This is in response to a previous review comment about Rivington Hall Barn. The food served up at Rivington Hall Barn is of a lovely standard. I felt that the half pork pie and pizza comment made previously was completely ridiculous...on the buffet served at Christmas Parties there is a complete selection of hot and cold foods with a wide selection to account for all tastes. As for the length of the queues and the business of the building, does this not prove that Rivington Hall Barn is a popular location for a party and people return year after year?
As for the value of money, £35 I find is a reasonable price considering what is on offer. You are in a wonderful location, with friendly staff on hand, a band that performs two slots throughout the evening and a house DJ; a buffet that is served for an hour and a half (that is constantly being refreshed) and a bar that is fully stocked and served until 12pm.
The barn is a old Anglo Saxon building and therefore it is impossible to change its size, therefore the size of the dancefloor and the amount of staff serving food has to be limited.

At the £35 per head we paid the Rivington Hall Barn, Bolton, Lancashire, we felt ripped off.

It seemed that the buffet food was low standard- 1/2 pork pie and pizza!

The chocolate fountain disappeared before we had even eaten our buffet food

The venue was overcrowded, we think that they provided poor quality catering - there were 30 min queues to get to the buffet.

I will never go again for a Christmas function and will not recommend the venue to others I feel very disappointed given the cost. In my opinion, they need to change the format as there were not enough staff serving food. WE thought that the wait was unacceptable.

We were crammed in a corner and couldn't hear announcements.

In our opinion, the dance floor was tiny, it was a really poor night out - overpriced and not good value for money.