What a wonderful venue for a nice romantic evening [take it from me :) ]…read more The food was so tasty and well presented, the service extremely friendly and helpful. I cannot praise it enough. Good real ales on tap too so a great time is guaranteed. Pleasantly located in fine old stone building in a quiet village with plenty of parking spaces. Do yourself a f(l)avour and go there :)

The Griffin is situated in the village of Pitsford, under a mile from the main road out of…read moreNorthampton toward Brixworth & Market Harborough. This is just how a country pub should be. Great food. Well stocked cellar. Excellent service. We use the Griffin on occasional Sunday's & have never had a bad experience. Consistantly impresses. Families are welcome.

We turned up on spec,but they soon had us seated . The surroundings were lovely, and smart. We had…read moregreat service from a lovely lady who was knowledgeable and had good humour. Food was super- tasty and great quality Would definitely reccomend, especially for the specials nights. BB.

My favorite pub in the world…read more Excellent beers/ales, fantastic food and the location is awesome. Service is always nice.

The bar is behind the bakehouse restaurant and is part of the same business. As with the Bakehouse…read morethe food available is gorgeous. A great place to go and meet friends for drinks and have a snack. Very modern set up, helpful staff and even blankets in the outdoor section to snuggle in if it gets a bit chilly out! Great cocktails :)

Went for the first time with a friend. Looking for somewhere with a more cosmopolitan atmosphere…read morethan a country pub. We found it. Smart, clean, modern and 'European' in decor, it was reassuringly busy, early evening, even though mid-week. Friendly staff, we only had wines and coffees, but both were well up to spec. The Olive Lounge tickked all our boxes, and I will happily use it more in the future.

Well,, it seems I will start off negative, sigh! As far as I know, garlic bread should be cooked…read morebefore the cheese is slapped on, pie in the face style., This culinary mishap, was unfortunately suffering from thermo nuclear moisture, you pick it up, it bends in half yay for bad food!! Luckily, when the main course came, chips and with a chunky steak pie. yummy!! I know this stuff isn't fresh, its all delivered frozen, but boy, it was tasty and cooked perfectly! Gravy oozing out, tasty meat, and peas swimming delightfully in the stuff. I was I had taken a picture, it was postcard perfect. Calorific, stodgy, filling and belt popping, not for some one watching their figure, or not looking to become a miniature satellite orbiting Jupiter. For the price this is what i expect, wonderful taste, affordable, fattening. Good selection of beers and spirits, friendly helpful staff, clean tables, very polite always ask how things are. This is one place I intend to revisit for sure. Love it!! Except I wont have the soggy bread option next time. i would have rated it higher if it wasn't for the poor starter.

This is a really nice big pub with a nice atmosphere. It is set on the outskirts of town so it is a…read moregreat place to meet up with friends who don't all live nearby, and also a nice place to take the family. They serve food which is typical pub style food which is nice and there are plenty of tables including some outdoor patio tables. The prices are reasonable, the food is good value and the service is usually pretty good too. It is the similar style to the Priory and the Needle and Awl pubs which are all situated within a few miles of each other.

Loved my meal here and I've already been back. I had known about this place for a while and never…read morehad got around to going here. I think this is now going to be my new pub to go out to for meals. They have a pretty large menu but the food is good. I really enjoy the starters here and both times I have ended up ordering two starters as my main. The Tolley is a really nice little country pub with good food. I need to try their Sunday Roast.

An evening well spent, great value, food and service were excellent. Nice venue, a little off the…read morebeaten track but well worth the visit. Go in a group with a designated driver and sample the cocktails, you won't be sorry. Highly recommended the food was wonderful.

Four of us had a wonderful dinner here last night. The food was delicious and the service was…read more10/10! We will definitely be returning soon.

What can I say about the King's Arms? I'm at home here. When we moved to the UK, honestly our most…read moredesired feature was walking distance to a pub. We got stumbling distance to one of the best pubs in the country. This place is well-regarded by everyone in the region. I've met people here who give up walking distance to their local to drive here and have a good time. That says something. My first night here I made friends, and each time I've been here since I find myself in good company either with neighbors we've met before, or people who know we're new to the area and want to welcome us. I can't begin to tell you how often a quick pint before dinner turns into a long session at King's Arms. I wouldn't have it any other way. These guys truly embrace the concept of being the center of village activity. No TVs, no WiFi, these things distract from the community. You come here to interact with your friends and neighbors, enjoy a good beer, and enjoy living in the company of others. They regularly have events to bring the village out. The most impressive of which was the dinner they hosted on the night of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. They served the exact 10-course menu served in first class that evening, and requested everyone bust out their tuxedos and dresses to mark the occasion in grand fashion. It was a remarkable evening. One disappointment, since I have to list one to feel as though I am being fair, is the wine list. We love the temperanillo, but really none of the others. But we're not here to drink wine, we're here to be social! It makes me a little sad that we don't have this type of drinking culture in the US. If you're not an alcoholic, you're not likely be on a first-name basis with the bartenders at a local watering hole. That's why I love walking in here; everyone knows everyone else, they're always happy to see you, they know what you drink, they pour a tasty pint, and are genuinely good people. I dig it.

We had a romantic table for two by the fire on a cool, rainy evening and had a truly delicious rump…read moreof Cotswold lamb and the best sticky toffee pudding. Service was friendly and paced perfectly. Great wine and beer and simply charming ambience. A lovely experience.

Every time we visit this area, The Fleece is our first meal! Never disappoints…read more Technically a pub, but feels like a restaurant with bar area. Outdoor seating overlooking Church Green is covered - available rain or shine. Menu is seasonal, fresh, sustainable, and local. Top notch gastropub food. Twice voted one of the top twenty pubs in the UK! Sunday menu includes their famous Sunday Roast. The Veggie option was amazing! In addition to the pub, there are newly refurbished rooms available.

The Brampton Halt is in Diana country, a big chunky country pub not two miles from where the…read morePrincess is buried at Althorpe House, this place set up perfectly for wining and dining the type of people who flocked there after the Princess death, its target lunchtime clientele even today, the elderly and the female of the species (with designated male driver) clustering around the noisy tables enjoying the off-season deals. Although numbers are a trickle up at the Earls manor they were surprisingly busy for a credit crunch Thursday night at the 'Halt', me mum treating the family to a good slap up meal from her Premium Bond win. The staff were very pleasant although our table for five (four at best) was appropriately squashed up and hidden away with the rest of us who there only for the February cheap deal, a free bottle of 'plonk' with every two main courses for £20 hard to turn down. Yes it was the old trick of serving you a ropey overpriced main course sandwiched between more exquisite starters and suites, making profit back on those extras and additional booze, a single glass of wine thereafter costing more than a parking ticket you would have got if you had eaten in Northampton. As I say the starters were good, well presented and flavored, around three quid each. The main courses were less sophisticated, the type of stuff that clatters on and off a service station rotunda, gammon and chicken burgers hardly cordon bluer. The salad vedge was so chunky and unoriginally served I could have made a face on the gammon, this kids menu territory. The sweet was a more superior fare, a choice of eight different ones, served in welcome big plates to suggest quality. But it's about value these days and feeding five people for £80 with two bottles of free wine is a cracking deal and the Halt is a nice, if formulaic, pleasant place to eat and enjoy those deals at. In the summer this place will be heaving, a pub fully geared up to holding on to its smokers with an excellent beer garden and heated outside areas, including stuff for the kids and the nearby reservoir bustling with wildlife making for pleasant evening walks with your lover. Like I say the pub is huge and has a games room and a lounge and bar for the locals, cable TV and two sets of toilets keeping the punters moving around the pub. The function room is big and the parking spacers even bigger, enough for 100 cars plus if you ask me. There karaoke and pub nights and so something for everyone. This is an old style family pub that has every chance of surviving this cruel recession that has seen 3 pubs a day close across the nation and 45,000 jobs lost in the industry since the smoking ban. In fact it's so keyed up it's even on wikipedia!

Great location, it's an old converted train station. Lots of ales, and the food is great. It's…read moresomewhere between pub and restaurant food. I am a little biased, this was the first pub I went to when I arrived in England. But it is great. You won't be disappointed

Cute little village pub. It's a little bit oldish with a nice feel. While I came in with jeans, I…read morefelt like maybe I should have taken a minute to change before we walked down. It's a small town so don't expect prompt service, but we only waited for a few minutes. If you're from a small town, you get my meaning. If you're not, pipe down and enjoy the atmosphere. We aren't in a hurry when you can walk across town in 10 minutes. If you find yourself in this Burg, do yourself a favor and visit The Cromwell. (Bonus: awesome dessert.)

I used to go to the Cromwell Cottage years ago (36 years to be precise)when I first moved to…read moreNorthampton, but then for some reason we stopped going. So when a friend said it had been refurbished and was now a lovely place for a meal and a drink, I leapt at the chance to go. We had a great meal and took full advantage of the prix fixe menu - three courses for an unbelievable £10.50. The staff were very friendly, the varied menu delicious (and more than enough) and I had two generous glasses of the house Pinot Grigio which wasn't overpriced. The inside decor is very smart - lots of muted colours and pale wood and it was a very relaxing and enjoyable evening. Needless to say it was full so booking is advisable. I will be back!

Oh My God! What an amazing pub!…read more The White Horse is among the finest pubs in England, in my humble opinion. Landlords Richard and Caroline clearly strive to please every person who walks through this pub's doors, and to my knowledge they always succeed. The food here is superb. Both the lunch and dinner menus are packed full of delicious options that will never disappoint. As I have told many friends, The White Horse can boast that it serves the best vegetarian option in the area. We regularly come on a Sunday and order the vegetarian option and have yet to be disappointed. A great selection a real ales and good beers the White Horse's wine list is not to be overlooked. I love the Rioja here and have been known to horde the better part of a bottle for myself. The staff are always ready to serve with a smile and a genuine appreciation for their patrons, who are more friends than customers after a single visit. Do not visit England without a trip to Tilbrook to enjoy this pub. It is truly the best Great Britain has to offer!