The Cock at Broom in Central Bedfordshire

Amazing pub, super friendly service and great food. Also lots of outdoor space including covered outdoor space

Lovely pub and staff. Would have been 4 or 5 stars but for the following; Disappointed to find so many items on the menu were unavailable, no burgers, no steak & kidney suet pudding and down to the last 5 sausages! No decaf tea or coffee available. We had fish & chips, fish was good with nice flakes of haddock but chips were average but all served on cold plates which wasn't good. Perhaps we were just unlucky but we won't be returning.

Not a freehouse as can only serve greene king beer, a pint of which was awfully. Place is empty yet staff claim not to be able to serve food as "fully booked"

Friendly feel I had some fish & potato 🥔

I like the quirkiness of this place, nice friendly people, only thing is the place is a bit grubby in areas, could do with a good clean

We booked a table for dinner for when we had finished a cycle ride. We chose our food from a menu received from Nick & Michelle. Our tables were ready for us and the food was served promptly. The young lady serving did an excellent job and, because I had named the people having the food, she was able to ask for us by name instead of having to ask who was having what. The food was well presented, hot and delicious and very good value for money. Jo was serving in the bar (along with her colleagues whose names I apologise that I didn't get) - she did an excellent job too as we were all buying our own drinks. Thank you for looking after us everyone at The Cock Inn!

Fabulous, quirky country pub. Excellent selection of beer, wine and lager. We enjoyed our Sunday lunch with a couple of excellent real ales.

Quirky pub with a cellar bar, they had a car show on the day we visited with BBQ food and live music. They have a great menu if you visit on non event days with a good choice of food. They have a selection of beers and ciders with normally around three guest beers to try.

Very nice traditional pub left the way it was over several decades. Been on my visit list and didn't disappoint. Great beer

Allways enjoy coming to this pub it's old lovely features, allways very friendly and helpful staff nice atmosphere had couple drinks or been there for several meals and food allways very tasty highly recommend to anyone

Great old country pub...known as the pub with no bar. Ale was great served straight from the barrel in the cellar, very reasonably priced unlike some country pubs, eclectic rooms & seating, outside courtyard with large umbrellas, function room , large car park & an overnight camping field...food looked & smelt great...very welcoming...Am sure I will give 5* when I try the food

It's always a great idea to stop by this almost magical old place for a drink or two whenever we are passing through the village! I love the relaxed atmosphere and friendly people, besides the fact that this is such a cool pub with it's very old rooms, each one with their own character and older than old charm from a bygone era! Decent priced drinks, can't say anything about the food because we haven't eaten there yet, but we will be trying it next time! Go get yourself to cold drink and enjoy your time either inside in one of the small unusual beautifully decorated with old chairs and other furniture, or go outside where it is possible to be around other people equally enjoying themselves on a sunday afternoon, with enough room and sitting chairs/ tables so everyone is comfortable! You will love it, I am sure!

It was OK but let down by the very average food.

Really good pint when I visited.

The sort of pub you take foreign friends to as a shining example of a British boozer

Traditional village pub serving real ales and good wholesome food. The unusual thing is it has no bar, and beer is served straight from the cask in a semi-basement cellar.

Great food, Great beer, Great cider. All round great English Pub, would recommend to anyone!

The meal I had was first class. Steak and kidney pudding.

Amazing local pub with great atmosphere, food and staff

Traditional English pub in the country. Freehouse with a superb range of beers, lagers, wines, spirits.Great to see local brewers and even the Mighty Oak brewery from Maldon,Essex.Their Gorgeous George beer was coming on next,hope they get in Captain Bob and Maldon Gold.Both great beers. We picked three different dishes for lunch. They were all excellent and good sized portions at a reasonable price. I look forward to staying overnight on a future occasion and sampling the fair and beers again. Staff were all very friendly , well done everybody.

Had a party food was a buffet vegan food was really tasty

I had Sunday lunch recently with a group for a 90th birthday celebration with a group of friends riends excellent food,service Well done Nick ,Michelle and team 👏

Ist time there made very welcome lovely atmosphere

A group of approx 16 WI members visited this lovely, quaint old pub. Excellent service.

Lovely sunday roast lunch with brother in law. Big eater and was well stuffed thank you xx

I love to visit this pub whenever we’re in the area. I hope it never changes. Each time I visit I see something new (or really old). Staff are so lovely. Only came for drinks.

Good selection of well kept beer. Reasonably priced and very tasty food.

Brilliant little pub. Brilliant staff and good prices

I had a lovely meal with friends. The food was amazing and the service was very good. Lovely friendly, helpful staff. Realy nice atmosphere. I rang ahead as I have dietary requirements, the staff spoke to me, and together, we planned my meal, which was excellent. I would highly recommend it.

The owners kindly allowed up to have our run club monthly meet up here. As all 30 Spider Runners descending on them they swift dealt with orders and all were sat having drink and great food in a blink of an eye. Lovely quirky pub with a wonderful atmosphere. Had most of our runners vowing to come back with their families at a later date. Wonderful service and we all left happy, hopefully they will host us again. Five stars for everything.

Great pub, loved a couple of pints of Ghandi's flip flop! Great staff, lovely atmosphere!

Fabulous country pub with small but good selection of cask ales etc, served from the cellar. Charmingly situated next to a small airfield, with a vintage biplane likely be spotted overhead.

Great pub food great-good as a Brit stop for campers - love the owners very friendly and chatty - would recommend 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

Gets better every time I visit! Excellent beer, good and reasonably priced homemade food and lovely staff. The pub itself is a quirky old building with bags of character, and it has a fair bit of outdoor space, too. Edit: I have revisited several times since my initial review and sadly this place is not as good as before. Service is incredibly hit and miss with long queues for a drink and food not always being available. The food is of variable quality also, with my last meal being really bad. Having said all that, it's still a pretty pub, in a great location and the beers are generally in excellent condition.

Stayed over in our motorhome. Great food, great beer. We will return.

Always well kept cellar and great beer 🍻

We stayed a few nights before the Supernationals near by. Nick and Michelle were so welcoming as were aĺl the staff and locals. Thoroughly enjoyed our stay and will be back. Thank you.

Love this pub friendly and good service with fab friendly staff

Went out for Birthday lunch. Food was delicious and staff very accommodating when we wanted to change tables. Would definitely eat there again.

Beautiful historic pubs, lots of small rooms and famously ‘no bar’. Had a beautiful pint of Tring Brock Bitter, a lot of friendly locals when we went. All first name terms with the staff it seems who were also nice. The ploughman’s we had was okay, a lot of pickled bits and pieces in it. I think next time a more substantial meal as the couple next to us had a meal to make us jealous!

Fantastic little, old village pub with a camping field behind it. Never let's us down.

A great old pub with loads of charm Great food and friendly staff well worth a visit

Amazing rooms and outside too .... beers from the cellar, no bar

Lovely historic pub. Made up of various small rooms and a large covered outside area. There is no bar but the dutiful staff pop down to the cellar pour straight from the barrel fantastic pub grub and legendary Sunday roast. Here you will find an original skittles board which must be over 100 years old. A great experiance made better by the beautiful landlady and grumpy landlord.

A happy place with friendly staff and locals, a few real ales served perfectly direct from the barrel, and good food.

Great pub with the ale direct from the barrel.

Lovely pub, friendly staff and good food.

You would be pushed to find a more friendly pub than this the food is like mum makes real ales very friendly staff what more could you ask for in a small country pub stayed on campsite fab

Looked for a decent place to eat while heading down the A1. Reviews looked good so rang and booked. Glad we did. Had roast lamb and it was lovely. They even had redcurrant jelly which lots of places don't. Thoroughly enjoyed our meal and the quirkiness of the place. Staff were friendly and we learnt a few mole facts!

Quirky pub with no bar…. Friendly service and nice pub food… Decent portions!

A lovely friendly pub that has a good range of beers and food. The food is well cooked and tasty at a reasonable price. Well worth lingering here for a while.

Good beer and food and friendly staff. 👍🍺

lovely old pub ,lovely people, a trifle on the expensive side

I love this old quirky pub, the staff are always friendly and welcoming. If I’m over that way I will often try and pop in for a pint of real ale. And Ali a wine, we’ve there four or five times this year for lunch and il love the chicken wings and the fish finger sarnie on lovely fresh bread. We where there twice this weekend and hopefully again soon. There was the triumph car club there which was great to see to.

Briilliant. Just what a pub should be: cisy, traditional, beer from the barreel, nice food, friendly

Fabulous food, friendly pub and great pub games. Why hadn't we been before?!?

A great old fashioned pub. Superb real ale and food. When we piled in as a group of 8 out driving our Morgans they accommodated us easily. Service was excellent.

8 of us popped in here on the off-chance for lunch after visiting the nearby Shuttleworth Collection at Old warden. What a find! Although the pub was very busy the landlady, found us somewhere to sit and got us all a beer and menu to peruse while we waited. She informed us that it would be about 40 minutes for the food as they were so busy but that was no problem. When the food came it was plentiful and piping hot and overall great quality home cooked "pub grub" (with proper vegetables which to me is always a sign that a place cares about food). Interestingly there looms to be no bar as such, the beer being drawn from kegs in the adjacent cellar. I can't praise the landlady and staff highly enough - friendly, informative and efficient. Friendly locals as well. This place defines for me what a good pub should be. I would give it six stars if I could!

Think we must have visited on a bad night as the Wherry was awful. Changed to another beer but it wasn't any better. Then the pub shut at 10pm.

Lovely experience. Recommend a real pub to anyone. Delightful

Fantastic old pub only had a quick pint but had a explore of all the rooms best of a old British pub and staff was very grateful for the custom 😎

Booked for Sunday lunch today, amazing food! Big portions and friendly staff. Good beer. Can't fault it.

A pub with unique character, retaining original 19th century layout (including no bar!). Friendly service & good wholesome pub fare. Seems very popular, so probably best to book for eating. Also dog friendly.

Great hospitality We had a delicious Sunday roast would highly recommend eating there. We also stayed the night rooms are spotlessly clean and cosy the staff are so helpful just all round lovely people working and running the place..

Took my uncle out for his belated bday meal. Incredible food, great pints and exceptional hospitality. Made to feel like had won the lottery lol. Cannot fault ANYthing of the experience, except that my uncle had to drive back after just the one pint! Lol. Top effort @all and I remember landlord and lady from Ickleford sooooo glad they're still doing what they're great at!

Lovely local pub with really welcoming hosts. Happy to allow us to park up overnight (for reasonable charge but free with Britstops). Highly recommend the local 'Strawberry Fields' still cider, just wish we had arrived early enough for food. Will come back when they have their next music event. Thank you Nick and Michelle for your hospitality!

Wow what a place. It's a lovely little pub, fantastic food and friendly staff. Xx

Great reception, table ready for us on arrival. Good beers from the barrels in the cellar. Great food, Beef roast, cottage pie, stew and Sea bass all well cooked hot and tasty. We'll done all, Thankyou.

Lovely warm friendly atmosphere and great home made food. Highly recommended

First ever visit today. Probably the best pub lunch I've ever had. Your beautiful seafood pie with veg. Homemade, tasty and perfect tummy warmer for this cold day. First class food, friendly welcoming staff who somehow fitted us in when booked solid. 10/10. Wonderful experience. Thank you so much.

Lovely meal, great staff in a warm friendly atmosphere. Excellent value and the best Abbott ale for miles.

Excellent service. Very friendly homely atmosphere. Good earnest food and plentiful. Would go again

Comfy place. Great food. Good service

Friendly, local pub, very quirky with no bar, you are served from the cellar door, lots of character, low ceilings 3 small areas/rooms and a small dinner room, great food very busy on Saturday lunch time so would advise booking. Also a large covered outdoor seating area. There is also a large field behind the car park for overnight stays for campervans and motorhomes, Would recommend.

Quirky old boozer, absolutely cracking Beers

Great pub! Amazing Ale and lovely beer.

Really nice food, nice old nob bar style pub, awesome ale

Lovely snacks, great value for money well worth stopping off. Will be back very soon.

Lovely pub. Only tried the beer which was excellent. Very friendly staff.

Great authentic village pub, serving real ale direct from the cellar.

The ale I had was very nice but was slightly disappointed that there were so few cast ales to chose from

Freehouse, no bar, beer served directly from barrels in cellar. Food good as.well.

Superb service great pub food very quaint "pub with no bar " Will certainly return

Expensive for soft drinks, £3 for half of coke which came out of a bottle..

Beautiful pub in the countryside… great pub grub and service

I was born in broom,now at 68yrs it was nice to revisit again good beer nice friendly atmosphere.

A local gem. Will definitely visit again.

£6 for two warm cokes that came out of a bottle.. absolutely disgusting,

No not at all. Still a really nice place to go!!

We stopped overnight and had dinner at the pub. The room was comfortable, clean, quiet and well-equipped. Dinner was very good, too, and the beer was excellent. Everyone was very friendly and keen to help. All in all , a very good place to stop and eat and drink.

Great queeky pub! Very friendly and great food

Stopped overnight in MH in field at back of pub. Very friendly querky pub. Owners very helpful, staff attentive and excellent food. Will be back!

Great selection of beers, friendly efficient service, and loads of outdoor seating.

One of only two public houses that hasn't got an actual bar.

Old fashioned. Pub with no bar. Unique games room. Great. Will try food on next visit.

We love this pub. Good food, good beers & cider & always great service. Can't really fault it!

A few beers and doorstep sandwiches at lunchtime for my mate and me. Friendly welcome , good beer and great sarnies.

We stopped last night in the field behind the pub in our camper, field was lovely and level , no road noise at all, the ales are served straight from the barrel which are very well kept from a room at the back of the pub, we had 2 meals which you could tell were home cooked and delicious and very reasonably priced, staff were very friendly as were the locals , this all set in a very nice village of the beaten track, really old fashioned grade 2 listed building well worth a visit, current landlord has been there 9 years , we will be back thankyou again , Andy and Wendy

Had a lovely meal. Quirky pub...well worth a visit to find out why! Will certainly visit again when I'm in the area.

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