Fox and Hounds in Bedford

Havent been here for a while. Food used to be excellent last time we went for a roast dinner it was nearly cold having waited half an hour for it. Used to be a guy running it full of character and a comprehensive menu that has all changed. Its over the road from us but rather get in the car and find somewhere else

We held my husbands 50th Birthday party in the function room (26.2.2022), absolutely brilliant, Micheal the new owner was super helpful and friendly and Kaysi our bar lady for the night was incredible, although she was rushed off her feet she had a smile all nigh ... all the staff there made us feel so welcome and were so helpful, they also organised a buffet for us, wow food was just lovely .. we would definitely book their function room again.

This pub has just been bought and is now,a,free house after being a green king pub ..The food here now is very local serving fish and meat from a very local dealer and was of a great quality ..especially my Cornish pasty a rare choice on a pub menu so very different ..we was not rushed and was allowed loads of time between starters and main meal and able to order started first then main meal later when we were ready rather than the rush rush of more conventional big chain pubs Very lovely and friendly staff and would definitely return ..a good experience all round

I have to say this was a first time visit for a long time. Following all the rules I have to say the visit was very nice. Temp taken when arriving plenty of sanitizer. The place was very friendly the food was very nice and hot. Plenty of choice for all, service very quick and presented very nice. Good atmosphere love Dexter the friendly dog.

Went in for a drink and was greeted by 2 very friendly staff, good selection of drink and not too expensive, the new menu is locally sourced and top notch!! Happy to eat here again. The new land lord ciaran was very approachable and friendly and the lady who served me (megan) was extremely helpful, knowledgable and polite with a constant smile. Will definitely be returning thanks to her amazing service!!

Popped in for a few drinks with friends, loving the new refurb, has definitely helped improve atmosphere!! The staff are always happy and friendly and service is prompt. Prices aren’t too bad either with a good selection of beers... am yet to try the new menu but will be returning to do so!!

Went there as two families, got second round of beers and soft drinks and 2minutes later been told to leave as children not allowed after 9pm. Nobody mentioned about that beforehand and ten minutes later an aggressive lady came, started shouting... staff told us it was their boss! Shocking!!! We had to leave our drinks behind... i dont feel it is a family friendly pub at all!!!

Such an unfriendly atmosphere! Would never bother coming again! It's definitely not a family friendly pub!

Called in today and told Tuesday is quite so not cooking until 4pm! Dissapointed on 2 counts.... 1 then don't have large signs on outside wall of your new refurbished pub stating you serve food from....Monday to Sunday from 11.2 if your quite do something to boost trade.we went further down Goldington road and had a fine meal and drinks! Lost our custom and you've just had a makeover.

Absolutely lovely pub, was apprehensive due to previous reviews but was pleasantly surprised. The 2 male bar workers were chatting away making me feel comfortable and relaxed, both very polite. The food was lovely and fast. Was very pleased, will be returning

Went to The Fox and Hounds today and had a lovely roast dinner with the Family. Food was cooked really well and came out piping hot, 2 choices of meat served with lashings of vegetables, roasties, Yorkshire’s, stuffing and most importantly thick gravy, price was excellent value for money and the food tasted great. The atmosphere and staff are great too. We will definitely be coming back soon.

Shocking price increase since leaving green king......we are in Bedford not Covent garden. For 2 gin and lemonades was £16.30. Use to come here a lot will not be back, start saying goodbye to students!!!!!!!!

Went last nite 9/3/19 with family good nite karaoke not to busy dont sing my daughters do enjoy ppl singing lady who did karaoke was good go again

really good night with a good atmosphere. Staff were very welcoming! Good sound syistom and plenty of space for people. Would recomend giving it a hire.

I can heartily recommend the fox and hounds. Nice beer relaxed atmosphere, and the staff are friendly.

Recently attended a birthday party in the function room. The staff were amazing-very friendly and went out of their way to make it a good night. Would definitely go back!

I booked the function room at the Fox and Hounds for a party for my girlfriend's 21st, and I cannot fault it in anyway. Great value for money, and the staff were really helpful and friendly!

Worst experience. Ordered a salad and all day breakfast - took 45 minutes. Asked bartender to chase it and she said "the chef is plating it up" then waited a further 10minutes and still no sign of food. In the meantime the football was put on the TV and the speakers were blaring. The couple sat next to us were also unhappy with the volume so I asked if it could be turned down. Response - "I've turned it down as much as I can" volume was still too loud. Returned back to my seat to and then 1 of 2 meals arrived, my salad with a side of long black hair. Decided to get a refund for everything. Worst service received from the bar maid and I told her this too. I would strongly advise to avoid this pub at all costs to avoid encountering long waits for food, and poor customer service.

We had my granddaughter 18th birthday party.the function room was lovely.the staff were very friendly.drinks was good price.we all had a lovely time.i recommend this place

Our group regularly meets at the Fox and Hounds for lunch and because of staff changes it has been a bit hit or miss recently. However for the Christmas lunch they really pulled out all the stops,room and tables nicely decorated. Food was hot and the young waitress served all the plates for 40 people very well. A few people thought there was too much on the plate but most of the members were well satisfied . Well done Fox and Hounds.

I arranged a Christmas lunch for my Group of pensioners just before Christmas, 40 in total. The staff had decorated the function room beautifully, the tables were laid out in a very festive fashion, we even had a Christmas tree.

I went here for lunch and would recommend the burger and fries. The atmosphere was enjoyable and the customer service and experience was enjoyable and welcoming. Great establishment.

I had a lovely meal here and drinks were made to a high standard from bar staff (Katie). Who also made my friends and I feel extremely welcome and happy to be serving us. Will definitely be returning.

5 stars for service despite it being busy with only one person serving. She was very friendly and professional despite the rush. Recommend going whenever girl with the crazy hair is serving she's super friendly

When I came into the pub, Katie... who served me pulled the pint very well but at the same time given good customer service. 😊😊😊😊😊

Had a lovely meal and the service was wonderful. Especially the bar staff (Katie) made my experience a very enjoyable one.

Fox was great .. food is always good and awesome for students katie is always friendly and a great member of the team

This pub used to be my local. It’s disappointing to see what has happened to it in recent times. I went in Friday night for the start of the new football season and what I seen was just appalling. The beer is awful and the staff are just miserable. I went in the men’s toilet and the stuff that is going on in there is ridiculous. People not caring who sees what they are doing.Will not be returning. Ever again. Just a shame what has happened to this once lovely local.

Me and my other half have been coming here on and off for years.. and we’ve never been disappointed with the food until today. All Day Breakfast is a good price of £6.99, and when it came out, it wasn’t presented very well but a good portion of each different food. However, the bacon tasted off?! Never tasted bacon like that before.. made us feel unwell. Toast and beans were cold, eggs were too oily. It’s a shame because we love coming here for a decently priced dinner. We didn’t complain, but didn’t finish our meals. Can’t fault the service of the barmaid, she was lovely.. but definitely need to look into this. May leave it a while before returning..

Right from the start when I made the advance booking through to actually having our meals, the help and service from Chris could not be faulted. I believe that he is fairly new to the pub and a definite asset. Drinks came quickly, the meals understandably less so. However the meals all came to our three tables within a short time span rather than some finishing their meals whilst others waited for theirs. Obviously an organised kitchen!. The food was good and not too pricey. Would we come again? Definitely yes. Thanks too to Richard behind the bar.

As a student it’s good to have a cheap local food that has booze and food. The fox and hounds is perfect. It has pool and the food is cheap. Cannot beat their mac and cheese.

Menu offers a wide selection. Reasonably priced. Often run out of specific wines. Can be rowdy in the evenings.

We organised a surprise birthday party on 24th February 2018, we hired the room upstairs. We were allowed to decorate the room as we wished, had a buffet and a DJ, it turned out as we expected and the DJ was excellent. The landlady organised the DJ for us, my daughter loved the party and would recommend The Fox & Hounds for a venue.

Very good experience - served very well by Richard. Good food and generally well satisfied with venue, staff and food. Plain pub food, well presented.

Came for a pre booked Christmas Lunch for 7 and greeted with a can't do your festive specials as one days notice too short a time when so busy. The place was very quiet and it's not that difficult to be organised.

Quick snack before theatre and glad we chose this place. Simple pub menu but well presented and great value. Friendly staff only downside was only 1 ale available. If we are passing again we will call in though.

It was February when I last reviewed our visit to this establishment. We have visited a number of times since. This is a pub, at the lower end of food BUT what they do, they do very well. It is well decorated but the furniture arrangement is a little strange, but the pub is a local to many different types of customer.

Popped in for lunch on Saturday, ordered the fish n chips and hunters chicken , paid 9.99 for two really nicely and well presented meals .the service from the lady behind the bar was really good . Many thanks, will be sure to visit you again

Came here for a drink and ordered a pint. The barman poured me one full of foam, I asked him to top me up and he asked me if was saying it was a "insert four letter swear word" pint. Needless to say I dont come here by choice nowadays.

This pub has been our local for 10 years and have always found it welcoming and great food,sadly after out...

We have visited this place many times, mainly for the excellent food and lovely staff, Sadly on our visit on...

He estado aquí varias veces antes mientras visitaba a mi hermano que vive cerca. Siempre ha sido muy impresionado, pero esta vez me decepcionó. Tenía morcilla, chorizo y huevo de arranque. Desde la casa de black los budines - Bury me esperaba esta muy buena pero el budín tuvieran algún tipo de hueso como bits, el chorizo era 3 rebanadas de un paquete de carne cortada. El huevo estaba bien preparado, aunque agradable y rinorrea. Aunque un poco caro para lo que era. Tenía 8 onzas de filete con patatas salteadas y salsa de Diane. El bistec era preciosa, pero me gusta mi comida caliente y la salsa era tibio y apenas 2 setas pequeñas, que parecía que había sido agregada más tarde y las patatas salteadas también eran sólo cálido. Si ha habido algún personal habría añadido para reemplazos fresco y caliente, pero no había nadie para ser visto. Limón estaba bien pero muy caro para 3 pequeñas bolas. En general no fue grandemente impresionado. Espero que simplemente fue una mala noche.

Al tener un amigo que vivía a pocas puertas de distancia, visitamos el Fox and Hounds. La buena selección de cervezas nos ayudó a disfrutar de la visita y con buenos precios baratos y estar a lo largo de la carretera, era Goldington pasamos un tiempo divertido.

Este pub es local de uni, así que es un buen lugar para estudiantes de I. no bebidas baratas y deliciosa comida a precios asequibles.

FIRST IMPRESSIONSMy wife and I often go out for lunch during the week. We had an afternoon appointment to the east of Bedford in the afternoon and decided to 'pop in' to this establishment. A long time ago we used to live in the estate to the rear. The pub has changed and is no longer the tired 'local.' The interior has been tastefully decorated and the who establishment is now one area. It is pleasant.STAFFWe have now visited on two occasions and on both the staff have been very friendly and welcoming.The service was good and again pleasant.FOODIt is 'pub fare' from a standard menu but the food we ordered was well cooked. I had a steak which on Monday to Wednesday is only £6.49 with sauces being £1 extra. [ The remainder of the week it is a pound more. The steak was an excellent cut which was well cooked and came with onion rings, tomato, mushrooms, peas and chips.My wife had the cottage pie, which she also said was well cooked.The beers seemed to be on offer for we only paid £1.99 for a pint of IPA.OVERALLThis is a pub and the food selection is what you would expect but, and it is a big BUT, this establishment is good at what it serves and we will return, indeed we already have!.

Nice place to come and have a burger and a beer catch up with friends , two pool tables and a large pull down screen to watch any sports that may be on , also lots of other TVs dotted around the pub .

Would recommend this place to anyone who wants to have a good meal and company, found that the staff were extremely helpful and polite. The cook is a nice chap and seems to care about his food, my only complaint is with green King who refuse to let there cooks shop and obtain local produce

A pub that is value for money and amazing company! We have had many a good time with or without the kids! The staff make you feel welcome and go out their way to ensure you are welcomed and all of your needs are met! Will visit time and time ago... even booked for Xmas day dinner!

On Wednesday evenings we normally go to the Hungry Horse on Goldington Road, but this evening the had long queues for food orders, 1 hour waiting, and lot of the food on the menu had run out, so we tried this place, it was like walking into a different world, clean, bright and extremely friendly. Staff were lovely. The food was normal pub fare, but was lovely, well cooked and presented. We will definitely be back. Massive well done to the staff

Went for an evening meal on a sunday. Ordered our food at the bar, 4 meals and unfortunately had to wait 50 mins for it to arrive despite the fact they wasnt busy. Also l ordered mash with my pie and ended up with chips. However, the food was lovely so no complaints made, also it was reasonably priced with plenty of offers on and friendly staff. Would definately go again but next time will get there early to compensate for the long wait.

Visiting my son's house so called in here because it was closer so thought we'd save time rather than going into town. We were wrong ! it took 30 mins to get our food. II had fish & chips fairly average only on a par with the fish & chip shop down the road. y wife had chicken fillet again average so difficult to see how this can be their "signature dish" my wife had the Hunters chicken again average with undercooked bacon a bit surprising considering the wait.Saving grace only £9.99 for 2 meals If it was my local and I had plenty of time to spare I'd maybe go again but certainly not a place to go out of your way to viist.

Just eaten here and it was awful.We have eaten here slot lately ,they usually do a great burger with chunky chips ,but today food was luke warm and chips were frozen French fries which were cold and rock hard .THE other meal we ordered was not any hotter .Sad to say but will not eat here or recommend to anyone .

I love LOVE LOOOOVE this place. Booked a table for my nan's birthday, she's currently in hospital, but they let her have her for the night. She is in a wheelchair and the staff were so accommodating...Food was perfect as always and the staff were friendly and attentive. When my nan ordered her dessert, the waitresses bought it out and sang happy birthday, which made her night! I cannot recommend this place enough!!

Went in for an evening meal. Starter was ok because it only needed deep fat frying so they couldnt really go wrong however the main course... mixed grill.. all the meat was dry and overcooked and it was as if it had also been left out for ages.

We had not eaten here before but had eaten at other green king franchise restaurants so was looking forward to a good meal. However from the onset the the experience was less than pleasant. The staff were miserable and unapproachable and I did not see anyone smile! The tables were sticky and dirty. The kids meals were basic but okay. The gammon and eggs were greasy and the egg whites were litter in black debris! The sausages were only part cooked. The only enjoyable part was the kids desserts and leaving!! We will not be returning and would advise others to steer clear!!

a chain pub that serves good pub food at good pub prices. Great for students who want a couple of meals and a drink due to the deals and offers available.Borderline classed as a sports pub with its many TV's and broadcasting facilities.

Service excellent, food very good! Just popped in and very pleased with pub whilst watching Chelsea!!! Staff were super and very attentive.

I ate lunch here recently and the food was nice and the pub has recently done up which is a big improvement.

We had a lovely meal last month so I took my husband there for a birthday meal it was really nice,they really looked after us well I can recommend it Thanks to everyone

The staff were very friendly, the food was excellent and the real ale was well kept. Only gripe was that it was very busy, only to be expected though I guess.

Had lunch a few weeks back with the girls, the food was brilliant and the service was amazing. Fluffy was lovely and the meat and eat sharer was perfect for the three of us!

First visit and staff were only interested in pleasing their regulars. After a long wait to be served the staff didn't bother to tru to smile or make any effort. Had one drink and left to watch football in a friendly pub. Would recommend not wasting your time visiting this place when there are friendly pubs a short walk away

Have had lunch here 2 weeks running, as my wife works close by. We normally have trouble getting food quick enough for my wife to get back to work, but not here. Food served quickly and came piping hot. For the first time I ate from the over 60s menue, Sausage and mash were good. different bar staff on each visit, but both equally attentive. Green King IPA in good condition. Nothing fancy on the menu, but that is not a criticism. My son had Scampi & Chips, more scampi on the plate than was expected for the price. Good honest food well served.

My friend and I came here for some well needed food before we started drinking on NYE.I must state that the steaks were absolutely amazing, well cooked to our liking and what a plateful of food to receive for less than £10! I was very happy with the value!The service from the staff was faultless, nothing was too much trouble and felt really well at ease with everything.All in all I'd give this place 10/10!One very satisfied customer!

Friendly professional bar staff.left car in car park for a day.. no problems.not much more to add....

It was my dubious pleasure to partake in the Christmas lunch on 25th December 2013 at the Fox and Hounds near Bedford’s rugger club. It had actually been recommended to me by a barmaid at The Bull on Bedford’s London Road since the latter was fully-booked. And I made the mistake of taking her up on her suggestion, one which I had thought she’d meant to be genuinely helpful - though now I suspect it was a cruel and immature jape aimed at undermining a rival.Ordinarily I would have paid almost £40 for the meal there, though outside the Fox and Hounds its Christmas dinners were being advertised ‘from under £10’. But when I pointed this out on Christmas Eve I was offered a reduction to £30. Sadly, as it was to turn out, that £30 was about £30 too much. Or, put it another way, if I could live Christmas Day over again then I wouldn’t have eaten lunch there - even if they’d paid me £30 to do so. Nothing could compensate me for spoiling my day as they did.It started well enough. If you ignore the fact that they pointed my dessert-spoon the wrong way around (you might laugh, but setting a table is hardly rocket-science and the same people are being entrusted with your food hygiene). The first course, ‘mushroomS’ stuffed with Stilton, was actually pretty good. Even though, if we’re going to quibble, there was only one mushroom. It was accompanied by garlic bread and was well-garnished. It looked good on the plate. To be fair to them it was absolutely acceptable and only a spoiled-rotten foodie removed from the real world would have any complaint about it. And they’d need their legs slapped.But that first course, good as it was, only served as a cruel contrast to the appalling main-course. I’d been encouraged to try the 4-bird roast rather than the turkey option (the salmon was ‘off’ and I would have plumped for the steak had it not been Jesus’s birthday). What I seemed to have got then was a dish (or I think they call it a ‘plate of food’ now to be trendy) which was prepared by a totally different pair of hands to those involved in the first course. (I am assuming that somebody with a working pair of hands was on duty, and not the equivalent of an untrained foot-artist.) That 4-bird roast was, I suspect, not anything prepared on the premises but some cheaply-mass-produced-excuse-for-food that they’d bought in and warmed up in a microwave. It was conspicuously tasteless (whatever the 4 birds were they all tasted little better than spam), unappetising and looked awful on the plate. But it had serious competition in the form of almost-wholly-uncooked parsnip batons, sprouts that had somehow had every last vestige of taste entirely extracted from them in a way which I had not thought possible, undercooked cubes of roast potatoes, and a sort of messy medley of other veg (for Christ’s sake they didn’t even push the boat out to give us mash) topped off with a sad-looking mass-produced excuse for a Yorkshire pudding (as a Yorkshireman I can assure you, dear reader, that making real ones is simplicity itself and anybody who cannot should not be allowed to eat food never mind cook it). And the gravy. It was all an utter insult to guests. Wars have started over less.Let’s put this in perspective. I have eaten better school dinners than that. I’ve eaten better compo rations when I was in the army. I’ve cooked better meals on a camping-stove. And, believe me, I could cook a better meal on a candle. It was truly dire. I left much of it despite being notionally hungry (though food like that certainly had dampened my body’s wish to go on functioning). And this was before I got to the dessert.I had been idly amusing myself (it seems to be an uniquely British trait to meet disaster with black humour) by texting friends and jesting about whether it would be possible for whoever was in the kitchen at the Fox and Hounds to now generate an even worse pudding than the main course. Frivolity apart I had not thought it possible. How, I asked myself, could anyone ruin a Christmas pudding? Yet remarkably they did it. And they did it in spades.The triumph of inadequacy which was plonked in front of me was two slices of what looked like the sort of reject Xmas pudding they’d only try to sell at a ‘pound-shop’ in a ‘reduced to clear’ bin. My guess is that there were those two slices, each being less than half an inch thick, because the ‘chef’ (or excuse for one, doubling as a waiter) had surmised that I was not entirely enamoured by the previous course. I’d met his request for feedback on the main course with a forced ‘OK’, you see. So he’d treated me to two slices, no doubt thinking he was spoiling me rotten. These were unappetisingly abandoned in the middle of a huge white cheap porcelain bowl, and almost totally submerged by ordinary (very ordinary) custard. No white sauce. No rum. No brandy. No garnish like holly. No flame. No attempt to make it look edible even if it wasn’t. And, let’s be right, no Christmas pudding. Because what I was given didn’t equate to that.One small spoonful confirmed the truly abysmal quality of the pudding. And, with that, I stood, put on my coat, and left without a word. There were other diners who had already been very noticeably leaving a lot on their plates, but I felt that publicly telling the management what I thought of their fare was unfair on other guests (and could lead to blows). So I just went. Without waiting for the rest, though more of this tripe was promised. That’s something I have never previously done in my life (and I’m 57). Reviews like this can damage businesses. And rightly so. If such establishments cannot provide capable chefs and invest in decent ingredients then they should be shut down. To serve such a poor meal at any time would be bad, but to serve it on Christmas Day to customers who have paid a lot for it is absolutely inexcusable. Prats like these make Fawlty Towers look professional by comparison.Paul Dunwell, Bedford

The Service and food are always good in here. We all ordered a main and shared, everything including the side dishes were lovely, very tasty.

I had lunch at the Fox and Hounds in Bedford last week and cannot praise the experience highly enough. Claudia and David, made me most welcome, the service was outstanding, as was the excellent food. I will most certainly being going back with my wife and extended family, which can number uo to 10 people on a family dining outing. I am also considering booking the private function room for Christmas lunch this year,.This was a most refeshing experience, with old fashioned high standards, and courtesey.Claudia and David should do very well if my visit was anything to judge by. WELL DONE.