Now I have found another gem . Great service the staff are great ordered a lot but perfectly spaced between several courses none rushed . Food tasty and plentiful very enjoyable will be back

One of the best meals ever.. update 1st April 2022 - still the same, best meal within miles, great service. Ps. They've started doing breakfast now on a Sunday too!

What a wunderful place. Very much oldie worldie, nicely decorated and with a large stone fireplace that gives it great astetic look. Large selection on the menu with lots of specials. The portions are large. Cooked to perfection and all fresh. Reasonable price. Definitely recommended. They also have a good selection of ales or maybe try the sangria. But make a reservation as it is popular.

Prices aren't the cheapest and the food isn't a great quality, not sure if we just caught them on an off night. The drinks menu is extensive though, I highly recommend the pear and pineapple cider! The venue itself is quaint and the music and vibe make you believe you could actually be in a Spanish bar in an evening. Definitely worth a visit.

Lovely rooms with character. Well designed and excellently fitting into the historic ambient. The tapas restaurant as well as the breakfast can be well recommended.

Great choice of dishes, we over-ordered (as usual 🙄) as portion sizes are generous, but food was lovely and we took home the leftovers in a doggy bag, so tapas tonight as well! 😋 Service was friendly, attentive and helpful- thank u. Would have preferred a bit more light in our dining area, but very happy to recommend.

5 star BUT….. I’m giving it a 5 star because I do highly recommend it and want people to share the good food they do there. The place it’s self is really really cosy, great deco, tables set out perfectly for groups of people to be able to share their tapas. My partner is Spanish and we had literally just arrived from a month in Spain eating tapas… they do have some absolute classics/ traditional tapas on the menu which we really enjoyed. But I always want to give a bit of feedback to help improve: we booked and asked for a table next to the fire, got there and a couple not even ordering food had prime spot 😭devastated. for £5 the bread needs to be really fresh not flaky and dry 🙊. each dish had a little side salad which I don’t think needed, we wasted half of ours to concentrate on the main dish. Lastly it’s splelt ‘Morcilla’ not morthilla 🙈 Hope the feedback helps guys, love the venue and the food was great, will be back again!

This place never fails to please, such a great atmosphere and the staff are very welcoming and friendly. The food is out of this world with very generous portions, good for sharing, not that I want to as the food is that good. Large selection of tapas with a very good specials board. Excellent wine list. In all a little gem, if you're travelling from afar the rooms are spectacular. We'll recommended.

Such a nice little restaurant, staff were lovely and food was delicious and big portions. Would highly recommend

What amazing food, the staff are lovely and welcoming. Had such a great time for my partners birthday 😊 we will certainly be coming back and highly recommend to friends and family to go. Thank you for a wonderful time.

Service was great, the waitresses were really lovely but the food wasn't great and came out in bribs and drabs. We were a group of 5 and 3 of us had nearly finished before any if the dishes for the other 2 came out. My husband had to ask for his muscles multiple times, they eventually came after we had all finished eating and he said that they were not worth the wait. We won't be returning.

Absolutely beautiful place. Atmosphere is great and the food is AMAZING. Is now our regular

What a place . The food is 1st class, the staff can not do enough for you. The rooms are fabulous. Brilliant little stay in a Lancashire backwater.

Went on Saturday evening so was busy. Safe friendly but far too busy. The rest of my party loved their food, but I have had far better. Portions were large but too many coated and fried dishes on menu.

Great spot to sit in the sunshine and enjoy a beer. But please get some parasols, we had no cover. Food was very good but the service was slow for food and drinks. Plus we had to chase 1 dish multiple times before finding out it wasn't actually on order. This was promptly resolved once this was cleared up.

The food here was impeccable, could not fault it. Every single plate we had tasted delicious and was fresh. The service was ok, the staff where polite enough but when asked for a different lemonade because the one they gave was soda you would be waiting at least 20mins for another one. Same for bread or condiments or even knew cutlery to the point the food was cold by the time you got it. Really slow service. Also the atmosphere, we sat on a long table in the room to the left. All of a sudden water was gushing all over my dad from the ceiling. The staff just got a bucket and stuck it there. Then the waitress dropped a full tray of drinks for 7 people and it landed all on our feet. Felt like I was a water park by the end of the meal. It was a nice meal considering but I probably wouldn't visit again as this was a special occasion for my mum's birthday and it was a bit of a let down

Beautiful traditional Tapas restaurant, run by lovely people. We had a lovely evening, and only left because we physically could not eat any more. Excellent range of wine, and spirits, the pinnacle being Czech Budvar side pour beer in authentic glassware. The building is an amazing old stone house with an amazing fireplace creating the perfectly ambiance. We will be back!

Heard a few positive comments about this place so thought we'd give it a try. We were not disappointed! Got a table at short notice. Decent variety of tapas options includung vegetarian choices for my partner and everything we chose was absolutely awesome. Friendly staff and a chilled out atmosphere. We'll definitely be returning. Thank you

Had a lovely tapas meal with my family and 18 month old grandson. Stand out dishes were octopus, garlic prawns, meatballs and esp the tuna. Lovely staff provided really good service and we really enjoyed ourselves. Happy to recommend and we will be revisiting soon. Thank you guys

Best tapas in the area! We love coming to The Rake and recommend it highly to everyone, not only is the food amazing but the staff are all great and super lovely. The music and atmosphere are fab and what a lovely building - gorgeous experience from start to finish!

Absolutely fabulous.Lovely atmosphere and the young staff were friendly and knew their stuff when questioned about the menu and wine list. The choice available on the menu is exceptional and the special board even better,Great portions which were drip fed to us over the evening so never felt rushed. It was a first date for my partner and I and we both look forward to a second date here soon

Really nice food and large portions. Wide selection of tapas to suit all tastes. Friendly service and you can dine inside or out.

An absolutely fantastic Tapas restaurant - we've eaten here numerous times, often early evening after a nice stroll around Hollingworth lake to build up a suitable appetite. We sat outside on the terrace this time, which was very nice at this time of year and reminiscent of meals we've had at Port Olympic in Barcelona. The waitress brought out the specials board to us and given the extensive and imaginative choices on it we struggled to select just a few tapas to order. The dishes are light and fresh, not heavy and old fashioned like many other Tapas restaurants (that often only serve the tried and tested standards). We ordered some fish, meat and seafood dishes which were delicious along with a fresh salad and some bread for dipping. The wine list is excellent and there's a good by the glass selection too. We were so spoilt for choice with savoury tapas that we couldn't accomodate dessert. This is genuinely our favourite tapas restaurant in the north west of England (and we've tried most of them including the city centre stalwarts). The nice setting, proximity to the lake and atmosphere in the restaurant and terrace make for a really enjoyable experience.

Absolutely amazing food and atmosphere. Service was a little slow, but it was exceptionally busy, so understandable. Food came out very fast after ordering.