Beefeater The Turnpike in South Northamptonshire

Great Sunday roast, nothing fancy just good wholesome, well cooked food with generous portions of meat and veg, what more is wanted? If you're lucky to have Lauro serving you then he'll look after you and show what many establishments miss with amazing service and efficiency.

Had Sunday dinner, food was excellent with thick cuts of beef. Our server, Lauro S, was amazing, so helpful and friendly, an absolute credit to the Beefeater Restaurant.

Food was lovely, same as the staff, would recommend

Went here for lunch and my chicken was nice don’t ask for a steak though as the chief had three attempts at a medium rare and still couldn’t get it right felt so sorry for the waiter who was clearly embarrassed that the chief couldn’t cook he couldn’t apologise enough

Total shocking service tonight went in after mum in law funeral we could see the restaurant was a little busy and people was queuing so we sat in the bar decided what to order went up to the bar to order to be told you can't eat here unless we was stopping in the premier inn .there was no signs up saying any of this go there every Friday but because that wanted the money of Moto GP people the kicked out there regularly guests totally shocked by this people seem to forget who keeps your tills full every week ......locals #moneygrabbing ....... ps the bar was empty and all we wanted was fish and chips but your rude waitress never asked !! If the normal manger was on this would not of happened !!!!! Not the service we are used too

Stayed at the Premier Inn next door for 2 nights. Had breakfast both days. Mark the host/waiter was first class. He was very welcoming and efficient taking orders. Despite a full restaurant he was super organised and handled it in an exemplary way. I travel the UK a lot and use many different Premier Inns. This is not always the case, so hats off to him for a great service. The food arrived quickly, cooked to order as requested. This Premier Inn and restaurant next door is *highly recommended*

Service was amazing, steak was top quality and Michelle in the bar area was fantastic! Well worth the 3hr drive haha

Yes it’s a chain restaurant. But the food and service are excellent when we visit. Recommended.

Went out for a family birthday meal. Big disappointment, service super slow with no communication as to why we had to wait so long for food. We also observed one of the staff behind the food counter picking chips up with his fingers moving them on to other plates!

Hard review as unsure 5 or 4 star, but to be fair, the food was on the whole excellent. Why thought drop a star... schnitzel said, served with rocket, but came with iceberg lettuce. Beans in kids meal had no sauce and lookd withered. Dad's meal came with chips, not crushed potatoes. Schnitzel had nongrated parmesan. Why 5 star. Best halloumi fries tasted. Best pizza cheesy garlic bread ever tasted. Food of high standard that was cooked. Service was definitely 5 star. Now to squeeze in a desert

Always a good deal as long as you have vouchers that are nearly always available. Good food,friendly service and good surroundings.

Tbh this place is 10/10 for breakfast! Food great, value spot on! Sevice is great! Head guy who's been here everytime could not do more! Highly recommended

Kristina was friendly and helpful. Food was amazing 👏

Completely ignored by several members of staff. If possible would give ZERO stars

Really nice staff and good food.

Food was good. Staff were incredibly good. Fast service and friendly.

It was a very good place to eat and unfortunately was a long time to be seated and drinks good burgers delicious and service could be a bit better but overall 4.5 stars

Amazing service such friendly staff and was busy but our service wasn’t effected and food was top class we could see it being plated up and were delivered it straigh away

Very disappointed with the mother day offer. We were booked in at 4 pm with my son, daughter in law and their two young children. We ordered garlic flatbreads for starters and it came out at 5 pm - except it was a slice of bloomer bread - we literally waited an hour for a slice of bread!!!! The main meals came out an hour later and the children were restless and starving. Absolutely awful. I felt sorry for the waitresses who were embarrassed. We didn’t wait for our desserts and to be honest no-one came to ask if we wanted any. Probably the worst meal ever, hugely disappointed

Don't bother. Clearly can't handle busy days. Waited forever for food. Our garlic flatbread starter came out as a slice of bread with garlic butter on it. They had clearly ran out of some food but did not communicate this and just gave out poor replacements and expected to charge original prices. Won't go back.

Dropped in for breakfast with 2 year old grandson, made very welcome with Marc and Shirley being very friendly, service was very efficient and very good value for money.

A vibrant, modern eatery with a sleek, stylish design

We had a slight issue with undercooking but it was dealt with professionally and we were given a healthy discount. It was such a small issue and everything else was spot on. Service got and deserved a tip

Don't bother. Staff more interested in larking around with each other than serving customers. Food cold and mediocre at best. Requested a refund on the part of my meal that did not arrive, not even an apology. Dreadful.

Very good Breakfast. Lots of choice. Toasters need more oomph though

Food has really gotten worse, seems to be kept under lights for quite some time and makes the food well overdone and is not presented well on the plate. I will not be going here again. Is a shame because i can not fault the waitresses as they do a brilliant job.

Service was great from Angie Food was nice

Always a warm welcome with Angie, and great service. Thank you.

Stopping in the Premier Inn next door found the Beefeater The Turnpike, got me a table straight away, quick service with drinks and food and Meg was supper helpful and did a great job in ensuring everything went well.

A beefeater that seems to be more consistent than others I have visited, staff friendly and helpful and the food was very good too. Thank You

Having been several times recently, it's clear to see an improvement in the food and quantity. We were near the kitchen and the manager was very focused on the quality and presentation of the food. We had great service from Jonathan, even though it was busy he provided great service.

Terribly long wait times but nobody mentioned it, lots of menu items missing

Excellent service by Angie and Theresa as always, both of our servers were at the top of their game, nothing was too much trouble for them and most of all they were very welcoming and cheerful. We often dine here and always leave very contented.

Had a fillet steak +trimmings........ it was cooked to how I like it. My grandson had a double burger 🍔 😋. He said it was lovely 😍.

A nice Sunday Roast and my kids enjoyed their fish and chips and pie and chips.

Went for breakfast with family, breakfast was cook to perfection, service was great, foods was hot. Will definitely come back again

Busy from Thursday lunchtime through to early which is a good sign! However, the staff were amazing and will return. Special thanks to Grace and Chloe for looking after us. Keep up the good work!!!

We had a classic prawn cocktail NO tomatoes lots of outer leaves of lettuce, and a few chunks of cucumber, We ordered ribeye steak, NO mushrooms! Very disappointed with meal!!!!!!! We did ask waitress were was the missing food was! Her reply was! "We have run out of stock HENCE THE LOW REVIEW......

Manager so nice and food great and fast service. Always enjoyed going

Called in for Breakfast last week. Waited almost an hour for our food. When it arrived Bean's were cold my wife's egg was barely cooked. My Black pudding was soaked in fat and not edible. I did mention it to the Man incharge who looked more like a builder than someone running a Pub/Restaurant. And he just said OK. And almost ignored me.

We stayed at the Premier inn across for the night and booked breakfast. We had cooked and continental. The cooked breakfast is cooked to order (eat as much as you like) and the continental breakfast is buffet style. The food was fantastic and the service was good.

Great food . Excellent service . Nice atmosphere. Visit highly recommended.

We love it here. The food is always good and Angie is superb. She is so professional and nothing is ever too much trouble. Highly recommended!

Had to book time for breakfast so arrived at 1030, no table available a short wait got a table, ordered breakfast and received it at 1135am over an hour wait for breakfast just not good enough.

lovely service, great food, always feel very welcomed by the staff :)

Best breakfast in town great service from Mark real asset to the restaurant takes pride in his job really makes you feel comfortable will returning as regular customer

Worst meal we have ever had there . It was left under the heat lamps and was dried out . No one checked to see how our meals were . Left most of mine .also had run out of Sunday roast

Food was exceptional, our server Lauren was really friendly and helpful

Absolutely lovely! Thank you everyone x

Great food great service. Thank you Marc and team for a wonderful time!

Great breakfast. Speedy service, we will be back, Jen and April

Lunchtime birthday treat - we all ordered from the main menu (confirmed by server when ordering) I had the smothered chicken melt @ £15.49 but it was more like a covered budgie! Such a tiny portion of chicken. I think my plate must have been mixed up with the neighbouring table who had ordered the same but from the light lunch menu @ £7.99 - theirs appeared much larger than what I had been served :( Was so disappointed as I left still feeling hungry! Should have queried and complained but as it was a 91st birthday celebration I did not want to make a fuss and spoil the day. Not sure I will rush back for another meal and if I do I'll certainly be complaining if not acceptable!

Decor very tired and dark. Parts of menu not available but prices stayed the same.

Nice breakfast. & very helpful staff.

Booked a table for 12, and after we had ordered, they told us they had supply issues . The meals all looked like they had been made smaller, yet they still charged full price when they shouldn't even be doing food if they can't supply the correct meals. Over £300 spent when it was only worth half that amount.

Never seen staff work so hard on new years day excellent customer service

Had the curry and it had lots of chicken in. Which was really nice quite often it's more sauce than chicken at other place

Went here tonight with my family, my mum is gluten intolerant severely. When ordering we made absolute sure that the waitress was aware that gluten is an absolute no for my mums meal. We were all served pretty quick however, missing sauces and general presentation wasn’t great. After eating out main meal, my mum was double checking what she had eaten on the menu vs what she had just eaten. There was a sausage included in her meal that wasn’t on the menu. The sheer panic and upset caused by this as usually most sausages contain gluten, I spoke to the waitress where she said she would go and ask the chef. We were sat not far from the kitchen and saw that the chef went into absolute panic when asked if the sausages were GF. They found the packet for the sausages and LUCKILY they were GF but, this goes to Show that the staff are NOT trained properly on allergens. Would not recommend for people with allergens atall.

Asked for a quiet table with wheel chair access & all was supplied to our satisfaction. Service was attentive, but not intrusive & the food was good, despite the restricted menu. Thankyou

We booked a table for seven, (3 children) on 27/12/24. No pancakes, one crumpet, no berries, no muffins. A very disappointing visit for the children. On the positive side the waiter, Jonathan, was incredible. He was greeting people, taking orders, delivering orders, filling up the buffet and clearing tables, whilst still being cheerful. Only one member of staff doing this was unfair to him. Large parties having booked in with families made his job even harder. We have been in other Beefeaters for breakfast with more staff on, fewer patrons and tables still left dirty. Jonathan deserves a raise or a bonus.

Went there yesterday for Christmas dinner The food was undercooked and massively disappointed as been there previous years and it was very good. Such a shame

Waiting time was dire, food quality was substandard. I have eaten at Beefeater in Worksop many times with absolutely no issues. This was my first and last visit to Northampton Beefeater, I only went there because I live in Wellingborough and we don’t have one anymore. Just very very poor.

Arrived to be told limited menu due to a flood in the warehouse , when we seen the menu they seemed to have all the more expensive items?! Ordered a fillet steak and mixed grill , fillet steak was tough and more rare than medium , mixed grill had 2 eggs one of them you wouldn’t of served as broken so asked for another one , which they did , the triple cooked chips where not the usual ones , a cheaper version, food wasn’t particularly hot , order 2 mint sundaes , which were ok however the chocolate sauce was caramel sauce! When we queried this, waitress said yes we have ran out! What a shambles in the run up to Christmas , won’t bother again , waste of time and money .

Had a party of 10 on the 19th December 2024. The service was amazing, but the food was shocking and cold. Would not visit here again

Beefeater are having supply issues with food. We were given an extremely reduced menu with less than a quarter of the usual items actually available. The extremely young staff didn't seem to care. It was a take it or leave it attitude. They gave us some mumbled excuse about a gas issue at the warehouse causing the problems. Quite honestly they didn't seem to believe it either. I am concerned that I have Christmas Day Lunch booked with them and there may not be any food available by then. Not recommended until they get themselves sorted out.

Had a great experience everyone was very friendly and service was great despite technical problems after a flood, our server LAURO looked after us very well

Food value was as good as ever. Our server, Angie, was excellent. Only downside was repair work on flooded floor created some background smells but we fully understand it has to be done. Will be back with family in the near future.

Food good and very helpful, friendly staff. Try it. We were not disappointed.

Excellent service from Angie as usual.

Lauro was a great host. Very kind and professional. Great service!

Great food, fantastic service from Lauro

Lunch for 2, lovely steaks!!, excellent service 👍

Had a lovely lunch at Turnpike today , even though they had suffered quite considerable flood damage , the restaurant and bar were open and a warm welcome was given. We were asked for any food allergies so the correct menus could be given. Steak was delicious, my mums gosh and chips looked amazing too and gluten free options were available. Recommended for dinner or lunch . Service was 100% thank you

Lovely meal nice and hot , xmas festive meal

The place was busy and the staff were having to work under difficult conditions. Unfortunately, the restaurant had been flooded just a couple of days before our visit so a large portion of the restaurant was taped off. Despite the circumstances, the staff did a good job of providing an efficient service and all that I came across, did their upmost to provide a friendly service and welcoming atmosphere. The standard of food wasn't effected by the difficult working conditions. Four of us all thoroughly enjoyed our 'cooked to perfection' meals and our evening at The Turnpike! Thank you to the manager and staff that made this possible and shame on those customers that moaned and complained about things that were out of the manager's control. He and his staff did everything they could to provide a decent experience but regardless of how well they do their part, they can not control the weather! Maybe some people should show more empathy and be grateful the manager had bothered to open and provide meals/drinks etc for the many that chose to eat there. Well done guys. I hope things improve for you very soon!!

Very lovely breakfast and polite and welcoming staff.

Absolutely amazing..travelled up from Brighton to Scotland and stopped en route for Breakfast... staff extremely accommodating and food was incredible...not usually one for a cooked brekkie but this was fantastic... everything from toast, pastries, cereals fruit and cooked etc... brilliant...thank you...

Poor food Poor menu Would not go back

Part of our order was wrong, their solution was to try and cut corners to rectify the issue, which did eventually happen, the portion sizes for the the prices were in my opinion rediculous. My meal ( picture attached ) was £17.50! The only upside was that the onion rings as a side were brilliant. Not sure it’s right to pay £70 for a meal for myself and partner, to still leave hungry. Will be avoiding beefeaters for a while now

Lovely breakfast with family. Value for money.

Lovely meal, special thanks to Ange who served us. She keeps our refillable drinks full and always bring a huge smile to the table.

Went for an early breakfast which was good apart from having to go & find someone to take our order after sitting there for ages waiting.

Really good food with fast, efficient and polite service from Freya.

Angie our waitress was very attentive she couldn't of been more helpful

Went on a Saturday morning so was expecting it to be busy. It wasn't that bad so was pleasantly surprised. The food is cooked when ordered so is hot when arrives. Friendly staff too.

Food was good but the service was exceptional, the guy who I assume was the Manager was particularly helpful and nothing was too much trouble.

Lovely staff and brilliant food, definitely come here if you’re in the area

Good value for money. Very personable staff but service very slow as they didn't have enough on duty.

A very nice welcome, we hadn't booked, but they weren't busy so we were seated quickly. Drinks were ordered and soon arrived and starters and mains ordered. Hubby had the mushrooms to start and I had prawn cocktail, his was fine but my prawn cocktail was three quarters salad, our server said it was the new normal, nothing to be done about it! However the small amount of prawns and tiny bread tasted ok. On a more positive note our mains were really good, hubby had the chicken and rib combo and I went for rib eye steak which was the best steak I've eaten in years, so on the whole a nice meal.😀

Sunday lunch. Roast beef really good. Roast potatoes and stuffing rather overdone. Staff lovely.

Lovely Sunday roast, the staff are all very friendly and professional.

Absolutely loved here, food was nice, came out pretty quick, and the waiter was great. Highly recommend

Had breakfast here after staying at The Premier Inn. One of us had a full English breakfast and one the Continental, both of which were very good. But the best part was the service. A guy called Marc served us. He greeted us at the start, explained everything, and served us. He was absolutely run off of his feet as it was so busy, but nothing was too much trouble and he was so cheerful too! He was very helpful. I was stuck at the coffee machine and he noticed and helped even though he was so busy. He was the only person serving and no one had to wait for anything and the tables were kept clean and tidy. What a credit to company! Excellent!

Food was quick being served, Staff as always very efficient

Just walked out of the restaurant as the Sunday Roast was shocking !! Dried up meat and hardly any veg, awful frozen roast potatoes and the food was cold. Service was very slow and staff looked like they didn’t care. We got our drinks then our food when we told a manager we were leaving as it was inedible he was nice and said don’t pay for your drinks and I don’t know what has happened it was fine earlier, it was only 3pm ?!!!!!! as we left he went and told another member of staff who didn’t care she just shrugged her shoulders. Avoid Sunday dinner here and go somewhere else.

Really nice place + fantastic staff,very friendly, lovely roast!

Quality food, delicious and great service. I had a rib eye steak and loved everything about it. Great option of mains to choose from.

Great food and service from mark. Food came quick and was hot.

After travelling 40 minutes for my Sons football match against Harpole and it being called off once we arrived, least to say I wasn't amused. We came into the restaurant before travelling home and Marc was instantly welcoming, helped us get our drinks, nothing was too much trouble and he definitely made our morning so much better. Massive thanks Marc 😊

Guy behind the bar had one speed, slow. No interaction with customers and no manners. Plenty of staff doing nothing, went outside at one point and two female bar staff smoking whilst tables needed clearing. Sat in the bar area for 3 hours. Two finished meal plates sat on the table next to us the entire time. Left at 2200, they were still there. Restaurant area busy but bar area very quiet. Bar staff lazy, rude, don't care.