The Blacksmiths in Charnwood

To put it quite bluntly One very rude individual member of staff Very unwelcoming atmosphere (full of traveler’s) Served a pint of Guinness in a plastic cup, with out even asking if that would be ok (hard to understand as bar wasn’t overly busy) Left as group as everyone felt uncomfortable and spent our money elsewhere

Popped in for Sunday Dinner absolutely fantastic. Tasted great and very good value for money. Would highly recommend!

Been there a few times to watch sport - mainly rugby. It is definitely a lot nicer than previously but the service is shocking. They only have one pulled ale (Landlord) and twice they have run out! Went tonight for England vs SA Rugby and there were only two lads serving on the bar. Took me 20 minutes to get a couple of beers. Could be a great venue but not until they get some staff on the bar

The pub itself inside is really nice and i enjoy the vibe but prices are high 'cheapest pint is £4.50, you can get for £3 elsewhere' for Loughborough and not only that we had a table there for a couple of hours with nothing to say we can't then got kicked off it with no other tables to sit at because someone had reserved if they told us earlier would of been fine but we had to find somewhere else.

Just had Sunday lunch… excellent food.. freshly cooked.. will visit again…

Had a beef sunday roast, bloody luvley!!, not had a sunday dinner like that for years!!, will have another soon👍🏻

Much improved since it reopened.

Food was fresh and full of flavour Cocktails where spot on best around for miles

Not impressed by the prices 😕. £5.40 a pint for average beers and Wine ridiculously expensive. Prosecco simply extortionate and I'd never revisit given the fact that students discounts seem to be splashed over all the menus. Try looking after the locals before giving discounts to people who aren't even back til October.

We were a large group of friends and family and the menu had something for everyone. The staff were attentive and made sure our meals were all good. the food was fantastic. Everyone enjoyed their food. I had the vegetarian roast dinner option and it was fab. All the vegetables were cooked to perfection. I heard later that it was just one chef that did all our food. Well I hope he gets to read this because he deserves a pay raise! Will definitely be returning soon.

Myself and around another 20 people went today for Sunday dinner. A short and simple review. The food was EXCELLENT!! Had the roast beef and the meat was cooked perfectly, with all the trimmings done to perfection. I’m a bit of a Sunday lunch snob, and I wouldn’t have changed a thing. Will 100% be going again, and highly recommended to anyone looking for a cool place to go to on a Sunday, with the added bonus of kick ass food!

Not eaten here just pop in for a drink.

Be very careful when you pay by card in this place and make sure you get a receipt. I visited the place for Englands semi final and have some very strange transactions on my cards A fat pink haired thing also took my full pint and half away whilst I was in the toilet which added insult to the dodgy pricing

Not long re-opened after an extensive refurb. Nice place to have a pint with friends. Worth a visit.

Food was late 1 person got there 2hrs late and food was cold no refund or apology manger did nothing poor

Service was really bad had to wait 1h and a half for my food to come

What a smashing pub in Loughborough. Used to drink there when I was a lot younger, and studying at RNIB Vocational College. Went for a visit last year and it was awesome. Great friendly staff and friendly customers. Spoke to a few and had a laugh with them. Lovely refurb by the way. I will be returning later this year with my buddy, Lee. Best Wishes for 2024. Nigel from Stourport Worcestershire

Me and my son popped in for an early dinner as he’s only young l, the pub was quiet so we hoped for quick service … but I was wrong we were sat at a sticky messy table the servers were rude and the manager ( I think he was called mark) was very rude to us… we didn’t even finish our meals as I felt to uncomfortable being stared at before we payed and left

I think this place has been taken over recently. Staff were rude and the place felt incredibly sticky

Popped in for a late drink. Staff welcoming.

This pub is about to get new people running it mark BURCHELL from Leicester this guy cannot be trusted he abuses girls and children don't take my word for it always check with social services

Nice friendly staff great atmosphere and prices are good as well

The blacksmiths is a nice local pub, however as a student you feel out of place

Great pub, friendly staff, good prices, always a good visit

A good pint .nice staff.enjoyed the night

Never changes, simply the best.

Pleasant afternoon, good beer well kept, friendly atmosphere, keep up the good work I will be back

If you're not a larger lover don't bother, I asked have you got any beer, barman said yes mate John Smiths 🤮 had to sit on a glass of coke ☹️

Amazing friendly staff, decent prices.

Nice pint of John Smith's and good music 🍺🍺👍

Nder new management they have friendly staff in Aubrey and Dan, great music and cheap beer. What more could anyone ask for? Definitely visiting again.

Great staff, pub has really turned around for the better.

No ice, no lemon,bad atmosphere

Friendly relaxed and great prices

I think they are closing only 2 of us in

Awesome pub with a great atmosphere. The landlord goes out of his way to make sure you have a good time. Can't fault it.

Nice place and good customer service 👍🏽

Great welcome for 3 strangers to watch the England vs Scotland game. Landlord and staff could not have been nicer and the crowd was very lively but very friendly too. Great spot.

Went in with my wife, room on our table in line with covid restrictions of 6. My daughter came to join us, but was refused entry by a waiter, not because the table was full, but because he went out with my daughter and felt uncomfortable her being there. This is a PUBLIC house, and although staff rules are there to protect staff, is the landlord prepared to endorse a waiter who isn't letting someone in based on who they've dated? That means if he dates further girls, they aren't allowed in pub either....what a joke. Landlord sided with staff member, and to add insult she was informed she's now barred as we left and she was outside for trying to get in to see her parents. AVOID, AVOID , AVOID

Lovely atmosphere and great service. Enjoyed a drink here.

Had tried to get a table at couple of other pubs before getting one in here. Extremely lively i.e. much too noisy for my poor old fuddy duddy ears lol

Good bar. Had a very good pints of Harvest Pale. Excellent

Great pub, even some local live singing!

Very relaxed atmosphere and we felt safe in the seating area. We will be bk after lockdown.😊

Really warm and welcoming place

I was very disappointed, the waitress did not wear any masks and yet they were doing table service.

Had an Absolutely great night. We will be back again.

Excellent pub and very friendly staff

Nipped in on the off chance of getting a Sunday lunch. Old style pub nice and clean and well looked after, personable landlord and landlady with great customer skills lunch was exactly what we were hoping for very well cooked and quick service (not rushed though) hidden gem this place should take off big time with locals and students get in quick while you can

This is a well laid out pub with friendly atmosphere and staff. Good for group meetings and playing pool. Location is easy to get too..

Good atmosphere and well furnished. One call in when on a night in Loughborough.

Great music, especially when he's on.

Lovely pub, good ales and drinks selection

Not enough room at round tables to tight to the seats

When I do go into Loughborough this is one pub I love a large gin and tonic with ice, somehow they serve it better here than anywhere.

Went there for lunch only to find that as it was St Patricks day they were only doing a strange very limited Irish menu which we didn't fancy! Seemed a bit unloved we thought, however staff seemed friendly.

Had a great Sunday lunch at the Blacksmiths. Good value for money. Friendly service and good beers. Highly recommend.

Had a great Sunday lunch at the Blacksmiths. Good value for money. Friendly service and good beers. Highly recommend.

We had an absolutely lovely Sunday lunch here, the" new chef did a great job"! the food was very tasty and served nice and hot. The staff were friendly and helpful and the service was great, would definitly eat here again.

The entertainment was marvellous

Lovely pub great atmosphere friendly staff

We called in early doors for a pre-dinner drinks. The pub had changed hands a few times recently and appeared to be struggling. Our recent visit was enjoyable with a decent drink and a pleasant and relaxing atmosphere. The Blacksmiths is back on our list.

Propper pub! Great atmosphere!

fabulous night . bar staff and live band awesome. x

Tried titanic porter ale, ok not brill, pub fine

Been refurbished since I was last in there the beer was OK no a lot of atmosphere through.

Lovely setting, friendly staff burger was excellent, but chips were anemic, overall good, would go again xxx

Great ale, good food and friendly staff.

We couldn't eat our food, my curry was the driest I've ever had, my husband's pie wasn't homemade and the mash was lumpy the rest of the veg uninteresting. Definatly won't go there again!

Good selection of beers and friendly staff

My parents always told me never to go when I was a teenager. How right they were. No better now I'm 60.

Good quality pub fare. All your pub favourites using good quality ingredients, served quickly and with a smile. Home made burger was great, as was the double egg, gammon and chips. Some meals have a deal which include a pint. I'd certainly go here again.

This place is brilliant! I went a few weeks ago to watch ska amanga perform and they were brilliant! The whole place was packed and everyone was dancing. What a great night. It's the first time I had ever gone there but I bloody loved it and can't wait to see what other bands are performing there too

Good beer. Price fair and the place looks smart

Brilliant place and surroundings

Just visiting with my better half. Nice pint of trooper, good live music and world cup on TV. Sorted!

Bias as this is my local....and ran by a top bloke who I know personally.....but this is the place I chose to do the bulk of my drinking now based on the bloke running the place and the qualities he brings...good beer...good atmosphere.....good food.......good music........what more could you want?!?!?

Great beer, relaxed atmosphere, nice little sun trap of a beer garden and totally dog friendly. All the things I love in a pub.

Good food, well presented, excellent service, pleasing ambiennce, what could be better. will be going back.

Double charged me for two beers, claiming first one didn’t go through - seemed deliberate. Worst 14.40 I’ve spent in a while

Really like this pub. Nice friendly staff, and good selection of drinks and food

Great beer; tedious music may be why there weren't many people in on a Friday evening.

Quiet friendly pub, great for a game of darts

Drinks were over-priced and staff were rather stand-offish. It felt like we were annoyijg them with our presence. Will not return, cannot recommend

Friendly staff and great beer. Nice and clean.

I came up to see the band that were on but it is a great venue. The staff were very polite, friendly and welcoming-none of this ignoring strangers you get in some places. For bands the was a nice area to set up in and for customers plenty of areas to get a good view. As a pub prices were good, served with a smile and chat. I didn't eat here but looking at the menu there were some bargains there. No reason the kitchen shouldn't be as clean as the rest so i'd be confident in the food, and will try next time I'm around. If I was more local then I'd be a regular here it felt nicer than the four other places I went to! Great band good venue and fantastic staff.

Since the pub has come under new management it has gone down hill. The staff are friendly enough but do seem a bit disinterested. The toilets smell 'odd' and either have water all over the floor or just haven't been cleaned and when you go to flush (in the ladies) be careful not to find yourself holding the handle in mid air rather than actually flushing. The food used to be really good but seems less on the menu and when you order a chicken burger that is supposed to come with chicken, lettuce, cheese and mayo only comes with chicken and lettuce, it was all rather dry. The chips were really nice though. They have tried to jazz the place up but it's been months now and things not quite finished off so is just tacky looking and untidy but the worrying thing was the last couple of times I have been there, the fire exit door to the side has a bike lock round it so God help you if there is a fire and that is your only escape route.

¡Terrible! ! ! El ambiente es horrible estar en ya que hay demasiados viejos, sobrepeso, cerveza, hombres de vientre que van a actuar como completa goofs y te hacen sentir muy incómoda. Además, hay a menudo tanto por que no goofing es posible escuchar o ver la basura de calidad t. v. ¿Cuál es el punto de ir para sky sports si todo me voy a ver la parte trasera de agacharse pervertidos admirando los niños? Los precios por la comida es ridículo - estoy pagando mucho dinero, así que la comida decente en regresar; en cambio, la comida sabe como era cocinada en horno de juguete de mi hija. Vergonzoso! Si vas a congelar comida, cocinar, al menos asegúrese de que no está todavía congelado. Además de eso, los precios por alcohol es absolutamente ridículo; estás mejor de comprar alcohol de bloody Tesco Express!

Always good to see pubs re invent themselves rather than closing as so many do... Having said that was extremely quiet for a holiday/weekend night and kind of diffident service makes you wonder what it actually offers compared with the lively competition nearby . People were cleaning up tables by 8.30, the music was loud and we didn't really feel like staying very long-just ok really.

Wow, amazing portions and piping hot. Would go again.

Brand new pool table which is 1 of the cheapest to play on in a loughborough pub, serves food, good choice of drinks and often has a music channel on

Having the (dubious) distinction of being most renamed pub in Loughborough, according to "Billy's Book of Loughborough Boozers", it has now returned its name back to The Blacksmiths, and also returned itself to a good old fashioned pub, albeit with a eating area one side and a music area the other. From an eating point of view, I can't fault it at all, bearing in mind that this is pub-grub, the food is top draw, but a word of warning... if you order the Moo Mothership Pie, make sure you are really hungry, and prepare to lie in bed at night thinking "why, oh why, did I eat all that?!?" I have also had the fish and chips, and the fish pie,.....not on the same night of course, and they were both drop-dead tasty. A bigger selection of beers is a good strategy for a good pub, and they are lightly lacking in that area, and really need to address this problem, although the pint of Scottish bitter I had was cracking. The service staff on the food side was pleasant and attentive.... maybe the bar staff need to lift their game a bit... there's a time and place for being glued to a mobile phone, and texting someone while people are waiting to be served is not one of them! All in all a great place but just needs tweaking in a few areas. Would I go again? Without a doubt, but I'd have to starve for two days before I had the Mothership pie again. Fish pie next time methinks.

Me gusta visitar este pub. Tiene una agradable y moderna, ofrece excelente comida hogareña de calidad razonable y una selección de bebidas. Es ideal en términos de ubicación como hay un montón de aparcamiento cerca y está a sólo unos minutos a pie de otros bares y el resto de la ciudad.

Parecía bastante agradable, muy tranquilo cuando fuimos, previa al partido de Inglaterra. Amstel de barril era agradable, creo que Heineken podría haber sido llegar cerca del final de la barrica. La cocina estaba cerrada por un renovado cuando asistimos así no hay comida Parecía limpio, el personal era atento y amable, y ciertamente parecía lleno cuando caminamos por las 11 pm!

The beer is good, the food is very nice, it is possible to sit down and enjoy a chat without loud music like you can find in other places (quite disturbing).

Having frequented The Blacksmith Arms when I was a tad younger it was nice to pop in for a pint for old times sake (as the place had been closed for a few years)

Esta fue nuestra tercera visita para el almuerzo de domingo. La comida es excelente. El personal es agradable. El pub no estaba muy concurrido, lo que es una pena

Popped in during our pub crawl of Loughborough - pleasant enough. Not busy at all when we were there though.

The décor, the beer and the Piemaster pies at this pub are plus points and it's a good place to go with a few mates and watch Sky Sports given that at that end of town there isn't anywhere else to watch the football. However you can get the same pies at The Swan and if you stretch your legs a bit you can go to The Griffin to watch the sport. Also let's face it - theres three other places almost within spitting distance that serve food other than pies so why limit yourself - The Orange Tree (more expensive), Wetherspoons (not as classy but cheaper) and Browns Lane (more classy more expensive). So why choose The Blacksmiths?I decided to try and find out one lunchtime with my girlfriend with the added bonus that Leicester vs Man City was on the various televisions. Having already eaten several Piemaster pies at The Swan we opted instead for The Blacksmith's own menu.I chose what I think was called the Blacksmiths Burger and my girlfriend just a simple cheese and pickle sandwich. Both came quickly and both had chips with them. First problem the chips were dark brown and greasy - I think that means that they've been cooked too long at too low a temperature (I used to work in a chippy once upon a time I should know). They were not at all crispy and not even chip shop standard. Next problem was the bread on the sandwich which was at least a day old - not totally stale but getting there and the proportion of bread to filling was ludicrous.Third problem - the worst in my opinion - the burger while looking homemade was very badly cooked - charred on the outside and red raw in the middle. Now, while I like my steak done like that, I don't expect to be eating uncooked mince for lunch. I ate what I could and left the rest. The pulled pork on top of the burger was a bit odd too - not the fine shredded mess I have come to expect but rather quite thick long chunks equivalent of Walker's French Fries in dimensions. The burger bun was okay and the side salad had a light dressing on it. It was also well presented but it's pointless if the food is second-rate.Perhaps we were unlucky and perhaps evening meals or their steaks are better than the lunches, but we're not going to revisit to find out and we certainly won't be back for lunch. The Orange Tree, Browns Lane and Wetherspoons have no need to fear The Blacksmiths as they are no competition apart from hosting Sky Sports.

Nice renovation.Always dead in the day.We often drop in for coffee and a drink of some sort - mainly because it`s a smart renovation， it`s quiet and they provide a little shot glass of M&m`s with a coffee.Well， not any more. No M&M`s， the wi-fi doesn`t work and with their coffee twice the price of Weatherspoons accross the road - no prizes for guessing where we`re off to next time.