The Reading Room Kitchen At Holden Clough in Ribble Valley

Top notch food and drink and even better atmosphere.

I have been in this restaurant many times and always really enjoyed food and service but not last time. On 5th of November was birthday of my daughter. I thought we could have a good time and good food but… The service was terrible. We have wait to see the waiter around 20 minutes. Then my daughter went to the bar and order the bottle of wine. The menu we talked from the next table. A few minutes later the waitress wearing leggings and t-shirt brought the wine, put on the table and walk away. She didn’t ask if the wine was ok, didn’t open it and said nothing. After we waited another half an hour to be asked what we would like.I have ordered fish pie and my daughter ordered sea bass. What a disappointment? Her sea bass was on dry side with with too much over fried samphire. My fish pie looked and tasted more as chowder. Just bland. In the end we have told staff about our bad experience that evening.

I tried to order a full English breakfast without a few items and they wouldn’t swap me anything and tried charging me a extra 1.50 so I thought man 10er for my breakfast that’s a bit steep . So just got bacon and sausage baton and I got one bacon one sausage for 5.50 and to top it off it was cold and chippy sausage. Joke off a place will not be going again . And there is dogs running around in the kitchen

My wife and I came across this quaint tea shop quite by chance, as it is on the outskirts of the village and laid back from the road behind a small cobbled forecourt.On entering we found it contained eight tables and quite busy for a Saturday afternoon.We ordered coffees and sandwiches which were made to order and absolutely delicious.I shall definitely return and tell my friends about it.Im not certain of the opening hours,so will need to check before I return.I thoroughly recommend it.

What a gem! We didn’t expect much of a menu because it said ‘Lite Bites’ on the board outside! There was a perfect choice of sandwiches, cakes, soup, ploughman’s, quiche crispy chips and more. We had a crispy goats cheese and roasted vegetable tart with chips and salad and a warm roast beef and onion bap with chips and salad. Both really yummy. That, plus two coffees came to £16. All set in a picturesque village beside the river. (A truly dreadful lunch in St Anne’s reviewed here last week, cost £18 for half the quantity and poor quality) Lovely. Highly recommend