The Boat Inn in Stafford - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

The food for starters was cold, the staff on weren’t very friendly the people in the pub make it’s reputation bad we won’t be going back again

Great little canal side pub. Had a lovely bite to eat with the family and can highly recommend the home made pizza which was delicious.

The Boat Inn has the potential to be quite good but currently let down by poor customer service! We waited over 40 minutes for our starters but eventually it was our mains that arrived. The waitress said this was all she had been given. Ten minutes later the starters arrived…looking like they’d been kept warm somewhere and forgotten about! Another waitress then appeared and explained they assumed we’d want to wait and have everything at once!!! Basil Fawlty would be proud of them. Mistakes happen. Own up. Apologise and move on. Don’t try fobbing customers off, it just sounds silly!

Top pub great ale friendly staff

Went for food but just shut. Lady was very nice offered yo do us pizza but cant eat because celiac. Had drink lovely views of cannal.

We have been stopping here regularly, on our narrowboat trips, since we discovered it in 2011. It has never failed to disappoint. Canalside, traditional, cosy pub. Friendly staff and locals. Excellent real ales. Good selection of proper 'pub grub'. Prices are superb. Today we paid £3 (yes £3) for a pint of bitter and a total of £33.50 for two two-course meals and two rounds of drinks! We will keep coming back.

Went in with family on Saturday night and the lady called Nicky was so happy and welcoming offered us everything that we needed, great service.

Good value for money good food and beer warm welcome nice canalside pub with beer garden great location

We went to the Boat with friends. It’s a lovely, traditional pub with really friendly staff. We had a fabulous meal (chicken fajitas/lasagne) and the staff could not have been more helpful over the nut allergy. We would highly recommend it!

Just had our first experience at the boat since we moved to the area and will definitely be returning We took our 2boys and normally it’s a nightmare but because the atmosphere was nice and calm so was the kids The locals was also very nice and welcoming Lovely sitting areas and great outdoor space with a lovely view Food was lovely and plenty of it Staff was five star 🌟 very friendly and helpful And the price was spot on Iv got no complaints what do ever x

Proper pub with good food and ale

Great dog friendly local pub. Really cosy, lovely outside, sells real ale. I especially recommend a visit if you're coming by boat

WAS LOOKING FORWEARD THE THE BOAT NEVER BEEN BEFORE WHAT A MISTAKE TO MAKE SAT OUTSIDE IN THE SUN MUSIC PLAYING SPEAKR DWAIN EDDY ASKED THEM TO TURN OFF NO THEY DIDNOT SO EVERY ONE IS SPEAKING LOAD OVER THE MUSIC FOOD TWO BURGERS IN A BASCKET OVEN CHIPS VERY DRY BURGER LEFT MOST OF IT NEVER GOING AGAIN plus my face book followers 750 wont be joining you and there friends and family

Did not eat here . Beautiful atmosphere canal side pub.very dog friendly pub . Cosy and has outdoor canal side seating

Superb! Lovely staff and a beautiful location to sit and watch the world go by.

Busy, lively, but quick service. Plenty of room to sit down, though we went outside as it was a nice day. Good beer. I had a ham bap which was really nice. My partner had lager and a large packet of crisps. I didn't think it was expensive, and the Wainwright's beer was good

AAAA++++Great atmosphere, a real traditional English pub experience. Fantastic pizza and friendly service. Would recommend.

Food and service really good but apart from us the pub was empty at times when we were there

Beautiful pub with wonderful views. A FREE to play 80s retro games machine, good choice of drinks with good food being served.

What a fantastic canalside pub, food is excellent the welcome is warm and Jo the landlady is a lovely person

Food was great , lovely little canal side pub. Jo the landlady really friendly

Lovely welcoming pub with lots of character and charm. Friendly staff and great food, will definitely visit again soon

Lovely traditional pub on the canalside. We went on a saturday afternoon, great atmosphere and the staff and customers are really friendly. Food was delicious and come out really fast. Dog friendly too. Can't wait to come back in the summertime.

Had a great lunch at the Boat Inn today, followed by lovely walk alongside the canal

Excellent food. Steak cooked to perfection. If you have a large appetite try the mixed grill. Outdoor seating by the canal side is idyllic and the inside seating is spacious.

Had a lovely meal with excellent service. It was lovely and warm with both fires lit creating a welcoming ambiance. The beer was wonderful too!

Had a great meal on Wednesday then had a good chat and some great beer chatting with some mates by the open fire while the wife enjoyed the craft group meeting. Nice to have a great atmosphere into the late evening in a Gnosall pub 🙂

absolutely amazing toad in the hole lovely food and excellent customer service really would recommend all staff are incredible and very welcoming definitely will come again

My first visit here came for our Christmas meal. Food was so yummy...very quick service and very friendly, will definitely go again

Amazing country pub so cosy with fires burning. Staff lovely sat by the window on a winters day lovely and cosy watching the ducks swim by on the canal

Great ales and good pub grub, in a traditional canal side setting.

We booked a table as we had hired a day boat from Norbury Wharf Ltd. Lovely traditional pub, dog friendly and great food. Lovely cosy pub with a log fire and comfy seating. We will be back. Thank you

Warm welcome, cosy atmosphere, great homemade food. Dog friendly and £2.80 a pint on Mondays, happy days! 😊

Really friendly pub with great beer and food, really worth a visit

Stunning! Meal was fantastic, quiet and welcoming atmosphere, brilliant service and dog friendly! Recommend this pub to anyone wanting good food!!

Great canal side location, log burner in the bar, nice selection of beers and great menu. Staff are friendly, as are the locals.

Great local pub serving food. Canalside location.

Excellent pub food, freshly cooked, locally sourced where possible. Warm and friendly atmosphere . Well worth a visit.

A fun and friendly pub with a lovely landlord jo

Both child and dog friendly. Called in for an evening meal with the grandchildren and the hound. We were made to feel welcome and enjoyed good honest pub food. The staff were great. Would certainly go again. Thanks 👍

A good choice of beer to drink in this canal side village pub. The beer garden is right on the edge of the water so you can watch the world go by (very slowly).

The Boat Inn in Gnosall, Staffordshire is a pleasant, canal-side pub, with a small car park. There is seating in the bar area, which is rather smaller than many pubs. It must also be pleasant to sit outside at the tables beside the canal in good weather (if we ever get any) and watch the narrow boats passing or attempting to moor. There are also waterfowl, other birds, ponies and passing horses to watch. The food is adequate pub food, though the menu is rather limited. It is well cooked and well presented. I don’t usually drink alcohol so I can't really comment on the range of beers and other alcoholic beverages, but the lime and soda was good! The service is friendly and efficient. Definitely worth a visit, whether you are travelling on foot, by car, or on the canal.

I arrived at 19:43 (with two starving teenagers) and was told the chef stops taking food orders at 19:45. It's a beautiful pub, located right alongside the canal. Plenty of local patrons have a lovely time (eating, drinking) but I we felt our arrival was REALLY welcomed by the young lady serving food and were sort of dismissed. My potential food and drink order was probably worth about £100 to the pub. Small beer to them, no doubt.

I wouldn’t normally complain or write reviews but we had an awful meal here today. My daughter ordered cheesy garlic bread which arrived without cheese and rock hard. We had garlic mushrooms for a starter that again were rock hard so you couldn’t even cut them and they were swimming in oil. My main was supposed to be cheese and potato pie which turned out to be just mashed potato with a tiny sprinkling of cheese shoved on top! Served with carrots, potato and salad. Pot of gravy! Seems who ever cooks, decides on the menu has no idea! So disappointed and waste of over £40. Would never go back

Lovely pub atmosphere, with traditional pub grub. Great value for money.

Traditional atmosphere pub freindly people to.

Great ale, great food and great atmosphere . Seating Inside and outside set longside a beautiful canalside setting.

A very friendly pub with good beer

Excellent take-away pizza, generously sized, rectangular, and very tasty. Great value for money, and served by really friendly young staff

A good locals pub by the canal doing good beer and pub food. Friendly staff. Nice location with good outside seating. Our no 1 choice when moored up at Gnosall.

Thank you for allowing us to park on your car park in our motorhome overnight on Mon. Beautiful little quirky pub on the canalside. Lovely staff, nice food at lunchtime. Hopefully will revisit.

Lovely canalside pub. Friendly welcome for boaters. Excellent real ales. Superb meals at extremely reasonable prices. Good choice of excellent puddings with ice cream or (unusually these days) real custard.

Went for a drink before our friends wedding . Lovely pub.

Lovely canal side pub with great outdoor areas. Good food and great friendly staff.

Very nice village pub with good food by the side of the canal with outside seating too Jo and her team do a great job Recommended

Welcoming pub on the Shropshire union canal in Gnosall. Friendly staff and locals. Couple of ales on. Serves food. Nice canalside seating. Does allow stop overs but you must phone ahead as carpark isn’t huge and obviously eat/drink in pub. Recommended 🍺

Have read mixed reviews for this place but decided to try for ourselves. Not disappointed, good basic food, nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Perfect location for boaters and good moorings nearby. Clean and tidy setting. Would definitely recommend. Does what it says on the tin. 👍🏻

Friendly, good food, well priced

Lovely canal side pub, friendly staff, no nonsense honest to goodness hearty food. Heaps better than the over hyped pub on the main road in my humble opinion

Excellent food, excellent service, and a wonderful atmosphere, especially for those traveling the canal. Highly recommended!

The food was lovely The service was good But the hospitality was most definitely lacking We were kicked out by 10.on a Saturday night and a bank holiday weekend I think its shocking If we were told at time of booking, that's fair enough but we weren't We won't be going back again

Really lovely little pub on the canal side, moorings available just outside. Staff were really friendly and helpful. Food was good pub grub. Definitely a recommended stop

Four hungry boaters…. We arrived at 7.45pm (having been turned away from the Navigation inn.. as they had “turned off the oven!” ) the staff were friendly welcoming and more than happy to feed us!! Thank goodness! Superb food and excellent service and highly recommended if you are on the canal and planning where to eat.

Much improved in 2023. I reccomend the stonebaked pizza with a cider by the beautiful peaceful canal

Lovely friendly pub by the canal, small reasonably priced food menu, we ordered a variety of meals all were lovely and hot. Children approved of the pizza also! Dogs allowed and a lovely outdoor seating area right by the canal over looking the narrow boats. Would definitely come back

A wonderful and warm welcome. Arriving with our dog for a beer after a day on our canal boat; we couldn’t have been made to feel more welcome. Would definitely call again

Great food at a very reasonable price and friendly staff

Lovely little pub with down to earth food at great prices next to the canal.

The boat inn In gnosall called in for a couple of pints with 2 couple’s,nice selection of drinks/ales.. Ended up having a meal with deserts and all 4 of us thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Shall definitely return in the summer as there is a wonderful sitting area overlooking the canal ..

Fantastic staff and service, thanks for making us welcome. Food excellent.

My partner is vegan on checking with the Landlady if there were suitable options for her. There was nothing available, however, she offered a pizza with tomatoes and vegetables. We accepted this as its lovely canalside pub with a really friendly atmospher. My partner has had very poor experiences and therefore low expectations of any restaurant. About 30 minutes after confirming booking the Landlady rang me to let me know she had gone out and purchased a suitable vegan cheese. This was so far above and beyond!! The pizza was very very nice and so was my Gammon

Lovely, cosy pub with great food.

Great food. Can highly recommend the pizzas.

What a fabulous night. Terrific live music , .delicious food and great atmosphere 👍❤

How rare to find a lovely boozer with a simple menu of quality home cooked food. Seven of us ate here to day and not one grumble. The food was comforting and tasty. I think it was the owner doing the cooking and her daughter on the bar. Very polite and attentive. They made us all feel welcome. Thank you

Great pub with real character. First visit today, certainly not the last. Also great pizza!

Nice pub..friendly staff and manager. Food was lovely. Glad we went there. Will go again if ever by there.

Very friendly owner and great portions and quality for the price. Will definitely come again 😁

Excellent service and food from Jo and her team.Would thoroughly recommend.

Lovely pub! We will certainly return for lunch again.

Lovely stop for lunch, warm welcome and very happy to allow your dog to join you! Great reasonably priced food, and good selection of drinks :) lovely staff and would highly recommend!

Pretty laid back place by the canal.

Such a friendly pub, we were made very welcome. Thankyou very much. Great atmosphere. Our dog was made to feel like a superstar, Jim says thankyou for the treats. Much appreciated

The food was perfect and the staff were really friendly and helpful

Owner was very welcoming and accommodating. We called in on our way up the canal and was so impressed we called in on the way back. Excellent food and dishes were adjusted to suit ourselves and the children. Great atmosphere, great staff and all round friendly atmosphere. Even the dogs were looked after.

We met up with friends here for lunch. We were on a narrowboat and our friends were travelling up from Devon to spend time on theirs. As we were all travelling our arrival times were unpredictable,so we were a little worried that we might be too late for the lunch service.. The landlady and her kind staff were very accommodating and suggested that we could phone our order through so it could be prepared for our arrival. This was necessary in the end but the offer was much appreciated. We all picked the steak pie which was lovely , as was the well kept beer. A lovely lunch made all the better as we were looked after by such friendly and helpful people.

Unfortunately, a poor experience this evening. The Landlady was rude. Not even closing time, polishing which smelt awful, scraping chairs and turning lights off. Made to feel very unwelcome. Asked if we were done half way down our drinks nowhere near closing time. I thought a pub was supposed to be somewhere you went to unwind after the working week. Not this establishment. Won't be spending anymore of our money here whilst like this. Spent £75 tonight at least. Not a penny more. Ringing Marstons tomorrow. Got nothing but abuse from Landlady's family members when left accurate account of our experience on facebook.

Absolutely lovely food! The chicken burgers were amazing and my son loved his spicy fajitas. A lovely setting on the side of the canal with friendly and attentive staff. Will definitely be back.

Kitchen shut by 4 pm on a Sunday.

Spent a wonderful evening in the Boat Inn, while passing on a canal boat. New landlady, Jo, and if anyone deserves to succeed it is her. The food was excellent, and very good value, and the whole atmosphere was that of a great country pub....

Wonderful friendly staff. I arrived 5mins after the kitchen had shut, but rather than turn me away the landlady went back to the kitchen and made something to eat (black pudding scotch egg and chips. Top quality ) the local people we're also warm and...

Lovely quaint pub great food and staff would recommend

Called at 4.35pm today. Said it was open but couldn't gain access. Tried the back and the front. We would have been a party of 8. As a result went to The Royal Oak. Sadly your loss🤷

Would like to but it was shut. Advertised open 12 every day. Wed & thurs shut. On a narrow boat so we moved on. Royal oak was great though.😀

Lovely place to visit on a summers day, very popular with the canal boaters. Food is well cooked and drinks are the cheapest in the village

Food and ale good but really difficult disabled access 😒

Called in today after a walk around Bradley. Had a sandwich and chips. Bloody brilliant. Best made and best value meal ever and great staff too. Highly recommended.

I visited the Boat a few nights ago with my wife. I had a pint of Wainwrights and my wife had a large coke. From a restricted menu I chose a cheese baked potato and my wife had a cheese hamburger with chips also we...

Ordered a cheese and pickle sandwich..it was bloody disgusting.. Sandwich was thrown together in a heap of cheap horrible cheese and bread. The tomatoes on the side salad were soft and squishy so clearly out of date! The chips were dry and smelt like the oil was old and needed changing! Will not be returning!!!

Lovely pub, nice locals. One of my grandads haunts from years ago