The Bull at Towcester in South Northamptonshire

Staying at Hilton at Silverstone and decided to pop in for something to eat Friday evening. Found staff to be very friendly and service good. Son and I ordered a pizza each, which were excellent.

First time experience at The Bull. I believe its now under new management and we decided to try the Sunday carvery. We were not disappointed. Friendly staff who explained everything and served with a smile. The food was very generous and very tasty. We will definitely return again for this delicious feast. Carvery is served 7 days a week. It will not disappoint you.

What amazing carvery today well done to the team everything was spot on from start to finish highly recommend this place

We stopped here on a long road trip between Yorkshire and Dorset with a 4 year old just in time for tea. We are always reluctant to go for McDonald's/KFC on route because our son hates chips and always asks for veg. I did a bit of googling and The Bull popped up as doing a carvery everyday. I was surprised when I walked in, it was very very quiet and on a Friday night too. I was very pleased to hear the carvery was still on and after I finalised my order, realised a fresh dinner was only going to be £22 all in including drinks. There was a choice of three meats which all looked very appealing. I opted for beef which was succulent and juicy, and a nice pink in the middle (just as it should be), and was given a good range of accompanying dishes. The cauliflower cheese stood out and was delicious. As well as the best Yorkshire Puddings I have seen outside of Yorkshire. I should know as a Yorkshire Lass! Would definitely recommend a visit for dinner. Very reasonably priced for the quality on offer.

Lovely food and great service will definitely go back. Thank you

Popped in for a quick lunch today. Great food and service. Probably the best gammon roast which I have ever had! 👍👍👍

Very friendly excellent carvery highly recommend the Bull would definitely eat here again . Great food staff and value for money

Had the Bull recommended to us just after its reopening/new management and we were delighted with what we found. Excellent food/carvery (quality, quantity and price), incredibly friendly and helpful staff, relaxed atmosphere. Would definitely go again. All in all a great afternoon at the Bull and we wish the staff and new management every success.

Went to this pub by chance on a Sunday after visiting Silverstone Museum. Pub had changed management the day before and chef was new to the area, but staff were friendly and welcoming and the carvery was excellent, with good choices of meat and fresh vegetables (that hadn’t been cooked to death, unlike at certain T@by carvery offerings). Good luck to new management on serving up a good meal so soon after taking over!

We had a lovely carvery at the bull there was a good choice of meat and plenty off vegetables. All cooked to a great standard. Was disappointed that there was no ros'e wine, or no alcohol free beer. Also the pub only had one wine glass in the whole of the pub. Which ment I had to have my wine in a big gin glass, which make the wine taste different. The gentleman that carved the meat was very friendly and chatty, but the rest of the bar staff were very quiet and didn't seem to know what they were doing. But overall we had a lovely meal and time. Would go again.

This is one of the worst Pub l have been. I was told that there was Calvary meal but it didn’t have any of the meats but except Gammon . I spent almost £35 for two on cavalry meal that only had gammon. The gammon was very salty , l am very much to believe they added so much salt on the gammon during their preparation. When l made a complaint about the food , l was told that they needed to phone the owner to give me a refund . After a while , l had to again the bar tender about the outcome of the phone call , they gave me an excuse. Please DO NOT GO TO THIS PUB. If you ever do after getting this reading this review , l would warn take with yourself a vomitting bag .

Great staff beer garden was clean and inviting.

Down from Edinburgh for the MotoGP and this was the closest pub to our hotel Great place , fantastic staff and service,

It was awesome, loved it, really great staff, and the pizza sauce (hot as a side) was just what the doctor ordered 😁

No Real Ale on Tap when we visited. Not sure what the food is like but it was busy.

Not a deal to say other than don't bother. Takes forever to get served, food is terrible, some comes out cold and miserable atmosphere. Very disappointed 👎🏻

Had a lovely Sunday carvery, highly recommend

Wow that knocked me sideways !! My family and I have just had a Sunday Carvery. We got there around 3pm (apparently Carvery open until 6pm) and went for our food. My beef was absolutely buggered even the guy carving said the knife was blunt, my wife’s gammon was fat with a dash of gammon, my daughter’s turkey was ok. I am still waiting for the mash to appear !!!!!! The veg was ok , good job you had roast potatoes because there was no mash. 3 Carvery’s , 1 Pint of Coke, 1 Zinfandel Blush and 2 pints of beer all for the sum of £73.37 !!!! Let me tell you at The Bull we won’t be back absolute rip off and so disappointed. I paid in full because I will vote with my feet never to return.

My son and I had a lovely meal here. Staff were very attentive, good portion size for children and great value for all food. My son absolutely loved the bouncy castle and play area...

Yet again a total let down, with all the different landlords its still rubbish. Went today for sunday lunch only to be greeted with empty pub and a waitress. Told her we had table booked and then got told NO CARVERY today. They have our details a polite message or email would have been nice to say no food on offer. This has to be worst place in towcester no matter how many landlords they put in there

Good beers, friendly staff, great music selection in the background.

Very good service and staff very polite 👍food was excellent

Used to be a lovely place to eat, but not anymore it appears. We came in for a quick dinner and there was no one else sat down. With a two year old in tow we like to go and eat early to avoid disturbing others and so we don't have to wait long due to him being two he can become irritable quickly. we ordered and sat down, an hour and a half later still no food and no apology for the wait. When we ordered we werent told there would be a wait nor did we think there would be due to there being no one else eating ! we decided enough was enough and to ask for our money back and leave, we never found out why we were waiting so long ! They also had only carlsberg and guiness left on tap until Tuesday! (didn't bother us as we weren't drinking however over a hot weekend there are going to be some disappointed people! ) this is the third time we have tried to eat in there since they have been taken over and the first two times we were turned away as the kitchen was closed (again no explanation as to why) AVOID !

Great atmosphere pub with a large family welcome garden. Food was good for a lunch with a pint.

I've eaten before at the Bull. It's a great pub with great food. Today there was no food until 2pm as the had a big booking and you've got to respect that. Had a nice pint and my daughter played on the bouncy castle.

A hidden gem, we had the Pan seared salmon, Parma ham, smoked salmon and leek risotto cream jus, delicious food obviously cooked to order. Excellent service

The MOST amazing turkey roast, along with some truly delicious red cabbage, parsnips, mange tout, runner beans, roasties, a big Yorkshire pud and sausage. Great service, great venue. We'll be back!!!

Had a Sunday roast and a couple of drinks. What a great meal. I can highly recommend the Turkey and pork. Will be back. The pub is lovely, the staff are polite and friendly, plus plenty of parking. I can highly recommend this place.

Been before and had a good experience but this was poor. Duo of Beef sounded great but half the duo was inedible, and the sauce was odd (not inedible but odd). It also took ages to come out of the kitchen. The waiter was very good and dealt with it well. "Supplier issues" well if you don't have the product, don't serve it.

After breaking down nearby it was a major relief to find somewhere friendly to sit down, have a nice drink and wait for recovery

Absolutely fantastic food and service. Greeted by a very friendly member of staff, food delivered within 10 mins and it was to die for. Roast lamb for me was perfect and my gorgeous girlfriend who likes her beef well done which they easily accommodated for her. The cauliflower cheese was unbelievable. Definitely will be returning

Great pub food under management of new chef. Large garden. Excellent menu. Family and dog friendly. Highly recommended

Had the steak with Red wine jus, steak was cooked to perfection and just was absolutely to die for. Really friendly waitress, would highly recommend a visit, well done chef.

Mid-week, therefore quiet. The sea bass skin was a little under done. Lots of peas in both my sea bass and my wife's beef meals. Very nice though!

Lovely staff Great food not busy. I recommend hat you book for food here as soon as you can. This pub feels like a local but the food was as good as any I have had in large restaurants

Being mothers day it all seemed a disarray. Lots of staff that looked like the didn't what to do, no welcome from any staff, no eye contact, only had about 6 tables eating. Not the greatest

We held my mother's wake in the back room the food and service was second to none can't thank enough

Had a really aelicious Sunday Roast great meats. Awesome veg huge yorkshire pudding. Very good service from friendly staff.

Sunday roast absolutely delicious

Great little pub. Bouncy castle for the little-uns

The food was delicious, the service was also great, very friendly staff, Steph was lovely, I love smiley people. And Steph was definitely that.

We had a reduced menu but it wasn't an issue - the food was delicious. There was not one other table of the restaurant being used but it did mean my date and I could hear each other.

Great food, lovely staff and friendly service had a great time. Good size portions food was excellent, will come again .

We had a lovely family meal at the Bull. There were 11 of us in the function room. Steph did a great job of taking our orders ahead of time and organising our booking. I had fish and chips and it was beautifully cooked.

Great service and good food. We were a large party for a birthday and they got all the food out to us at once. Very tasty and great value.

We booked the Bull's function room for our daughter's 2nd birthday and it was fantastic. We ordered a buffet for 20 people and everyone commented on how good the food was. They even made sure the bouncy castle was up for the children. We were made to feel very welcome and our daughter had a great party. Would definitely recommend!

Whilst driving around Towcester today we came across the bull. So pleased we did. We received a lovely welcome, the pub was warm and comfortable, the food was excellent. So much so we have booked to go again next week. Highly recommend this establishment.

This was the second time we had been recently,the staff were pleasant enough but on both occasions were lacking service skills,we waited over an hour for our roast dinners on a Sunday!we were repeatedly told that our meal would be about three minutes!3/4 of an hour later food arrived,wrong order!given complementary yorkhire puddings to placate,but we had already stated when ordering that they were not required!it wasn't until the bar manager asked us if we were still waiting that suddenly this started to move,possibly our order had been mislaid!!!!!

Excellent Christmas lunch. The roasts were amazing. 'Just like a Christmas meal at home'. Very friendly and personal service. I received lots of thanks from our large group for making the booking. I'm sure many will make a repeat visit as they were so impressed.

Myself and nine friends attended a pre booked Christmas lunch at the Bull in Towcester. The food and the service was excellent and the staff were very friendly and accommodating. I would recommend the Bull as a place to eat.

This is relatively local to us, so over the last 35 years or so, have seen The Bull transform from a simple wet-led drinking place through various iterations of restaurant offering. This review is, in a way, reflective of two visits - neither good. We originally visited a couple of weeks after the current change of owner and refurbishment and were shocked at the slow service and poor food but put this down to the newness of the team etc at the time. Thinking the time had come to give them another try, we booked a table for five - surely it must be better by now... Despite there being various tables in the main restaurant, we were somewhat bizarrely taken to the function room area, and shown to a table for eight, and then forgotten - no menus, no wine lists... nothing! When we did get menus, there was an extensive list of items that weren't available (at 19:15 on a Saturday) so we made our choices from the remaining limited options. First challenge - starter choices for three were suddenly also unavailable, so we made alternative choices - only one portion of the alternative, the others had less luck. Drinks order - hardly difficult at a bottle of wine, a jug of water, a coke and a glass of wine... well, it would have been easy had they remembered to bring it to the table... Main courses eventually appeared at 21:10 with an apology that they only had one chef as the other had 'walked out' yesterday. The place wasn't busy (witness the spare tables that we could have had in the (warm) restaurant) so not too sure what the issue had been, other than complete lack of effective management. I think it will take another change of owner before we try to spend more money in The Bull...

Lovely pub came and visited Towcester which I do some times has I was brought up there this pub has got lovely decor and friendly bar staff and certainly will be visiting again I couldn't rate the food as I didn't eat at this lovely establishment but I'm sure it would be very good its a pity they don't have more pubs like this gem in Northampton

I went to The Bull Inn for lunch with two colleagues. We each had a different meal and all agreed that the food was superb. There was so much we couldn't quite eat it all. The restaurant was quiet and comfortable and the price more than reasonable. I highly recommend this restaurant.

Food was great, one had sea bass and one the panko chicken burger. Service was new to the job but friendly. Fresh Doombar on. All good!

Absolutely delicious food, the best pub food I have eaten for a long time. The portions were generous and the service was attentive and friendly. I will definitely be back, the Christmas menu looks amazingly good value.

The Bull is under new management so we popped in for lunch to check it out. What can I say Chicken, bacon and avocado sandwich was amazing and the chips that came with it were to die for. Highly recommended well worth a visit.

Brilliant restaurant, booked by my other half for a birthday meal, beef was cooked to perfection, lovely chef who took the time to speak to us after the meal. Would happily dine here again.

Excellent tasty food, large portions. Highly recommend

Lovely lunch, well presented and served.

What a fabulous pub with incredible food. Visited last night with a friend and was blown away by the quality of the food. I had scallops to start followed by mushroom and truffle oil risotto and both were truly delightful. Would highly recommend and can’t wait to go back.

Visited once so far, pleasant atmosphere. We didn't eat there on this occasion, but look forward to doing so in the future.

Myself and partner just had a super lovely meal here. Chicken wings and fillet steak. Both scrumptious 😋. Service from Nicky was marvellous, very friendly , funny and welcoming. Would recommend.

First visit since under new ownership. Had an amazing Sunday roast dinner, the food had so much flavour and was the perfect portion size. Staff were attentive and friendly. Will definitely return!

Good food. Function room was busy so service on the slow side.

5 ☆. Thank you Steph and Nikki for looking after us. Delicious food, lovely pub, brilliant service 👌 And a big thank you for your recommendations for shopping!

Local with potential, but some kinks to iron out… Visited The Bull on Sunday 10th September 2023 for lunch, wanting to check it out as it had recently changed hands and included a bouncy castle and play area for the kids - a major bonus in this weather and one of the only places in the centre of Towcester to have something like this. The menu looked good, with a Sunday lunch offering. If I were being picky as one of the first ‘touch points’ I’d prefer the menus were printed on higher quality paper rather than just being handed a dog-eared piece of A4! Service was slow and inconsistent - we had to ask three different people for sauce. We were offered Yorkshire puddings with our meals as an upsell and these failed to materialise… but were on the bill, suggesting some communication issues between FOH and the kitchen. Whilst the food itself was reasonably tasty, much was not as offered on the menu - I had what was meant to be pork shoulder that turned out to be belly with some very rubbery ‘crackling’ that was effectively still rind. My wife had what was meant to be a rolled cut of lamb that came out as carved leg. The side of veg was pretty standard steamed veg. I wouldn’t go back exclusively for the food or service, but the play equipment for the kids is a big selling point, provided you’re happy to wait a while for your order while you sit in the garden! I think much of this is easy to sort out - better training of staff, getting a bit slicker in putting checks through to the kitchen, and probably better staggering of bookings (esp tables with 6+ covers) to help smooth demand out for the kitchen. I’d personally rather see a simplified drinks menu offering (eg no cocktails) and even a simpler food menu that focusses on quality and consistency , and will help the FOH staff too.

I went with party of 14 last week. The food was brilliant; clean plates all round, which says it all. The service was fantastic; certainly reached my expectations. I would recommend this pub for a good evening out. Well done Niki and thank you.

Never been to the Bull before but heard it was quite good since changing hands. Came for Sunday lunch. Food was really good, service was very good. Was quite impressed. The 2 girls serving were very good and did a great job!

Came here tonight to try as it’s got new owners. Not impressed at all. The Calamari was chewy like elastic bands (obviously frozen) we had 3 rings for £8.95! Totally over priced and not pleasant at all. The steak was full of sinue and couldn’t cut it. It was rump so I expected it to be not that tender, but it wasn’t good at all. The mushroom and Stilton sauce was lovely though. The service was very mediocre, the waitresses could smile a bit more, so wasn’t very welcoming. The lady behind the bar was nice enough… such a shame as we had higher hopes. Doubt we will be back. The garden is a lovely size, everything else is lacking unfortunately 😢

Not much choice on the menu and over priced.

Lovely roast dinner for Sunday lunch. Had the pork belly, very nice of slightly chewy. Roast potatoes and veg were lovely and the setting and decor was lovely too.

The food was good, with excellent service. As it was a Monday there was an offer of 25% discount on the food which was an added bonus, not sure how long the offer will continue. We will definitely go again.

Just went for a few drinks, very busy and a nice place 🙂

Highly recommend food is amazing mac n cheese is to die for. cocktails are so good and are priced accordingly staff are attentive and well mannered they made me feel very welcome the atmosphere is very warm and homely leah and emily were very helpfull love the place

Never really been here before it has just changed hands as never appealed, but the food is fantastic , and has now become our regular eatery, especially as on a Monday they offer 25% off the food bill, the fillet steak is Beautiful & cooked to perfection, also they make a great strawberry daiquiri

Awesome service, amazing food. Very busy with a great atmosphere

Great service and amazing food would recommend highly

45 min wait for undercooked food. 2nd attempt just as bad.

Overcooked food, everything is burnt. Vinegar has bits in. Very overpriced for the quality. Would not recommend!!

Miserable unfriendly staff and owners

I want to contextualize Google's idea that this pub is '££'. For example, fish and chips will set you back 20 quid. (You certainly get a square meal, I think the staff were being generous.) So, do not go in there expecting chain prices; probably it's an independent. It's quite unfair that Google could be sending people in with the wrong expectations. This place is for people who like their eating out and aren't on a tight budget. For that audience I think it will do fine.

Been here several times and the food is just amazing. Staff are always so helpful and friendly.

We had been racing at Silverstone all day and our friend Chris recommended this place, highly recommend to anyone thinking of going, lovely staff and really good service and food!

Very nice, as were catering for big numbers of people was excellent. Excellent meal, excellent service, all for a good price. Most enjoyable

Very. Nice place lovely food but to small for a band very loud

Popped in for Sunday lunch - no booking. Food was very good, staff pleasant. GVFM.

I would never visit again started with children being wheeled inand out of the kitchen then a cold meal of burnt fish and the most disgusting chips I have any tasted the gammon was salty for nearly £40 I am sure they could do better !!

Had beef stoganoffe more mushrooms than beef & no sign of onion and very bland .

Very friendly staff with the most fantastic food.

Great pub, food was amazing and so much of it. After a 100 mile just what we needed.

Lovely set up, great garden if you have a young family. My glass had lipstick on it, it was changed when asked. We ordered for 12 people and I would not return here for food. The pizza was so wet from the amount of mozzarella, there was nothing on it when picked up just a soggy base. They made a new one and it was better. The child’s menu should be just that. The chips were covered in rock salt, which isn’t okay for small children, the mash stated on the menu mash, not mash with garlic, cheese and salt. The adults chips had far too much salt on and ruined the food. The halloumi chips came out burnt to a crisp, they re cooked fresh and they were better but come with no dip! I would absolutely visit for a drink, but would not return here for food.

This place was rubbish not clean and the food was a waste of time would never go back

It's a pub. If you're looking for a decent drink and a good atmosphere then the Bull has that covered. But there is more, much more. A friendly and helpful team offering excellent service and food to match. They sure know how to use their pizza oven and a great range of options are available. Homemade burgers are stunning and if you think you've eaten enough, think again and try one if the Bull's handmade ice creams. For the quality and service, prices very reasonable indeed

Draft Doombar, what's not to like?

Had one of the best Chicken Kiev ever with grear service

Very good staff helpful atmasphere good all in all very good

Lovely food, great service. A very enjoyable experience.

Lovely meal. There were 18 of us. Everyone had a great time. We'll done to Claire, partner and the team.

Lovely pub, didnt eat, but saw other people's food and it looked amazing.

Really tasty fare from an interesting menu Happy friendly staff in pleasant atmosphere.