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The Black Bull Hotel

+44 15242 61213
13 Main St, Bentham, Lancaster LA2 7HF United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Free breakfast

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Four of us were staying in the area, called into the bar for Sunday lunch (13/08/23) wasn't disappointed. Food was lovely, good value, staff friendly. Will definitely return next time we're up that way. Dog friendly also.
Popped in for Easter dinner with the family. Food was good and service with a smile.
At first sight, this seems like any other small village pub. But the rooms have been recently refurbished and are clean, comfortable and quiet, and the food - dinner and breakfast - was good. Nice, family friendly atmosphere and cheerful, helpful landlord. If possible, I would award a bonus star as he told us a less hilly route up to the Way of the Roses cycle path.
VERY hospitable! Made to feel very welcome! Breakfast was amazing, proper full English. Rooms clean and tidy and the pub had a nice friendly atmosphere! Will absolutely stay here again. Thank you.
Wouldn’t even give it 1 star if I could as we went in as a family for a meal and what I think was a woman with short hair behind the bar completely blanked me purposely with a face like thunder so again I politely said hello and again ignored me so third time then looked at me angrily and said HI and then turned away and ignored me very rude staff and not welcoming was only trying to ask about a table so we walked out wouldn’t recommend at all. Better staff needed with some people skills.
Visited on Saturday night for a meal with hubby & dog. Able to sit inside with her & she was offered a bowl of water & a dog treat! Reasonably priced, good food & generous portions & the beer was good too. Good service & the staff were friendly & approachable.
They have the balance between catering for locals & catering for tourists which was nice to see.
Would definitely come back!
We stayed here as we were attempting the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge, which starts about 20 mins drive away.||||We checked in at the bar and straight away were made to feel welcome by Carol, who then asked her daughter to help show us to our room (Rm 3). However, she said there was no rush, we could just let her know when we were ready.||||Room 3 is a family room and was lovely - perfect for us to offload all our kit and get ourselves ready for an early start the next morning. The bathroom is huge, but overlooks the courtyard below, so don't go walking round starkers with the windows wide open on a hot summer's day.... :-D||||We chose to eat in the pub that night, and it's always a bit of a gamble when you haven't read any reviews, or seen any food being served. However, a table near us ordered wraps and they looked amazing, so we took the punt - and boy were we glad we did. I opted for the steak and my wife chose the fish pie. My plate was loaded with steak, salad, mushrooms, tomatoes and a bowl of chips on the side, which were to die for (proper triple cooked, not the 'just warmed up again' triple cooked chips that so many places serve up). The fish pie was loaded with tasty fish and plenty of side veg. My only slight grumble is that I asked for my steak to be cooked rare, and this was bordering well done, but it was a thin steak, so difficult to achieve - it tasted amazing though.||||The following day we set off early (5:15am), so missed breakfast. When we got back later that day (after walking 24 miles across hills in 33 degree heat), just in time to catch the dinner service, we ordered pizza and sides of brie and halloumi fries. I mistakenly ordered the 14" pizza (I was ravenous), and it was blummin massive! Cooked brilliantly, served on a proper pizza stone, just what we needed.||||The following morning we were leaving, but managed to get breakfast before we set off, and it most certainly didn't disappoint - all cooked perfectly, plentiful portions and amazing value for money.||||Carol and her daughters always serve with a smile, and genuine warmth that so many places fail to provide.||||If we ever find ourselves up that way again, we'll definitely be paying another visit.||||Thank you Carol and everyone.
Just what we needed on our cycling tour. Stayed 1 night, had dinner and breakfast. Good beer, nice chicken kebab on a sticj thing. Good breakfast.

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