Arnold Arms in Daventry - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

great hospitality and amazing food! would recommend to anyone

I’d already heard good things about the Sunday roast, so I knew we wouldn’t be disappointed but wow!! Everything about it was even better than I could’ve hoped for. Everything on the plate was delicious, well done that chef 🫡 … but it’s not just the amazing food, the pub itself is comfortable and welcoming and the staff as lovely as ever (special thanks to Sophie for looking after us). The rare beef was out of this world, the best I’ve tasted! I’d like to keep this gem a secret but it’s only fair to them to sing their praises so everyone can enjoy it!!

Only sandwiches at lunch time when we visited

Lady called julie taken this pub over recently fantastic Sunday lunch well done .

Nice village pub with a good selection of ales.

Lovely landlady and staff food will be amazing end of August, I know the chef he is top quality!

Amazing service for helping us to prepare a wake with one week’s notice - customer service was above and beyond and the food was amazing, a special place that is cosy welcoming and friendly, and great garden too. Thank you

Awesome food and exceptional service. We came to the Arnold Arms for our friend's mum's wake. The food they laid on for us was excellent. They were very helpful and supportive of our friend at this difficult time. I can't recommend them enough, and with them only having taken the pub on recently I wish them every success with the new venture. Thank you to all the staff you were excellent.

Great pub,very welcoming staff,landlady,Julie is amazing, Well worth a visit,I promise you will not find a better place 👍🏻😂

A great local pub, popped in to watch the football and have a few beers.

Nice old fashioned pub with good beer range and traditional pub games.

New landlady and landlord plus a great chef truly puts The Arnold on the map for delicious food, fish n chips amazing! Sunday roasts superb!! So pleased we have this in our village, now let's support them!

So pleased to see the pub open again ! Even with it being the pubs opening day, and being really busy, the new tenants made time to make everyone feel welcome. Was great to see the community support and how happy everyone was to have the pub open again, enjoying the sun, the garden and each others company. I’m looking forward to the food starting and if it’s as good as the staff and atmosphere that I saw on Saturday, it will be out of this world and cement the pub being a great asset to the village.

Sadly like much rubbish on the internet your information on this pub is out of date and false info this particular pub has changed hands or been closed on and off for years - we wish the new tenants the best however - too many TVs it has lost its pub feel nothing worse in going out for a drink and there is children in the bar - decor was excellent in the previous tenancy - but know does not flow need an open fire - a few flowers would be good Roy

Stopped by with a friend, only here for drinks but very good, service was excellent the staff seemed very attentive, well worth a visit.

Delicious Sunday lunch,daughter enjoyed the nut roast,apple pie to die for

had a lovely Sunday lunch here today, all the staff were lovely made to feel really welcome. Food was delicious 😋

Food okay for a pub lunch, staff were disappointing, had to keep asking for drinks in restaurant, the staff didn't break a smile, the restaurant manager sat on her mobile phone and vaped in the corner. We weren't asked if the food was okay and we were not offered Desserts. Side orders expensive for what we got. Okay for a drink the landlord and lady are great, but wouldn't use the restaurant again

Newly refurbished, lovely place good service lots of clientel, need to arrive early if going on a sunday worth a visit we will be back.

great improvement to this pub Refurbished to a very good standard Great beers. Good atmosphere. Only problem is having to step over dogs again and again ++ in the bar area which is very dangerous for everyone especially the young and old.

Lovely family lunch. All family satisfied and full. Helpings generous. The cod was amazing and the batter really light and not greasy at all. Well done all. Friendly staff and always very clean throughout the pub.

Food very small portions, poor service, no atmosphere very bad value for money

7 Sunday dinners, 7 desserts all absolutely scrumptious, staff were lovely and attentive will definitely return. Also a fabulous pub on a Saturday night when Peter James is performing.

Food was excellent the atmosphere was good and friendly would recommend the Arnold Arms

Very friendly service and great food.

Popped in for a drink. Was very busy! Nice atmosphere. Fire lit very warming.

We have had an awful lunch today here! We ordered a sharing ploughman’s lunch and a bowl of chips. Well I’ve had plenty of ploughman’s meals in my time but this one was laughable. Two slices of ham, one pickled onion cut into four, one tiny slice of bread cut into four quarters(should have been crusty bread). Four tiny quarters of cheese and a tiny pot of pickle and some very thinly sliced apple. No pork pie or butter to go on the dry bread. They had forgotten the chips but when they did come we’re not cooked …… all for £15.95!! We were starving when we came out. They did knock the price of our meal off our bill but that really is not the point. Put your coat on too as it was freezing in the restaurant!

First visit to the Arnold arms. Enjoyed a fantastic Sunday lunch which was very good value for money. Service was also excellent . Definitely will visit again.

I think we hit upon a very busy afternoon and perhaps some staff shortages, we were kept waiting for our food for an unacceptable amount of time… possibly in excess of 1.5 hours. One us didn’t receive their yorkie until after they’d finished their meal. Parsnips were undercooked and we’re hard to eat. A 10month old was ordered a Yorkshire pudding £2 if bought as an extra) and portion of peas all served in a ramekin dish, this was charged at £6.95, which I considered a diabolical amount. Staff were all pleasant and industrious. Atmosphere warm and welcoming. Bottle of Sauvignon to be recommended

Wonderful Sunday dinner. Couldn't fault it.

Nice country pub, good service, only there for an early evening drink couldn't fault it.

Arrived without booking as thought may not be busy. It was very busy but we managed to get a table. the service was great. The food was delicious one of the best steak s I've ever had ..

Lovely place to dine ,food was excellent. Staff were nice and polite . Beers was good and a great atmosphere

After seeing 4.75 star's we thought we would give it a go! Food was slow to appear, because another table of 6 had ordered at the same time. When the food did come it was very ordinary at best, no Bechamel sauce on the lasagne. Sea bass with warm vegetables and salad!!! On the hole very ordinary at best, never 4.75 star's!!! Wouldn't be recommending it.

One big gem. Only 10 mins bike ride from the canal. Food is great and fully recommend.

Travelled 50+ miles to complete some family arrangements and visited after some recommendations. Chose a steak salad for one of us and a ploughman's lunch to share between the other pair of us of us. The huge ploughman's came beautifully presented on a wooden platter and was excellent. The steak salad was equally as good. Great value and will definitely return when in the area.

We had a lovely meal with friends yesterday lunch time good service and friendly staff

We had a nice evening not too busy, just had a drink. It was great to see ot open again. It was nicely decorated and felt cosy.

If you like fish? Don't bother! Ordered breaded place, come out wafer thin. More bread crumbs than fish. Sent it back and they replaced it with sea bass. That came and was almost as thin!!! All I can say is the beer was nice and the waitress did her best. Just the kitchen let them down😫😫

Booked Sunday dinner it was very nice hot and with fresh vegetables will call again

Moved recently to Daventry area and decided to give the Arnold Arms a try for early evening meal. The welcome was warm and friendly. There was a good choice of food and drinks. We were served by George who was very friendly and told us all about the pub we also spoke with Inga the manager who spent some time talking about all of the flavoured gins that the pub has on offer. Altogether a good experience which we look to repeat with our family in the next few weeks.

Lovely clean pub with a nice atmosphere. And loads of staff hence quick service.

Great night with friends! Food & Drinks were fabulous! Great professional team. Really looked after us! Highly Recommend!

Very good will definitely go back

First time visit, won’t be the last! Great value and delicious food with lovely staff

Forgot our food order…when it eventually arrived very average at best I ordered the steak and ale pie with chips, the pastry was so under done it was basically back on the shelf in Asda.

Superb. Attentive and friendly staff. Piping hot lovely food and real ale 🙂

I can't recommend this pub as a place to eat. It was 2pm when we ordered the food. It eventually came after almost an hour. I had asked the man behind the bar after 40mins, where the food was? He said it would be right out. 20 mins later it arrived. It wasn't worth waiting for. My ham, Eggs, chips, and salad, consisted of two slices of ham from a supermarket packet of thinly sliced circular ham; two eggs with solid yolks, soggy lettuce, and chips that had been reheated so often they were like balsa wood. The lady who served the food was very nice. Al in all, I didn't realise that there were still pubs as bad as this. Shocking!

Lovely place, good food, friendly staff

New chef Sohel's chicken curry superb. All the serving staff friendly and helpful. Well worth a visit.

Great country pub, food was delicious, staff were very welcoming and the vibe was exactly what you would expect. Can highly recommend.

Just popped in for a quick beer. Very nice beer and plenty of people enjoying meals

Really lovely staff , first time I have been in since it re opened . The manager has the right idea quality without exorbitant prices

Held our dear mums wake at Arnold Arms today. What an amazing spread with ample food & refreshments. Would highly recommend you & your services. Sincere thanks to Lorraine, Jeremy & staff.

Delicious Rump Steak and Pudding. Will be revisiting

What a lovely pub! The landlady is a star and the staff all very welcoming

Friendly and helpful staff, excellent food and a well stocked beer wine and spirits cellar. Also dog friendly 🐕 Have visited The Arnold Arms several times since it has reopened with friends for meals and drinks and we have never had a bad experience.

Refurbished village pub with parking area. Standard menu with Pensioner Specials at a lower price. The starters were quite generous but the main dishes were small portions eg 5 pieces of scampi!

Not been in for years, tried today & got quality ales on👌 Settled on a rarity for me Timothy Taylor Boltmaker....so had to stay for more😋 Only snag, £4.45 per pint😱 Oh well, I was at a loose end & my wallet WAS full☹️ May be back, when I've saved up enough to have a session🍻

Great food, drink and atmosphere.

I met my daughter at lunchtime a couple of weeks ago it was very busy for a week day and parking was difficult. I was quite impressed with the new owners and the refurbishment ,it seemed to have some life back in it , early days yet!! Would l return yes. DHC

Stayed with our friends who have lived in the village for 17 years, but this is the first time they have been confident enough to show off their local to us as their guests. I was very excited given my surname matches the pub!! This pub has had a huge make over since we last drove past. A lot of thought has clearly gone in to it's lay out and caters for all needs. A warm welcome by the staff, The Arnold Arms has cosy spaces, open fires, family dining area, pool table, is very dog friendly and boasts a good selection of beers, wines and spirits. The 4 of us had a Sunday roast which was generous portions, very tasty and hot. Lovely choice of deserts as well. Keep up the good work and we'll visit again

Stopped as first-time customers for their steak night as we had never been to this pub before! What a great experience. Open fires, friendly staff and a cosy environment! We had a fantastic, well presented meal, and to be honest, we can't wait to visit the pub again. If you've not been to this pub, try it. it's well worth it.

Superb and definitely worth a visit Great food at good prices, friendly staff and good beer

We dined at the Arnold Arms in Barby a couple of weeks ago and the food was generally good, the ambience nice and the service friendly. There are a few areas however which make the reservation side quite frustrating, and the menu is not available on the web page. I booked a table for 8 people and was required to pay £40 up front, which I've never had to do before, and when I needed to reduce this to 6 people the only way using their user non-friendly system, was to rebook and then be asked to pay another £30. It does not seem possible to amend a booking that has already been made - which is ridiculous! This issue is made worse because they never answer the phone despite 8 attempts at different times when, they were supposedly open. The score would be higher except for these frustrations.

Nicely smartened up with friendly staff and a good menu and choice of drinks

It was a mixed experience. The pub is really clean and the staff are very good, especially Inga. At first 3 of our meals came out and all the veg were cold and really hard. They had not had much cooking. They replaced our meals and the veg were hot but still really hard and not easy to cut. We were immediately offered a free drink for the inconvenience. So we all had coffee. They have not been open long and l feel it is teething troubles. We will try again in a few months. The actual main part of the meals were very good. It would be easy for them to just cook the veg a little longer.

The staff were very pleasant and the premises were well kept and clean. The food was nice with decent portion sizes and the prices were reasonable. If you're in the area, it is well worth dropping in.

Good burgers, nice atmospher Will go back good prices

Very pleasant pub, good food, friendly and helpful staff

Fantastic renovation, great atmosphere and a good selection of drinks. Will try the food soon!

Whilst out for a ride I popped in for a coke and a bite to eat. Very nice atmosphere and decor with friendly and welcoming staff and the food was really nice at a good price too 👍🙂

Excellent food and friendly staff Definitely worth a visit.

Very enjoyable experience here Food choice was Good as was the quality and quantity

The sunday roasts are great. The service was slow but they were busy. Would go again.

Lovely fresh cooked food and friendly staff. 😋

Stopped in a weekago - the setting is very nice. The staff were very friendly and accommodating! The food wasn't anything to write home about. The burger was just that, a burger in a bun.. no source, no salad, no real seasoning! I'd stop in for a drink again, not sure I would for food.

Lovely little pub which we believe has just reopened after a refurbishment. Lovely decor and attentive staff. Great bar selection. We had burgers which were quite underwhelming tbh, just beef/chicken in a bun with chips. Quite unusual as these days burgers are normally 'loaded', however most of the food on the menu we did see served looked great. Best of luck as this place looks promising and hope to return

Nice location, venue and staff but the food was just not as advertised. A burger advertised as brioche bun but was just a roll, unseasoned burger with no salad or anything inside. The Side salad wasn't very fresh at all, it looked and tasted like it was made a few days ago. The ciabatta wasn't ciabatta and was covered in cheese and greasy. The desserts were good and staff lovely but just not worth the price unfortunately

We enjoyed a Sunday lunch to celebrate a forthcoming birthday. We were impressed by the quality of the food and the attentions of the staff which were helpful and attentive.

Excellent menu, service and nice ambience

Staff are friendly, food very good value for money. Beer excellent. Easy parking.

They were very busy but still did sandwich with chips for us, took best part of an hour to come, but was good.

Lovely refurbished but hate TV screens which detracts from country pub

Great food, great service and great atmosphere, really lovely pub

Great pub, great food, fabulous staff, comfy warm atmosphere

Soooooo glad we have a village pub at last. Do a fish Friday or fish dinner at least. 😉👍

Have been to the arnold a few times since being reopened. I think Jeremy & Lorraine deserve huge credit for the work that has gone into making this into such a fantastic venue to eat, drink and socialise. Highly recommend a visit regardless of the occasion. Keep it up guys.

Recently reopened after a major refurbishment. Really good food and friendly service. Just what the village needs and definitely worth a visit.

The Arnold Arms reopened on 9/12/22, under new management, after an extensive refurbishment and investment. It is staggering to see the difference compared to how it was in years gone by. It is now warm, immaculate, stylish, well furnished and welcoming. They have a wide selection or beers, wines and spirits and an excellent menu. Well worth travelling to for a meal out in a proper country pub. Thoroughly recommended!

Excellent pub, great food and really good service from a superb team.

Used to come here when this venue was open. Food and drink both adequate, with the most recent owners making a significant push to make this pub much more appealing. However there are underlying issues not yet addressed such as plumbing in the toilets that do make this pub imperfect.

At present the pub is closed till a new tenant is found to take Arnold arms over. The place is in a village 4mile from Rugby perfect place for any meeting's, quiet drink meals with yha partner or knock off, the place is clean the local people r friendly and informative well worth a visit

Just popped in for some fantastic food. Wished i lived closer to the place as the food was fantastic. I had a Cheese burger for my main and homemade mackerel pate to start with. My wife had the 8oz Steak and Homemade chicken goujons to start, both meals were amazing an worth 5 stars on their own. We were told the pub had a new chef from some of our friends who popped in last Saturday for steak night and they said it was amazing food aswell so we just had to try it out. Chef is amazing and when he comes out of his kitchen he will welcome you with a smile, and take a few minutes to speak to yoi aswell, such a nice touch. The bar staff are equally brilliant. Next time were up in Rugby I will make sure we make the same detour home again!

Not enough selection of ales and ciders. Nice and bright but we feel the pub character has disappeared unfortunately. We’ll return when the ale or selection returns 😊

What a difference so much better than last year well decorated so far but looks like lots to do which is great put some love back

Fab little village pub, bar staff are friendly and efficient. Sat in the garden as Covid restrictions were still in place.

Wonderful Zoe was great Customers need to use masks and the Covid App when entering the building. Enjoyed M

Great local pub for local people 🤣🤣 Only joking, everyone's welcoming to new folk Great fish and chips on a Friday with fresh fish bought on the day before.

Magnificent pint. The building materials in the corner could not mar it's bucolic charm.