Quite the village pub! The New Inn is an excellent place to get a wonderful meal and a friendly…read morepint. A family run freehouse, it is probably the best restaurant in the Rushden area. Not the cheapest, not the biggest, but probably the overall best. Arthur and his family do a bang up job of providing wonderful meals and friendly service to visitors and locals alike. Always two cask ales on tap (usually Greene King IPA and Timothy Taylor's Landlord), a few draught beers and ciders, and a small bottle selection. Quite the gin selection, too, as well as a wine list. You'll be sure to find locals sitting in the cozy fire warmed pub section in the winter, or enjoying the beautiful shaded garden in the summer. Well-behaved dogs and children are welcomed!

This is a small store situated on Rushden High Street but it is one of the cheapest places in town…read moreto pick up alchohol. They sell a good range of spirits, beer, alcopops as well as soft drinks such as lemonade and coca cola. The prices are really cheap anyway, but they have always got special offers on too. If you are lucky you can park down the High Street in one of the designated parking spots or there are free car parks fairly close by. If you are having a party then I would definitely recommend this store as your first choice for buying alchohol as it is much cheaper than the supermarkets.

I am an elderly disabled man with mobility problems, The staff are very helpful…read moreand polite, if I park outside the store they will come out and serve me, not many shopkeepers are as helpful as this these days. They deserve a 5 star rating. l

Threshers wine shop is situated on the busy Wellingborough Road, so the parking is limited to a few…read morebays or the side streets. The shop is packed with wines from all around the globe, and there are always offers on like 3 for £10, they also stock a range of beers and lagers as well as spirts and cigarettes. The staff are knowledgable and will always help with recommendations and they sometime have wine tasting. There are bottles of the most popular wines in the fridge as well which is handy for those emergency booze trips.

Lovely, traditional English pub. They've got all the important things nailed. Cold beer, hot food -…read moreand at great prices. Really friendly bar/restaurant staff that greeted me like a long-lost friend. There is a great restaurant - full of English charm and the food is just what you expect and need from a proper British boozer. The essentials of a pool table and dart board are also in place! Plenty of parking in the car park and a cheery open fire adds to the charm. There is a function room and private dining room (we had a good nosey around) and there are murals on one wall of the famous faces that used to frequent - Rod Stewart, Noel Edmonds, U2 and various famous faces from an epic time in British music history. It's not a music venue as such now but there are occasional bands, quiz nights and other events on. Worth checking in if you are passing through or are nearby. Woollaston is a really pretty little village for a wander around. Hope you enjoy as much as I did!!

A pub with a fantastic reputation delivers a great night out and doesn't disappoint. The Wollaston…read moreInn used to be known in the 1970s as a mecca for live acts with outstanding bands making the trek from the city out to this little oasis in the country. Acts such as U2, Status Quo, Thin Lizzy and John Peel himself are all said to have played there in their early career. Obviously the pub has changed radically since those heady days of rock and roll. The old hall upstairs which was used as the club can still be hired out for events. With its large windows and stripped floor it has a fantastic charm for an intimate wedding or celebration. However, you will be pleased to hear that there is no evidence of the 70's disco that it used to be. The restaurant downstairs is a revelation to the village. Chris the head chef has brought high quality dining to the area much like his predecessor brought quality rock bands. His menu is interesting without being pretentious with classics such as game, steak and chicken sitting beside a great fish menu. The selection changes regularly so each time there is something new to try. His wine list is also very strong and we have enjoyed many a night sampling a range of grape derived delights. The pub offers private dining as well as the hall and restaurant so it can cater for family groups of up to 10 or 12 people. On the nights we have been there the place has been busy so I recommend booking ahead of time. In conclusion I would highly recommend this place if you are in mind for top notch food in a historic setting.

This is the smallest pub I have ever been in! To be fair, it is split into two sides and with a bar…read morein the middle which is also really small, so you can see each side of the pub through the bar, but there are two entrances depending on which part of the pub you want to go in. The part that I have been in is the really small part and it is tiny with only a handful of tables and it is really quiet in there. A good place to go if you want a quiet drink with a mate and you live locally, but not somewhere that I would choose to go to as there really isn't much atmosphere in there. I have only ever been there on a week day evening and there was hardly anyone in there, not really sure if it gets very busy at the weekends. It seems to be a pub for local people who fancy a pint.

From the owner: We are a family friendly pub based just off Rushden High Street. On tap we currently have a range…read moreof ciders, beers and ales unique to Rushden. We also offer great food and drink in a friendly atmosphere. We also have live music, themed disco every Friday, karaoke, jam nights and have x2 pool teams on a Wednesday and a Thursday. Owned and operated by Phoenix Star Entertainment Ltd. We are also one of the only pubs in the local area to still have a resident DJ and karaoke host. We also offer a full menu of burgers, scampi and an amazing all day breakfast. Our brilliant breakfast menu consists of 'A Breakfast for a King' and a 'Traditional Breakfast'. With unlimited tea and coffee refills, you will enjoy your breakfast here.

We went to this pub restaurant for a.special occasion, it being a renown restaurant for its fish,…read moreand we had been told you get to choose the fish you will eat, after it is presented to you. No two for 8.99 here, thank goodness, just wholesome fresh cooked food. The ambiance was quaint and antiquated. With low beam ceilings large comfy chairs. This was a nice setting and fitted with the towns architecture. We grabbed a few drinks announced that we were here and sat down in the pub area.The beer selection was good, with many ales and lagers on tap. A short while later we approached by a friendly lady who gave us some menu's to peruse and asked when we were ready to be seated. She returned a few moments later, asking if we had made our choices, we were a little disappointed, as we thought it was just to give us some breathing space on deciding before we sat in the restaurant. bad sign! We delivered our choices and were seated at the table. Still wearing our outdoor wear. Which we had to put on the back of our seats. The dining area was clean, and quite modern, a real distinct difference from the rest of the pub, though it was done well, even though it looked like we had almost walked into another establishment. I ordered a fillet steak as my main, and i was pleased when it came out, it was wonderful and cooked as ordered. It was delectably succulent and juicy. After an amazing, main course we opted to try the desert. Awful, the crème brulée, was a soggy mess, with very little flavor, yuk!! At all times during the meal, we felt as though we were being spied upon by the servers, as the gravitated around our table like mini satellites. It was not like they needed our table to serve new guests since there were only three diners in the restaurant. Unless the other tables and chairs were part of the decor, who knows? The last point was the bathroom was outside the pub, it was however clean and functional. Overall, pleasant experience, good mains, mediocre service, average pricing at a guess around 30-40 pounds a head, more including wine. I would probably try again, just because it is local.

Top notch upmarket pub/restaurant. Be sure to book prior to arrival as the place can be pretty…read morebusy. The pub at the front is usually packed with customers which is a good sign. There are still numerous original features with a large open fireplace, hatch bar which dates back to the 50s and toilets set outside across a courtyard. The restaurant is in a modern extension to the rear. The food was really good, with a more interesting menu than your usual chips with everything pub. They specialise in Fish and I strongly recommend going for it and trying some of the more exotic ones. Service is good with attentive yet discreet staff. Price is quite high but certainly worth it for the quality of the meal. Overall I recommend The Griffin as really good restaurant ideal for special occasions or taking the wife to if you have made a mistake.

Great old fashioned "proper" pub. Huge selection of real ales and ciders. Friendly staff. Good…read moreselection of meals - especially their famous pies ! Also has a large and attractive beer garden out the back.

If you like an old world pub then this is it, and a great selection of beers and ales. What is good…read moreis it caters for an older customer so no teenagers drinking which is good. They serve food and the quality is great but you have to check which days they serve as it is not always every day. In the summer the beer garden is worth going out into, it's large and a sun trap.

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.

I was excited to take my partner to this pub. I think I have been forgiven, and yes she is still my…read morepartner, thankfully. The food is cheap, I mean really cheap, two for ten for reasonably big portions. They have some very good beers on tap, Directors and some of the regulars lagers such as Stella. Depending on the day, it can be hard to get seated, it gives the impression of a bustling thriving community that attend on a religious basis. Or, maybe, just throwing it out there, that it could just be that it is the only pub on this stretch of the A45, and out of convenience people like to dine here, especially after a shop at the local Waitrose, where one gets doused in quality. There are quite a lot of young families, with lively children contributing to an intense noise level easily on a par to horses thundering though a tiny room, filled with glasses with drowning rats squealing from their inevitable demise. So don't expect a quiet drink. The service is good, and friendly, lots of mini, snacket's behind the bar. The pub is generally clean, and very spacious. There is also much to amuse the kids, and on hot day there is a limited pub patio, to enjoy a nice beer, whilst listening to the traffic whiz by. Now for the food. A typical affair rally, get a table and a number, read the menu, pick the stuff you want to feast upon, or try and keep down and then go order at the bar. I ordered the fish and chips, my partner the Scampi. Wow! That, was the thought running through my head, along, with ooh, yuk, rather you than me, and oh wait, i ordered that... Soggy fish, and reheated chips, yummy. Well mine looked better than the scampi, which were over cooked and looked like they would shatter a tooth on every bite. So we sent the scampi back. It came back, well, er cooked, but with, delectable cold chips. Yay, for quality!! Note, the sarcasm! Anyway it shouldn't be called scampi, as no way was this Scampi. It was a seafood mush in over cooked breadcrumbs. So after fighting our gagging reflexes, for a fish still swimming in oil, we made the easy decision to leave, and alas never return again to sample the delights of two for ten at the needle and awl. I would recommend this pub be renamed the needle and awlful

This is a really big traditional style pub that has loads of tables and some sofa seating areas. It…read morehas loads of models of things to do with sewing and crafts on the wall which are interesting to look at and give the pub some character. They do food which is ordinary pub style food but it is good value as most of the meals are on the 2 for £10 offer. Nothing special, but nice not to cook for a change and the portions are decent sizes too. It is a nice place to bring the family and there is a indoor children's play area which is through a doorway from the main pub. It's on the edge of town and is pretty close to Higham Ferrers, Rushden or Irthlingborugh. It's a great place to meet up with friends and it has a nice atmosphere.

Under new management for over 18 months now, this pub has enjoyed a boom in trade with it's good…read morefood at great prices. A huge change from the way it used to be.