Chew's Yard — Restaurant in Preston

Loved this new place in town. In a previously unloved part of Preston, where Preston Playhouse is, Chew's Yard is a new bar and street food establishment. It has a very industrial look with communal type bench seating inside and also plenty of seating outside. All the food we tried was delicious - even the vegan doner kebab meal! 😯😂. Sorry all vegans. It's proven how much vegetarian and vegan food has improved in the last few years. The Korean place served a gorgeous Nasi Goreng layered with more Thai flavours. Considering Nasi Goreng is Indonesian - that might explain things. Nonetheless, absolutely delicious. My other favourite....totally not a fan of those awful deep pan pizza's, I was reluctantly persuaded by my other half, to share a really deep based pizza, based on the pizzas from Detroit. We selected the Big Joe and warned it was very hot. Now we love spicy food, but acted with caution by asking for half the chillies and the chilli jam to be served on the side. Boy, was it spicy! We ended up picking more of the chillies out, so that we could enjoy it. I like spice, but not to the point, where you can't taste anything because your mouth is numb! Having said that, it had to be one of the most moreish pizzas I've ever had and I would highly recommend it. But beware! Also they are super filling. Neither of us would have managed one on its own. They're not particularly cheap at £15, but if you're sharing one, it's a bargain. I even took some home for lunch the next day. There are lots of events online, like the weekly quiz which you can book online, where you can book the other events. A chess club meets there weekly, live music weekly and many more. It's a real hubbub of entertainment. There is one problem though. When we were there, there were only the 2 inside bars serving, and so they were quite busy, especially the one serving beer, cider, spirits and cocktails. The other bar specifically served local gin and specialist cocktails. I was disappointed with my cocktail from the busier bar. It had a list of special cocktails, but it said they could also make the classic cocktails for you too. I asked for a margarita. The rim wasn't salted and I wasn't asked if I wanted it salted. And the cocktail was pretty lacklustre and didn't have the right balance of ingredients. Even though they were busy, they should still take care of how they are serving their cocktails, especially when 4 mouthfuls costs £11!! I begrudge paying that sort of money for an under par drink. That same bat that sold the variety of drinks, my other half was not impressed with the limited choice of beers, particularly the real ales and craft beers. In fact he was very disappointed. Now, all the bars are independent of the yard and renting the units from the owner. There was a bar outside, but apparently they'd just not turned up the first time we went, and it was a lovely sunny day - they could have made a killing. Unless they're not ready for their bar to open, or couldn't staff it. I don't know, but it was a massive missed opportunity. We don't get many sunny weekends a year! Three of the people involved in establishing this new venue actually approached me on 2 different occasions. They were the 2 people featured in the magazine article, that I have posted in the photos section, and also the designer. I'm in a wheelchair and they wanted to know what I thought of the accessibility. We went outside the first time and stood on the balcony as there are steps down to the garden area. But I could have easily have gone down the side of the building or even through the private area, where there was a salsa band playing. I was quite happy sat up there, with my drink, chatting and people watching! They have accessible toilets, but I didn't use them either time, so I can't report on them. Overall, next time I'm in town for a drink, even though it's not right in the centre, so a bit of a push, it's the first place I will be heading to. I just loved the buzz of the place, the food and you could have been anywhere. It didn't feel...

After hearing rave reviews about this place we visited on Saturday. Immediately on entering, I knew it had been overhyped. I felt instantly disappointed with the initial interaction with staff, the roof was leaking from the rain which is unavoidable but the manner in which the person came at us to tell us not to come in this door to go around was a bit much and put me straight on the back foot. Half of the side we were on was reserved, which is great to see, we were on a long table down near the loos. We saw another younger member of staff being told off by the same person who we initially encountered for being on his phone, this could have been done more privately and not in front of everybody. We had amazing food and 2 drinks each. I completely understand the food vendors are independent and the food prices are justified, but we felt the drinks were a bit overpriced, and if you don't like Thornbridge brewery the drinks options are somewhat limited. I get the vibe they are trying to achieve, but for me, it just fell short. I really wanted to love...

What a fantastic place this is in Preston, a huge space both inside and large outside areas with lots of seating and dog friendly. Food vendors suit every possible taste and we've visited twice specifically for the vegan kebabs and loaded fries from Seitanic (being vegan it would be rude not too). Jordan makes the most incredible seitan which he serves as a kebab or loaded fries and oh wow it exceeded expectations, it was banging. We've had the Lebanese flatbread with hummus, loaded fries and kebab and it all gorgeous.

The only negative is the choice of beers which was very limited, we were hoping for a good selection of craft beers and hope they improve this going forward. However we loved the whole concept of Chews Yard, it's chilled with great vibes, awesome food and fabulous music, what's not to love and will definitely revisit again. We don't live in Preston but we can easily get the bus and so will be...