"Great friendly pub. Dropped in for a drink on the way back from Merry Hill."
"Lovely pub with added interest of watching the barges go through the lock."
"A very pretty pub even though it's right on a busy main road from Wolverley village which crosses the canal with Wolverley Bridge."
"The location is great too with lovely walks along the canal right outside."
"It's a very picturesque pub settled right on the canal."
"Lovely scenic position."
Cons:
"Can get very busy at times so you may not always be guaranteed a seat outside."
"Very overcrowded as the building is quite small... I ordered a steak rare which was very chewy and fatty."
"Outside area doesn't look like it has seen a brush for a good while."
"There was no atmosphere or music playing the portions were so small a small child would still be hungry."
Service
Pros:
"The staff are very friendly."
"The staff were very friendly and helpful."
"Staff are always welcoming and friendly."
"Staff are always helpful and hard working."
"Very pleasant service with a smile."
"The staff were incredibly lovely and helpful."
"Staff and fellow campers were very friendly and helpful."
Cons:
"Service was average and the food order that they brought out was wrong."
"Received shocking service and attitude... decided against eating upon this shocking lack of service."
"One waitress that was quite rude and unhelpful."
"Miserable staff, guy serving unhappy about serving hot drinks and saying so in front of customers."
"Staff whilst pleasant, were slow to attend and serve."
"Nice food, let down by poor service. Staff were untidy and inattentive."
"Visited today with my family and received shocking service and attitude from a 50+ blonde woman in the bar area who could have been the landlady snarled and snapped at upon requests for dog water and our order for drinks."
Food
Pros:
"Packed most weekends and bank holidays great pub foods up to a great standard."
"Good food with lots of burger options."
"The food is fantastic, even my fussy kids are everything!"
"The food menu is reasonably priced and varied, the food I had was excellent."
"Food is bang on."
"Great beer, great food, great staff."
"The food and drink was very good – I didn’t have to wait long for my meal as it wasn’t too busy."
Cons:
"Do not tell you the no pork pie for your meal. Replace it with gamon."
"Went to the lock today for a meal... I had gammon and it was pathetic. Not even a kids portion."
"Sunday lunch today very disappointed.vegetables not cooked enough.not good value at all."
"Chips were not cooked and the chicken and mushroom pie was average at best."
"The Steak and Ale pie was a runny stew in a dish with a puff pastry on top but the worse part was the chips which appeared to be potatoes cooked (not fried) in warm oil as they were a soggy mush! and inedible."
"The fish and chips was poor, anaemic soggy batter and undercooked 'wet' chips."
"Really poor service and food poor standard, greasy and burgers dry and over cooked or kept warm."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"Well had our 5th anniversary Valentine meal together and it's was wonderful at the lock inn excellent food great atmosphere."
"What can I say about this place..Lovely location, atmosphere, staff, food and drink."
"The whole feeling was homely and enjoyable."
"The dining room was comfortable with good views and pleasant staff."
"Our second time, great value, good food & excellent service."
"The service is excellent."
"Really impressed with the friendly welcome and fresh home cooked food."
Cons:
"Received shocking service and attitude... decided against eating upon this shocking lack of service."
"This weekend I have witnessed angry customers wanting their money back, waiting times of over two hours."
"They didn't have any changing facilities for children so had to change our child in the car park."
"Sadly this place has gone rapidly downhill."
"Drinks a bit over priced I paid £8.50 for 2 drinks."
"Local regulars and their dogs! on a weekday afternoon. Nice fire, but not comfortable."
"Complained but no one cares. Its just drinks from now on."