The Assheton Arms, Downham - pub details
Address: Downham, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 4BJ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 23025) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Clitheroe (3.3 miles)
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> Current user rating: 3.1/10 (rated by 10 users)
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user reviews of the Assheton Arms, Downham
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| I have written pages about our visit to this pub today on trip advisor and frankly am not going to waste any more time , bottom line is I and anyone I can tell will not set foot in this place ever again due to awful, snooty customer service from the front if house team in particular the blonde supervisor When I complain I expect to be taken seriously not for some jumped up girl to look down her nose at me I will be spending my hard earned somewhere where they value the business Will never visit again! Leepickering - 9 Apr 2012 17:31 |
| I went to The Downham Arms with 3 friends today for Sunday lunch. It was everyone's first visit and I doubt that any of us will be returning. We arrived shortly before 1230 p.m., and made a point of checking with a member of the bar staff that Sunday lunch was available. Having been assured that this was the case, it was only after we had been served with our drinks that we were informed that there were only 2 Sunday lunches "left." This despite the early time and the fact that there were fewer than a dozen other customers in the pub. Clearly, the kitchen was not prepped to serve Sunday lunch, which is quite shocking considering that Sunday comes but once a week.Our waitress had the decency to look embarrassed. Still, we decided to stay and 2 of us ordered from the main menu, the other 2 taking the Sunday lunches. I was one of the former, having the halibut. I never knew that it was possible to drown a fish, but this one had been drowned in the sauce. And several large bones had been missed during the filleting. One can expect the odd small bone when having a fillet, but this one looked like part of the spine had been left in. It was served with a few small new potatoes, and garden peas. Despite the sauce and the bones, it was actually a decent piece of fish. But it most certainly wasn't worth anywhere near the �15 it cost. The other person dining from the main menu chose sausage and mash, and the best that he could say about it was that it was edible but not worth the money. The Sunday lunch was the real shocker, though. My friends both complimented the meat: beef, and plenty of it. But that's where the praise ended. It was served with mash, roast potatoes that my friends were sure had been "roasted" in a fryer, and a veritable carpet of garden peas. Yes, that's correct, one vegetable on a Sunday lunch plate. A VERY poor affair. And the tin lid was put on the whole depressing experience when we received the bill. Each Sunday lunch was charged at �13. In an area where one can normally expect to pay �7-�10 for a pub Sunday lunch, often receiving more than one course, and considering what was on the plate, that was little short of robbery. Which would explain my friend's muttered aside about DIck Turpin as we settled the bill, sans tip, and made a hasty exit. A lovely location, but a great shame about the pub. MrWensleydale - 20 Feb 2011 20:47 |
| I don't normally bother to register and post on review sites but having just visited the Assheton Arms I felt compelled to do so in order to warn other people about this place. Yes it looks lovely from the outside, yes it's pleasant enough on the inside and yes the menu seems enticing. But... The prices are quite outrageous for pub food that is genuinely nothing special. Tonight they were offering Dover Sole at �23! I baulked at this expense and instead chose Moules a la creme at �12 - hmm.... a measly prtion of chips and an equally ungenerous pot of mussels swimming in a very thin sauce that surely had never seen a carton of cream and no side of bread or salad. I spent �12 on an average main course and left the pub feeling that I had eaten a starter (talking of which, the prices for starters ranged from �6-10!). My friend spent �15 on a sea bass fillet that was equally mean and uninspiring. I have eaten in hundreds of pubs over the years and this was without doubt the worst value for money I have ever come across by some considerable margin. The owners are nothing less than greedy robbing scoundrels. Avoid this place at all costs. colin_s - 27 Apr 2010 21:27 |
| We visited the Assheton Arms establishment this afternoon. We were most unimpressed with the attitude of certain members of staff. They were rude and most unwelcoming. When we complained about the sausage and mozzarella baguette containing less than a whole sausage for �7.95, we were dealt with in a condescending manner. For a small village pub we would expect a more hospitable welcome, particularly in the current economic climate. Needless to say we will not be making a return visit. FrankieJ12 - 7 Mar 2010 17:33 |
| not really a 'locals local' - drinking at the bar is not encouraged and the staff probably haven't the time or the inclination to be interested in anyone as people rather than just customers -given over entirely to food but a lovely location nonetheless in arguably one of Lancashire's most picturesque villages. Cravenite - 20 Jan 2010 13:51 |
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