few different choices and never had a bad meal. The service is excellent. Can’t recommend highly enough! Going again this week!

Lovely food well too much though

Lovely little pub family friendly

Great menu wonderful food first time I've been here and not disappointed, will definitely recommend

Enjoyed our lunch and a Pint. Great staff.

1st visit to this pub, lovely and clean, very efficient and friendly staff. Fabulous menu and big portions. Looking forward to our next visit.

Great food. Hefty portions though we felt a bit bad with the amount of food we had left over. Can't complain though great value

Excellent home cooked food with generous portion sizes. Good value. Large car park. Nice location alongside the canal.

We use to call this pub the lifeguards pup as all my colleagues from Northwich old pool use to meet up and drink here after work in the 80’s I still remember the great time we had here and the food and atmosphere has only got better, I hope it remains for many years to come 💖👍

A small family group recently went here for some lunch after a full day of activities. We were warmly welcomed by the staff and seated promptly. They took our order and brought out drinks quickly. After deciding on our food we placed another order and waited a short time for the food to arrive. We had a mixture of Sunday roasts and burgers. The food was hot, well portioned, fairly priced, and cooked to a good standard. The only item we felt was a bit of a letdown were the burgers that were quite dry. But, based on the rest of the food at our table I think that can be chalked up to a one-off and give them the benefit of the doubt as everything else was delicious.

It was my first time at this pub and I can't speak highly enough. There were 4 of us who went on a Sunday afternoon with no reservation but the team managed to find room for us. We had 3 lamb shanks and 1 roast beef and the food was excellent brilliant portions cooked superbly. We'd all ordered been served and eaten in 45 minutes which is excellent for a busy Sunday with lots of people watching the football. I had a apple and blackberry crumble for desert which was outstanding. The only thing I'd say is I'd like more custard with it only because I love custard and would drink a bathtub given a chance. Overall 11/10 can't recommend highly enough

Nice pub, welcoming and friendly staff. Quick service and was able to get a table at short notice for a Sunday roast and the food was incredible. So so tasty!

Went for Sunday tea, really delicious home cooked food, took 45 mins almost but if it’s being cooked from fresh I suppose I don’t mind.

Very good value for money, tasty and friendly staff.

The food is always very tasty & good portion sizes! The staff are helpful, friendly, and happy to help.

Great food and lovely helpful staff

Food was good - huge portions - and reasonably priced compared to other pubs. We visited whilst on a canal holiday - the pub is situated by the canal. Thursday night is Quiz night, so we joined in!

Breakfast cooked just right, excellent quality served promptly, The pub is situated next to the canal and has a large outside sitting area.

I don't know about the food but the ales are very well kept if on the expensive side,the pub itself is in a very nice location by the canal and seems popular with boating people.If the bar girls were more cheerful instead of unsmiling automatons I would have given another star.

Food is absolutely amazing big portions too a great choice of menu well worth a visit or two

Seemed a nice enough place, but when we called in one evening for a drink, we discovered children aren't even allowed to sit outside after 7pm (I knew they weren't allowed in the bar, as I'd read that already). There were no other customers at all (9pm after a busy bank holiday) but we had to drink up quick and get away. I know places have good and bad days, but I personally will steer clear in future, as we were polite, friendly and happy, but were made to feel very unwanted.

Fantastic food mixed grill is massive had a lovely birthday meal highly recommend

Nice place next to canal with narrow boats. Handy to go for a walk before or after a meal. Smashing food and very filling. Friendly efficient service

Went for a meal there was eight in our party we all enjoyed our food cooked nice and plenty of it nice surroundings right by the canal plenty out door seating worth a visit

Good pub grub, friendly staff and good service.

A busy pub, with lots of boating people visiting, and it was quiz night! Very enjoyable. The swans and ducks outside were lovely too!

By far the best Dinner Roast Beef...I have had. Absolutely delicious. Took some home as I couldn't eat it all. Had it for lunch the next day. 😋 Loved the ambience and the canal outside with narrow boats...loved it!

Had sunday lunch here last week, it was not nice, it was over loaded with that much salt it physically made me sick. We have eaten here before in the week and food was excellent so we were disappointed when it wasnt nice. It was that bad even my partner never ate it which says alot. The Yorkshire pudding tasted like eating pure salt. We wont be going here again for a sunday lunch.

Very good staff. Good and prompt service. Lovely food and plenty of it. Nice and clean and tidy throughout.

Excellent food snd service. Good atmosphere

Visited the pub today . Staff were great food looked amazing good and could tell it was home made .. the girlfriend had chicken which was perfect and I had a cheese burger that was as dry as Gandhis flip flop …I left 80% of the meal .. explained to the waitress in a positive manner , thinking they may send someone to apologise or offer some form of refund … but nothing … seems a shame to loss a customer over what would cost around £3 to replace the meal .. yes …we are in a habit of saying things are fine👍 when there clearly not! . I was a chef for 8 years … I know what a stale bun , toasted comes out like

Table of 9 for Sunday roast..couldn't fault anything..the food was fantastic..in fact only 1 plate finished as there was so much food..we will be back when we next visit family in northwich. Thankyou : )

We had a lovely few hours having a lazy lunch here with friendly service. Good selection of beers and local ales ontap. Food was great. Kids meals were huge! Definitely go for the homecut toasty potatoes, they were lovely. The bar staff even let us charge our phones. Close to the canal with mooring rings.

Helpful staff and good service food was excellent beer well kept drinking real ale

Great pub grub. Order the homemade chips as they're incredible, just make sure you have a solid appetite as the portions are generous. Good veggie and vegan options also

The service was top notch, our food came so quickly and was delicious. The waiters were really attentive. We had the lamb and it was YUM. Really good value for money in my opinion

Absolutely great little country pub at the side of the canal, excellent food and service with a smile too! The fajitas were divine and some of the best I've ever had. My mate had a burger which was apparently "one of the best burgers he's had" (sorry no picture) but the onion rings were whole onion in a seasoned batter too. You cam tell they're home made!

Lovely food, great service, we would be back.