The Black Bull

Excellent service always a friendly face. Love the app too

My husband and I love eating at The Black Bull for a number of reasons. The staff are always so very attentive. Superb car-parking facilities. The food is served promptly and always boasts a wide choice of menu. Each delicious serving always represents SUPERB value for money. Often, we are also emailed with special offers and ALWAYS at our birthdays. How good is that! We cannot fault the place. We even have to compliment the hostelry’s after-care. On our last visit, we mistakenly failed to enter our vehicle registration number into the required logging machine. Some 14 days later, we received an invoice from Euro Car Parks requesting payment. However, one quick call to ‘Dayle’ at the Black Bull and the problem was instantly solved. Thank you Dayle, customer service at its very best. Thank you also for one of the most delicious desserts my husband has ever tasted during his EIGHTY long years. Your Chocolate Munchies Sundae was pure heaven! From our home here within the Ribble Valley, we’ll have to visit Preston much more often! Our sincere thanks again to you all.

Good food Friendly staff Reasonable prices Plenty of parking

I have just recently (8th April) been involved in a training course at The Black Bull, they let us in before their normal opening hours so that we could all get set up. The staff were amazing with us, not too pushy but always there for when we needed drinks! we ordered our food in the morning for our dinner break which was at 12pm. The food was all brought out within 5 minutes of 12pm which you could tell was freshly cooked due to still being hot! The food was also amazing, highly recommend the Crispy Chicken Ciabatta! Overall an amazing experience, thank you all at The Black Bull. Vegetarian options: I am not a vegetarian myself, but there was plenty of option for those who are! Parking: Easy to park! good system with having to enter you registration on arrival into the pub, this certainly opens more spaces to customers of the black bull and not anyone else just parking where they can! Kid-friendliness: with the atmosphere and attitude of the staff, this would be a great place to take your kids Wheelchair accessibility: easily accessible. double doors at the entrance without a step up, and plenty of space inside for a wheelchair!

Excellent covid rules. Very clean. Order on ember Inn app for food and drink. Good food and service.

We entered an overcrowded pub with only three staff members working at the busy bar. After waiting for approximately 10 minutes, a staff member finally approached us. We informed them that we had reserved a table 12 hours prior, but they claimed we weren't registered and initially couldn't accommodate us. However, after some discussion, a table became available in the bar area where we intended to dine. Unfortunately, the table was dirty. The manager promised to send someone to clean it and provide additional menus, but nobody came. After informing the manager of the issue, she wiped down the table with a dry cloth and gave us a few more menus. The QR code on the table didn't work, so we couldn't order online. After waiting for a long time at the bar, we eventually ordered our dinner. One of our party members required a gluten-free option, but the choices were limited, leaving them disappointed. Despite being informed by the manager that there was no wait for food, we waited approximately an hour for our meals, only to find them served cold. The gammon was tough and overcooked. While we acknowledge that the pub may have been busy due to a previous football match, our experience at the Black Bull was disappointing. We are unlikely to return in the future.

Our food took an hour to arrive despite it not being very busy when we arrived. The food itself was mediocre, mixed grill was poor quality, overcooked and dry. The children's meals were small and disappointing, only 4 pieces of scampi for one of them, not enough for a hungry 8 year old. The child's cheese burger was wafer thin, overcooked, served in a stale bun and only had a tiny square of cheese on it. The curry was okay, probably the only thing worthwhile in the whole meal. We decided to order pudding but we're disappointed to be told two of the options we wanted weren't available. It then took a further 45 minutes for the puddings to arrive, insane considering it was only a portion of ice-cream, an Eton mess and a waffle. The Eaton mess was completely melted and had no cream, the ice cream consisted of three tiny scoops. Overall we were very disappointed and won't be returning or recommending eating here to anyone.

There is not much to say…. The gammon was tough, the service was rubbish and the atmosphere was terrible. Won’t be coming here soon in a rush!