The Sitting Goose — Restaurant in Preston

Tried here again for lunch after a lowsey new years day visit 2 years ago hoping things may have improved. So, only me and my wife & daughter in the pub, nice young lady showed us to a table in a rather run down conservatory. Another pleasant young lass took our orders which we made from quite a poor menu. Our drinks arrived 5 minutes apart, and then another 20/25 minutes for the food (good for a full decent meal).... But this wasn't! I ordered beef curry, my wife the chicken mushroom pie, daughter had a pizza. 1st,beef curry, this was served on a paper plate as my wife's meal was, presumably to save on washing up? The pizza arrived in a pizza box! Beef curry for £9 consisted of around 12 chunky chips and about 2 tablespoons of curry! Wife's pie wasn't a pie, it was filling spooned onto a paper plate and a puff pastry lid sat on top with again a portion of chips. Is the basic definition of a pie not consist of pastry containing a filling topped with a lid of some kind? No veg at all either. To be fair, the flavour was OK. The pizza.... Good size, very thin, looked like a town centre Saturday night offering. For the advertised price of £9 per meal it was shocking. Even after the tax payers contribution to my bill(eat out scheme) it was still over priced fayre. I didn't mention the fact the curry should have involved rice but as last time we visited, they didn't have any! This is the last visit I'm afraid, plemty of pubs doing proper food in the area that's actually quality. So, nice staff,...... And...

I am not the easiest person to please or impress when it comes to my food or the service provided. I have just had a meal at the sitting Goose with the new management team and Chef.

The food is in my view the best food I have tasted in a long time, they have some of the best food I have tasted from anywhere in the world, bar none. The staff are pleasant, cheerful and efficient but the Chef is extremely skilled, if you taste his food without any seasoning (salt/pepper) you will taste the layers of flavour that the chef wants you to taste, his unique style refreshing and very tasty.

If you haven't tried the food at the sitting goose, you are missing a hidden gem in Preston and Lancashire. It is well worth the trip from anywhere and you are served with good quality freshly prepared food, reasonable prices, I have a big appetite and I couldn’t eat all the food on my plate.

My wife and I went out for our anniversary meal and we highly recommend the sitting goose for any event or just a nice meal out, if you enjoy eating out and are looking for a place to eat with great quality food The Sitting Goose is the place you must try, if you do, you won't be...

Chose this pub for New Years Day lunch... No lamb suet pudding available, no steak and ale pie available, no festive menu available after we were told it was... None of the family actually got their first choice and we all just opted for what we thought they would have... Mushroom starter laughable, tiny spoon of creamy mushrooms in a hard piece of filo pastry... Charge too much for very small starters.... The staff were abrupt, obvious they didn't want to be working New Year.... One in particular was just not interested at all.. One family member had cold food in the middle, another had an over done steak..... Not a place we will be returning to... Massaman curry was nice, but seriously overpriced food compared with much higher standard pub meals.... Basically, rude staff, overpriced food, tiny portions and could do with venturing out to see how its done in other...