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!"

Stocks Tavern

Stocks Tavern

United Kingdom, WN8 7NN, West Lancashire

Pub • Steak • Vegan • British


"We are trying to be more healthy and do more walks in the local area. We live in Crosby but decided to head to Parbold for a countryside walk. We did a lovely walk along the canal tow path and into fairy Glen and decided we would have lunch on the way back. I had asked my son to google where was nice to eat in Parbold and he suggested the Stocks Tavern. When we arrived we noticed other people who had been walking the route were sitting at outside tables as it was a lovely day. We decided to eat inside and as soon as we arrived a very nice lady came over and sorted a table for us and was very welcoming. The pub was very pleasant inside and clean and fresh. We ordered a starter and main each. I had the gin cured chargrilled salmon starter and I can honestly say I have eaten in many of the fine dining restaurants in the area and around the world and I have never had such a refreshing and beautiful salmon starter. The chef obviously is very talented and knows what he is doing. The little parcels pf G and T granita and also the fresh crumble in your mouth croutons were worthy of a Michelin starred restaurant in my opinion and the salmon itself was of outstanding quality. The other meals were of a very high standard and the service was also excellent. I would definitely visit again and it was a very good experience all round. It was very busy on a Monday lunchtime and we arrived quite late into the lunchtime service which I suppose says it all really. Highly recommend."