The Cartford Inn - Little Eccleston

Called for a drink at 7.30 in the evening and the bar man told me the bar was closed. Unbelievable!!. Never mind we went the the Farmers and had a few drinks and a lovely meal.

Fabulous lunch. Fish pie and fried rice pudding yes fried rice pudding. Delicious Service: 5 Location: 5

The food was OK but quite frankly overpriced. It was nice enough, but felt lacking. I had the burger and my wife had the smoked chicken sandwich. Both came with fries but nothing else. The plate felt slightly bare. Other than that, the presentation was good. For afters we got the cheese board, and I will say, I regret not getting a picture of this. At £15, it was disappointing for the price. You got 6 artisan breads/crackers, some grapes, chutney, and 4 very small slices of different artisan cheese. My wife is pregnant and opted for a non-alcoholic cocktail (not on the drinks menu, simply memorised by the staff) and this was £8.50. Despite this, it was very nice. Note to management: I very much disagree with the discretionary 10% service charge on an already expensive/overpriced meal. I 'm always reluctant to take these of the bill as it 's the staff who have to mention that it 's been added, but not their choice it 's there in the first place. I 'm seeing this more often, and whilst I have no problem with tipping if the service and food was amazing; if it wasn 't either, then why should this then be added to the bill without being asked? It feels wrong to do this. Once again, I have no problem paying higher prices and tipping for outstanding food and service, but we really didn 't receive either here, despite what the menu may look and seem like. I won 't be recommending or returning anytime soon unfortunately. Noteworthy details: Great surroundings and lovely place

Me My husband came here for the first time on a Friday Evening for a meal. I can’t fault anything. The food was absolutely lovely the staff great. Will definitely be back! Service: 5 Location: 5

My friend and I went yesterday (27/09/23) for lunch. We 've not been there for a while. Nice atmosphere, cozy, super clean and beautifully decorated. We both chose the fish pie which was delicious, as was the accompanying watercress, pickled red onion and pea side salad. Rounded off with a lovely dessert and a cappuccino coffee, which was one of the best I 've had dining out in a while. It turned out to be a lovely, unrushed meal, enabling us to catch up without worrying we were taking up the table for too long. I would imagine though the evening and weekend trade would be very busy, which might put the pressure on diners. The staff were courteous and efficient. The only issue and in no way should this be taken as a complaint firstly the way the menu is priced is 'interesting ' and, secondly, a service charge is automatically added to your bill. Paying by card I didn 't notice this. I found out as I attempted to hand over a gratuity as I hadn 't noticed this info on the card reader. The young gentleman and I chuckled over this as what I wanted to hand over, was greater than the applied service charge. We will visit again. It was also nice to discover our trip there bore no resemblance to those negative experience reviews I 'd read before visiting.