Hungry Horse-Steam Turbine in Daventry

This place never lets us down. Just when we thought Rugby didn’t have any good food on offer, we stumbled upon this gem. Good food, good atmosphere and reasonable prices.

Always great and fast service, lovely place, playground outside so good for kids.

Great food and staff Great breakfast

This where we go for good friendly service and good food for an old girls night out

Enjoyed a breakfast here with work colleagues. Jason and Petra made us very welcome.

Staff are very friendly and helpful

Was met with a good hello and welcome by Susan whom was our waitress on the afternoon very polite and funny made us feel right at home . Food was wonderful and Susan lovely lady will definitely be going back .

Very welcoming. A perfect breakfast steak cooked by Amy!

Served by Susan who was friendly and efficient. Food arrived quickly.

Place was clean and nice, my waitress Ashleigh was outstanding and the service from her was brilliant.

We had a great time at this family-friendly restaurant. The booking system worked very well and we were shown to our seats quickly on arrival. The food was delicious and good value for money and our server, Ashleigh, was very welcoming and helpful. I’d definitely suggest this place to other families.

Had a great experience at the steam turbine. Ashleigh was amazing, helpful and knowledgable about the menu. She was very polite and friendly and made our experience very pleasant!

Kieran was exceptional with his service, very polite and understanding when we took a while to order. Me and my partner both had meals from the grill 10/10, the steak was perfectly cooked so huge appreciation to the chef on the grill.

This is a great pub, meals cooked really well ,so good

Fabulous breakfast very generous, staff friendly. Lovely clean pub and great value for money.

Susan was an amazing help and so friendly would eat here again

I visited this Hungry Horse pub last Tuesday with a friend for lunch for the first time. Unfortunately, I was not impressed. I booked a table online just in case. When arrived it was pretty empty, the weather was nice so we asked to sit outside instead of the allocated, reserved table inside, which first seems to be a problem but then not anymore. When I looked at the website beforehand I was actually not sure if it had an outside sitting area, since there were no official pictures of it. Later found some in the reviews. This feature was actually quite important to me. However, I was not impressed with the outside area. The benches were not very comfortable and the metal fence surrounding it looked like from a building side and gave it an improvised feel. Ordered lunch at the bar, first macaroni cheese and onion rings for my friend then hunters’ chicken for myself, mentioning I would like the barbeque sauce on the side. I also ordered alcohol free beer and asked if I could have it as a shandy. Server said, not possible since it comes in a bottle, but could sell me a lemonade separate to mix it myself. It seems to be possible in other pubs I visited, but fair enough. Not a problem. Food arrived reasonably quick. First mine then with a slight delay my friends. The hunter’s chicken had barbeque sauce all over it and instead my friend’s onion rings had barbeque sauce in a dish on the side, which was not ordered. So there seemed to have been a mix up or communication issue between order taker and kitchen staff. I pointed this out the young, male server, which neither apologized for the mistake nor offered to make it right. He said it always comes with sauce on top. I had ordered this dish many times in other Hungry horse pups and always got the sauce on the side. Then he said he could not take the dish back to the kitchen, because they could not sell it again. Well, yes, that’s why pubs try to get the customer’s order right. I did not want to argue further in front of my friend, so just accepted the dish. As expected, I did not like the sauce much. To sweet and smoky for my taste, which spoiled the experience. I tried to scrape some sauce off but there was not much point to it. Otherwise, the chicken filet was very juicy and tender and would have been great. The fries were good but just lukewarm. My friend’s macaroni cheese was good but the portion a little small. We then decided to have coffee and cake elsewhere. Not sure if we will return again.

Came for lunch with friends, service was great, food came out piping out and was really delicious Thanks to Jason who served us

Good good at very competitive prices

Super quick food service, nice staff, food was tasty

We had the "A Feast Fit For The Family" deal which was £20 for two adult meals, two kids meals, two kids drinks, two kids puddings and a sharer adult pudding. We only had to buy two adult drinks on top. Food was great, not rubbish like some family places, and what a bargain. There were loads of other deals too. Staff were friendly and helpful and everything came out quickly. There was colouring for the kids. The hot drinks are unlimited refills.

Came for Easter Sunday lunch. Very friendly staff and great food. Steak was cooked perfectly and was very tender. All other meals were tasty and came quickly.

We went to have breakfast with the Easter bunny, it was amazing! Our daughter enjoyed it, the food was a good portion and very delicious

Wonderful food we had 3 different dishes off the super special well worth it staff so friendly as usual 😀Jason so helpful as always

Went for Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, little one really enjoyed it. Food was good and great staff. Would definitely do this again next year.

Excellent service Value for money

This place never ceases to amaze us! Excellent service, attention to detail is impeccable, the team are fab. We rocked up for Easter Bunny breakfast, how amazing was our grand daughter made to feel, the Easter Bunny sat and had breakfast with her. If you’ve never been for the Easter Bunny breakfast then you’ve missed an absolute treat! The grown ups breakfast was epic, we had scrambled egg on toast, tasty and loads!!! We won’t be eating until later!! Book in next time!! Thank you for making our weekend so brilliant, Millie had the best time x We come here regularly and have never had a bad experience, in-fact I can’t praise the whole team enough, go on, give them a visit xx

Super lamb kofta sharing flatbread, enormous portion and very tasty.

Really good, well priced meal for six. Will return

Great birthday visit for our group had a fantastic time.

Mothers day meal with family. Local to my brother and OK for a chain pub and prices very good value, but the atmosphere is of a motorway services!

Cheap and cheerful, prompt service and good food. The staff are very hard working and welcoming

Not the best. Service was OK, but the food was mediocre at best. Not a very good selection of ales. Wouldn't recommend.

Service good staff polite, helpful, friendly Extremely average food and menu. Chips and sauces best bit. Chicken chewy, vegetarian options limited, poor portion sizes for the price. Very lack lustre.

Staff friendly as always and food is always very nice 👌

Great staff! Great food! Great prices! Happy days 😊 Value is fantastic too!

Good food which arrived promptly. Good range of items and deals to choose from

All went well ... no long wait for food

Great value food, friendly staff

Food is value for money and there is a good choice. We had a bit of an issue with the steak being rare rather than medium and Susan quickly rectified the situation and was very polite and helpful.

We go on a regular basis with our child when it's been one of those days we're we don't wish to cook but want filling food that's simple

Had a great meal with family. Staff very polite and helpful. Highly recommend to everyone for a meal here.

Twas very good tbf exceeded my expectations

Food excellent and at reasonable prices can be a little noisy at times as it is popular with families

The food was cooked to how I love it my congratulations to the kitchen staff and the serving staff were polite and very curtius and helpful. Will definitely be going back

First time been, excellent service, will be coming again.

The staff were professional but not overly friendly. The fish & garlic mash were cooked nicely however, there wasn't enough garlic in the potatoes & the green vegetables were rubbery. I asked for the tomato sauce to be served separately which they did. I'm glad I did as it tasted literally like seasoned tinned tomatoes. Ordered sweet potato fries on the side which were very tasty & perfectly cooked. For dessert, we shared the horseshoe iced donut with ice-cream & strawberries. Really enjoyed it although quite sweet. It was the perfect size for sharing as I usually struggle to finish a dessert

Easy to order food which is served very quickly by their very friendly staff , would definitely recommend

This was our 2nd visit within 6 days and I'm sorry to say we were both disappointed again tonight. The order came quite quickly after placing our order at our table, so we was expecting our food to be hot, but both meals were barely warm and didn't look very appertizing. It's such a shame as it's a great place with some lovely staff.

Amazing as always and Ashleigh is always so helpful and kind, will be returning very soon!

Staff all seemed stressed and miserable. All very standard...... Generic pub cuisine menu with a huge variety, very reasonable prices, daily deals and offers.

I have reserved a table for 12 people to have lunch yesterday. I made a request to an airy corner area where we can sit altogether. The lady showed us to the desired tables swiftly. Just waited a bit then our food came with big portion and were cooked nicely by Amy. Jason served us efficiently and was very friendly. We can even refill the hot drinks! In all we enjoyed our gathering very much and will definitely come again.

Brilliant place, lovely staff!❤️

Been here a lot of times and recently when we have been it’s not been a great experience. We had a man called Premal who slammed our drinks down and spilt them he was very rude. Food was lovely and most of the staff are. There is just a couple that are not very pleasant and can tell they don’t want to be there.

If you are looking for Filthy and disgusting place - You found it. Seats, carpets, tables.. Dirty! Utensils - the cheapest they could find in second hand market sale. Food.. 🤢 See for yourself. NEW burgers! New Yorker and some other one. Ordered both 13.49 yeach. £26 pounds total For two plates of chips, a bun with 1 chicken breast and a letuce leaf (video) and how can you even call a chicken breast with damn pasta between two toasts - A BURGER(picture) And the way they serve full english - is an embarrassment! Worst experience you can have in Rugby

Service was to quick, 3 meals steak, mixed grill and scampi should not be served within 5 minutes of ordering at the bar, I do believe this was preheated being a cook myself I know that a mixed grill and scampi with that being fish takes longer than 5 minutes to took, my advice you do investigation into your kitchen staff before customers come down with food poisoning, my guest that was with me had the scampi and was sick (NOT GOOD)

Great pub, usual Hungry Horse menu, good quality food and great value. Staff were all lovely as always. Information ref allergies for my granddaughter was readily available.

We had breakfast there, cooked to perfection by Jeremy, served quickly and efficiently by Jason and Pet. Overall, a great meal at a great price

First time in this pub what a pleasant surprise the staff were very friendly and helpful the value and quality of the breakfast was excellent 2 very satisfied customers

Were in Rugby fancied lunch so popped in the Steam Turbine had a lovely toasted cheese and ham toastie and a cappuccino which you get a mug and help yourself to as many refills that you want good parking and friendly staff

Fantastic food and atmosphere. Highly recommend this Hungry Horse. Great service from Jason and excellent food prepared by Amy

Never disappoints customer service and food always on point and great value too which is a bonus!

Very friendly staff, and very quick service. Great breakfast.

The heating wasn't on the it was very cold in the restaurant The staff weren't approachable & food was cold

Had a lovely meal for my sons birthday

Can’t fault this pub. The service is always top class, the food plentiful and well cooked. Can’t say anything bad about it. While it remains this way wouldn’t bother going anywhere else

Brilliant service from Amy, joe and terry. Wonderful food for a decent price 👌

Always friendly and helpful Highly recommended

Fabulous meals, lovely staff and a very cost effective place to eat.

Customer service is very good Jason top notch. I do enjoy his services every day.

Jason brill even got a smile 😬👍🏻

Excellent service from both Petra and Jason, went above and beyond to make sure we were fully catered too, and can’t forget to thank the chefs jez and Amy for cooking our great Sunday dinner! Hot and full of flavour 10/10 would recommend to everyone

Brilliant place and food, Jason is fantastic

Very good food and excellent value for money with good size portions aswell,very friendly service and jason the manager is only too happy to help

First time I had been here would highly recommend absolute all rounder to meet up with friends.

Great place to meet up with old friends and catch up on all the gossip!!

Come here every week lovely pub Great menu great choices of foods and drinks Great atmosphere very kind polite staff also very helpful good service. updated 10/1/2025 over the months and weeks of coming to the steam turbine for our lunchtime meals. The food has been great and also the staff are great really happy with our meals and kindness of Jason who goes up and beyond to make your welcome and comfortable wherever you are seated. thank you, Jason .

Regular customers here, we are always greeted with a smile and welcome from Jason, he always goes the extra mile, he’ll bring us a strawberry if they forget for our Prosecco s Nothing is ever a problem

Happy welcoming staff always chatty well known to the staff from all the times we go staff know out drinks order foods always good for money

Verry nice place lovely food recommend. The bar maid Natalie was very kind,she handled a stroppy customer professionally, and I made my mother and I laugh and feel welcome. Thank you all

Lovely end to our weekend with family...everyone satisfied with their food. Staff helpful and friendly ☺️

Christmas dinner was nice however not as nice as previous years. Felt they cheaped out on some items. And of course no big plate special.

The food was lovely and well cooked and the bar staff were very pleasant and helpful

We came for breakfast with Santa, we didn’t think there was enough food for one of my son’s 3 waffles and a few strawberries. The Santa that was there was a lady, she did come over to us and spoke to us but she went on about how she was in a school and it’s going to be busy this week coming. I’m not being rude but I don’t care I wanted a Santa experience and we didn’t get that

First visit, normally the royal horse, food was good, one steak was overcooked, but was re done, with no issues, and the staff were very happy and helpful.

Love the food staff friendly and helpful

Had an excellent time, the service was perfect - thank you Kieran for looking after my table tonight, it was a pleasure :)

6 of us went for meals 2 of us had burgers which were cremated other than that the meals were ok, dessert menu is a bit limited, good choice of drinks and staff are friendly enough and the pub has a good atmosphere.

Excellent meal, prompt service. Nathaniel particularly helpful but good

Lovely place to stop and eat, nice atmosphere and good value, Adam in particular was great, he was very friendly, helpful and great to chat to, would definitely recommend

Came for a meal the other day here, food was great and we were served by Adam who was very polite and provided excellent service! Will definitely be back!

Great experience and lovely place. All staff were lovely especially Adam

Popped in for a burger and a few drinks, was served by Adam mainly and I must say he was so funny and friendly! He is an asset to your team. The food was delicious and great value and the atmosphere was warm and welcoming. Can’t wait to come back for another giggle with Adam!

Fantastic night leaving party for Homebase the food was excellent and so was the service

Came to visit with my fiancé, the food was lovely, & the service/ staff was amazing! Adam in particular, he was very friendly, lovely and a delight to chat to, would definitely return in the future😁! Such a great atmosphere in the restaurant too!

I've been here before food is nearly always good. I have been a couple of times when it's not been great. Bar staff are lovely, always friendly and helpful

Petra and Jez run a great family pub. Food is good, delivered quickly and the staff are really friendly and accommodating. Recommend highly!

Stopped here on the way home Saturday 9th November, around 6:30pm. Hadn’t booked, tho getting a table wasn’t a problem. Told us there’s over half hour wait for food, however our food arrived sub 20 minutes. Very good portions and cooked perfectly. Best Hungry Horse we have visited. Thank you.

Kieran, is an exceptional waiter. He is always very hospitable and very friendly. He ensures his customers are well looked after during dining.

Nice friendly staff, good service, gets busy at peak times with people booking tables and waiting times for food takes longer