The Bowling Green in Lichfield

Lovely welcome from Lily the manager

Popped in for a quick lunch, to see the pub was closing for a refurbishment. How exciting. The team, although very busy in their preparations, were amazing. The manager Lily, was the light at the end of or tunnel.

When booking the table we were not told that the pub would be shutting and staff were told that this would be for a big party and a birthday. Menu was limited because of this & only certain members of staff were helpful - there was an older lady who was quite abrupt with members of the party and unhelpful but all younger staff were really helpful & couldn’t do enough. Meals were only just warm as though they had been sitting & 2 were sent back because they were cold - If we were told that the pub would be shutting in days time then we could have managed our expectations but this was not the case.

Amazing service, great value and atmosphere. Tha k you to Lily and the team!

Delicious roast, great atmosphere. We were a big party of 17 for our Mom’s birthday 🎉 Staff were very good and happy to help. Our server Charlotte especially 😊 Would definitely be going back and recommending 🤗

Nice friendly environment. Looking forward to seeing it after the refurbishment

Came with my family, the food, atmosphere and service by the staff, especially Jordan were an excellent experience. We shall be definitely visiting again soon.

An excellent calm environment with friendly staff and delicious food that comes quickly great deals and good prices would definitely recommend.

The atmosphere is lovely and calm as well as the food. We had food off the set menu and it came out quickly and was delicious 😊 Charlotte our server was very attentive and welcoming, she made us feel very comfortable and supported my elderly father, making it a great experience

Brilliant food, service & atmosphere. The food came out hot & fresh. The service from Jordan & Tori was great - both very caring, attentive & accommodating. Will definitely be coming back and would recommend to friends & family.

Amazingly friendly , with food that is value for money. Jordan went above and beyond to make sure our needs were met , and support my anxious daughter. Service with a smile

Came up for a couple drinks yesterday was served by a nice lad called Jordan, really good knowledge of drinks and a fun person to talk to, would definitely be returning on the future

THE LIGHT AT THE END OF OUR TUNNEL. We went to the Bowling Green last night following a very disappointing visit to the Hedgehog a few minutes away. (See my other review for the Hedgehog). Anyway I would just like to thank Jordan and Tori for turning our night around. The Food was good, nice and hot, all of our choices were available and the friendly service was much appreciated. Many thanks.

Lovely meal and not too much disruption from the work being done

Emma was fabulous this evening. Attentive with clearing glasses, served with a smile and fast service. Will be returning

Service lovely Lovely manager Lily

Food was lovely had the fish and chips was very filling. Price was good and staff was great was served food by Kyle what a nice lad and polite. Bar staff was friendly and welcoming would recommend

I popped in here for lunch while I was visiting family. The food was fantastic and the service from Jordan was awesome. Very professional 😊

We visited for the second time recently for a Sunday lunch with friends. This was our first roast dinner here and, both being vegetarian, were glad of the Mushroom and Spinach wellington offer. The menu advertised all roasts as having 'roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding'. However, on arrival our friend with the meat roast had all the trimmings and it looked great. The veggie roast was not a roast at all... It was a pie with boiled potatoes and boiled vegetables. When I asked the server about this we were told that the Wellington was a vegan option and didn't come with these... But we could spend another £6 odd to have them. I pointed out that the menu states that all options came with the roast style trimmings and, after calling out the false advertising, we were offered a Yorkie. As a vegetarian it's really annoying in pubs when you're treated differently... I can't believe that there isn't a roast potato offer at the least! Service was fine and ghost ship on tap was fantastic, but don't come here for a veggie Sunday lunch, it's disappointing.

Enjoyable visit. Staff very pleasant. Service good. Food very good and took about 30 minutes to arrive which was fine. Queuing minimal on this occasion.

Enjoyed a Sunday roast team were attentive will return at Christmas!

Great pint of ale and good atmosphere.

Amazing staff, great place to visit, eat and drink. Can’t wait for the refreshment!

I went alone one evening as I understood the Bowling Green was under a new management team plus a rumour it was about to be refurbished. Staff were welcoming, friendly & enthusiastic about the pending transformation of the pub in time for Christmas!! They already have a relaxed atmosphere now so all is exciting. I look forward to returning next month...Best Wishes to all at the Bowling Green!!

The food was delicious and the atmosphere was great. Tom a was amazing 10/10 service lovely lunch.

Absolutely fabulous service and welcome from Lilly and her new team @ The Bowling Green...we have used conferencing suites for workshops, and for our Psychic Specials, and already booked for 2025! Enormous hugs and gratitude, see you all in November xxxxx

Good food. Staff helpful and attentive. Had roast lunch.

Tom and Rob served us. Thank you so much for Great service and lovely food served very promptly. Tom's theatrical patter is very rendering and very rare in the pub trade! Thank you

Fantastic experience and tom the barman is incredible and so welcoming 100% recommended

Birthday meal for a family member. Tom was fantastic as a server and as a host, curated a great environment and made the experience considerably more pleasurable. Looking forward to visiting again

My dad!loves this place and tgey look after him

Congratulations james and the team, always great food and service.

Absolutely lovely pub and restaurant. Great atmosphere. Very busy on the Sunday we visited and even with an event on, our food was served in a very acceptable time. The service was very professional and friendly. Made to feel welcome from the moment we walked through the door. I ordered the Surf and Turf, and can quite honestly say it's the best I've ever had. Thank you to all at The Bowling Green.

Fabulous food, fantastic service, loved the attention and fun from Tom, overall a wonderful evening ..... We will be back👍

Tom was most helpful and wrlcomin

Very good service and enjoyable meals. Lovely food thank you .

Lovely place, lovely staff especially Tom

The food I ordered came out cold and the potatoes were still frozen in the middle. It was taken back and replaced when it came back out it was piping hot and lovely. We were given a free drink for the inconvenience but by the time I was eating my husband had already finished his meal.

Delicious food! And the crème de la creme was the Waiter Tom who was just incredible! Thankyou! We will be back!

Good food for the price. Tom looked after us a very pleasant member of staff. Such a happy person

I didn't eat here but nice friendly service and a good range of drinks.

Had to send two of the 4 meals back as they were still frozen in the middle. Had a replacement but the other two had finished by then.

Lovely meal and drinks. Staff were all lovely and helpful. Tom is a star 🌟

Enjoyed a lovely meal tonight, but even better was the service provided by Tom. He was friendly and witty, really charming to converse with We need more Tom's in our lives

Izzy was lovely, amazing service, lovely drinks and so fast to make them

Everything was great, Issy’s service was excellent and I had a great time and enjoyed the drinks.

Arrival to be told our table was not ready so we was left standing at the bar for 20 mins even tho there was empty tables everywhere. We ordered drink while we waited to be served them in dirty glasses with mold on the oranges, Once seated our cutlery came out within minutes but no food for 65mins. while people walked in and was seated and eaten. when we asked about it we had a very strange waiter make no sense at all and start to speak about rock music and give us the rock on sign, i have no idea what that was all about. When the food arrived it was not the highest of standards and the whole order was wrong, chips was cold items missing of the order, wrong items, when i spoke to a member of staff, he was very rude, than to have another member coming up to my face shout what's wrong with the food I did the order myself just eat,,, no customer service at all infect I say they need retraining, will never step foot in the place again, and I can tell you I did not eat that horrible food, we left,,, poor is a understatement

Visited to meet family here over many years. Absolutely filthy, food was dreadful. Staff were lovely felt sorry for them

It was a very nice pub that I hadn't been to in years.

Food awful staff were so slow wouldn't recommend food over priced and poor quality never again

Tom was a COMEDIAN! He loves dogs and you should come to the pub

Tom is a breath of fresh air. Much more than a server. He is a teacher in the most fundamental sense. If you want to meet a human being that is second to non, come to the Bowling Green and ask for Tom. Also, the food is great.

Friendly staff, local town, good food and I love the staff. James and Tom top men who can’t do enough for us every time we visit (every week)

Shocking service! Waited 50 minutes for the first course and after 25 minutes waiting for the second course we requested a refund. This was only £4 apparently. The

Great place with a friendly atmosphere. Tom is a fantastic barman 🤓

Had an enjoyable brunch on Saturday morning with friends. Was a nice full English and waiter was a character who looked after us well. Will return

Our family comes from all four corners of England and we meet as often as we can. We booked a table for 15 of us they accommodated and the meal was delicious. The staff was so friendly and patient with us that we said if we were in the midlands again we would go there again we highly recommend it to anyone. Always remember to book up in advance if your party is as big as ours was because it is a popular place.

Food was lovely and all the staff were so friendly, especially Tom who made our visit extra special, thank you.

We had a stunning lunch, food was fantastic and the service was fabulous, Tom was great and so good at alking to people as was our waitress but I missed her name. A pleasant afternoon and am looking forward to coming back again.

We had a stunning lunch, food was fantastic and the service was fabulous, Tom was great and so good at alking to people as was our waitress but I missed her name. A pleasant afternoon and am looking forward to coming back again.

Tom was friendly, helpful and entertaining!

Fantastic friendly staff . Lovely atmosphere . Food absolutely delicious complents to the chefs . Management went out of his way to change my meal when I asked if I could have something left off my meal as I didn't like it and he asked me if I wanted something else in its place . We have now enquired about booking the function room for our wedding renewal and will be booking it next yr . We will definitely be returning again and recommending the bowling green to everyone Thank you so much for a lovely evening

Food service was slow today. Dont know why. Didn't seem that busy.

Tom was great he looked after us

Nice restaurant and food. Good service, althiugh i asked for wellcooked tomato and it was hard

Tom was a superb server and nothing was too much trouble, he was also very entertaining and enthusiastic.

Fabulous delicious food, fabulous drinks and Tom was a great, friendly, funny server! We love The Bowling Green. Always a good meal.

The tika masala was nice, funny server, enjoyable experience

Tom is absolutely lovely! Honestly what a cracking guy. Who ever hired him is brilliant cause he is just such a character

Fantastic service, lovely staff, especially Tom whom was very pleasant and funny.

Not impressed at all. Bar service was slow and we were flatly ignored until another customer pointed that we were next ! Limited food menu with a few key items unavailable and on top of that the waitress seemed uninterested and unaware of the menu details such as fresh or frozen vegetables/type of dressing for salad/never asked if anyone had allergies etc. Poorly trained and severe apathy. Food was bland, Luke warm and as we'd waited so long we couldn't even get anyone's attention if we did decide to express dissatisfaction. All in all, not an experience we would want to repeat. You should do much better !

Lovely food great service will definitely go back.

Great atmosphere, very accommodating to our party. Special shout out to Tom

Lovely service from Tom!!! Thank you so much!

The best service from Tom. Food was lovely

A very poor experience. Place was very quiet for a Friday evening. I soon found out why. Upgraded to sirloin from the rump on a surf and turf. Almost inedible. It was fatty and chewy. My wife had the classic burger and her meal was just a bad. Staff knocked a measly £5 of my meal. A lovely looking pub from the outside and decorated nicely inside. Staff were friendly enough but hard others complaining about the food also. Doubt very much I'd ever return.

Lovely old English pub/restaurant. First time visiting for brunch with a friend and we enjoyed the experience.

Echo what others have said about the beer; despite 5 handpumps only one was available. Food adequate, not quite as hot as it should have been and portions of chips and peas were a bit on the small side but, to be fair, they did provide more when asked.

Family dinner for 7. Food was very good, everyone had something different and all were pleased with their meal. It was excellent value for money with drinks for all and all under £20 a head. The pub wasn't crowded on a Monday and the staff were helpful in sorting out a comfortable chair for a person with a bad back. Thank you

Won't go into details, but some money was refunded, will definitely not be going back.

the food seemed like it was cooked to quickly, for instance the potato rosti was cooked on the outside but still cold in the middle, same with the chips cooked on the outside still hard in the middle. Quality of peas were very poor, peas needed boiling more they were very hard and not enjoyable.

Chicken burgers dry and honorable Make sure you don't don't get over charged

My favourite pub in Lichfield. The atmosphere is always great, service is always great. James is a credit to M&B and knows how to run a pub. He’s always present in the pub and is so well known and has a great rapport with all customers. He’s always smiling and ready to great new customers and not scared to get his hands dirty! We are regulars here and will always return ❤️

Came here for a meeting and lunch and the food was unbelievably good all of our party enjoyed and we had lovely service Sara who was very accommodating all day and never stopped smiling. We will be here again hopefully for a more informal meeting because the beer looked excellent!!!

Excellent fast service. Food was tasty and reasonably priced. Will go again

Called into the Bowling Green on Sunday afternoon for refreshment whilst out on the motorcycle. We also ordered some nibbles from the main menu, I was served by Tracy at the bar who was extremely pleasant and helpful. and then sat outside and the food came out shortly after by Jayden who was very efficient and polite. We will make sure we come back again.

Just had the Ultimate Burger. Best burger I have had in quite a while. Tasty ingredients/toppings in just the right proportions. Would highly reccomend.

Even though they were extremely busy the food was great the service brilliant and we had an amazing night

Had a Sunday dinner with pudding was very nice especially the orange sponge pudding staff very helpful and polite will visit again when next in Lichfield

Great place with lovely food. Staff always pleasant

I have been here twice in last two weeks and on both occasions there was only one draught beer available, with various signs on the other pulls saying 'pipes being cleaned' and' beer settling'. For such a large pub this is really poor. I went to a nearby local that has six draught ales to choose from- come on guys not everyone drinks larger !

On arrival we were taken to our table, we were not told there was an hour wait on food or alot of the staple items were not available. We ordered on the app which was fine until we clicked pay, only to then be told no mixed grill, then upon investigation no steak, fish or chicken either. We picked another main meal but mixed grill was still showing as available. Our cutlery came out within minutes but no food for 55mins. Had we of known about the delay and lack of items we wouldn't have ordered. When the food arrived it was not the highest of standards but we were hungry and the queue at the bar was huge

Rubbish even at 40 percent off p..55 poor

Good food. Could be more accompaniments with the burgers either salad or peas etc.

Over the last 18months or so, me and a mate have been going to the Bowling Green every few weeks for a lunch-time beer and a bite to eat. The dishes are always good value, well cooked and presented - A special mention for Emma, a member of the front of house staff, for her friendly and professsional service. Recommended

Can only give an ok rating from my latest visit. 4 out of the 5 cask ale pumps were off for line cleaning. Then the 1 ale that was on went (cloudy/end of barrel). Service was fine and friendly, only a short wait time. Not tried the food here, but most tables were full on Saturday afternoon, so food must be popular.

Took my mom and dad for a meal out . Waited over an hour for the food and when it came it was cold . Wouldn't recommend going for a meal.

This chain pub has improved somewhat. It has a much more comprehensive menu recognising vegan and vegetarian needs and extending their broader offer. Staff appear more thoughtful, helpful, and motivated. Recently, though, like so many restaurants, prices have risen somewhat, and portion sizes have decreased.

Everything was good regarding the food and drink as usual. The only minor irritation is the need to register for parking which is getting more common these days.

Food is always lovely and the staff are very friendly