The Knowles Arms in Blackburn with Darwen

Absolutely beautiful place and fantastic food. Definitely recommend 👌. Make sure you book 1st!!

Food was good but it took quite a while to come. There was a draught where we were seated but they did turn the heating on for us. Our server was lovely and made sure we had everything we needed. I would recommend.

Visited earlier today with a couple of friends and ordered a starter and main course. Nothing out of the ordinary - just straightforward meals from the menu. The food was tasteless and quite poor, definitely not what I expected! The staff were very nice but the overall experience did not live up to my expectations. We all agreed that the food would need to improve (a lot) in order that we book here again in the future. Currently, I would not recommend this restaurant 👎🏻

Was looked after from moment we walked in. Food excellent . Service very good. Little noisy because party of ladies on next table but cant be helped. Will definitely be going back x

Staff members in this place are racist and rude. Management supports this behaviour because when I complained about it he didn’t seem too bothered about it. Looks like this is a regular behaviour.We booked a table for special event 2 months in advance and we were told we will have the private area by the door but when one of our friend turned up to decorate the place they asked her to move to end of the restaurant. When she asked why we don’t have the area we reserved staff couldn’t give a reason. Staff members were mumbling and making snarky comments. Which made us feel very uncomfortable. Later on when rest of our family and friends arrived we noticed we weren’t getting same service as rest of the people there. We constantly had to ask waiters to come over and take food and drink orders where as to other tables there were more attentive. They kept getting all orders wrong and kids were left starving for up to an hour.When I went to the bar to ask for some water bartender slammed the jug in front of me and made a comment that who am I to ask him for water. When I reported this behaviour to the manager he didn’t seem too bothered by it. We were the only people of colour in the restaurant. This is the worst service I have ever received in any restaurant. I wouldn’t advise anyone who isn’t white to visit this place.

First time visit;Pluses - Nice inside (compared to outside)- Nice food - Attentive staffNegatives - Was put on a table near the outside door which was very cold (restaurant was not full) - staff in lower section just stand against their station facing towards the customer (feels like they are constantly watching you which was not nice)Overall good food, they just need to remove the one table near the outside door and ask staff not to stand watching customers

Quite nice food. They don't seem to know how to cook a steak though as they all under cooked. One requested well done and it was served dripping blood. A simple temp probe whist cooking tells the chef how it is done. Without guesswork. Amateurs.

We have visited here several times and normally the service and food is fantastic. However, this evening we visited for half price steak night and it seems they cannot cope with the busyness and demand. Our steaks were both BLUE pure raw instead of rare. We waited an hour before our starters arrived. A drink was forgotten about and as our dishes were collected after the mains, we were told we would have to leave in the next 10 mins due to how long you get the table on steak night. This meant no dessert which we had initially planned. We would have had more time had the service been quicker. A complete let down. Would add that the staff themselves are very friendly and courteous as always, just a shame about the food quality and timings.

A really nice food area!The bar area is nice but it is a little cold, and it doesn't quite have the same atmosphere as the dining area.Nevertheless, it is still great food at great value. I would recommend!

We visited here at the weekend, for the first time. The starters were delicious, Creamy mushrooms and the pate.Unfortunately we were dissatisfied with our main meal which was the 10oz Rib eye steak. The steak was so thin, it was like a minute steak size with scraggy bits hanging off, and my husbands had a weird taste of fish and looked a different colour to mine. We raised our concerns with the staff who immediately said nothing can be done with the bill, you can have a replacement, even though we knew by the time they replaced it the rest of our party would have had finished their food. The replacement steaks arrived were much nicer pieces but they were ridiculously salty.Our meals were missing mushrooms and when I asked the waitress just replied they had run out and didn't even offer anything else in its place, more salad or another veg option. The starters were lovely, just a shame we were disappointed in the main meal.