Address: London Rd, Daventry, NN11 7HB, United Kingdom
Phone: +441788891734
Rating: 4.1
based on 331 reviews.
Location & Atmosphere
Pros:
"Lovely location by the canal - with open doors onto the terrace."
"Location is excellent on the canalside, but for us convenient as half-way meeting point between relatives."
"Thoroughly peaceful setting with moorings for a few boats."
"Plenty of parking, outdoor seating next to the canal, a warm welcoming real fire, a large place nicely furnished."
"The canal and fields made for a nice view whilst drinking and eating."
"Canal-side pub that manages to retain some local charm."
"Great location on the canal at Braunston with a lovely garden and outdoor seating."
Cons:
"Shame there weren't tables inside where we could just have a drink and look out over the canal, but they were all for meals."
"The place is in a lovely setting by the canal, could be much better, what a shame."
"Lovely location but avoid buying soft drinks."
"Very quiet on a Thursday lunchtime."
"The pub is situated in lovely position overlooking the canal and we loved the outlook from it."
"Table was sticky and the whole place is looking shabby."
"Overpriced and unhelpful service."
Service
Pros:
"Staff are super friendly, Manager Glenn is really welcoming."
"We received prompt and friendly attention, and we were served quickly."
"The person that took our order was very friendly and happy to help."
"Staff was very friendly and accommodating for my son nothing was too much trouble."
"Rachel the waitress was really nice and made sure we had everything we needed, checking multiple times if we were enjoying the meal."
"Freya our waitress was very thoughtful, kept checking on us to see if we were ok or needed anything."
"Staff were very welcoming to us and our children."
Cons:
"Visited this pub at 8pm yesterday 27th May. There were many empty table. The welcome was unfriendly."
"Service was so so slow even though loads of staff stood around doing not much."
"Had horrible service. Our waiter seemed like he didn’t know what he was doing."
"Absolutely diabolical. Rated 1 ⭐️ as it won't let me put -5. Won't re-vist."
"No customer service at all. Ages for anyone to come to take our orders."
"Service not bad but could improve with staff being more attentive to customers needs."
"The waiters and waitresses were hopeless service was awful, forgot to bring our drinks had to go and ask if anyone was serving having waited 40 minutes after main course had been cleared from our table and wanted to order desserts."
Food Quality
Pros:
"The garden was quiet and we had a really good meal."
"Food was well presented and tasty."
"Lovely setting on the canal. We’ll worth the drive for the Sunday carvery."
"Food was beautiful, really fresh and such a good selection for various tastes and requirements."
"The food was great."
"The main courses were much better. The fish and chips was good, and the steak and stilton salad was excellent."
"The steak was excellent and the espresso martini tiramasu made me wish I had room for more."
Cons:
"Carvery was luke warm and bland and my 'hot' dessert was stone cold."
"Very basic food. Struggling to handle numbers."
"I ordered the Buttermilk Chicken Burger, which was overfried, black/burnt batter, and not worth the £16 I paid for it."
"We had microwaved potatoes microwaved meat pie microwaved carrots."
"The onion ring starters are reconstituted, not from fresh onions and the deep fried mushrooms are very watery and obviously cooked from frozen."
"The portion size was poor considering the price, so we felt it was quite overpriced."
"The food is definitely overpriced!"
Value for Money
Pros:
"I was not astounded by the bill and felt we got good value."
"It's not great cuisine, but the 2-for-1 offer on main courses does make it very good value for money."
"We chose off the set lunchtime menu which was great value and the food was really nice."
"The two for one is an excellent offer considering the quality of the specials."
"Good value for money."
"The lunch time menu is very good value for money."
"Children's portions are good value and the decor of the pub is lovely and welcoming."
Cons:
"Nice pub, great views, but don't go there expecting cheap drinks and food."
"I thought £5.10 for a pint was a little steep."
"£55 for two mains, two deserts and 3 drinks is a bit steep."
"Charging around 18£ for a burger which is just a mediocre patty and some cheese is really not good value."
"Drinks quite expensive, food definitely expensive for the standard they're serving."
"Over priced for this kind of establishment."
"The price was nearly £48 and OK prices are high nowadays but the quality wasn’t brilliant."