Stag's leap in Cannock Chase

Went to this pub last night with friends and ordered 2 x Hunter Chickens, Mac and Cheese and Steak & Ale Pie. The Steak & Ale Pie was not fit to eat,the pastry could not be cut and the meat was overcooked, overall very poor.A waitress was called over and took the meal away then a senior colleague can over and confirmed it should not have been severed.Another meal was selected and ordered and came within 10 min by that time the other three meals were eaten so had to eat alone,it a good experience.Although we received an apology, no compensation was offered as a gesture of good will.The older three meals and the replacement for the pie meal were satisfactory.

Love the choices on new menue, especially the chicken & ribs platter. Staff always greet with a smile and hello, special mention for Sarah & Ryan who are always welcoming and nothing is to much trouble. Will be back soon. Dawn & Tim

After waiting ages for our food it finally arrived and it was absolutely disgusting. Will never use this pub again. Save your money.

Cheap and cheerful, food was great value for money. Easy service ordering from the table.

Annoying to have to order on the app when there was 8 of us.

I am a bit late to post this review, as I came here some time ago, but I can honestly say I have had the best vegan burger ever. I am not vegan and wouldn't normally go for a vegan burger. I have tried vegan burgers in other places and nothing even compared. My partner had a chicken burger and it looked amazing. Service was very good, friendly staff, lovely atmosphere and beautiful surroundings.

Our first visit a few months ago was wonderful, however I do not know what’s happened to this pub today. Food was dire! Dried up, tiny portion, and what was served did not match the menu description. Jacket potato destined as being served with a lovely salad consisting of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, quinoa, brown rice, edamame beans, red pepper with French dressing. What we received was wilting lettuce, red onion and two wedges of tomato. That’s it, nothing else.

Food was excellent but the service was very slow, wasn’t too much of an issue though as the atmosphere was very good and was with family so lots to talk about

We booked a late table as we had to grab dinner after my daughter's show and the staff couldn't be more accommodating. Everyone was so lovely and helpful, managing to order our food at 9pm and when it came out it was all delicious. You even managed to order and serve dessert after 9pm - of which we're really grateful. Such good value, amazing service and delicious food - we'll be back very soon!

Brilliant evening out. Food was lovely and the Staff friendly!

Excellent Friday evening spent in The Stag’s Leap with good food and great pub quiz.

I had to try the chicken feast from the new menu (it was HUGE!), and we also had the meat pizza and the old favourite fish n chips. Generous portions and everything was very tasty. Nice relaxed atmosphere, highly recommended

Always a fantastic service at the Stags! Food is great, service from the staff, especially Jess, Melissa and Gemma is fantastic. Thanks guys!

Jess, Gem and Mel were very lovely and made the evening a lovely occasion.

Melissa and Jess provided a fantastic service today 9/4/25 Always happy and smiling

Jess was brilliant. Helped out so much. Thank you xx

Great family pub. Couple of guys in for a few beers on a friday and it was class. Clean, great beer, pool table, dart board. Spot on, thanks to Gemma

The staff are always very welcoming, especially Gemma. The food is great too.

Another fabulous meal at The Stags Leap. Polite and friendly staff always give a very warm welcome, especially Gemma who always goes out of her way to ensure everybody is happy. The atmosphere is family friendly. The quiz is incredible and good fun for the whole family.

Great service and really friendly staff, served by Gemma and Tom, love the quiz to 😊

Great bar staff. Sarah always makes sure the pedigree is poored well and is very helpful and friendly great service

Food was amazing staff very attentive Sarah and chloe lovely and friendly

Wonderful and helpful staff Sarah and Chloe

Showed up for some drinks and light food and the staff was lovely and the food came out fast, piping hot and great quality for money .. thankyou to sarah, chloe and the chefs

Gemma served me today, great service and very attentive. Thank you, I’ll be back.

All staff Ryan, Sarah and Jess arevso friendly and always happy to help, as qe are regular customers every thursday they always know exactly what we order every week and are so pleasant always with smiles on their faces. Nothings too much trouble for them.

Second time I’ve been there with my cat, we sat outside and had a few pints and a cocktail and it was lovely. the service was fast, didn’t have to wait too long for the drinks and me and my partner also had a hot dog pizza. My partner loves pizza, I on the other hand am not a big fan of it, I have one maybe like twice a year. The pizza I had was so delicious, I’d honestly have 5 more. Definitely recommend! x

Been to the stags leap this afternoon I had the mixed grill it was delicious. Both Ryan and Sarah were great hosts they catered for all our needs we will be returning

Was served today by Sarah and Rayan, very nice and polite. The beer garden looked amazing

Come here regularly. LOVELY 😍 STAFF..would recommend highly

Ryan and Sarah made us feel welcome and comfortable, 5* food and service as always

Visit often, service always great. Ryan, Sarah and Jess are always friendly and great to have a chat with

Great service from start to finish, food was hot and very nice. Staff were very nice and friendly Jess, Ryan and Sarah

First class service of staff Sarah And Ryan lovely pint of pedigree 🍺🍺

Excellent table service. Friendly, welcoming atmosphere and attentive staff. Sarah quickly sorted a confusion out (that was our mistake) and handled the situation with professionalism and dignity. Ryan kindly offered to bring our drinks to the table to save our meals getting cold. The food was lovely too - compliments to the Chef also! A clean, organised and hospitable pub. We will return!!

I love coming to The stags Leap on our only night off. Staff are very friendly, knowledgeable and always ask about allergens. Ryan and Sarah have served us in the last few weeks.

We were served by Ryan who was very helpful and professional. Both him and Sarah were on shift and sarah served our meals. We enjoyed our meals and will certainly be returning.

A delightful evening with friends made better by quality of service

Nice venue for a drink and something to eat

First visit to the stags for a long time. Food was lovely and friendly staff.

Enjoyed a really pleasant Friday evening with friends. Great food followed by a few drinks and a fun pub quiz. Welcoming atmosphere with friendly staff. Highly recommended, book a table before you go.

Very fast and friendly service. Good price. Staff amazing

The review is on the price of a dash of Pepsi to go with a spirit £1.90 for a dash that is outrageous! I work in the hospitality industry myself and understand costings but I’m am actually shocked at this. The staff were polite and professional as always, the pub was lovely and clean as always, but when the person serving you just nods slowly when you question if that is correct price you can tell even they don’t agree.

The pub itself was very busy due to there being a kids disco prior, however, the pub was clean and staff were really efficient. We was a table of 9 and food was served relatively quickly and was to a high standard. Kayleigh served us and was fab, she was polite and attentive!

Always a great value for money meal, staff always friendly. Real nice pub 👍🏻

Brilliant birthday meal with great service, food and atmosphere. Sarah, Ryan and the team couldnt have been more helpful. We had burgers, curries and gammon, all cooked well and served within a short time of ordering. Played pool and darts after dinner, enjoyed a birthday cake and even ordered a couple of sausages for the dog. Highly recommended birthday venue, thank you :)

Service was efficient, food was good and good value.

First class customer service from Ryan & Sarah. Food excellent, Pedigree first class

Love going here food lovely specially the Sunday dinners they are big nice and hot nice friendly staff,it's good for families too,good choices of food.

In one word, rubbish. Food was surprisingly expensive and even more surprisingly bland. Worthy of no merit.

Service with a smile from the moment myself and my partner entered the pub... Special shout out goes to the lovely young lady (I believe she is called Chloe) who battled her technological difficulties within the online booking system when checking people in. She had to write it all down the old fashioned way to ensure the level of standard was maintained... And super friendly too This is the first time I've been back since they revamped the menu and I can hand on heart say that I'll be back again

Cosy pub with nice atmosphere. The staff are lovely and polite and efficient. The meal however leaves a lot to be desired. I had the turkey roast dinner which arrived fairly quickly, I would compare it to school dinners - mass produced and tasteless, although to be fair the turkey was cooked perfectly and plentiful. The Yorkshire pudding however was inedible, couldn’t get a knife through it, the carrots undercooked, creamed potatoes sloppy and the ‘pig in blanket’ was unappealing. It’s fortunate we had vouchers as I wouldn’t have paid nearly £16 for this meal. I

Lovely staff, friendly atmosphere, quick service, good quality food and an overall nice clean public house to eat in, will defiantly return when in the area.

We come here quite a lot but today Jess went above and beyond. My little left saying “I’m going to miss Jess, she was soooooo nice to me” a credit to the business! Lovely food as always ☺️

We had a lovely family meal at the Stag’s Leap, all of the staff were so friendly, the kids enjoyed playing on the pool table and all the food was fantastic.

Really friendly and attentive staff. Lovely food and nice atmosphere

went to order and the staff was extremely rude by bringing us the wrong drink which they said was there fault and continued to laugh at my down syndrome friend which then caused her to feel insecure and intimidated no one should have to experience this EVER asked for shift lead got told no not happy about this at all if im correct the girls name was faith ordered chips and was very cold and felt like they had been sat for a while never been here before not happy and wont be returning!!!!!!

Absolute rubbish . Firstly, half a pint of foam on my beer. ‘Once you leave the bar’ you can’t get it topped up properly apparently. What I got was leftover dried food on a dried plate. Inedible, Congealed ‘red cabbage’. Three, tiny, hard, ‘roast potatoes’ from the bottom of the bag. Three wafer thin slices of Beef Burnt end. very small, and covered in gravy to hide the fact. And slices of carrot so small from the pointed end, not whole like on the table advertising leaflet, that I could see through them, yet were hard as bullets too ! A Classic end of the last serving, bottom of the hot hostess trolley on a hot plate. Or all the stuff left from the last sitting, bunged on a plate for a lonr diner, who they thought wouldn’t complain. No, I won’t be coming back and say avoid like the plague.

Well food was a joke spent a lot of money here and food came out cold and not what was on the menu Sunday roast beef cold mash warm veg could break your teeth it’s that under cooked stuffing well thought it was a piece of moldy cheese it certainly wernt round yorkies as flat as a witch’s tit and no roast potatoes sorry but me and the family will not be coming back here a joke And to top it off give me this as if they are going to except this

It took 2 hours for the food however The food sizes for the cost is day light robbery the eggs you could use as a rubber and the hunters chicken was dry and burnt the chips tasted charcoal the only good thing was the burger we shall not be coming back piss take for service

The meal was nice but did seem a bit Iceland frozen meal. We all eat our food and enjoyed the night used a Blue light card to get 20% off feel it would've been expensive if we didn't?

Welcoming arrival, seated promptly even with no booking. Food was really good and great value for money, didn’t take ages to come out. Overall great and will be back!

Fabulous food and wonderful service

Food was fantastic and filling, staff were friendly and extremely helpful. A wonderful experience overall.

The service and the staff are exceptionally friendly and helpful. I don't think I can really fault them. The price of the food is good for a chain that delivers filling pub grub and there is always a place for that. The food is not of high quality nor is it exceptionally well cooked. I come to te Stags leap a it is accessible for my elderly mother and she understands what she is going to get. The ability to offer her small portions is great... Whilst this seems like a negative comment in some ways - I think this pub has a great place in Rugeley and is the type of pub you can afford to eat in with out it breaking the bank... It is only minorly let down by the food.... the roast beef was tough and the roast potatoes were over powered by the herbs.. Teh gravy had little flavour. I have had soup there before and it was minute and tasteless

Had hunters chicken over cooked dry looked tastad as if cooked yesterday never again . Think chef needs microwave refresher course shame staff and place very nice . NEVER AGAIN

Lovely staff and child friendly. Bit far for a local as I left Rugeley. But I visit family and friends and it's our go to restaurant.

Nice clean place, food arrived quickly and was very nice. Staff friendly.

Go here all the time, food is really good and is modern inside. Not overpriced either so good if you don't want to spend too much

Great food and great service from the friendly team! Nothing was too much for them! Had the steak deal and was cooked too perfection

Food cooked fresh and absolutely beautiful. The best pub meal we have had in a long time.

Always pleasant and knowledgeable staff

Breakfast with santa. Excellent

Friendly staff, nice and clean. The drinks are too expensive and the quality of the food does not warrant the price. I think if the pub cut its prices on food and drink it would be busy all the time as it is in a decent location.

Very Friendly very polite fantastic service

Lovely experience and brilliant staff

Such a lovely place to celebrate Christmas with friends. Great atmosphere, service was perfect and the food was beautiful.

Excellent pub fantastic staff good food and a great atmosphere!

Christmas market great start to events at the pub! Keep going rome wasn't built in a day! Thanks for having us

Met friends for a pre-booked three course Christmas meal on Tuesday night and we all thought the food was delicious and excellent value. Fabulous service and helpful, friendly staff. We meet up every couple of months as this pub is a half way point. Ryan, Sarah and Melissa always look after us which is why we keep returning. Thanks for a lovely evening.

The staff were not hospitable and we found them rude. We were not told about a wait when we ordered, but had to wait 45 minutes+ for our food! Food came out cold, and my daughter’s chicken nuggets were burnt to the point she couldn’t eat them as they were so dry!

The service was friendly, the food was delicious. Had a wonderful Christmas menu really enjoyed ourselves

very good great food and service also for a ist time in a good while a great feeling of seeing people having a good time

Well done to the staff and kitchen chefs. 12 individual orders all placed separately for the same table. The meals were excellent and all came out at the same time

Lee looked after us for the start. Good pub food followed by good service. Steaks were spot on and cooked perfect. Good value for money too. We will be back thank you

Ordered fish and chips the batter on the fish was overcooked and inedible orded wine red Shiraz it was too warm and tasted awful I did complain to the young lady But she wasn't interested

Food was delicious and arrived to our table on time, staff gave my nieces colouring book and crayons to keep them busy and the staff were very friendly to us all whilst we were there.

The pub looks a lot more welcoming and the new decor is lovely the staff were very wellcoming Our food came out quickly and tasted very nice There was a five minute check to see if everything was ok and glasses and plates cleared when finished Overall a good experience and will defiantly be returning to sample more of the menu

Lovely staff and good pub food with excellent service. The pub garden and the interior are high standard and we have always been made to feel really welcome

The staff and the food was just amazing, such a friendly atmosphere for adults and children!☺️ highly recommend!

Lovely pub with a nice garden and great staff

Dinner was a bit of a mixed bag. The roast beef was actually very good as was the yorkshire pudding however the vegetables were horrible and my overpriced glass of wine had cork in it.

Friendly staff and good food and service

Nice food, but portions on the small side

Poor quality of food Undercooked vegetables Avoid !

Nearly £7 for a beer in a chain pub. Dirty floors. Tables were sticky. Window ledges were sticky and dirty. No chalk for the £1.50 a game pool table.

Smells like weed in here. Didn’t feel good so left.

As usual, everything was good,and upto their usual high standards

The food was excellent and have never waited long for it. Staff couldn’t be any nicer and helpful, they really make your visit enjoyable. Will definitely keep going back

We visited as a wedding party and received a wonderful reception from the staff who couldn’t do enough for us. All the meals we ordered were cooked perfectly and we really couldn’t fault a thing. The portions are generous and well priced. We were able to decorate our table with wedding items and we all had a great time. We will certainly visit here again with the family. A big Thank You to all the staff who made this an enjoyable experience.