Farmer's Boy in Central Bedfordshire

First time in this local pub for a Sunday roast and didn’t disappoint Friendly welcome and lovely service from all the ladies in the pub All of us had roasts and best roast had for some time went large all the meats and decent portion and selection of veg Finished off with lovely creamy ice cream and can recommend the sticky toffee pudding Good pint London pride and nice hot floater coffees Will take some beating for friendly staff and decent food

Sunday lunch is excellent, plenty of food. General menu has a good selection but you do need to book a table, especially on Sundays. Price is very good for what you get. They have a large garden to the rear, with parking. Staff were very friendly, even suggested a very good gin!

So lucky to find this place after a day out at Whipsnade. When pubs say ‘child friendly’ I never know what to expect but this pub is totally that. It’s so well looked after, even the gardens are tidy and well looked after. The food was great, very fresh and tasty. We had a pie, a lasagne, a burger and an Italian chicken with salad but the child meal was great too. Freshly battered chicken strips not the usual mush that passes for chicken nuggets for kids. The staff were all super helpful too. There’s the best collection of board games I’ve seen in a pub/restaurant again showing their commitment to families. If I lived closer, this would be my chosen pub/restaurant.

Stopped for a pint, nice village pub, staff very polite 👍

Wow what great Sunday Lunch we've had. Tried a few country pubs about this came out the tops. We will definitely be booking again soon.

Had a quick drink in the garden, but nice vibe for a village pub

Great food, friendly atmosphere, great local pub where you could happily spend the evening playing games

Before travelling to Whipsnade Zoo we knew as a family we wanted to have dinner out before heading home. I googled gluten free restaurants near the zoo and 3 options came up. As we drove towards the zoo we saw the pub .. it looked perfect and very welcoming so that was decided where we were going to eat. When we pulled in there was ample parking as a cute little play area in the long beer garden. We ate indoors (bugs!) and the service as soon as we walked in was faultless. We felt very welcome. The staff were really friendly. There are so many different board games to pick from to play with the family, for a date night or with friends. Our little family played some games which helped settle the excitement from the day. Our server was absolutely fantastic. She was confident with the gluten free options. Our dinner came and it did not disappoint! The gluten free food was honestly so good. The kids meals were not small portions ... after dinner we sat in the garden with a hot drink while the kids burnt off the last of their energy. We really were so pleased that we stopped here for dinner. Thank you for the good food and Fanta hospitality.

Farmers Boy offers a delightful dining experience with home-cooked meals that truly stand out. My grandfather praised it as one of the best roast he’s had. The Sunday menu, though different from the weekday offerings, provides heartwarming options perfect for a cozy Sunday meal. The restaurant features ample parking, though it's worth noting that there are no designated disabled spots and it’s a rocky based terrain so be careful walking. However, the step-free access at the front makes it accessible for any individual. Everyone in our group agreed—they would return without hesitation. Highly recommended!

My elderly parents meet friends here every Sunday for lunch, and they are looked after like family ! Nothing is too much trouble. When my sister and I have joined them ( we live ‘up north’) we have enjoyed great food and a warm welcoming atmosphere. Thank you Farmer’s Boy!

Delicious and reasonably priced fresh hot food. 100% recommend

Now visited this excellent country pub - couldn’t fault it - we will see certainly come back again when you we are in the area.

Went for a Sunday roast with my family. The food was lovely and not too expensive. The beer was fantastic the best pints of London Pride I had in years.

Very accommodating to weary walkers who hadn't pre-booked. Very pleasant beer garden.

Had a lunch stop here on route to a hotel . Fish finger sandwich was good and the homemade tartar sauce amazing. Chips cooked to perfection. Staff very nice . Toilets spotless.

We arrived on a very busy day when the pub was hosting an American car day They apologised for any delays that may occur but delivered food in a very reasonable time to a high standard and we enjoyed it very much.

Yummy home cooked food friendly staff. Very reasonable cost. Will definitely be back!

Nice, reasonably priced food in a relaxed atmosphere. Would visit again.

Absolutely delicous Sunday Roast, l couldnt fault a thing, taste, service and efficient staff and friendly. Will definetly be going back ❤️

Had a great afternoon here today with the wife, children and grandchildren. 8 empty plates and all Happy with everything. 1st visit and certainly not the last. Thankyou

We had a meal here with friends. Excellent service, the food is varied and very tasty. Will definitely be going back.

Very lovely little pub. Dog friendly too. Sat in the beer garden, I had the pie of the week which was fantastic. Happy accidental find whilst camping in the area.

Beautiful country pub. We were SO impressed with the gluten free variety and options on the menu which is usually very difficult to come by! The food was super tasty and generous portions given. Wonderful atmosphere and staff were really friendly and attentive to us. Will 100% come again! Thank you for thinking of us coeliacs!

Good food, friendly staff and nice atmosphere. We will definitely visit again. We were a group of 3 walk ins. We were advised to book in future to avoid disappointment.

Lovely old fashioned family friendly pub with lots of books and board games. Service is efficient and friendly and food is a good selection of well thought out pub classics. Good sized veg portions!

Lovely cosy pub, great food at a good price and full of games to play!

Here's the grand post-covid reopening lunch report! Today my parents and I were at the Farmer's Boy for lunch and experienced a warm welcome, really tasty generous portion sizes and great service. We shall be darkening their door again soon for sure. A very pleasant experience. Good work!

Good atmosphere with ample parking at the back. Ordered pizza from the kids menu, was given a frozen store bought deep pan one. The beer battered fish and chips were good however the steak was not upto scratch.

Updated I've visited twice recently, food really isn't special and the waitress today was very grumpy and rude.

Love this place. Proper pub, home cooked food. Reasonable price. Service with a smile. Countryside views from where we sat Delicious sunday roast served with extra gravy 😊

Lovely pub with a wonderful atmosphere. The staff are very friendly, cheerful and efficient. Had a wonderful roast with friends as a birthday treat. Couldn't have been any better. Highly recommend.

Great food, staff very friendly and professional

A very nice Sunday roast, and very dog friendly.

Lovely food, great service and good value. Visited quite a few times and always a good reason to go back. A firm favourite of ours.

Fantastic Sunday lunch so much better than Harvester. Local family run restaurant highly recommended

Amazing, food, staff, service and location!!!! Why oh why after living locally have we not visted this charming place before? Highly recommended. Had the Veg burger and chunky chips - tasty and filling.... Cod also looked amazing!

The staff were all super friendly and we had a nice evening the only downside was that I had to have a starter, side and pudding as there were no gluten free mains that I could have. This was very disappointing as I have always had a selection before 😢

We wanted somewhere new to meet as a family and celebrate a relative’s birthday. We had driven past the Farmer’s Boy on a regular basis, but had never been there, so decided to give it a try. We were so pleased we did. What a great experience. The food was really good - it was a Sunday so there were 5 or more options for a roast dinner, but which also could be ordered in different sizes. The portions were extremely generous so no-one went hungry! The optional Cauliflower Cheese (extra cost) could easily have been shared by four as a side dish. In addition to the roasts, there was a good selection of fairly traditional pub food, including liver & bacon and fish & chips. The pudding selection was also good and again the portion sizes were generous. The service was excellent with very polite, engaging and cheerful staff and the environment was clean, tidy and well maintained. We really enjoyed our visit and, if the number of people coming and going during our time there is any indication, it is a very popular venue with the locals. One interesting element I have not seen before was the copious number of board games available to play whilst visiting. Our table had a Bond themed Trivial Pursuits game which we enjoyed whilst waiting for our food. Overall, for six of us, the cost was just over £150. This was for two courses and a drink, and was very reasonable given the generous portion sizes. We’ll definitely be going there again and would highly recommend it.

Really nice lunchtime experience. Very nice staff and service.

Lovely pub, great service and good food and beer.

This pub had been recommended to us for Sunday roast. Very friendly staff, family and dog friendly pub. Busy every Sunday according to staff, very busy when we visited. Decent choice of draught ales. Roast beef and lamb chosen, both were very average. Not enough vegetables, no seasoning. Potatoes solid, parsnips pale. Meat over cooked. Dessert good, sticky toffee pudding. We wouldn't visit again for Sunday roast, but pub is obviously very popular

Enjoyed a lovely lunch time meal, portion sizes were good ,and had to take our cauliflower cheese home in a doggy bag..person waiting on us was lovely and nothing was too much trouble .will recommend .

Hadn’t been here for a while as it’s a bit out of our way. Lovely warm greeting from behind the bar as we arrived. The food was every bit as good as it was the last time and there is a good choice of well kept Fullers beers. Great idea with the menu offering medium or large plates. Won’t be so long before we return next time.

First time visiting this pub and my gf hadnt been here for some years. We tried Sunday lunch, luckily we booked as it was rammed! We were served quickly, and enjoyed some of the books left on the windowsill. Once our order was taken it was about a 20minute wait. That's to be expected for a small pub. The wait was worth it. One of the best Sunday roasts I've had. Hats off to the staff and landlord. Keep it up, we will be back!

We had a lovely time their chips are amazing as was the chicken strips and gammon ham, staff were lovely and attentive and friendly,all in all we had a lovely time and will be returning soon

Been a number of years since I’ve been here so thought I’d give it a go, especially when I saw that Gluten Free options were available. Very enjoyable Sunday Lunch with great consideration for Coeliacs. Staff very friendly and helpful too. Well worth a visit

We had a big family dinner at the Farmers Boy Sunday afternoon and the Sunday roast was delicious! Leanne and team provided a great, friendly and fast service despite there being so many of us. Leanne in particular is a real credit to the pub going the extra mile to make sure our meal was pleasant throughout.

Great food great beer great staff all round a great pub family friendly dogs welcome very enjoyable time.👍

1st time visiting often gone past .much more spacious than looked from outside.very welcoming .Great food .Nice cosy atmosphere. Plenty tables in garden if sunny.well worth visit

First time visit to the Farmer’s Boy and it didn’t disappoint. Food was high quality and plentiful. Went on Saturday lunchtime, would certainly like to return and try the Sunday Roast. Will be back.

Wonderful Sunday Luch Beef was melt in the mouth, Nut Roast was lovely. This was excellent value for money Pineapple crumbed and ice cream 😋😋😋 Chocolate Chip & Orange sponge 😋😋😋. Stacey made us feel so welcome, Olivia was very accomdating & Leanne ensured we had everything we needed too. Can't recommend this place enough. Make sure you book a table to avoid disappointment and you will not be.

Simple dishes cooked well .. I'd go more often, but it's an hour away.

Absolutely delicious food, friendly staff and a lovely pub. I highly recommend The Farmer's Boy. They have a great vegan option and a vegan pudding too!

Nice place to eat in the countryside great food, especially for those who have a gluten-free diet. Staff friendly. We went during the weekday nice and quiet even watched the Red kites soaring in the skies.

Very friendly pub with great food and nice choice of drinks. I had the lamb curry pie on the weekly specials, would have it again if its on special menu next time I visit.

Very good Sunday lunch, staff excellent. Will definitely be going back.

Good pub and people, the food is consistently good. With nice size portions.

I took my mother who suffers from dementia for lunch today (20th May 2023) at the Farmers boy . The staff were amazing and the food was fabulous. The 2 ladies working today were so accommodating, as they could see my mum was confused and needed extra support . Our food was delivered super fast making the experience of taking mum out that little less stressful. Thank you so much for making our lunch time great! If I could give more stars I would .. it's not often you eat at a pub and they take into consideration dementia patients . Will definitely be returning !

Only stopped for a quick drink. Old style pub. Play area outside for kids. Some outdoor tables. Car park

Really good food, nice atmosphere, not over busy and a load of board games! Beer was good and not over priced

Excellent food. Great value. Good selection of ales.

Excellent village pub. Great value and great quality food, a wide range of smashing beers, and a lovely village atmosphere. Staff are excellent too, very welcoming and helpful. Always busy at weekends, which tells you all you need to know. Highly recommended.

Attended a 60th birthday party with 23 others. Food was standard pub fare, furniture in need of replacement but parking available on site and very friendly & helpful staff.

Fabulous meal tonight with family. Mary served us and she’s a real star. Great banter and she’s just the loveliest person. She has the rare knack of knowing her audience and served with enthusiasm, humour and warmth. She made our night! Food is plentiful and the vibe is relaxed and really friendly. It’s not the first time we’ve been here and it won’t be our last!

We arrived without a booking so waited with a drink for 10 mins which was absolutely fine, the bar area was pleasant. The pub had a fair few customers, but was by no means full which makes the service we received unexplainable. Once seated we ordered our roasts and had to wait almost an hour for them to arrive. If the food had arrived after 10-15 minutes I would have been fine with the carvery quality food, but an hour to have frozen veg, potatoes and Yorkshire puddings unceremoniously dumped in front of me without a word from a miserable waitress was disappointing. The other servers were very pleasant, and did apologise for the wait. It was a cheap meal (thankfully) but I don’t think that was enough to make up for the poor experience.

Went there last Sunday and we had the pleasure of Mary looking after us. There was 12 of us, paying for drinks separately and meals. Nothing was a problem for Mary and she was a totally pleasant lady. Also the food was beautiful, all fresh vegetables and tender meat. Thank you for a thoroughly pleasant afternoon. I'll be back very soon.

Been here a couple of times with the zoo volunteers. The landlady and her team looked after us really well and service was superb, despite us being a fairly large group. The food was delicious and a sized nice portion. Well kept ale and a good choice. Look forward to coming back very soon! Thank you

Friendly welcome, lovely pint of London Pride, pie of the day was chicken and vegetable, with new potatoes and peas -- it was well cooked and tasted good. Nothing exceptional, but nothing to criticise either. Nice atmosphere in the pub.

The food was amazing. I had a Sunday roast. All fresh. The staff is friendly and helpful.

Had the Liver, much better than the Plough. Missus enjoyed the soup, couldn't finish her kids ham, egg & chips, took it home for the dog. Didn't get asked if all was OK with our meal, otherwise it would have been a 5.

Dog friendly, welcoming staff with good customer service. Relaxed environment and good food 👍

Tasty Sunday roast and reasonably priced

Went for Sunday roast, food was amazing and excellent service

Great food and service. Will definitely be back.

We booked because we saw the sign outside saying 5 roast meats to choose from for Sunday lunch and wanted to give it a try as we tend to be disappointed with roasts in pubs. We arrived a little earlier than our booking but were seated straight away. A party of people arived just after us and sat next to us. They did not know the meaning of indoor voices so we asked the waitress if we could move if they had availability, she moved us within minutes. We ordered the Hunters chicken with mash instead of chips which they did not mind doing. We also ordered a large lamb roast and a medium turkey roast, it arrived in a timely manner and it was refereshing to find the veg was hot rather than tepid like some places, the roast potatoes were amazing. We also ordered pudding which was lemon roulade, sticky toffee pudding and chocolate brownie, the potions where much bigger than we expected. All of the staff were lovely and were on hand when you needed them. The only thing which we see that was a slight disappointment was that is was rather chilly where we were seating and the real fire was not lit. We are defeniltly booking again soon as we want to try other items on the menu.

Great Sunday roast! Had the large plate and was perfect size, good value for a very tasty meal. All the veg (5 choices) were cooked loverly and the Lamb very tender and tasty. Will be returning defo.. Staff very friendly and welcoming too.

Went here for lunch 24th Jan. staff were all very kind , helpful and welcoming. A quiet start at the beginning of the week so some of the lunch items weren’t available. Still plenty to choose from. Me had fish n chips , and pie with mash. Both were tasty and good value. The one (very small) thing that could have been better was serving in a warmed plate. That ti one side …. Would definitely return

Ordered the special tuna steak, lasagna and kids ham, egg and chips. All cooked to perfection! Only visiting the area, but would highly recommend going! Great environment and more board games than you could wish for!

Fantastic funeral wake for my brother. Great pub, great food & great atmosphere...

Great staff, atmosphere, food fantastic, a all round lovely experience

Fantastic! We had a marvellous family lunch, the food was outstanding and the staff were fabulous, cannot recommend it highly enough!

Great pub! Everyone very friendly and good food and beers.

Great ukulele gig there. Batman plays too.

Wonderful friendly pub. Food is excellent. Only thing let it down was it was cold inside

Always a perfect meal lovely pub cozy and friendly

Our first Christmas lunch of the season, a fabulous meal. Excellent portion sizes, and quality food. Friendly service. Highly recommended.

Lovely location and welcoming staff. Great lunch

Lovely pub. Great food. Friendly staff. Perfect

great night out so helpful and friendly and great beer and food, all at very reasonable prices

Stopped for some food, quirky pub with games on display. Friendly and welcoming staff, good size portion of food which was lovely.

Excellent Sunday lunch in a proper pub with a good selection of ales👍

Visited this afternoon. First visit but will make this a regular place to visit. Fantastic Sunday roast, great service, lovely pub

We had a very pleasant lunch at this restaurant. The menu was not as extensive as the website indicated and one choice was not available. However what we choose was very acceptable. I had the Hunter’s chicken which was tasty and served with seasonal vegetables perfectly cooked. My husband had the battered cod which was not too battered. He followed that with an Orange brownie served with a chocolate sauce and ice cream and cream which was delicious. The service was good and the staff very pleasant and helpful. The restaurant was warm and soothing music was being played.

Just a good old-fashioned pub where 4 of us had an excellent Sunday roast. My beef was tender and delicious with lots of veg, roast spuds and Yorkshire pud (plus an optional cauliflower cheese) all delicious and the beef was tender. Others in my group had the pork, ham and turkey all very good. Good value too.

Great old fashioned pub, service, welcome and food, I thoroughly recommend The Farmers Boy

Excellent food, friendly and helpful staff

Very nice pub, with good food and service.

Very welcoming pub, nice and cosy, lovely food and good service.

Lovely home cooked food. A few choices for vegetarians. Large portions. Loads of boxed games to keep you amused as well

Unfriendly staff. Food wasn't great either - shepherd's pie was full of carrots and peas, and barely had any meat in it.