Horse and Jockey in Rutland

We have been going here for years now and we always get great service so thank you

Great food Nice little pub Good service

Nice little pub with nice range of pub food available. Friendly bar staff and reasonably pricing. Good stop after a ride around Rutland Waters.

Very nice meal for the 3 of us. Cosy dining area. Very busy when we were there on a Monday night. Glad we had booked a table. Lots of outside seating including a large decking area. Food was excellent, and the service excellent.

We had a wonderful evening meal at The Horse and Jockey last night. Delicious food, very friendly service and a lovely, cosy atmosphere. Would definitely recommend. Thank you :)

Found this amazing little gem of a Pub/ Restaurant by chance on Google Maps, and what a fantastic find. The staff here can’t do enough for you, they even supplied a mat for my dog Ruby to lay on. The food here is excellent, especially the Sunday Roast ! We had the roast beef which was accompanied by five vegetable and lovely rich gravy. We visited three times and if we had stayed in the area longer would have returned again. Hopefully at some point we will go back. Thank you Dan ( manager) and all the staff. We loved our visits!!!

Just what the doctor ordered after riding majority of the Rutland Water Circular

Very ordinary food. Fine if you're desperate to grab something to eat and be on your way but not for an evening out. Not good value. On the plus side, pleasant ambience and nice enough staff

Super delicious and super price

Good food apart from one messed up order

Prebooked as had 2 dogs and a wheelchair with us and wanted Sunday Lunch. Staff were friendly and helpful. Food was very nice and good portions. Very reasonable cost. Will certainly return

Lovely pub on the Rutland water Cycle routes well worth a stop, we'll priced food.

Great pub with good gluten free menu options x friendly staff x

The pub it is nice and it has a garden. Menu basic pub grub. Nothing appears to be homemade all out of the freezer. Large menu which probably has something for everyone if you like fast food but disappointing if you don’t.

First time visiting this area decided to stop at this pup for a drink and check it out. Was greeted by a lovely friendly bartender. Had a nice chat and sat with our dog in the bar area. Didn’t eat as had somewhere else booked. Drinks were good reasonably priced compared to where we live in the Cotswolds. Loved the outside seating are great sun trap. Nice time spent at this pub. Thank you.

Only stopped while on a walk round Rutland water for a drink. Will be going back for the food as it looked wonderful

Inexperienced staff. Pre-booked table was let go to others despite being early for the booking! Food is below average quality looking at the meals delivered to the table. Specifically, my fish and chips were disgusting; fish meat was grey coloured, batter on the fish was wet and soggy, limp leave salad and refried frozen chips. Also, the manager is very abusive and on a separate occasion repeatedly called my wife a “stupid woman” when she complained to him about the delivery truck blocking the exit from the village. He is aggressive, misogynistic and rude. He should not be in the hospitality business especially in a small pleasant village. I will not enter this pub again and respectfully suggest that anybody reading this review do not either!!!

Great views from the raised decking, beer is £6 a pint so not the cheapest but a welcome stop while cycling round Rutland Water.

arrived at horse and jokey for a Sunday dinner we had a BOOKED table for 2:30 as we entered we noticed how overly busy it was so we could barley stand , but no one was there to take us to our table we questioned 1 of the 2 waitresses/waiter saying he had no clue we’re we would be sitting after standing around for 15 mins the bartender shout “it’s going to be a hour and half for food” we immediately left and won’t be going back

Absolutely impeccable, fantastic food, fantastic staff, very friendly place. Very well run. Came on bank holiday August and ate on the Friday and was so impressed we came back on the Sunday. The venison was the winner here, both venison pie and venison burger. Group of 10 people and we all loved it. Big up the member of staff with the bandana he is a top notch bloke, and full of charisma. Would love to come back in the future. Thank you everyone from the Horse and Jockey, you have all done an exceptional job

We enjoyed a great lunch here. Dan, the manager was very friendly and accommodating. Thank you, we shall be returning. :-)

Lovely village pub. Good food at a great price.

Lovely day and looked like an ideal place for lunch. But looks are deceptive! Ordered food and sat and enjoyed our drinks, but after half an hour we were advised that one of the items ordered had run out, so disappointingly had to reorder some of the meals. When the food finally arrived an hour after ordering, some of the food was cold and had to be replaced as it had obviously had been left on the side waiting for the new order to be processed!!? When mentioning how disappointed we were with the way the order went. All we received was rather unpleasant abuse from the chap behind the bar! Not a place I am likely to return to as not local but even if I was, I would give it a very wide berth!!

The food was well priced, not cheap, but very reasonable in today's market considering the location, quality and service. The chicken pie was a highlight, great, buttery pastry. The outside area is excellent, the sun deck, raised up is a perfect summer spot.

Didn't eat here, just had a drink, atmosphere was great, choice of lots of places to sit, really lovely place, will definitely come back and have something to eat next time as all the food that was coming out to neighbouring tables looked so good!

We ate here this week and the food, service and location are incredible. Highly recommend

Service is absolutely terrible. A highlight was an eye roll and a sigh when we had the audacity to ask to order drinks. Over an hour wait for mediocre microwave reheated food, used crockery left piled on the table, told to "pass your plates " when finally cleared, then ignored for 45 minutes straight. When we finally walked out having failed to get anyone's attention for puddings, coffee, the bill.... we we're loudly called "pieces of sh*t" in front of our children, and threatened with physical assault by a clearly drunk local

We ate here recently and can state, quite categorically, that it's a cracking place to visit. My partner had the fish pie which, she said, was the best she'd ever had (apart from her own!) I had the fish (or should that read Whale?) and chips which was superb. The place was very busy, as you'd expect with it being on the Rutland Water cycle route, on a gorgeous day, and the staff were quite obviously run off their feet. We were told, before ordering, that there could be a wait of up to an hour for our food, due to how busy it was. This wasn't a problem (it gave us the chance to have an extra drink!) and, as it happened, our food appeared in a little over 35 minutes. Personally, neither of us noticed an issue with the flies mentioned in previous reviews, although we did get "buzzed" by a rather magnificent Dragonfly. All in all, I'd highly recommend a visit here, forewarned with the knowledge that it's very popular and, therefore, at times quite busy. We will be returning.

DREADFUL EXPERIENCE - LICENSEE DISGUSTING & ABUSIVE. Food deeply mediocre (at best), staff rude. Flies all over the table. Waited an hour for food then ignored for almost an hour without being asked if we wanted more drinks, pudding, coffee. When we got up to leave (to get attention) we were called “pieces of sh1t” and then a local was recruited to threaten us!!

Great place for a halfway break cycling around Rutland Water. Plenty of spaces in the cycle racks to park your bicycle and lots of outdoor seating. Staff were friendly, helpful and efficient. Had a perfect bowl of chips. Well worth a visit.

We ate at the Horse & Jockey with friends. The staff were great. Friendly. We ordered our food but waited ages to receive it, which of course, we then had to order more drinks. The food was nicely presented and was nice. I wouldn't go over the top considering how expensive all the courses were. I realise its to do with the area. One thing that I have to mention, and I've never seen such a problem in any other pub we've eaten in. Was the flies!! There was so many. It was really really off putting. I know that you don't want a zapper or anything like that around when you're eating but honestly, there was loads. They bothered us a lot while we were having our food, it was pretty horrible. Sorry guys, but this is a problem for your customers, you need some sort of solution 🤢

Sunday lunch, no Sunday roast type menu. Very busy with cyclists and walkers. Limited menu, so went for the steak and kidney and venison and bacon, both with chips. My "venison and bacon" pie was just full of minced mush, not nice. My wife's was just very dry and tasteless. A very disappointing experience. Also the beer was not nice either. The pub itself was very clean but the service took very long and was not very impressive. We will not return.

Waited 40 mins for a sandwich and a portion of chips. When asked a member of staff how much longer until the food arrived they were defensive and rude. Would not recommend.

Nice bar staff but unfortunately tables were not cleared waitress just walked passed empty handed and both beef and venison burgers were not nice at all, dry and processed. 😔

Bandana wearing front of house guy was awesome. Joined in our banter, great service and was super friendly. By the end of our stay we had in jokes with the staff. Awesome time thanks!

Great meal! Very much enjoyed by all

Great food and beer, thoroughly recommend this place.

The menu which was on their website was not the same as the one that they had in the pub. It's a small thing, but there were a few things we'd seen on their website we wanted that they didn't have on our visit. The young guy behind the bar had a strange attitude, he wasn't rude per se, but gave the impression he didn't think much of the customers. The main meals were decent, but the peas they were served with were very sorry looking (and tasting) specimens.

Great pub with great food at reasonable prices.

Stopped by chance on way home and glad we did. Had a lovely dinner of battered haddock and chips with partner having steak and ale pie (which he said was nice - didn't offer any to me to try, despite him having some of mine 🙄😂) this is a dog friendly pub (we had 2 lovely labs watch us eating our dinner 😂) it is nicely tucked away and there is a chance to stop over night in campervans I believe - yet to try but it's on the cards. Will go again

Great to watch birds, but as a stop when doing the loop around Rutland waters there's little here in the food and beverage department. Coffee machine and a few snacks.

Great pub on the cycle path of Rutland water. We called in for a couple of drinks. The real ale was top-drawer. The landlord was friendly and chatty. The pub has a lovely outdoor seating area and loads of bike racks. Well worth dropping in for a pint or two

Good food reasonable priced and friendly staff, just what we wanted. 2024 Gone back to this pub and it is still the same a worthwhile visit.

Called in on the off chance for lunch as had not been there for years. Very nice interior and loads of outside seating. Food was very reasonably priced and a good selection of ales. We had baguettes with generous fillings and side salad with a nice dressing. Gets very busy at weekends I suspect but a great place. We will return!

Apart from the small mishap at the start of our lunch we had an amazing time,food is definitely 5star and staff are amazing 👏

We are always visit the Horse & Jockey when we visit family. Love it, food & beer fab, And the decking is gorgeous when it's lovely and sunny with an amazing view. 😍

Lovely location, nice food and a real buzz on a sunny day. An hour wait for food when we went, but they looked understaffed for such a busy day. I'm sure they will sort it out

Nice pub apart from the rather horrible toilets. Food was ok but took an age to arrive and the service was slow and inattentive. Somewhat expensive for the quality and full menu not available.

Only had a drink. They finished cooking early on Sunday 😕

Had a lovely meal here previously but unfortunately tonight was a bit of a let down. We'd asked for a plate of calamari to come out with our main meals and and the calamari came out on its own, then the remaining food took an hour to arrive after ordering (most people were complaining about the same thing and not having been told about such a long wait). Then the food was pretty mediocre, no one came to ask if the food was ok, we hung around for a while afterwards and the plates were left in front of us until we left. £9 for a child's portion of spaghetti bolognaise which was very small and came with nothing else like garlic bread was also pretty disappointing. As previously stated we had a lovely meal/experience before but perhaps they were just too busy tonight, will pop back another time and update the review, hopefully next time will be back to being really good.

Great little pub. Popped in for a pint and some food after walking Rutland water yesterday & sat upstairs outside with the dogs. The steak & ale pie was really nice!

Very busy , due to the cycle route around rutland water but good smooth service,

When most places are closed in Oakham the Horse and Jockey was open and very welcoming. A great meal with great hospitality from the hosts. Cheers Brian

Good food, good beers, very nice people.

Lovely evening meal here. A little wait for food, but the food was very nice and the hard working staff very pleasant. We will be back again for sure.

After finishing our half leg of the Rutland circuit we arrived for a much needed refreshment. We ordered food and drink. We then proceeded to wait for 1hr 15 minutes. Then only half our food arrived, when the ploughman’s arrived there was a series of sub par dishes with the ploughman’s not being worth the money with half of it stated foods not there. Then the second round of food arrived with two being wrong and less tuna than a vegetarians cupboard. Would not recommend to anybody apart from those who want to wait. The only sufficient dish is the chicken.

Looks to be a newly refurbished pub close to Rutland water. Food was good plenty of drinks choice too. Service was a little slow that day but not too bad it was quiet full so to be expected. We enjoyed it and it's was nice to meet with family at a half way house

Dog friendly which is a must a very bright pub with friendly staff

Reasonable priced and cosy environment

Nice pub with good range of food

Food Ok service very slow Staff very rude and didn’t understand that waiting an hour for 5 baguettes was a long time - suggested I didn’t understand and didn’t work in the industry as it was a Saturday and they were busy. Baguettes were perfectly fine but certainly not worth the wait

A lovely find stayed in our motorhome lovely freindly staff and a great help when we got stuck in the mud a great team you have Highly recommended

Good food. Good beer. Nice views from the terrace.

Found this pub by chance and soon realized we had discovered a gem. Excellent food at a good price, clean surroundings and great staff. We enjoyed an excellent lunch here and if we were ever in this area again would certainly return. Superb.

We dropped in on the off chance for lunch, having been many times before. Although it was busy we got lunch and a couple of drinks. We both had the burgers, with chips and a side salad. This is purely a personal preference but the burger buns were very soft and 'bready', which is not our prefered style, but it was only a minor issue. The rest of our meals were fantastic. Seated outside, the service was still excellent, attentive without being in our faces and all the staff seemed unable to stop smiling despite it being a very busy shift This dog-friendly pub even has dog treats on the bar....could not ask for more.

Nice place went for dinner. Shared a starter of calamari then Ribs and chips and Steak & ale pie and chips, both were very nice.

Just want to say thank you to the two barman that went above and beyond to serve the wine (Chardonnay) that I wanted..... With a smile. And thank you for putting up with our leaving party for our dear friends 😁😁 We are so so grateful 👍

We were staying in Manton village for three nights midweek so decided to visit the pub on our first night, and then our second and then our third! The food was good and the staff were friendly. It was fairly quiet, but we know it gets busy at weekends and peak holiday times so you might need to book.

Very nice local, and the wheelchair ramp made a huge difference, the staff were really friendly, and the food was lovely.

Lovely pub great atmosphere the staff were very attentive and friendly, Sunday lunch was amazing lovely home cooked food which is a refreshing change nowadays. Would highly recommend and visit again if in the area, thank you frr your hospitality.

Very reasonably priced and some good additions to the usual pub menus . My chicken skewers with thin frys and a salad was delicious and fleshly cooked to order. Pleasant staff and surroundings. Definitely worth a trip out for lunch

The manager is a very rude and Mardy man to his customers after the food took an hour and half to come

Absolutley lovely little cosy pub, very friendley staff , very very welcoming and food amazing , we had prawn cocktails starters and fullbrack of ribs qith skinny fries and salad ...and rump steak with fat chips and salad ...followed by fudge cake and cheesecake.....thankyou so much ...would highly recomend 👍

Was quiet, late lunch in January, but friendly, good service, good food - particularly the chips! Suspect it will be very busy in the summer, with some nice outside seating.

Popped in for food and drink. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The food was really good plus good Drinks . Nice cosy clean pub . And It's got good parking.

We booked a table for 4 as a treat for an aunt and uncle who lived nearby. We were expecting good wholesome pub food and a pint. We weren't disappointed. The food was cooked well and of decent proportions. The atmosphere was nice and there were other diners there without the pub being overcrowded. The member of staff who served us was polite and appeared to have our interests in mind without being intrusive. The venison burger was lovely and the delicious sticky toffee pudding ensured we wouldn't need to eat later. It made our experience a good one, having travelled 25 miles to get there. So much so the aunt and uncle want to go again.

Truly fantastic service,the bar staff go above and beyond. Highly recommend place to visit. A great pub.

Good location to have Christmas Dinner with the family

Pub opened early on Boxing Day for the Rutland Morris Mummer's Play. The beer was good, the coffee was excellent. I can't speak for the food not having sampled it but atmosphere, with a cosy log burner going, was safe and welcoming.

A pleasant atmosphere, warm, tables spaced at a comfortable distance, clean and no pressures from staff who were alert when we were ready to order etc.. Good humour in the wifi code and labels on toilets [which were clean and tidy]. Food is delightfully simple and served in a traditional way. My steak was cooked exactly as I had hoped, and others in the group were happy with what they ordered. The car park is convenient and well-maintained. Worth a journey of 200 miles [roughly midway with others in the family].

My friend and I always like to find different places to eat we came across this beautiful old fashioned pub...I have pheasant stew and do did my friend it was just lovely came with creamy mash and lots of it, after we had an hot chocolate orange to finish off the day. I would recommend it to anyone can't wait to come back to try Sunday lunch

A lovely pub when you walk in, very clean with a cozy feel. Food however was terrible had the “tortellini special” which was supermarket bought covered in bland pesto - had no Parmesan so bought me a pot of grated cheddar? Burger was very very poor, cheap bun, charred patty and slice of cheddar. Would not bother wasting my money!

Stayed 3 nights at campsite. Absolutely perfect, for us, central to everything in Rutland. Good food, lovely welcoming atmosphere.We will be back !

It's not a pub. It's a series of tables designed to get as many "covers" as possible. No atmosphere, cue Red Dwarf. If it's cold, and dark outside and you desire a cozy pub, this is definitely not the place to go. Sad really, it' could be easily designed for a comfortable pub atmosphere. In terms of occasional walkers and cyclists as a stop off. It's all good. But not for a cozy pub atmosphere.

Stopped for lunch - good choice of food and beers with friendly service . Tasty food too which is all you really want! Would return.

Me and my 8 year old loved it at the horse and jockey as a pitstop when biking round Rutland water ,service was excellent and the food was great top marks

Excellent food on two separate evenings. My fish pie was delicious with plenty of fish in it and very fresh cooked to order. Nothing was too much trouble for the friendly and helpful staff. Would definitely recommend the Horse and Jockey.

Lovely setting, friendly staff, good atmosphere, just a really nice place to stop of with family or friends. We usually visit a few times a year especially in the summer and have always enjoyed our time here, sometimes with friends other times with family or just on our own, occasionally have had a meal here and have never been dissapointed, nice to sit or out, new decking outside is useful as it can get bust in the summer and this provides extra space being on two levels. We look forward to our next visit.

This is in such a great spot if you're cycling around Rutland Water; we arrived with only a few minutes to spare before 2.30 and the barman was fabulous, not hurrying us at all. We each had a baguette and shared a bowl of chips; despite being hungry, we could only eat half a baguette each and took the remainder home. What we ate was very good, if a little ordinary. The chips were hot, crispy and very welcome (this was an unseasonably warm day in October but beginning to cloud over at times). The beer was absolutely excellent (Beaver Neck Oil and Ten Fifty). We obviously had a very different experience from some reviewers as everything was clean, the food was good and the staff fabulous. The upper decking looked amazing but we stayed close to our bikes.

Warm and welcoming pub. Friendly atmosphere. Excellent food (I had quiche and mash potato which was delicious). Friendly staff. Really enjoyed the evening.

Staff very friendly. Food delicious. Will visit again

Excellent country pub friendly welcoming staff food perfect.

Great place. Nice staff. Short visit but really nice place.

Stayed on camping field and had a meal. Would have been even nicer if the grass was cut and because we had a meal a reduced price on staying. Just a suggestion. Dog friendly. Great staff.

We only called in for a drink 🍷🍻

Very slow service, did not get order right. Waited for a long time for food. Sloppy. The place it’s send is great, lovely spot.

This was my first time coming to this pub, we were out for a drive so we stopped for a drink ,the atmosphere was awful in the pub ,it was so cold in the pub i came out freezing such a shame as the pub could be a proper gem , I work in a pub and noticed anyone having food had no one come to check back on the food etc ...very poor management and very poor service i definitely wont be stopping again here !

Great pub,beer and food.Thankyou.

We came here in our campervan expecting electric hook up as there were electric points around the site. After plugging in with no electric we went into the pub and were told the electric had been turned off due to losing money! No one had bothered to mention this when booking. We had an evening meal which was also vey disappointing. Stale bread with the prawn cocktail, fish cakes were mush with no taste and the burger below average. No one asked us how our meal was and at nearly £60 with two drinks, very overpriced. Bar manager very dismissive also. Such a shame as a lovely spot. Certainly wouldn’t recommend.

Over priced and one rude member of staff. Check your receipt to ensure you’ve been charged the right price.