Thatch & Thistle — Restaurant in Borough of Pendle

Visited on a Wednesday evening for the pub quiz. Plenty of parking outside with a total of 5 disabled spaces. 3 at the front of the building, 2 at the side. Didn’t see any issues inside for anyone with mobility problems. They appear to have offers on their food most nights of the week. Wednesday is curry night. I ordered the Lamb Rogan Josh and went for the upgrade to get a larger portion. I also paid an extra 50 pence to upgrade my drink to a pint of San Miguel. Total price was £10.50. You find a table, take the number and order at the bar. Despite it being quite busy my order was quickly taken by a friendly member of staff. For that price I was not expecting much. Food only took about ten minutes to arrive. And, as I expected, it wasn’t the best. I would think most of the food was frozen, with some cooked in the microwave. My meal included chips; pilau rice; 2 poppadoms; a naan bread; 3 onion bhajis; mango chutney; a yoghurt and mint dip and of course the curry. The food was bland to say the least. Only the onion bhajis having any real taste to them. But when you consider a pint of San Miguel is over £5.00 a pint in most establishments then I had only paid just over a fiver for my meal. So it’s cheap and a good sized portion, just don’t expect top quality food. The venue itself was nice. The quiz went well and I would return for that but, if I was dining, I would definitely order...

So went here recently and had a good experience food was lovely. However went again just recently and had to get a refund as the chicken was jellyfied in the middle and hard and crunchy round the edges and full of gristle. Now I know it's not the front of house staff fault as they was lovely and the girl was more than understanding when offering a refund. Also I can't fully blame the chef as he only orders what the owners/management tell him to order so this goes to the owners please if your going to buy cheaper cuts of meat atleast let the chef have an opinion of what he thinks is exceptable to cook and serve to the public because a man's crafts is only as good as his tools. Am disappointed that you charge £23 for something I can make 5x as better at home and am not even a chef. Again it's not the chefs fault up the price and get better meats and cook better as it tasted microwaved and I bet am 85% right that the majority of food is boiled in a bag or dinged in a microwave. Apart from that the staff was lovely and understanding but won't be coming back for food maybe just drinks. I will still give 4* because there is room for improvement. I will try again next year see what happens. Also please bring the chicken bombay bird burger to the menue I had that one time and it...

The food was okish 2 meals out of the 6 ordered were not bad at all the curry is terrible microwave meal at its worse the chips are pretty good the portion of peas is not worth having on the plate the scampi is poor special mixed grill was ok and the mix your own meal chicken skewers dirty rice etc was pretty good but the staff are very rude, I think during this time obviously visits are very impersonal as you order off the app but we stood waiting for someone to come an seat us for nearly 10 minutes (yes we pre booked) and the place was practically empty we were sat under a TV which was very loud we asked to turn it down twice pretty sure it actually went louder so we turned it off ourselves, no one asked if everything was OK alot on the menu was sold out, but one item ordered we paid for on the app an then they sent someone to tell us they don't have it i asked for a drink in replace of it and basically he just said no we can't substitute for something else I replied pretty sure you can an as he walked of he shouts back no we can't no further explanation nothing, we all were going to order desserts and more drinks but decided to leave.i would never eat here again, and that is more to do with the staff and the rudeness would actually prefer to go to...