The Chequers Public House in Daventry

Turned up on Friday lunchtime after a visit to Coton Manor gardens. Never been before, loved it, good friendly atmosphere, reasonably priced food and dog friendly.

We have been to the Chequers for the last 2 weekends, Today we had the Sunday lunch and it was incredible, we have been made to feel extremely welcome on both occasions and this will now be our local pub to eat. So accommodating for kids also with a great play area. Thank you so much - Jess & Tom x

This welcoming and very friendly pub in the village of Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire serves delicious home cooked meals, never disappoints.

We travel from Royal Sutton Coldfield for the delicious food and the warm welcome we receive from the staff and customers

Food is always delicious with a fresh home cooked taste. The Salmon with Hollandaise sauce, mash potatoes and fresh veg is my fav! :-)

A stunning beautiful village pub with a brilliant family atmosphere. Friendly staff, friendly locals, and just a nice place to be. Food is generously plated home cooking. Super tasty too! Absolutely worth a visit!

Food was slow to be served and was very average. The pub itself has a nice ambience and the staff were very friendly

Great food and service, with a nice village atmosphere.

Can't beat Carol's sausage egg and chips for a speedy lunch 🙂

We’ve been to The Chequers a few times now for Sunday lunch and we have not been disappointed at all. There’s a choice of three roasts and a vegetarian option and the food is absolutely delicious and really good value. In addition, the staff are very welcoming and the pub is dog friendly ( a good idea to book if you’re taking a dog).

This is our new local pub although we came here quite a few times before moving to the village. It makes a big difference to an area when there is a really nice local pub. The food is really good and the staff are always friendly and welcoming. You can sit in the pub or in the big garden. There is a big playground for kids to play in and most importantly, the pub is dog friendly. Highly recommended to visit if you’re ever in the area.

Great family pub 👍 great atmosphere friendly staff. Excellent service and food is excellent too.

Haven't eaten there but love going for a drink. Lovely atmosphere, clean, friendly, lovely garden and kids play ares.

Excellent pub, food and beer good.

Great pub, excellent food at sensible prices delivered by friendly and attentive staff, highly recommended.

Took friends who had never been before. They are looking to visit again.

Good grub in a nice village pub.

We’re so lucky to have this lovely pub in our village. The food is fantastic, and the new fully enclosed children’s play area is amazing! A lot of thought has been put into making this pub a little goldmine. Well done Patrick, and thanks for all your hard work. Highly recommended!

Had a very good Sunday roast today. Very hot and lovely selection. Dessert choice excellent and prices very reasonable. Pub was busy so glad we booked. The staff were very friendly and efficient. A pub to return to.

Fantastic friendly service,food is excellent.

17/06/23 - Had a great traditional pub lunch today. Ales kept nice and friendly service Menu had good old fashioned options . Good sized portions

Great staff and great food. 5 stars all round

Great local pub to have a few pints at. Make sure to hang out with Polly the local dog. Dogs are welcome inside fyi.

We visited this evening for our wedding anniversary. We have not been able to come since lockdown but we’re very much looking forward to celebrating this evening. It appears that the Pub has been taking over since our last visit and the menu has been changed. No starters and the menu can only really be described as pub grub. Unfortunately they now do not stand out against any other chain restaurant. My main course was lukewarm and when I confirm that my dessert would be served hot, I was assured it would be, it came cold. We did point out that the main course was not hot and were advised to let them know in future. However from experience when one does this the other person is left to finish their meal on their own. This restaurant has always been our go to place for family celebrations and we even bought some American friends there to show them what English pubs are really like. As I said before there is nothing that makes them stand out and unfortunately we will not be back

Had a really great welcome here today. 16 of us including veggies vegans small children teenagers through to 85 year old great gran all got exactly what they wanted

A really good pub for a Sunday lunch. I like the beef roast best, but there is a choice of other roast dinners.

It felt like ownership had just changed. We went in for a pub lunch on a Sunday, so roasts were the only option, but there was basically no option for vegetarians. When challenged, they offered some frozen falafel with the veg from the other roasts (and the same meat gravy...) which was just sub par for 2022. The other roasts were disappointing with fairly meagre portions and average meat. The waitress other hand was brilliant and was working super hard and was very friendly. Overall it needs a bit of a refresh...

Nice pub lovely atmosphere mothers day dinner was tasty. But wasn't really special

Enjoyable night, great atmosphere, friendly, and welcoming, relaxing night out, worth a visit, recommend the food, people say to have a meal there is reasonable and well presented, and good service, what more could you ask for.look forward to go again.

Good excellent value food with friendly staff

Delicious Sunday Roast served up for us hungry walkers! Choice of beef, lamb or chicken today with all the trimmings. Would thoroughly recommend. We will definitely be back!

Great village pub. Friendly staff. Didn't try the food but expect that it was good.

A lovely village pub serving home made food, real ales lovely & this pub is cleverly utilised as a local grocery shop..unity in the community. Lovely landlady been there 31 years..

Good service and a very nice Christmas meal today

Great steak and ale pie and excellent pint on a Wednesday lunch. And amazing value. Will definitely be back.

Traditional English pub, awesome hearty food. I love coming here whenever we have a celebration or event in the family. I love consistency and a friendly face.

We visited between Christmas & New Year 2019, and had a very good meal of fish and chips - the batter was especially good, light and crisp and not the usual stodge found in so many places. Because of the time of the year was a very limited menu. What was served was excellent, hot and tasty and a good portion size, the fish flaked beautifully . Staff were friendly and sociable in a very pleasant natural way, and not the forced patronising interest that you find in so many pubs. It is not a grand place, the décor could do with an update, but being a rural village pub, it probably does not get much in the way of townies expecting a chintzy place with bouncy castles, nor kids running around everywhere - if that's what you are looking for, this is not for you! Just good honest homely pub food

Lovely local Village pub and have Skittles, whats not to like

First time visit great food with good service

Very good value and delicious food. A great village pub.

Very good service, lovely food, a very pleasant occasion.

Our special family evening was ruined by unacceptable comments made by the landlady. I particularly don't advise taking children as they are not made welcome. The children's play area is old, broken down and dangerous.

Great place to visit great food and staff, will be back soon

Nice country pub. Well kept hand pulled beers. Menu good, food good. Great prices.

I have eaten at this pub/restaurant for many years, it's part of an annual event. Food has never been anything other than 1st class. Can highly recommend the T-bone steak.

A cosy local pub with great staff and a friendly atmosphere

Lovely traditional English village pub. Better than average pub menu, food very good with good helpings and well presented. Also, reasonable prices. Top marks to Chef's! Good choice of ales but not all were in tip top condition. Good service but Manageress needs to smile a bit more to make people feel welcome.

As good today as it always is.. Superb village pub

As always. The best pub and food for miles

Garden and play area are in a terrible state and in desperate need of a refurbishment.

Very warm welcome,a throw back in time envoking memories of years gone by. The Lamb roast was delicious very faloversom,generous portions. Defiantly re visit..

Very good pleasant service really enjoyed the food

Typical village pub that’s not been ‘’gastroised’ yet! Lots of old fashioned charm, friendly service and a few draught beers to suit most real ale enthusiasts! We didn’t eat but the menu looked typical pub grub and reasonably priced, so might well try on a future visit. Convenient car park (adjacent to the main road) and a few spaces outside of the pub itself - but we were conscious that the pub is located in a relatively peaceful residential area, so if arriving by car I am sure both the landlord and the neighbours would prefer the main car park is used.

What a wonderful experience, three of us dined here 22 Sept. Really nice food and drinks with excellent service in a really friendly atmosphere. Will return soon.

Excellent food and service we have been a few times and enjoy are times there

Superb service, great food, well cooked and pleasant staff. A nice traditional, english country pub.

Proper pub and great landlord and staff will be going back

Great pub, good atmosphere, good food at areasonable price.

Lovely old style country pub not pretensious like most these days Great Beer and good value you food we worth a visit

Had a great time at our friends 70th staff took care of everything

Very welcoming. Laid on a good buffet. Children playing area could do with some TLC.

As a member of a large group fly fishing for a week in the area, my husband and his mates always use Chequers. Warm welcome,comfortable environment, excellent home cooked food at very reasonable prices. Will be back next year. Thank you Chequers.

Exactly that, about 10:30pm passing by and fancied a pint. Nice selection of beer and friendly Landlord, locals welcoming too. We put the world to right in 30 minutes and all was good. Exactly how a pub should be. Thankfully it hasn't been "boutiqued" like most pubs nowadays. Next time I'll go a bit earlier and take the family for something to eat.

We had a lovely Sunday lunch in this characterful village pub with great service and hearty portions of food. It's not very appealing from the outside and the interior decor is a flash back to the eighties but don't let that put you off as the owners and staff were friendly and it's clearly popular with the locals. The 3 course lunch with drinks for the two of us came to £40 which is great value and we will be sure to return again in the future.

A beautiful old world village pub, lovely setting and ambience. Friendly, fast service. Great selection of choice in menu and all food tasty and great looking.

Could not fault this place. Superb food at great prices,plenty to choose from and staff are so helpful

Friendly service,excellent Sunday lunch,warm and cozy atmosphere.Lovely home made desserts. Good value food and wine

Good food, good beer, cosy atmosphere. A very nice pub to eat and drink, well worth a visit.

Had dinner with a friend who visits this pub regularly. Friendly staff. Good range of choice on the menu. Ordered chicken breast with pepper sauce. Came with fresh vegetables on the side to share. Good value for money.

Ambiance cosy et familiale dans la salle du restaurant, ambiance typiquement pub au bar, tout le charme de l'Angleterre! Plats régionaux servis en portions plus que généreuses, service souriant, le délai entre la commande et l'arrivée des plats vous semblera peut être un peu long, mais vous avez la certitude que votre plat arrive de la cuisine fraîchement préparé, rien n'est cuit à l'avance! Une bonne occasion pour découvrir la cuisine anglaise qui n'est pas que le fish&chips; bien qu'ici il soit très bon.Les desserts méritent le détour, le crumble est à tomber!

My partner and I visited last week - we booked a table for two for 7pm. On arrival we spoke to the lady behind the bar who said she would prepare our table, she served our drinks and gave us a menu and instructed a very young waitress to seat us. After 15 minutes we were seated- not sure why there was a wait as all bar one restaurant table were empty and they had only just been seated.

Always good beer and friendly. Have had several lunches here and not been disappointed. Well reccomended.

Visited on a Saturday eve, pub was busy but not overly, waited a bar to be served for ages, she was too interested in serving the locals first. Our food was over an hour late, lots of other tables who ordered after ours got theirs, when asked how much longer we had to wait, her response was well u hadnt booked so not her fault, asked for complementary drinks, she refused this completely & walked off without any apology or some kind off gesture. When the food did arrive my dads food was wrong, he only asked for ham egg & chips, but got gammon, again we complained & her response was well thats how we do it here and again she walked off !!!!!

As always, we had our usual of smoked haddock and chips. Poached to perfection and a huge portion, the fish was wonderful, as always! Keep up the good work and we'll be back!

De haber estado aquí varias veces, me he dado cuenta de cómo la bienvenida bienvenida es deficiente. Volvió (o, más bien no! En nuestra última visita) cuando entramos en el bar estaba lleno, que era suficiente y esperas que esperar mientras se ocuparon de varios órdenes, pero no había ningún tipo de saludo. Me quedó allí durante varios minutos, y estaba completamente borrado. Eventualmente el farfulló 'estaré con usted en un minuto. Si hubiera sido yo por mí me hubiera caminado por entonces.

Simple, friendly, good range of beers.

Great food. I've used this pub several times for family gatherings

Just had a family Xmas lunch for 12, which was excellent. Great service & hospitality, thanks for making this family get together a great time.

Hace poco llevé a un viejo amigo de tiempo para almorzar en el Chequers en Ravensthorpe. No vayas allí muy a menudo, ya que está a unos 40 km de donde yo vivo en el sur de Bedfordshire, pero es un lugar querido para mi corazón por varias razones - no menos el hecho de que estoy en primer términos nombre con Gordon, el propietario.

Had a Saturday lunch, place was quite meal arrived reasonable timing lots of it good quality typical local pub food not over priced would go again in the future.

To the previous reviewer who wrote a vindictive personal review about the owner.Your review was pointless personal and meaningless you even said the restaurant evening was fine then decided to tell us all you had a problem with the owner I DONT CARE the food is superb the staff first rate and the beer wonderful please keep your personal spiteful opinions to yourself.

We visited the pub on recommendation and everything was lovely until I complained about my steak having too much Grissel through it ! The owner Gordon was the Chef that night and challenged me in a disbelieving manner ! He stormed off with my plate. I asked the waitress to tell him that I did not want another one, he came out of the kitchen shouting " Well what do you want then ? " . My partner was very upset telling him he was very rude. He ruined what started off as a very pleasant evening. He has since deleted my review on his website hence the reason I've posted one on here. Everybody in my party did like the food it's the attitude of the owner that stinks ...

Have visited a couple of times recently and always had a friendly reception and excellent food. Not too pricey and worth the money.

A great pub in a small Northamptonshire village. Beer is hand pulled and the range changes weekly although Thwaites Original is a regular and is usually on. The Pub is like a village store selling Bread, Eggs, Honey and Jams. They do good home cooked meals that are good value for money

A fine pub with great food home cooked on the premises.Our landlady Gill is an absolute gem and should be thanked for her warmth and kind personality. We had the freshly made lamb curry and Haddock and Chips I am a Senior Contributor and offer my heartfelt congratulations to this outstanding pub.

This was my second visit. Not impressed the first time, but thought I would give it another go.The staff were fairly pleasant, but the lady behind the bar....VERY rude.I had a glass of wine, then asked for a glass of tap water, only to be told "they don't do tap water" then she told me I could have a bottle of water, which I accepted. She plonked a small bottle of water in front me, then a glass, no offer if ice or lemon!The bottle was warm. She then charged me £1.25p!!I then asked if we could gave a jug of water on the table? She did not like that. Again told me they don't do tap water!! Unbelievable! I was not a happy customer, and will certainly not go back there.

Food was OK but food took ages and staff were so miserable, especially the lady behind the bar. Not surprising that it wasn't busy on a Saturday night. Very nice pub though, just needs some new owners.

Our friends spoke very highly of this gastro pub, were we in for a shock our treatment was nothing short of disgusting the lady behind the bar was short tempered no welcome was forthcoming we were told to go to a table which we did and twenty minutes later still had no one to attend or bring a menu, when we did go to the bar the same lady was really nasty to the lovely young lad who was doing his best to give us his full attention when we was placing our order. The whole evening was spoiled by this lady who did not know how to treat her customers. Definitely not going again

Smoked Haddock remains excellent! The pub is a lovely local watering hole with a good range of real ale (sadly untasted as I'm the driver) and an extensive and tempting menu. But we still enjoy the haddock! Met the delightful BedfordshireBlogger, how about that?Back soon!!!

Still the smoked haddock and chips excels, even though it actually isn't on the menu now! But they know us now, we we've returned several times since our last review as it is well located for us when traveling from Hereford to Norwich. It's just off the M1 and the A14, set in a lovely village and offering fine food and old worlde ambience

Walked through the surrounding area of Northamptonshire a delight again at The Chequers good home cooked food and delightful beer.

Old fashioned pub in a lovely village. Service was OK. The beer was excellent and I enjoyed my meal. A good selection on the menu. The pub was nice and warm in November!!

The landlady was unbelievably rude to my partner. If we had not already paid for our food I would have told her where to shove it. How she ever got into hospitality is beyond me. She looks like she needs to retire! I'm surprised they have any customers at all. Will not be returning!!

Dated decor, not clean, really basic possibly microwaved meals. Dark inside. I wouldn't take a family there, it's more of an old mans drinking pub than anything else

Spotted this Pub by accident however decided to have a drink, wish we had not bothered, really dated decor, sky TV on but no-one watching it, unruly kids jumping on the chairs, don't bother it is not worth it.

Stopped for a spot of lunch, was pleasantly surprised with the menu which was varied and well priced. Nice selection of ales.I would pop in again if in the area.

I am a regular user of the pub(twice a month) for meals out with friends and ex-colleagues, although it is 10 miles from my home. The menu is large and they give you exactly what you want and how you want it. We've been going to this pub for over 10 years to eat and have not had reason to go somewhere else. The beer is good too. The comment about the landlady being rude is a lack of understanding regarding her sense of humour. We have always got on well with her.

Somewhat surprised by some of the reviews. We were lost in country lanes on a Sunday ride out and came accross this pub. Good to see cheese, nuts, crisps on the bar on a Sunday morning. Found us their last unbooked table. Only roast available but we had turkey dinner and it was excellent . Tasty, well cooked, well presented and plenty. Our waitress was very friendly and efficient. man we saw at the bar was most helpful to point us on our way.They were very busy . Saw someone bring a dog in. All I can say is our meal was one of the best plated roast meals for ages. Form your own opinion. We recommend it.

For awful service go here. Landlady the rudest person I've ever met in hospitality. An expert in hostility. We only ate because we were halfway on a long walk and without our car. Awful experience. Humiliating. Shame on the chef who produces good food but landlady blew any tip for the chef.

A nice old English pub serves tasty food for a reasonable price. The fish and chips were as good as you can get outside Yorkshire and there is a good range of beers. I have been here several times and never been dissapointed. The atmosphere on the first Saturday in July is alos quite something when the village fills with steam engines from the nearby Steam fair.