Wonderful place in the heart of Ramsbottom. The staff are friendly and really helpful with our baby…read moreoffering toys etc to play with. Food was incredible and really refreshing to have gluten free options too! Great spot!!!

A great steakhouse in this refurbished location. Completely gutted the site and thank goodness!…read more Not cheap but great staff.

So the Hungry Duck is a family run cafe in the centre of Ramsbottom village. It also happens to be…read moreround the corner from my singing teacher so I stopped by after my lesson at midday. I was having trouble choosing as the waitress brought the breakfast AND the lunch menus so was torn between things like English breakfast and eggs benny, or the burgers and salads etc. In the end I asked the waitress and she recommended the fish finger sandwich if I was looking for something filling. It was incredible- the fish was incredibly fresh from the market and battered. The bun was light, crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. It came with a potato salad and a side salad with Dijon mustard dressing. Great choice and just what I needed. It cost me £11.30 for that and a chamomile tea, not particularly cheap but worth it. The service was excellent and the girl was very chatty as this is such a small community. In the evenings this place turns into more of a fine dining restaurant- I've seen pictures on the Internet and the food looks really nice so I'll have to come back for a meal sometime. The interior is quite simple cafe style with wooden tables, it doesn't hold that many so I can imagine it would get pretty full! It was certainly filling up when I left at lunchtime.

This lovely little cafe restaurant serves a really generous and delicious full English breakfast…read morecomplete with a huge slice of Bury black pudding! With the breakfast you could have a choice of eggs to how you like - I went for classic fried eggs. My breakfast was cooked to perfection and my favourite part was their homemade spicy baked beans. There was also two slices of generously buttered doorstop toast to mop up all the sauces too! We also ordered a French toast which was served with bacon and poached eggs too! We were impressed with the teas and coffees too. The interior was clean, modern and well lit. Definitely a lovely spot for weekend brunch or tea and cake in the afternoons!

Definitely a fan, especially given the fact that decent Chinese food is difficult to find in this…read morearea of England. This restaurant has been around for ages, even earning accolades such as Gordon Ramsey's Best Chinese Eatery. However, management has apparently changed and the owners fell on hard times recently. You can't really tell the restaurant has had problems, however. The food was excellent when we went and the service was outstanding. We ordered the tasting menu, as we'd never been to Yu & You before and wanted to try a bit of everything. Prices are a bit high for the area, so maybe save this place for a date night. There is a full bar and plenty of dishes to choose from. I think our favorite dish was the lobster, but honestly everything was lovely. We had a lot of extra food as well, so it was nice to take our leftovers to-go for a cold Chinese food breakfast in the morning ;) Definitely recommend this location for those in the area. The food is high-quality and it's a fun place to celebrate or spend time with friends and loved ones!

We came along to try the place as it had won Gordon Ramsay's Chinese Restaurant of the year 2010…read more The restaurant was quite busy, mainly because of a large party group. The overall impression is that it is over-staffed by young inexperienced staff. As a consequence basic service is very good, but if you ask a question, they have to go and get an elder to sort it out. The menu was rather uninformative: there are only three pork main dishes for example but only one gets a description Honey Roasted Char Sui Pork served with fresh greens. We ordered Thai Style Crispy Pork (no further description). What we got was something that looked remarkably like sweet and sour pork with extra chilli. Four of us had a selection of appetisers (Crispy Wan Ton, Seaweed, Sesame Prawn Toast, Salt & Pepper Ribs); Crispy Duck with 11 pancakes (doesn't divide by 4); Thai Style Crispy Pork, Fillet Steak Cantonese Style, Stir Fried Chicken with Black Bean sauce, Egg Fried Rice and Soft Noodles. The dishes were all tasty, but some of the vegetables were perhaps a little under-cooked: almost raw. Again the service was good: they allowed us to change Steamed Sea Bass for Thai Style Crispy Pork, and allowed us to change the Egg Fried Rice to a mixture of rice and Soft Noodles. The food was good, not the best Chinese I've ever had, but definitely amongst the best: my problem is the cost. I don't know if it has gone up since winning the Restaurant of the Year accolade, but it is certainly very dear now. The winning menu is available which includes a Wagyu (a.k.a. Kobe) beef dish and costs £80 per head. We chose something more modest: the above banquet for four people, a bottle of water and a relatively modest bottle of wine came to a substantial £170+ bill. Individual dishes don't seem too dear, but it all seems to add up rather alarmingly. The restaurant has a slight night-club feel with a large bar area and strange choice of background music and a good sized car park. Overall: a good meal, copious inexperienced staff, expensive bill. If it was better value it would be 4*, as it is three will have to do.

I've always heard good things about Rajpoot, and for a while I got a couple of decent curries from…read morehere. A few months ago I ordered myself my standard lamb rogan josh. Oh my word, it was horrific. I can only compare it to chewing a rubber (it didnt even taste like lamb) and I was terribly ill after (the less said about that the better). Anyway, that was enough to put me off.

Lovely fantastic food, relaxed atmosphere. The staff are friendly, and leave you alone to eat your…read moremeal rather than pestering you. Good prices and really good quality food. Fantastic fish bhuna, I would recommend this restaurant.

Lovely cafe, nice decor and seating. Parking at back of building. Got a friendly hello as soon as…read morewe entered. There is a great selection on the menu (including a small kids section) and a daily specials board with discounts for take-away. We had 'the works' which was full english breakfast including loads of toast with jams and a pot of coffee. It came quickly, was very filling and reasonably priced. I also got a huge slab of carrot cake to take home which was lovely! This cafe has been open a while now and I've never seen it empty, it fact it usually looks pretty busy and I can see why now! I will be going again soon.

Ace cafe. Home cooked fresh food. Very good fry up, interesting specials and tasty sandwiches. And…read moreI nearly forgot the great cakes and milkshakes. Try it today.

Excellent food, best bacon sandwiches around with great friendly staff. highly recommendedread more

This was the only place in town open after 4 pm, except the Old Hall inn down at the bottom of the…read morehill, but I sat waiting for a waitress for 20 minutes there, and no one came, so I walked back up here. I hadn't eaten lunch, but they were only serving cakes and tea, since it was after 4, they said. So I ordered a scone AND crumpets, lol. Scones here are huge and one was more than enough for my whole lunch. I couldn't even finish the whole thing. And it was really really good. They were mopping the floor upstairs to get ready to close at 5 and the place smelled like old mop water, but the girl let me open the side door right next to my table and then it was good. Some people can be weird about unusual requests like that, but she was kind enough to allow it. Thank you! I'm coming back tomorrow to buy a teacup and saucer to take home with me! ; )

Love love the place. The place is quite small but It has a very nice and warm atmosphere which…read moremakes up for it. The staff is very friendly (Steve). It has the best crispy duck and fried rice in the north by a mile. It's always nice to bring someone here for a special occasion because you know for certain your night will not be ruined by the food.

I absolutely love this place . The staff are friendly and attentive and the food is delicious. In…read moremy opinion this is the best cantonese restaurant in this area . Perhaps the only negative is that its only small so book in advance to avoid disappointment. Also worth a visit to its sister restaurant Jade Palace at nearby Earby where the food and service is just as good.