The Half Moon & Seven Stars

Much improved since my previous visits. They had run out of my preferred beer but not all beers. There was a great atmosphere with locals watching football on the TV in the bar. I had dinner there on two nights, it was excellent. Portions are generous and the quality good. Sophie the waitress is a real asset to the business; friendly, cheerful, efficient and very much in control when the restaurant is busy. She remembered people's names from three previous nights, too. It's a dog-friendly pub with a decent garden.

We stopped by before a local day out for a Sunday lunch, and we weren't disappointed! We had the two course Sunday lunch, with prawn cocktail and the bruschetta to start. There were plenty of prawns and they were so large and meaty! The bruschetta was so tasty as well! We then had the beef roast and pork belly roast. The pork was cooked to perfection, and was so soft and juicy! The beef was also cooked really well and was all served with plenty of veg and cauliflower cheese to feed us both. The server was really attentive, and no request was too much trouble to be met quickly and efficiently. We will definitely be back for another Sunday lunch!

It’s rare for me to find time for a roast dinner these days as I’m normally slaving away cooking for others. Turned up without making a booking and was politely told that there was people that where due to come in and if I’d happily wait a short while they would take my order asap. I went for the roast beef and my gf had the pork. Portion sizes were perfect but had to go with the pig in blankets and cauli cheese as a side! Nice choice of veg and great cuts of meat. Roasties were great, pigs in blankets full of flavour and cauli cheese didn’t disappoint. I couldn’t make up my mind on the deserts so had 3 to share with the better half. Eaten mess, sticky toffee and strawberry cheesecake. Again all decent size portions and very tasty. Staff where attentive but not over the top all of which where happy and smiley and the typical local vibes and atmosphere was relaxing. Freehold pubs like this are getting very far and few between, so if you live within the local area of Preston then get yourselves to this local and support them, it’s tough times for the landlords and lady’s out there so do your thing! Thanks all and see you soon!

A lovely local pub where the owners know everyone from the village. Our AirBNB host said the food hadn't been fantastic previously but they had a new chef and they were eager to find out how it was. We were greeted with smiles, a local man struck up conversation around the one cask ale they had on tap which I ordered, this was a dark ambered local bitter which was delicious. We ordered the Nachos and the burger, which were fresh, large portions and created with care. Both the Nachos and burger contained a home made salsa which was refreshing. We finished with a banoffee Sunday and left feeling full and happy after a long drive.

Excellent friendly welcome from the owners, staff and locals at this historic village pub. As regular visitors to the village we have visited The Halfmoon and Seven Stars many times. The new owners have vastly improved the car park and garden area and the interior is spotlessly clean. We were served promptly with delicious reasonably priced meals. We can recommend the slow cooked belly pork, the filling and very tasty rice bowl, the firm favourite scampi, superb rump steak, chefs special burger and of course fish and chips. We have been to this homely inn twice in the past week and will be back as soon as we can. I want another Eton Mess!