Needle & Awl in East Northamptonshire

Sharon was amazing and as attentive as ever.

Very good staff very welcoming every time we visit food excellent 😀 👍

As always, service with a smile and always good food nicely cooked and served! We’ve been coming back often since it opened in ‘97 and it’s always a pleasure to return.

Came in for tea on bank holiday Monday and what can I say the service was amazing as always Marie lauren Levi Luke harmony and Sharon. Food was pipping hot thanks Adam Malcolm and Brian. Big shout out to you guys too.

Came today for a bit of lunch with a friend, service was lovely and quick, everyone was polite and friendly. Lovely enviroment to be in and would happily come again :)

Lovely meal great service, Sharon was really friendly

Had lovely meal, excellence service from Sharon from when we arrived to when we left. Food was good and came in reasonable time despite being busy.

Great food and atmosphere and very polite staff especially James!

A lovely welcome from all the staff. Friendly atmosphere. The service was excellent. The food is very tasty, well presented and great value for money. The duty manager Kerry was very attentive, efficient, friendly and engaging. Well done and we will be back again very soon.

We had another lovely experience today. Easter lunch was just delicious and the service was excellent. We had Josh tend our table, a very helpful and polite lad!

Great pub.All staff friendly and food v good. James was good.Attentive. polite. Grilled salmon spicy rice mexican pasta and Korean BBQ sauce with white choc milkshake. Excellent.Enjoyed this meal. If wasn't T1Diabetic would try eat the apple berry crumble too...next time maybe. 😊♥️

Good value Sunday roast, super quick service from James and Josh!

Harmony, Elliot and Lauren served us and were very attentive checking up on us to ensure we were enjoying our food. These young people are clearly very hard working, and maintained friendly customer service throughout. They are a credit to your business. Well done to them. The food also was excellent, well presented, reasonably priced, good size portions and very tasty. Thank you for a very enjoyable evening- the meal was just what we needed.

I would definitely recommend this pub . Friendly staff and great food

quick service and massive credits to levi bringing 4 dishes out at once every-time.

Great service and excellent staff 👏

Came down as I do every week, always great service and staff are always friendly and very smiley and very chatty. Would definitely recommend coming down here even if it’s just for a drink or a family meal :)

Cone here quite a lot to enjoy drinks whether that's just myself or with friends all staff are lovely and very chatty. Wouldnt want to go any other pub.

Came in today to get some food with my pregnant wife. We were both starving so went for a English breakfast and a two for one burger deal. Had a wait to order but was greeted by a very friendly woman, we chatted about chef life as she had been in the kitchen the day before on a hard shift. She was so friendly and polite. Our food came quickly and looked good. The breakfast I ordered was wrong, asked for no beans extra egg, I got extra hash and bacon. The breakfast was pretty good apart from both of us having no mushrooms. Our burgers were a different story. I tried to eat mine but it was awful. My wife took a bite of hers and started heaving. I've never seen her do that before on a meal out and she loves a burger..it was full of fat and uncooked bacon and the burger was just awful no seasoning and looked barely cooked. As a chef I know how a decent burger should be and this was so far from acceptable. Sadly there was no place to email on the site to complain hence ive moved straight to a review. We were also not asked how our meal was but saw other tables being asked. So we just left sadly disappointed. We'll done to the staff though at f.o.h. who are so nice and friendly.

Very disappointed with the Sunday lunch, small portion, more like child's dinner.when it did arrive the beef was tough not edible, the rest of the food was cold. This is not the first time this has happened won't be eating here anymore.🤪

Good service and sharon was very helpful and polite highly recommended

Really nice food, very helpful and smiling staff members. I had a lovely breakfast, very good and helpful especially for us students who were able to get a 20% off discount. Would come back here again!!

Staff were very helpful, food was perfect, would definitely come again and recommend to a friend :)

Food was Good , Service was Good and Thankyou to Sophie for looking after us. We will definitely return.

Joshua was an amazing service and was very kind when we were asking questions, very mature!

Great food and service. Breakfast was cooked perfect and staff very friendly.

Food was yum, staff we’re lovely!

Came in with the family for a light bite and a few drinks! James is amazing!! Thanks for a good afternoon Love you leon and everybody! X

Fantastic service by Emily, brilliant food and brilliant atmosphere. Everyone was so friendly will definitely be back.

Always great service. Good choice of food.

If you're hungry like a horse then this is the place for you ! Good food reasonably priced. Had the Sunday roast mixed meats & chocolate brownies pudding, all Great ! Recommended.

My partner and I go to have our dinner at the Rushden Needle and Awl quite often but we've today gone to have our breakfast and Im overwhelmed with how polite, happy to help and lovely the girls were this Monday morning X 😀 THANKYOU GIRLS

Visited the Needle n Awl for a steak. Picked the 8oz rump with peppercorn sauce accompanied by a glass of Malbec. Elliott, Mandy, Lauren and Marilyn were in attendence and served me with the now familiar cheerful and enthusiastic demeanor. The Malbec was great as it's a favourite of mine and the rump steak was delicious. Without any gristle. Well done Needle and the staff

Very good food and staff was really nice

Steak was cooked perfectly. Good quick service.

Top notch all round , highly recommended. James , Elliot & George were outstanding. Will be back

Here all the time for food and it is always great, Charlotte our server was lovely as always.

Real chilled and played back experience food come out hot and fresh 10/10 would try again

Excellent service and was meet by George who was professional and showed us the menu and explained what was on offer. Excellent food and hot

Perfect, ,George and Elliot couldn't be more helpful. Service was quick, food was lush

Really enjoyed a last minute dinner here, food was very nice and well priced. Our server George was lovely and very friendly :-)

Absolutely amazing service, friendly staff, polite and attentive. Food was fresh hot and delicious will definitely come back. Atmosphere was fantastic, great banter from all staff

Great food, amazing deals every day of the week. Polite friendly staff with plenty of character building banter, deals on bottled drinks

Go in on a regular basis for food after working late. Staff are always friendly. Food is always very good and keenly priced. Atmosphere is friendly.

The manager, Elliott and James, all did a great job. Thoroughly enjoyed the food and was excellent value for money.

Friendly staff, quick service, food really well cooked!

Good food selection Prompt service Staff disinterested too busy to serve engaged in our conversation Chairs at table torn .. need to be removed Sticky tables Food was excellent Choice was excellent Worryingly fire exit doors chained and padlock in the middle of the day ?? let’s hope there’s not a fire. Poor service from staff need to be more engaging and attentive Disappointing visit Big sign up front door wait here to be seated Waited and waited no one came over need to remove sign and just say find yourself a seat !

Served by Elliot and the service and food was great 😃

Fab team super helpful, delicious food, hot and quick. James was fab, would highly recommend.

Even at manic times staff was amazing and got us seated promptly. Friendly staff and happy faces all the time!

Absolutely great experience as always. Seated by Lauren and served by James, both were so friendly and welcoming. All the staff are friendly and happy to help. Highly recommended 5*

Veey good service from James. Veey friendly and offered good dessert choice

Always friendly staff great atmosphere for a drink

Popped for dinner tonight ( Sunday) last minute , staff were very friendly throughout our visit, table and seats were clean, the 4 meals and desserts were all quick to arrive and were hot and tasty, and the staff cleared the table promptly and were keen to ensure we were well catered for. Good value for money and will visit again.

Great food and quick service by James

Staff friendly and helpful food was good

the staff were very accommodating very helpful and were very interactive with the people we were supporting, all food was brought out efficiently considering we was group of 20 plus thank you for making it a great experience for our young people too

a charming you lady, full of fun very efficient. Lauren is her name

Fab time. George is an angel and deserves a raise and to go home early from his shift every damn day. Food was lovely, service was fast and I have zero complaints 🥰

The food is great there is a good atmosphere and the staff are very friendly and helpful

Food is amazing and well worth the money. Great cocktails. Excellent service from George behind the bar. Lovely little find. Good atmosphere.

FOOD POISONING!! It is the 22nd of march 2025, Me and my girlfriend came here last night, it is now 24 hours later and I'm just getting over the Food Poisoning !! We went for the Friday BOGOF burger deal, usually when you order a burger on any other night between £10 and £13 it comes on a big plate, plenty of chips salad for garnish and well presented, but if you go for the BOGOF it comes out on a tiny little plate maybe a third of the chips you'd normally get and a small burger looking very sorry for itself, they basically slap £3 - £4 worth of food on a plate, so they can still make money on the BOGOF! I had the Texas toast sloppy joe, I went to pick it up and the bottom was wet mush loaded with Greece, and it was absolutely tasteless and disgusting!!, I pushed it away after one bite! that was the only thing I ate yesterday that was different to what my family and girlfriend ate, and everybody else is fine, 02:00 this morning I woke up with a banging headache, from their hot and cold sweats and vomiting all night!! Even my girlfriend said her burger was horrible and what she did eat of it kept repeating on her all night, I did complain but all I got was a pathetic ( oh I'm so sorry) I strongly advise everybody to stay away from this establishment, they've lost my custom indefinitely !!

Always amazing customer service and great quality food

George was top banana really happy with the service, great food. Some team 👌🏼

Amazing food & amazing staff with great atmosphere and very friendly!

liam was fantastic he was so polite and great service

Lovely food , great price and excellent front of house , thank you “Kelly” a credit to the establishment 🙌🏼

One of our group had the steak sizzler, it was a tough as an old boot! When we told the server, he said ' it's rump steak, they are all like that ' Not impressed! The chips were a bit naff as well In response to your reply; No, I did not ask to speak to the duty manager, what would they do, chew it up for me? As far as I'm concerned, anyone that works for you, represents you. If the server thought I should have spoken to the duty manager, he should have said so. Also, you could make it easier to reply when you ask a question in your response. The only way I could reply is to edit my original comment

Able to order on app easily, food and drinks came quickly. Foods was hot. Friendly staff.

Great place to visit! Good food, decent portions, lovely staff! Found our happy corner there and the staff were so friendly and helpful! Definitely recommend!!

James was lovely, great customer service, good food too! 🙂

One of the most satisfying lunch places I have been to. Food is cooked to perfection, cost is very reasonable and service is swift.

James and the rest of the staff were fantastic.

James was wonderful. Very polite, well presented and extremely friendly. Thanks James. PS give the bloke a pay rise

Had a very enjoyable lunch here. I was served by George its always a good start to your meal when your greated by friendly helpful staff. Food was good also tasty and hot.

Very nice pub and great service. Unfortunately the food wasn't good at all. Specially roasted beef was very chewy. Good atmosphere 👌

It was nice, only issue is the table near us were too loud

Friendly and clean. Great staff and food is awesome

Friendly staff, lovely fresh food, will definitely come back again

Very nice food loved the toast mac and cheese thing

We had a great meal for a birthday last night. Service was great.

Great food, staff were excellent didn't take long for food to be at the table and we all enjoy the night.

Always a great meal and service at The Needle and awl

Sammie - excellent service, very friendly Food- fast and hot

Truly enjoy spending time here. Staff are fabulous especially George and Callum who go up and beyond to make sure the customers happy. Lovely pub great drinks great location.

Booked a table on a loud and busy Saturday evening. Food took a little while to come out but that's to be expected and the staff were really friendly. Didn't realise but the gammon we ordered was missing the onion rings but we enjoyed everything anyway.

George and the rest of the team are brilliant and very friendly

Always great food plenty of it well cooked not really long wait and George is amazing attentive and kind and amusing

George was fantastic! Excellent customer service !!!

Marie, our awesome hoster made sure our every need was met and made our evening all the more enjoyable

Lovely family pub, A nice place to go for a spot of lunch with a great atmosphere,Kerry gave us amazing service! And was very friendly.

Brilliant customer service George.

Very friendly staff. Food very good and prompt service. Marie exceptional member of staff.

We are always very welcomed by the staff when we are in there. They remember our order and always serve us with a fantastic smile. It’s a very relaxed and comfortable place to spend an evening

Beautiful breakfast great service by Charlotte

My fav local restaurant! Very welcoming staff and great value food. I've lost count how many times I've visited in total (3 times this week, though!) and have never even been slightly disappointed with either the service or food.

Good for meeting up with friends or take advantage of one of the many offers nice staff.

Very lovely server Honey & the rest of the team. Always quick service and happy to help, still my favourite pub in Northamptonshire!

So much for a mix up sizzler! More like burnt mix up sizzler very disappointing, staff very despondent regarding expressing the disappointment in my meal!

Honey was such a lovely server, would recommend lovely atmosphere and service❤️❤️