Royal Arms

We go walking around here a lot, but this is the first time we've eaten here. It's quite literally across the road from one of the entrances to Tockholes & Roddlesworth Woods and one of the start/finish points for walking up to Darwen (Jubilee) Tower. Dogs *ARE* allowed inside which is good as its such a popular dog walking area. Parking is plentiful for the pub and separate parking adjacent for walkers. Inside the pub is clean, cozy and the staff are lovely and helpful. Our food came quickly and was lovely! A very pleasant surprise that the chips were 'real' parboiled, fried chips and not frozen chips 😁
Partner had Gammon, which came with chips, peas and fried egg, I had scampi which came with chips, peas and a lovely tartar sauce. Portion sizes were good (but not over the top), we also had 1 tea & 1 latte and the bill was just over £30 which I thought was good value.

Great pub, warm welcome from all the staff and excellent, homemade food. 4 of us had the coffee and Guinness braised brisket burger, buttermilk chicken burger, veggie burger and a steak baguette with sweet potato fries. All burgers packed with flavour and really delicious. 😋 Generous portions of chips, which is always a bonus. The steak baguette was filled with garlic alioli and gherkins, and the sweet potato fries are yummy. 😋 Dessert was apple and cinnamon crumble with creamy custard. A big, warm hug of a dessert. 🤗 The Bailey's cheesecake actually tasted of it and was both generous and creamy. Oh, and you must finish with a coffee as the homemade cinnamon shortbread that comes with it are divine. They should be sold in bags. 😄 😁 A really lovely afternoon and will definitely be back soon. ❤ 💙 💜 💖 💗

Some good food and beer yesterday at the Royal followed by some nice walking.
Excellent sirloin steak off the specials board (well cooked and a good peice of meat) - my son had the pulled brisket burger which was so large he could not finish it. The beer is certainly well looked after and was delicious - it is a free house so had some interesting beers on offer.
My first visit and there are two parts to the establishment plus a large outdoor seating area - the old pub which is quite dark but full of old world charm and the new extension which is light and airy. Because the weather was lovely we chose outside where we had excellent table service with plenty of staff to look after you.
We will return!

Called in here for breakfast before walking up to jubilee Tower.
The service was excellent, the staff are very friendly and helpful and the breakfast was excellent, along with a very reasonable price. Will definitely be going back for more.
Forgot to mention the Great outdoor seating area if you're out with the dog 🐕

Absolutely brilliant cafe cross gastro pub out, isolated out in the heart of the jaw dropping, unbelievably scenic west Pennines. Brilliant menu. Reasonable prices. Very cosy, also modern. Good service, extremely popular. Loads of walkers and nature/wildlife photography everywhere. Highly recommend.

Called in for breakfast after a walk. Food was very good, freshly cooked, and value for money. The staff were extremely busy, however friendly and efficient.
We will go back and recommend breakfast here.

Lovely home made food, tasty pizza, fish and chips, cheese onion pie, friendly welcoming staff. Great value for money. We all enjoyed the evening. Thank you will definitely return.

Excellent cup of coffee and very tasty cakes. It was great to see a range of cakes so different to the homogeneous ranges at all the major coffee shops. And very friendly service to boot!

This pub has two Wonderfull welcoming hosts and are so passionate about their restaurant/pub. We were so happy to stay in our camper van on the car park. We had a fantastic meal and didn’t need to book. The atmosphere was so warm

A real credit to the owners. Well done
Mike & Pauline

Great place to visit after a long (or short) walk. Reasonably priced, good wholesome local food and genuinely nice owners and staff.

After a lovely walk, it was so nice to stop at such a delightful pub for some delicious food.
The cheese pie and chips were home made and made to perfection.
My friend had the fish and chips which she was as equally pleased with.
The pub has recently been renovated to a high standard.
The staff very welcoming and helpful.
Will definitely be calling in again.

A great place for a pit stop when you're out walking. Lovely location loads of free parking and right next to the information Centre and cafe.my wife and I park here when heading for walks in tockholes woods, earnsdale reservoir and Darwen tower we finish our walks here with a meal and a pint. To avoid disappointment though check the pubs opening hours, being out there in the sticks their opening hours aren't that of a town pub.

Beautiful little pub, friendly staff and well kept. Fantastic service and friendly atmosphere. Food was superb. Will definitely be visiting again.

Really friendly pub. Came for my Grandma's birthday and all of the staff made her feel very welcome. Steak and ale pie is lovely

Amazing food for a decent price, good range of food, such a nice little pub would definitely recommend 👌

Great for a beer and some food in the sunshine. Plenty on the menu to go at and at a reasonable price. Great range of beers and wines for all tastes.

We have been a few times here and brought friends from out of town. They were extremely impressed with the value and quality of the Roast Pork Sunday Lunch, £8.95 and it was better than ones twice that price. Lovely sunny table, the staff always recognise you, dogs welcome ! Can’t fault as always, much appreciated, first sunny day of the year and staff busy and still still smiling, no wonder people flock 👌

Good beer friendly service best thin based tasty pizza ever & garlic bread
Home made pies with chunky chips
Fantastic breakfast too

One of my favourite places to go all year round lovely places, great service and dog friendly highly recommend

Lovely, polite and helpful staff. Very dog friendly (free dog biscuits on bar, lots of dog water bowls). Didn't go inside as the weather was beautiful. Lots of picnic benches outside at side of a large car park. They have a serving hatch on side of pub so you don't have to go inside. Tables were cleared promptly. Some lovely views and great place to start and finish a ramble.