The Anchor Inn in South Staffordshire

Cracking venue for a bite to eat and good pint. For starters I thought I'd sample the prawn cocktail and pleasantly surprised when it came out, this in itself is a meal then for main course I sampled the Lamb Shank complete with mash and veg which I thoroughly enjoyed. Well worth a visit folks and just to add the staff were brilliant and we did give a tip for all their hard work

Lovely food, and Nat's service was great

Nice place food was good I would go back again

Superb evening again always a pleasure to dine here. Nat our waitress was extremely attentive.

Love the food in the anchor. Been visiting for years. Unfortunately it is very cold and they give you blankets to put on your lap. Not sure why they can't put hearing on. The service last night was very slow.

Really nice place, staff wonderful and very attentive

Food and service was incredible, nat especially was very attentive and very friendly!

Excellent service and lovely food. Served by a lovely lady . Who also tended to fire well, kept us lovely and warm on this very cold day .

Fantastic pub and food. Sat looking over the canal. The manager and staff have always been welcoming when we visit. Even allowing us to park our car or camper overnight whole staying in our boat. This gives us an extra reason to pop in even if sometimes it's only for a drink or two.. great in the summer, too, with outdoor seating. Food is always great and of good quality. Lots of drinks to choose from . Decore could do with a bit of a tidy as in areas it’s showing, however still a modern looking venue. 3x fire places which are lovely in the winter. Very much recommend 👌

Not bad, but won't return for the price and food standard A group of 6 of us visited on New Years Day, and didn't have an experience that we had hoped before arrival. Food was slow to come out, we was there almost 3 hours for 2 courses (Mains & Deserts) to come out but half expected this given that it was New Years Day, and it appeared they didn't have many staff on. The mains we had we're OK, however one of the steaks did come out cold. Again the majority of the deserts were nice, however I am not sure what the Eton Mess is supposed to be (have linked a picture of this), we just couldn't eat that. Found our waiter to be very pleasant and all the staff were working hard, but the food let it down for us especially when you are paying over £15 per meal you expect a certain standard which wasn't met.

A very good welcome and attentive Staff - great food

Great food & service, lovely atmosphere!

We booked for a lunch, and it was a good job we did. It was busy, but this didn't affect service; it was extremely good. We had a great table, and the food was very good. We will definitely be back.

Excellent food and service, highly recommend

Food was rubbish no good cooks just teenagers in the kitchen who don’t know what they are doing

very welcoming , warm and homely with real fires and a lovely xmas atmosphere. Booked as a post xmas family get together. The whole team are welcoming and efficient a real focus on making it a positive experience, service really good, co-ordinated by Nat who was lovely and very service driven. Table perfect, not squashed (7 of us) . Shame that the menu was more limited than we would have liked because of xmas rush but we coped.

Great service and the food was lovely. Even though we didn’t book we were able to get a table straight away, the lady who served us Nat was super friendly and helpful! Would come again

Booked to come here to meet family we haven't seen for 2 years, this is our normal meeting spot and we've never been able to fault the place before however last night was atrocious. I will put our hands up that 2 of our guests were late as they thought the booking was 7pm which we apologised for. However when we went to order everything we named we were told they didnt have it, im not sure why the waitress didn't say to us when we went to order what they did or didn't have, there was no pizza dough, no pies, no steaks, no red pepper soup, overheard someone being told there were no prawns. Not sure what else there was or wasn't, then when it came to paying my mum had a gift card which she asked for £120 to be taken off, the waiter took the full amount from the gift card and then just stared at us. Unfortunately we'll be finding a new meeting place going forward which is a shame as it used to be and could go back to being a lovely pub I must say the food we had was nice.

We had a really good time. Great food and amazing service. 👍🏻👍🏻😋

Fantastic food. Great service. Polite staff and Lovely atmosphere 10/10.

Christmas Dinner at The Anchor Inn, in Coven, wonderful food, more than generous servings, service with a smile and a Christmasy atmosphere. We couldn’t have asked for more. Thank you x

Lovely Boxing Day lunch and our server Aiden was brilliant!

Absolutely excellent food and service on Christmas day 2024 from Mike and Team Anchor! Will definitely be back!!

Wow,lovely Christmas lunch Mike,Beth and all the rest of the fab team at the Anchor u did us proud. Thank you all.

Great Christmas Day lunch at The Anchor! Couldn’t recommend it more! Xxx

Excellent service Excellent food very friendly staff.

Great Christmas again. Second year here and loved it.

Outstanding meal, Vicky our server was so friendly, couldn’t fault anything.

Lovely food and efficient service.

Food ok but a bit expensive service was a bit slow

Fabulous meal! Our server Nat was amazing! Very professional and friendly!

Great first visit here for our work Xmas meal, thank you for your lovely service Nat.

Great service from Nat, will be coming back

Food was amazing and had great friendly service from Nat!

Lovely festive atmosphere. The staff very welcoming, friendly, and attentive. 5* definitely will be visiting again .

Really nice pub and fantastic service, Nat was great!

Amazing food. All delivered by an equally amazing server,Nat

Elf Nat and Vic' made us feel so at home. Excellent service, wonderful atmosphere and food. Made our Christmas fantastic! Well done Elf Nat, Vic and Santa! 😀

Lovely meal and really nice atmosphere was served by a very friendly and helpful lady called Nat looking forward to coming back

Poor quality food long waits wasn't very busy wouldn't recommend to any one won't be going back food was only just about warm

Great food lovely atmosphere. The service was brilliant

Had a work Christmas lunch here. Served by Nat. Food and service were great.

Nat was fab, great food and service

We were a large group for a company Christmas meal. Service was excellent.

Lovely service from Nat! Great tasting food quick service

We visited here for our works Xmas lunch. The whole experience from start to finish was great. Really helpful staff, great service in particular from Mike and his team who couldn’t do enough for us. We ordered from both the standard and the festive menu and the food was fantastic. Would highly recommend and will definitely be visiting again. Thank you all so much and Merry Christmas ☺️

Lovely atmosphere and wonderful service. Nat was approachable, kind, professional and just all round lovely. Had a lovely Sunday evening.

Server Natalie attentive and roast trio delicious

Came for Sunday lunch today in the dog friendly area with our pooch Annie, fires lit, so made it feel really cosy. Our server Nat was really attentive to both me and my husband but our dog Annie too giving her dog treats and providing a water bowl. We both had Sunday Trio and thoroughly enjoyed the roast 🙂

Fantastic customer service from Nat. Nothing was too much trouble for her. Great food .

We had Sunday lunch. The food was very good. We did have to wait for the food, but Nat our server explained what the problem was.

Amazing food and fantastic customer service from Nat! Thank you for making our evening so special x

Lovely pub! I am doing a craft fair stall today. Here until 5pm. X

Visited today 07/12. Party of 7 with a well behaved "Charlie" dog. Couldn't fault anything at all. Seated in a lovely area near the fire, service was faultless, lovely food and great portions, and treats for the dog too. Party had a range of things from the menu, from beef brisket sandwich and fries to roast turkey dinner with all the trimmings, and everyone was really pleased with everything. Staff were lovely, friendly, and a real credit to you. Will definitely be back and would recommend to anyone wanting a real gem!

Had a wonderful day as a seller at the Anchor Inn Christmas Market, Mike and the team and so lovely, felt so welcome. Had lunch from the Bar Snack menu, absolutely delicious and really good price. We definitely be coming back again. A real gem!

Beautiful pub Lovely food, great range of drinks. Warm and homely atmosphere

Lovely cosy atmosphere on a damp December day. Fires going and friendly service from Nat and Beth. Food hit the spot for lunch.

Always enjoy visiting this pub. It is a pleasure....the setting....the atmosphere....the staff....the food and the service is top notch!!!!

Great meal and fantastic service.

Great sunday roast. Hot and delicious!

From when I walked in the door,I,we,were ignored.we had table booked for 8. We had wrong table,broken chair,heard shouting from kitchen. One of our party ordered prawn cocktail,she asked why no avocado in it,waiter got one ,literally in a dish. There was virtually no 'roast,meat type food available, no garlic bread, no veg only what was with chosen meal,veg was hard and cold. When one of my party went to bar for drink she was told to sit down,she was busy!!!!! Fire went out so, as it says on the sign,we asked the waitress to relight, sgr says no as it won't go out before they closed at 9.30, it was 8.30 and we were cold. A waiter had different tale,he said they had no coal outside. We saw a table of 4 served hot Sunday roast style meals,though ' it was not available ' we were told we could only sit at table until 9.30 and then we'd have to move to bar area! There was no 'honeycomb dome' the one pud that we wanted so we ordered coffee as it came with mini flapjacks.....wrong! Waiter had no idea he said I've got a pack of biscuits and brought a large pk of biscoff and gave us two each. My coffee was cold. Overall we were absolutely gobsmacked, such appalling service, they actually said NO 8 times to 8 different questions or requests. I genuinely felt there was a bad atmosphere in the kitchen? Either way I, no we, all 8 of us, will not go there again.

First time the chicken was undercooked and today the beef on the Sunday roast was a lump of fat and the food was only luke warm. I really can't understand why cooks can't manage to serve hot food. Doubt we'll return

Really nice place, great service and even better food.

Good clean pub, great atmosphere, friendly staff and good food

Staff were attentive and really freindly and efficient

A family celebration and we were treated very well. A lovely time and the staff were very helpful. However, it was very busy at the time.

Top notch service. We felt very welcome and looked after. Thank you Nat and Vic.

Great food and amazing service in a great atmosphere. Rob, Nat & Vic all looked after us during our visit. Thanks all.

Nice homely pub nicely decorated open fire lends it self to the ambiance of the Anchor pub

Great tasty food, very filling. Not great options for gluten free allergies though.

Hopeless, need a complete refurbishment and today no kitchen so no food

Ate here the other day food was very good, I have to have gluten free food and this was no problem the waitress serving me gave me all the information I needed on a tablet she just put what I couldn't have then all the food that was OK for me came up and I just chose of that, by the way I had chicken penang curry, lovely, thankyou for all the help provided, I will definitely be bck

Nat & Nelly that served us were very polite and friendly. The food was perfect. Will be returning again!!

It was lovely, meal out with my wife, top quality. Natalie was lovely when taking orders and serving, thanks! 👍👍

Nice food, lovely atmosphere. Great service from Nat - thanks.

Stylish place, with nice exposed beams and a real fire. The food was delicious, about average prices for this kind of place. Selection of lagers, and a couple of keg beers. Lovely location right next to the canal. Service was good, staff polite and pleasant.

Amazing meal! Bethany was amazing, super attentive and really friendly :)

Lovely place and food, really enjoyed ourselves and Bethany was very helpful and polite

Great service from Nat. The food was delicious 😋

We dine here often and as usual I could not make up my mind so I asked the waitress what I should order and she recommended the pie, which was very delicious. My partner had steak which he also enjoyed. Very cosy pub especially with the fires burning. Bethany was very attentive and friendly.

The situation is lovely, the bustling atmosphere and the warmth of solid fuel fires makes for a cosy evening. The serving staff are also friendly and in good supply The signature melted camembert starter unfortunately lacked any advertised honey ginger or apricot. The sea bass was good but the chicken Penang curry was over-microwaved and the rice was sticky too the point of being fused together. The mini fruit crumble was the most convincing dish of the evening.

Went for lunch today disappointed only one vegetarian option for my friend and they didn't have any she ended up with mushrooms plus my fish finger sandwich very bland . I love this pub but think there should be more options for lunch plus more vegetarian options very poor and expensive. Won't be eating here again I'm afraid.

Service time terrible they did take £15 off the bill.

We didn't have food only a drink in the bar area. Which was beautiful open fire burning and comfy seats. Will definitely be going again

Friendly pub, able to get a table on a saturday

Nat was super friendly service was great

Brilliant food welcome snd service reasonable price too

Always greeted with friendly staff from the moment you approach the bar. Me and my work colleagues have been coming for years and it is all down the the amazing staff!

Slightly disappointed to find out we would have to wait an hour for our food even though we had booked. However the food was absolutely amazing as always and worth waiting for! Plus the drinks were great. The manager came over to tell us he had taken money off our bill completely unprompted which was a nice surprise. We love it here and will be back even more! Another fantastic visit, delicious food as always

Bethany served us. Always so lovely and kind, nothing too much trouble. Thank you.

Good menu wide selection. The food was enjoyable along with the atmosphere.

stopped overnight on camper and had a meal

Bethany was fantastic as a server, served well our table and all the others and at the dinner rush!

Great service from our waiter Natalie and the food was lovely for a few bar snacks.

Nat provided some of the best customer service I have ever experienced, extremely polite and approachable. She shared plenty of laugh with myself and my friends. We will definitely be back.

Nat was exceptional tended to our every need. Ensured we had all that we needed, service was exceptional

Visited the Inn yesterday with 2 university friends. We last went there in 1980! Pub has nice exterior appearance in a semi rural area. Interior decor is pleasantly 'kitchen farmhouse' feel, with plenty of seating. Menu was pretty standard for this type of pub but was served quickly and was pretty good. Prices about what you'd expect to pay. Best thing about the pub? The staff! Nat, our waitress was attentive but never pushy. Very friendly and got our orders 100% right first time! We chatted to Steve, who it turned out had been there when we visited it all those years ago! He too was very friendly. Nat & Steve make it very easy to give 5 out of 5 stars for friendliness, welcoming and creating a great atmosphere! 100% recommended and we'd be happy to visit again!

We used to visit the Anchor in the late 1970s as students. We went back today to see what it was like now and found Steve and Natalie to be extremely friendly, helpful and welcoming. The food and service were excellent and we left as very happy customers.

Visited midweek. Fantastic food. Didn’t have to wait long at all. Lovely place, on the side of the canal. The pub has a couple of log fires burning away. Fantastic. Dog friendly. 👍 Will visit again.

from the moment myself and my wife walked in Nat was excellent , this is what customer service is , your so lucky to be having this lady working at your establishment , highest score, look after her .