Whitakers Arms, Accrington

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• As a previous regular for meals I have slowly watched it decline and stopped going altogether last March as I had just tried to tuck into my part frozen lamb shank. I heard recently that it had changed hands in the last 4 weeks (Jan 2014)so my wife and I thought we would give it another go. What a superb decision that turned out to be. This is the first review I have ever left in my life but felt compelled to do so as the food was really that good and very much worthy. The new landlord/chef - Grant Smallridge, cooked us a homemade steak and ale pie, not one piece of gristle just pure succulent steak and absolutely delicious rich ale gravy. I had the gammon steak cooked to perfection both of which were served up with proper home made chips that reminded me of when I was young (no oily taste like many serve up nowadays. The only thing pub food about this meal was the price. The food was far more tastier than I have had at many an expensive restaurant. Even the homemade onion rings were delicious as I don't normally eat those. My wife and I usually salt to taste - on this occasion it only went on the chips purely out of traditional habit. We will definitely be back to savour more. I highly recommend you sample these delights. I also noticed that the atmosphere was far more pleasant than previous visits, the place felt far cleaner and the service was top notch. Massive compliments to the CHEF!!
  Tony Brooks Reviewed 7th February 2014 10:24 AM

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