Had an amazing meal here today at the launch of the refurbished Pub, Restaurant & Gardens with our family. Everything was excellent, we all had three courses and could not fault a thing. We received a warm welcome and excellent service from all at The Horse & Groom. John, Jamie, Nikola, Marketa, Joe and a few others who we did not get their names. They were attentive, knowledgable and could not have made our experience any more enjoyable. We shall definitely visit again very soon & would like to wish Good Luck to all concerned for the official opening tomorrow.
katie shotter
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March 23, 2025
We visited today for the first time after having this beautiful pub on our doorstep for over 10 years and we have definitely been missing out!
We was greeted by a buzzing, friendly team of people and taken to our table by Milena. Her service was outstanding throughout our whole dinner where she was quick, helpful for menu advice and couldn’t be more willing to help and please.
We had a beautiful trio roast which was huge and everything was cooked to perfection, lots of fresh vegetables, all your added extras like pigs in blankets and Yorkshire with pork, beef and turkey cooked to perfection. Wine was delicious and cold with a really lovely selection. My children both enjoyed something of the children’s menu where the sizes were so generous with a great selection of your posh pub classics aswell as a roast choice for children. Desserts were BEAUTIFUL and there was lots of clean plates!
The pub has recently been through a massive refurbishment and they have done such a great job, it’s clean, fresh but modern with beautiful country colours but still the buildings original traditional beautie.
We had such a wonderful afternoon and have booked to go again for Mother’s Day, we were really impressed and this place is definitely a new place we will regularly visit.
Thank you to Milena for making our afternoon so special xx
Roberta Palli
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May 25, 2025
Paid £20 for a tiny sea bass served with a watery cream sauce — completely underwhelming. The fried squid was soggy and bland. To top it off, it came with a sad, wilted salad that looked old and was better left untouched. Overall, a very poor meal. Definitely won’t be returning.
Danny Webster
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April 26, 2025
Been here twice since the relaunch. The place looks amazing with such a great atmosphere. Staff were brilliant really welcoming and friendly. Now onto the food. The first time we came was at the start of April and it was really busy and could see they were struggling. Starters were fine but weren't exactly hot we had the chefs board and soup. Then the mains weren't great at all unfortunately food was really cold and this was across both couples it just didnt reflect the standard of the service and atmosphere of the pub itself.
Fast forward to tonight and unfortunately the food was still exactly the same quality. I had the fish which the chips were cold and tasted like cardboard and the fish was soggy and again wasn't hot at all.
To boycott and say I wouldn't come back is not the case as the pub itself has such a great atmosphere and the staff are great id just skip the food unfortunately.
Vanessa McCarthy
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November 15, 2024
Lunchtime visit. Food was served quickly and cooked well. Waiter service very good and prompt with all requests. It was pretty quiet in there but I wouldn't mark the atmosphere down for that.
I particularly enjoyed the Melting bell Christmas dessert!
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Had an amazing meal here today at the launch of the refurbished Pub, Restaurant & Gardens with our family. Everything was excellent, we all had three courses and could not fault a thing. We received a warm welcome and excellent service from all at The Horse & Groom. John, Jamie, Nikola, Marketa, Joe and a few others who we did not get their names. They were attentive, knowledgable and could not have made our experience any more enjoyable. We shall definitely visit again very soon & would like to wish Good Luck to all concerned for the official opening tomorrow.
We visited today for the first time after having this beautiful pub on our doorstep for over 10 years and we have definitely been missing out! We was greeted by a buzzing, friendly team of people and taken to our table by Milena. Her service was outstanding throughout our whole dinner where she was quick, helpful for menu advice and couldn’t be more willing to help and please. We had a beautiful trio roast which was huge and everything was cooked to perfection, lots of fresh vegetables, all your added extras like pigs in blankets and Yorkshire with pork, beef and turkey cooked to perfection. Wine was delicious and cold with a really lovely selection. My children both enjoyed something of the children’s menu where the sizes were so generous with a great selection of your posh pub classics aswell as a roast choice for children. Desserts were BEAUTIFUL and there was lots of clean plates! The pub has recently been through a massive refurbishment and they have done such a great job, it’s clean, fresh but modern with beautiful country colours but still the buildings original traditional beautie. We had such a wonderful afternoon and have booked to go again for Mother’s Day, we were really impressed and this place is definitely a new place we will regularly visit. Thank you to Milena for making our afternoon so special xx
Paid £20 for a tiny sea bass served with a watery cream sauce — completely underwhelming. The fried squid was soggy and bland. To top it off, it came with a sad, wilted salad that looked old and was better left untouched. Overall, a very poor meal. Definitely won’t be returning.
Been here twice since the relaunch. The place looks amazing with such a great atmosphere. Staff were brilliant really welcoming and friendly. Now onto the food. The first time we came was at the start of April and it was really busy and could see they were struggling. Starters were fine but weren't exactly hot we had the chefs board and soup. Then the mains weren't great at all unfortunately food was really cold and this was across both couples it just didnt reflect the standard of the service and atmosphere of the pub itself. Fast forward to tonight and unfortunately the food was still exactly the same quality. I had the fish which the chips were cold and tasted like cardboard and the fish was soggy and again wasn't hot at all. To boycott and say I wouldn't come back is not the case as the pub itself has such a great atmosphere and the staff are great id just skip the food unfortunately.
Lunchtime visit. Food was served quickly and cooked well. Waiter service very good and prompt with all requests. It was pretty quiet in there but I wouldn't mark the atmosphere down for that. I particularly enjoyed the Melting bell Christmas dessert!