West Lancashire
The Barn At Moor Hall

The Barn At Moor Hall

Moor Hall Barn Prescot Road, L39 6RT, West Lancashire, United Kingdom

Kebab • Mexican • Asiatic • Seafood


"ok… I have deliberated whether to write this as don’t like to be negative but I think this place can take it so here goes… My husband booked a meal as a Christmas pressie this as I have always wanted to go to a michelin star restaurant and this is quite local to us. We arrived at The Barn which is quite basic in appearance as the downstairs looks like several saunas due to the amount of wood on show. Upstairs was nice and attractive. The staff are efficient but the whole set up is bit ‘cold’ and unfriendly. The staff were not particularly engaged; maybe this is how they were trained to be? The food consisted of amuse bouche which tbh didn’t really taste of much and this was a theme for the whole menu unfortunately. The homemade bread was delicious but the other offerings were tasteless and needed seasoning. -trout mousse in a lemon broth, including pips, was tasteless and the mussel mousse on pikelet didn’t taste of mussels. anyhow on to the main event-we ordered partridge -chewy and tasteless, the cured sea bream not seasoned sufficiently. The meals looked delicious-style over taste? Then the mains-my deer was tender and delicious but the sauces didn’t taste of much-I had to check the menu to see what they were meant to be. My husband ordered the steak-now at £62 this should have been SOME steak- what a shame it wasn’t -it was just a sirloin, bit chewy, not that great. Deffo not worth £62 of taste! It wasn’t caramelised on the outside and abit sinewy. The bone marrow bearnaise sauce was tasty though. Now I like cooking, I like food , I cook fresh meals every night but I’m not a chef. My first experience of food at this level… I will stick to local restaurants WITHOUT michelin stars at a fraction of the price -tbh I prefer my own home cooked meals! Is this a case of the emperors new clothes? Do people just think it’s good because they are told by someone else it’s fantastic? I’m disappointed in the experience at The Barn. Bit of a wash out and I will be asking for a meal at Bistro Verite in Birkdale next Christmas probs at a fraction of the price!"

Sweeps Cafe

Sweeps Cafe

113A Southport New Road, PR9 8EW, West Lancashire, United Kingdom

Cafe • Steak • Vegan • British


"This used to be our local go to restaurant. Great service and food. We had many friends join us for breakfast, lunch, coffee and booked Christmas Treats here too. It isn't just the Lockdown issues that have badly affected this business. We found standards falling...and food not what it was before the Lockdown. we did want to support the family business here. SADLY, we have turned up to find the place closed (told it was quiet so they just shut up). No mention on social media of this. Menus were limited given issues, fine. We did comment on their own face book page making one comment about toast being placed on top f the full breakfast, but said the food was good quality. The comment was taken down by them: hence reviews there not a true reflection of all customers comments. Doesn't seem quite right as the comment was not offensive or over critical: simply said prefer toast served on a side plate Turned up for a coffee and a cake on Monday June. Arrived at pm. had a look at the displays (which a member of staff was wrapping in cling film) she has yet to speak to me, after waiting minutes a young man came to the till and said I couldn't order anything as they stopped taking food orders at and drinks orders at (it was at this point). No apology. I looked for a sign couldn't see anything. I do understand there has to be a time-limit on things but not very clear or helpful. On our way out we were asked by a member of staff at the Garden Centre Tills if we found what we were looking for. We took the opportunity to say about the timing of orders. She looked at her watch and said she was surprised they couldn't take our order as they should have been open at that time. We left unhappy. None of this makes any sense for a business trying to re-establish itself in my opinion. Grumpy and unhelpful staff in the Coffee Shop don't encourage our return. We have previously given really good feedback and recommended this place, sadly, not any more. Our advice: go somewhere else that values the customer and want's your business."