Star Inn in Stafford

We visited for dinner there was 10 of us we were all very happy with the food and the atmosphere was so relaxed and friendly, toilets were spotless and smelt lovely, generally a lovely tradition pub with polite friendly staff

great place to go for lunch on a nice day right next to the canel perfect scenery the food is amazing and a huge selection of drinks staff are welcoming and helpful excellent service recommend to anyone

This spot was brilliant, great staff, great service couldn’t ask for anymore! The staff are lovely especially the landlady. Canal views are amazing and the best pint of Peroni I’ve had in a long time. Thank you to the star! I highly recommend!

This pub, what a great place to have a quiet drink on your own or with the family or even with friends. What a lovely bunch of staff and a great bar manager. The pub is a great place to mingle and a lovely place to enjoy a beer in the sun right with the lovely stone canal by your side. The location is brilliant can’t say anymore than that, watches the barges go past was the highlight of my day. The meals going past me looked lovely and I’ll be returning very soon. I first came to this pub in July and I now call myself a regular. Wouldn’t rather be at any pub in stone or staffordshire now I have visited this one.

Having visited this pub in the past we were very excited to bring our friends to enjoy the pub. We were very disappointed. The staff were not at all interested in serving us, the quality of the beers and the food was extremely poor. We shall not be coming again and will have no hesitation in informing others about our bad experience.

Great members of staff lovely family pub with great beer garden by canal excellent prices good range of draught and also bottle and spirits

Good atmosphere and service. Myself and partner had steak and it was lovely. The children throughly enjoyed their meals.

Star fantastic pints and Fantastic staff, excellent atmosphere. Would recommend for a drink or some food 👍👍. Great time

saturday night vibe , staff are welcoming and polite, very friendly, offers all around . food amazing very clean. will be visiting again

Excellent reception, excellent food and good variety of drinks. Service excellent. Great atmosphere. Will be returning in next couple of days.

Came in with my husband as we were walking along the canal, within 10 minutes of sitting down we realised this isn’t the place for us, there was people selling/taking drugs, bar staff was rude, tables were dirty, no food being served, I would avoid at all costs.

Lovely welcome. Really homely, warm with the open fires. Great beer. Food I have to say was delicious. Prices amazing for quality and quantity we got. Shall be visiting again very soon.

Fantastic pub, lovely food Sunday dinner was amazing would definitely go again and recommend to family and friends. Lovely atmosphere staff really nice and polite.

Tuesday evening me and my friend went here for a pint, the Guinness was great! After smelling the food, we decided to have a mix grill each, the food was amazing! Everything was done perfectly, the beef dripping sauce👌🏻 everything tasted fresh, best mix grill I’ve had in years, The service was great, everything was nice and clean. 100% definitely recommend!

Had food and drinks with my family Food was spot on, the new owners are absolutely lovely and we will be back soon 💖 The pubs atmosphere is relaxed and homely

First visit to the pub, staff friendly, warm atmosphere, food delicious, even got to see boat moving through the gate lock on canal outside. Wish the newowners every success in their venture. A lovely visit.

Visited today for Sunday dinner was really good, very nice staff, dog friendly 😊 and clean pub, would visit again

Visited today with parents and baby. The food were lovely, staff friendly and accomodating. The pub were nice and clean. I shall recommend to others and will return.

What a great pub in a lovely area. Called and had lunch and was so pleased with our meals, great service from the friendly staff and delicious food, even catering for my friend who is Gluten Free. On chatting to the staff, it appears its under new management, all I can say is keep up what your doing, it was a very enjoyable experience, ee will definately be calling again,thank you

Amazing family run pub with a friendly atmosphere, food was spot on,would definitely recommend ❤️ lovely service

Shame to see the pub quite this year on bonfire however the service was amazing and the food was banging ! 100% recommend to family with small children as they have a really good menu for the kids and little activity’s on the menu. Adult menu has so many choices with a wide range covering for all.

Great food had the best meal I have had in a long time tonight and I'm a very food fussy person, great atmosphere highly reccomend.

Great staff and lovely food, atmosphere was family friendly, good priced, female bar staff was very friendly

Very disappointed with the meal and service. My meal was clearly a microwaved ready meal as i found a piece of plastic at the bottom of the dish. The waitress brought a meal over and asked “Is this yours?”.We asked her what it was as she held the plate aloft. She replied I don’t know! Extremely overpriced and extremely disappointing. A pub in such a lovely setting should be able to achieve so much more. The management should seek advice from the other establishments in town who produce excellent food. i feel ripped off

Visited as a family at lunchtime. Staff polite and food were hot. We had 2 platters to share and ordered sides of fries, chips, and garlic bread. Thought price was reasonable. The 2-year-old in party enjoyed seeing the barges/longboat pass by.

We came here only to be met with some drunken women sat outside who were similar to Waynetta. Now, granted, we were using the carpark to nip to pick up a pizza across the road. Fair enough, I understand about patrons only, but it was around 5pm and carpark empty. 'Waynetta' was apparently sat with the owners who looked like they were enjoying her gob off (not the older chap. He looked embarrassed) A simple excuse me from the landlady would be sufficient, of course, which we'd have moved on problem solved. Definitely not the place to bring the family. By looking at the reviews, I'd say not a place to visit at all.

This is possibly the worst and most over priced ‘pub food’ I’ve ever had. Cheesy garlic bread untoasted and cold on one side, ribs, greasy and hardly any meat and chicken ‘wings’ that are like processed turkey drummers!!! At least the onion rings were hot...

There website claims to be open at 11am...we arrived at 11:30am waited around for half an hour and still didnt open. Tried to call the front desk a few times and no answer.

A great pub to have causal drinks in. Bradley makes you feel very welcome, and nothing is too much trouble. 100% recommend!

We visited the star and was met by a lovely lady behind the bar who was very helpful with the menu food was amazing we had burgers they were delicious, nice to watch the barges go by in a warm day will definitely be returning...

We come here when we stop in Stone on our narr. Staff are lovely, food is gorgeous and drinks great with a friendly atmosphere. Recommend the ultimate Southern Fried Chicken Burger- it’s superb!!!

Great pub atmosphere. The location of the pub is perfect. This establishment has everything going for it except the food. They could really draw in more people to dine if they had better food, which was very average. Definitely a great place to have a...

Another fab visit to the star. Friendly staff as always. Good choice of drinks and the new menu has alot more choice. Thanks again 🙂

Really loved our visit- we came to Stone on our narrowboat and stopped by for some food and drinks. The staff are so friendly and kind- absolutely lovely family. Will definitely be back- great drinks and delicious food piping hot, tasty and big portions. Haven’t...

We ordered our food, and it was served quickly! The Prawn Cocktail was awful, brown lettuce, tiny prawns runny sauce. I took it to the bar and asked for a refund, and to cancel the main courses the bat tender said, no worries, as if...

Not been to Stone for 20 yrs used this place all the time was a fabulous spot omg has it changed. Looks like it’s not been painted in that time went in for a few drinks barman was awful. Asked for a pint and gin...

The food was lovely, I really enjoyed my dinner, but ruined by the fact I ate it feeling so mad. We’ve just been charged over £9 for a nacho starter that was advertised as a generous portion for two people sharing. It came in the...

Good pub grub served by friendly and helpful staff. Looking g forward to the better weather and sitting by the canal thus summer. Good drinks selection and reasonably priced. Thanks for another enjoyable visit see you soon 😊

Great pub in stone. Burgers on the new menu are delicious. Friendly team and plenty of drinks to chose from. Decent beer garden when the weather is good 👍

Great pit stop when shopping in stone. Food is pub grub but served well. Staff friendly and good choice of drinks thanks again 🙂 this industry has had it tough so firm believer in supporting!

Terrible microwave food and service. Full of people just wanting a cheap drink and the behaviour of customers outside is appalling.

Another great visit to the star. Lovely pub by the canal. Fish and chips is delicious and good choice of ale on. Thanks again

If you want good service, clean tables , the correct meal and management who care what you think, try McDonalds, the last laugh was a salad served on a hot plate, Chefs response, i had no plates left ????

We had a lovely meal great atmosphere Vicki and the team are fantastic always offering wonderful service

Another fab visit to the star stone. Great pub grub with a wide range of drinks to choose from. Friendly helpful team 😊👍

Visited with friends for drinks. Great selection of gins. Welcoming from start to finish. My go to place for drinks when in stone visiting. Thanks for a lovely visit again 😊

This pub is right next to the canal so you can sit outside and watch the boats go by. I would say the food was average pub food bu still really enjoyed it.

Che pub triste…e che cibo scadente. La mia pie al microonde era molliccia e stomachevol. Il purè di patate non...

A quirky restaurant right by a lock at Stone. Friendly atmophere and helpful staff. I imagine it would be busy in the better weather being right by the canal. I had a tasty meal as did my two guests.

Went with my wife. Food was very nice, I had the steak and my wife had the lasagne both meals were very nice and I couldn't fault the staff they were very pleasant and polite We will be going again soon.

6 people and only three had their 1st choice of the main meal. It may have been early in the new year but it was a Saturday night and I would maybe expect a smaller menue in the week,but not Saturday. Disappointed not presented well,could...

Lovely little quirky pub by the canal.Pub has recently changed hands for the better may I add. Things have definitely improved since I was there in the summer. Friendly staff with great service. Food was delicious with some great specials available not your typical run...

Lovely little pub! Had our family festive lunch here. Food was delicious from the 3 course menu. Staff friendly and helpful nothing was top much trouble. Fab beer garden for the hotter weather and I hear they are having the patio 're done! Looking forward...

Having a Christmas meal, for a first time visit, with friends, which was considered by all of us as a place to try. The staff are really friendly and welcoming, the music was loud enough to hear without being intrusive, and the decor was a...

On our way through Stone we were looking for an afternoon snack and spotted this Marstons pub in a great location. Unfortunately, this is the first time a Marstons pub has disappointed us. We ordered the steak sandwiches (not much steak, but what there was...

Nice location. The canal activity is interesting to watch....but that's that. Grubby pub furniture & fittings. Bar flys holding court noisely . The scampi was poor quality. The ham egg and chips was nice enough. Don't ask for water...the staff look at you like you've...

Had a steak cooked rare at the Star in Stone today, more than half of it was totally inedible & in the end gave up trying to find any good bits because my jaw ached from trying to chew it. Told the bar staff who cleared the plates away that it was the worst steak I'd had in a long time. Nothing was done about it. I won't be returning. Very disappointing.

We visited on a sat was quite busy staff were very attentive nothing was too much trouble and the food was really good the meat and potato pie was huge and my partners gammon burger made a very good change from your normal burger would recommend a visit and will be returning

This is a great pub, in fantastic location and very welcoming. Last time we went there was 35 years ago! We went there twice this week with a group and could not have been better looked after. Good pub food/menu, with very friendy service. Will definitely return

We went here last year and enjoyed our meals so thought we would return when we were in the area again. The food was fine...good pub grub with friendly and helpful staff. Dog friendly too which is good for us. Good beers so no complaints!

Considering this is a Marstons Pub ( a brand I like) and is in a prime location this is a tired, scruffy, not particularly clean pub. Glasses left outside, tables not clean and the weekend lunchtime menu consists of a few sandwiches and jacket potatoes. All in all a massively underwhelming experience for a pub in a prime location. Marstons spend some money and get this place cleaned up and provide a better offering.

On a hot Sunday afternoon I went into this pub. The High St was lacking with eateries and this place was open. The tables inside were a bit dirty so I went out and managed to get a table. The food soon came. I ordered a Chicken and leek pie which was hot but lacked taste and flavouring. I had a few peas and carrots which were boiled to excess and lacked taste. I would not describe the gravy. I would not eat it again. The beer was fine with a decent choice. The location of this pub is great by a lock which was very busy and provided lots of entertainment. Pub is dog friendly. I would not rush back. Staff were good and friendly. For a pub in such a great location the food should be better. This was not the cheapest place I have been to.

Not been to the Star Inn for a long time but now wish we hadn’t. Disinterested overworked staff, scruffy interior and really poor quality food. Let’s hope poor reviews make management implement positive change as this pub has a great location.

This place always looked nice when I've driven past so thought we'd take a chance and have a drive out for some food on a lovely summer evening.

Ordered burger with chips and coleslaw, or so it said on the menu, arrived home and realised no slaw. Any how I read the reviews about the Star, and again I was doupped into to thinking that it was under new management, if it is the menu is still very plain. As a local, I live close to this pub, I think it right to tell folks that this is not the best place to eat, the alternative is wetherspoons, at least you are going to get what is on the menu. The local bar flys don't help either, they get served, with the odd nod, which leaves you standing asking for a drink that your not going to get, till your asked again, the pub is drab and is in need of a face lift. I shall not be wasting my time eating there again, its nice for a pint on a sunny day, sitting by the canal but that's it

It is pub food, not restaurant food, but good quality pub food and at a very reasonable price.

Stayed in Stone for one night & had dinner at The Star Inn, reasonably priced in between Wetherspoons & Granvilles. Had fish and chips, scampi & chips which were both nice, we would eat there again.

Having been several times to this establishment and never being rated highly in my eyes has on my most recent visit reached even lower depths in my eyes. I have been to some low class establishments but this is the first one where I have personally witnessed children seemingly allowed to run riot and too illegally allowed to play a one armed bandit machine. Now I may be wrong but I was always under the impression that you had to be at least 18 to play these machines but these particular individuals were 10 at the very most. Added to this a complete lack of management skills or customer service adds up to one awful place to visit.

lovely place and great food we went for a xmas meal for work... food was lovely .. staff and service was great /// cannot fault it

A sunny day sandwich lunch in the garden by the canal. Very friendly reception. Quality steak sandwich and cheese/pickle. Cold Moretti and pleasant Pino G. Plenty of parking. Always loved this pub.,

Nice pub by the canal, shame that they don’t serve food on a Sunday lunchtime! Called into today at 1 hoping for a nice sandwich and chips after a walk, only to be told that they’re not serving food.

Went here on a Sunday afternoon. Lovely young lady behind the bar, reasonably priced drinks and good food. Will definitely go here again.

We had lunch on Saturday. We had pulled pork nachos and soup. Food was good and the location is great, right next to a canal lock, but the soup portions weren't big and it wasn't cheap.

Only 1 ale on, and only lagers otherwise, poor service, overpriced, you could by 5 bottles of coke for the price of a half

Just visited today, the fire is on sat next to the window watching walkers down the canal, eating amazing food which there is an amazing menu for! And the two bar staff on are really nice and had a good joke with us too. Might have to make this a regular visit! Thank you guys!

Having walked along the very picturesque canal I called into the Star Inn for lunch. It’s a gorgeous building with a warren of rooms to sit in. The staff were friendly and very well trained and I had a tasty roast dinner. I was offered extra gravy when my meal arrived - always a good touch! The car park on Crown Street next door is free in the evenings and on Sundays, so there’s no excuse at all not to visit!

Went early on a Saturday, Not too busy. Lots of little rooms. Some with log fires. Classic old style pub

Called in while out shopping well worth it lovely veiw watching the boats go by staff very welcoming young lady food fresh and warm will ho again very soon

The staff are great,very friendly.Always visit this pub whenever i am in Stone.I love everything about this pub,it's location it's history'the food and drink.Will be back again at the end of December.

Great looking pub right on the canal. It has a great outside space to watch the boats too! Food is really good here and the drinks are very reasonable too. There is a large car park and a number of little rooms to get lost in! Worth a look.

I have visited here on many occasions whilst walking along the canal and had a pretty decent drink here. I had my first meal here and can't complain. I went on a Sunday lunchtime and the place wasn't too busy, so my meal, ( a steak sandwich), arrived quite promptly. The steak was well cooked and it came on a rustic bread. Okay, it wouldn't have won any prizes for presentation but hey!

Friendly staff and Monday steak meal deal! Well stoked bar. Kids meals available. Quirky pub, Guinness book of records entry!

Always have a nice meal here. Good service. Good food and its beer garden is the best in stone and perfect in the summer right next to the canal. Own car park which is now free. Husband loves the ale

Excellent service and great food. Chef, Sandra is a star, nothing is too much trouble.. Food is always presented well. Staff are attentive and always well presented.

I have called in this pub very often when passing through on my narrow boat. When It changed hands it looked as though it would continue as a nice watering hole.

This is an inn right beside the canal through Stone. Guess is that it has quite a history but most of the staff were under 30 and didnt know too much. Sit in the extension and watch the locks open and close with longboats pass by.. Notice how the husbands steer the boat and the wife heaves thelock gate open and close !!!

Great old fashioned pub with lots of levels, wood and slate. Friendly helpful staff. We had a satisfactory meal on Saturday night while be entertained by a local rock band...…..happy days.

Lovely, homely and traditional pub! Called in for a meal with the family when staying nearby.

This is a very old pub right by the side of the canal in Stone so we decided to try it out!

Our second time back after about 4 years. I ordered the fish and chips as did my daughter. Neither of us finished it. My daughter had the kids fish and chips and it looked as if it was from a packet. My fish had a very strong overpowering taste. My wife had the chicken tika without rice as they ran out of rice.

Went in on Sunday with my wife, son, brother and sister in law. Ordered drinks and I had a Guinness and I have to say the Star does do a good pint.

My wife and I visited for lunch on Saturday, we arrived just before opening, a friendly welcome and we were allowed to park and wonder around the farmers market before returning for an impromptu lunch.

Stopped in for a drink on a sunny day. The place was dark and dingy about smelly and sticky. My pint was flat , won't visit again.

Visited the Star Inn following an afternoon canal boat cruise. Reasonably priced tasty food served with a smile. A special thanks to Tyler for showing us how to do the Floss dance!

Great location, very picturesque. Party of 12, pre-ordered food to help kitchen with large order. All food was great other than steaks cooking preference. Sent back and next ones were perfect, no quibbles or issues. All the food was delicious. Chef did really well as we found out at end he was on own.

Unlike a lot of canal side pubs, the Star is easy to find on the outskirt of Stone. Plenty of parking.

Since my last visit nothing has changed,pub great,staff great,food and drink great.will be back again at the end of August,i'm sure nothing will have changed it is a lovely pub.

We have had variable food in the past but on this visit the food was excellent. We had three different meals from the Lite Bites menu and all were good. Staff were very pleasant and helpful.

Called in on our way back from Cbeebies Land at Alton Towers with our two-year-old and five-year-old girls. The lady serving at the bar was friendly, cheerful and helpful - she made us feel very welcome.

Came here for some food. After been quoted a 30min wait food arrived quite quickly. All the meals looked well prepared and were enjoyable. I asked for condiments but unfortunately they never materialised. Other than that it was a good meal.