The best restaurants serving British food in Cheshire East North West

Visited today for lunch. Beautiful welcome and atmosphere. We had an issue with a family member being unwell. The staff couldn't do enough for us. Bagged one meal up for us, and asked if I wanted my meal keeping warm. When I was ready to eat it, they had prepared me a whole new meal. Such lovely, empathetic staff. It's actually made very emotional as to how understanding the staff were. The food was epic. Out of this world. We will definitely be visiting again. Never, ever have I had such good service from such lovely people. You made its a very special visit, given the personal circumstances. Thank you. X

Visited to meet a friend for coffee, this was a good half way point for us. Service was good, they had decaff option which was a plus, nice atmosphere.

Had lunch today , no room in main building , but went across the yard to a separate room , fine no issues , but when entering the building people had got there coats on sitting at the tables , touched a radiator and it was cold , not a great start . Staff were obviously busy , waited twenty minutes for someone to come to us , we eventually got a beer and ordered food . Food came ( a festive burger) all good , really tasty , finished food , waited fifteen minutes thought someone would come to offer another drink or a desert , or even pay the bill , we eventually got up and paid the bill at the bar . The least I would expect when paying top end money for lunch , would be some decent service and to be warm . Would not stop me going again food was fine .

Chill cafe, great food and service.

Reserved 3 tables for family get together in December called to double check way back in September everything ok two days prior we got cancelled for no reason, left high and dry,

Wow amazing food. Lovely setting great host. Would highly recommend. Lovely clean and tidy, lots of car parking. Lovely atmosphere.

Visited the Mere Inn the weekend before Christmas, customer service was second to none, shout out to Charlie and the team for making my dads night on his 70th birthday!

Arrived, booked, early on a Saturday evening and were promptly seated and efficiently provided with menus. Drinks came and we ordered our main meals, scampi and jerk chicken. This is where it went wrong. No more than 10 minutes later the food arrived! We both knew this was not freshly cooked food. The scampi was presented ok (but then how could you not?) but 'a large'..? Questionable. The chicken however had been piled on the plate with the chips,swimming in its sauce,and a 'rubberised' 1/2 corn on the cob. One mouthful was enough. Microwaved chicken of questionable date is not very pleasant no matter the strength of the coating. The lovely young lady serving recognised something was amiss and offered an alternative. When I said no, the other equally pleasant server lady suggested two free desserts. These were also refused. Yes, the chicken was comped, but... ... and the lady taking payment was lacking customer service skills. Shame. Could be nice, but it isn't.

I've been to The Davenport Arms a number of times over the last few years. Despite lots of competition in the area, it was the treat I went for when I didn't mind paying a bit extra for slightly better quality. However, my last two visits in the last two months have been disappointing. The prices remain some of the highest in the area, but the food is now a minefield of hit and miss. The menu changed, removing some of my favourites - and limiting the vegetarian options I enjoyed - but also massively shrinking the portions. The food was a drop in quality, noticeably. We've been back since and the food was better, but I fear it will never be the quality it once was, so unlikely to return again anytime soon. What I will say though, is that the service is consistently friendly and great. I wouldn't have returned for the best food in the world if that wasn't so - so well done to the team.

Excellent steaks, perfectly cooked. Well presented meals. service was very good and staff polite and friendly . Very good experience

We have enjoyed some good food here on many occasions, so what went wrong on 28 November? It is such a shame when a decent pub descends into mediocrity. Needless to say we won't risk it again. The food was awful. To highlight a few things: The chicken was dried out and stringy - at least they provided a huge steak knife to hack into it. The broccoli was so raw that it couldn't even be described as blanched. They didn't even trim the brown ends off the stalks. My steak was a hunk of tough gristly stewbeef, not good enough for the mincer. The profiteroles would have been better had they been defrosted. Little icy lumps give no pleasure.

Brilliant place to come for food everyone is friendly my second home often visit as I'm from the northeast Newcastle upon Tyne usually come on wed /Thurs with my Karaoke family

We stayed one night as it was close to family we were visiting and we also wanted to explore Knutsford town centre. The room was spacious and decorated nicely in a modern style, comfortable accommodation. We had dinner and breakfast. All the food we had was very nice, there was a good atmosphere, though on the noisy side. It was busy and luckily we had booked a table; many drop ins were turned away. The staff were all very nice and helpful.

Very surprised at how bloody good the food was. Fabulous beer garden, wet and dry. Great service with knowledgeable staff and good banter with the locals

Been to the Swan many times and never had a bad meal, food is lovely. Last night we went to the free bonfire and firework display and it was amazing. Well done to all the staff there, we had a great night. Thankyou.