Harden's survey result
Summary
“Craig Wilkinson continues to offer well-above-average, classically inspired food at his pub in the eponymous hamlet of Bay Horse, opposite what was once the similarly eponymous Bay Horse station on the West Coast Main Line”. Even those who have been “dining there for circa 20 years” (Wilkinson’s family has owned the venue even longer) just “cannot fault it” – and, “whether you’re sat in the bar area mixing with the locals, dining in the restaurant, or enjoying a drink in the beautiful garden”, the “atmosphere is fantastic” too.
Summary
“Hardly any further from Junction 33 of the M6 than Forton Services”: Craig Wilkinson’s “always popular”, “railway-side pub” has, say fans, “always unjustly sailed a little below the radar, while food and cooking continue in their accomplished, classically inspired, utterly satisfying way”. “In a time when so many places turn out Identikit dishes from the same playbook, it’s somehow refreshing to get a really good terrine, confit duck legs etc”. Top Menu Tip – “Meat is first class, the Sunday roast beef is the best ever: pink and melting in the mouth”.
Summary
This “great country pub with food a cut above most others” is “just a couple of minutes off Junction 33 of the M6”. Craig Wilkinson’s “excellent” cooking “isn’t going to excite the tweezer-botherers, but my goodness it’s satisfying. Black pudding scotch egg is becoming something of a signature, for good reason, and the confit duck (coming in a proper Northern portion of two legs) is as good as you’ll get anywhere”. Top Tip: “Sunday lunch beef to die for”.
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Bay Horse Ln, Ellel, LA2 0HR
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £14.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
 Extras |
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| Service | 10.00% |
Bay Horse Ln, Ellel, LA2 0HR
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | closed‑closed, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑7:30 pm |
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