Legh Arms, Prestbury
“Real ales, hearty food and B&B rooms in a traditional country pub with oak beams and log fires.”
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About Legh Arms, Prestbury
On The Village in Prestbury, Legh Arms is a pub with oak beams and log fires, offering B&B rooms alongside its food service. The menu runs to a Chicken Liver Parfait and a Salted Caramel Profiterole Sundae for those after something sweet to finish. Guests take rooms with free in-room beverages, and breakfast can be cooked to order or taken from a buffet of cereal or fruit salad, with the cereals themselves brought table-side in a choice of four. The kitchen stops serving food before the end time posted on the website, so a late arrival is worth timing around. It operates on a walk-in basis, with free car parking on site and dogs welcome throughout. The pub sits a 30-minute train ride from Manchester.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention comfortable spacious rooms, cooked-to-order breakfast, pub burgers and chicken liver parfait.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention comfortable spacious rooms, cooked-to-order breakfast, pub burgers and chicken liver parfait.
Customer Review Summary
Most reviewers come for an overnight stay, describing rooms as spacious, very clean and comfortable, including a ground floor family room with a wet room. Staff are repeatedly called friendly and helpful, and one family who held a birthday party here says the staff went above and beyond. Food earns close praise. One diner names the Chicken Liver Parfait and the Salted Caramel Profiterole Sundae, another calls the burgers great, and a guest found the cooked to order breakfast good. Smaller notes include a fan too small for hot weather and no USB points in one room. The complaints are specific. One diner was told the kitchen had closed at 8:30pm when trying to order dessert, although the website says food is served until 9pm. One guest describes a waiter driving into the narrow driveway as they were leaving, forcing them to reverse, and found his reaction dismissive. Another found the breakfast service lacking, having to ask for orange juice, coffee, and sugar and spoons at the table.
Customer Review Summary
Most reviewers come for an overnight stay, describing rooms as spacious, very clean and comfortable, including a ground floor family room with a wet room. Staff are repeatedly called friendly and helpful, and one family who held a birthday party here says the staff went above and beyond. Food earns close praise. One diner names the Chicken Liver Parfait and the Salted Caramel Profiterole Sundae, another calls the burgers great, and a guest found the cooked to order breakfast good. Smaller notes include a fan too small for hot weather and no USB points in one room. The complaints are specific. One diner was told the kitchen had closed at 8:30pm when trying to order dessert, although the website says food is served until 9pm. One guest describes a waiter driving into the narrow driveway as they were leaving, forcing them to reverse, and found his reaction dismissive. Another found the breakfast service lacking, having to ask for orange juice, coffee, and sugar and spoons at the table.
Featured reviews
- The Brink
“Fantastic place – one staff member seriously spoiled the final impression We had a wonderful stay at the Legh Arms in Prestbury. Beautiful traditional building, full of character, excellent food and a genuinely British atmosphere. The staff were friendly, attentive and welcoming. Everything about the stay itself easily deserved five stars. Unfortunately, there was one very unpleasant exception. When leaving, I was already almost completely out of the narrow single-lane driveway when a bearded member of staff, apparently a waiter, drove straight in towards me in a rather battered white Volkswagen instead of simply waiting a few seconds for me to leave. I had to reverse all the way back. I then stopped, got out and spoke to him at his car window. His argument was that, now that he had driven in, he could not reverse because there was a road behind him. But that completely misses the point: he should have looked first, seen that a guest was already leaving, and waited before entering. His attitude during that conversation was dismissive, unapologetic and extremely poor behaviour towards a guest. The complete lack of consideration or understanding is exactly why I am mentioning this incident here. Apart from this, the Legh Arms was absolutely excellent and genuinely deserved five stars. I would happily change my rating to five stars if management addresses this incident and responds to this review confirming that this kind of behaviour towards guests will not happen again.”
- Jim Taylor
“Had a one night stay for my wife's birthday... The room was lovely, comfortable bed, no complaints there. The staff were helpful and friendly... a special mention for Alfie. We had lunch which was lovely but did not have dinner. The thing that let the Legh down was the breakfast, shown to our table and told cereals, orange juice and coffee is on this table... choice of four cereals. Had to ask for orange juice jug empty, had to ask for coffee only to be told it will be a while as it has to filter!!, had to ask for sugar and spoons.. not good.”
- Jason King
“What a fantastic experience! Every dish, from the Chicken Liver Parfait to the Salted Caramel Profiterole Sundae, was exceptional in taste and presentation, all while being generous in portion. The attentive service and promptness made for a perfect dining atmosphere on a Sunday. Highly recommended!”
- Louise Parker
“This is a great place to stay. The village is pretty and people pleasant and welcoming.The Legh Arms staff are great, they are very friendly and helpful. The rooms are nicely decorated and very clean. The beds are comfortable and spacious. There was lots of choice for in-room free beverages. We did however stay during the really hot weather and the fan that was in the room wasn’t really big enough to make much effect. I would also recommend that you take a plug as there aren’t any USB points in the room to charge a mobile device directly from the USB lead.”
- Geoffrey Whittaker
“My wife and I stayed on a Bed and Breakfast basis on Sunday 5th July 2026. The room was spacious and very clean.The car parking was free. The atmosphere in the Pub was first class. The staff were very efficient and friendly and the breakfast was excellent. We look forward to returning in the not too distance future. Geoffrey Whittaker.”
Location
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| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legh Arms, Prestbury | 4.51,113 | — | £15–30 | comfortable spacious rooms, cooked-to-order breakfast, pub burgers |
| Brocklehurst ArmsReservations · Wheelchair accessible · Outdoor seating | 3.91,287 | 1.4 mi | £10–20 | fish and chips, ev charging point, outdoor seating |
| Blossom Bistro by Prime CutReservations · Wheelchair accessible · Wi-Fi | 4.5495 | 2.3 mi | £20–50 | live entertainment, steak cooked perfectly, lobster |
| The FlowerpotOutdoor seating | 4.495 | 2.3 mi | £20–30 | dog-friendly pub, beer garden, pool table |
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