The Horseshoe in Wellingborough

NHSRF, lunch groups first lunchtime here. It was a very cold day, NO HEATING on inside, we sat in our coats!! Took an hour from time of order to get my food (a curry), my partner has the ‘special’ Tagaltelli !!! That was the WRONG PASTA. Very little choices for Veggies or anyone with a Gluten sensitivity. If you’re going to upset a couple with late food, DON’T do it to the organiser!!! Drinks were expensive. Quality and Quantity were excellent, Piping hot food on COLD PLATES!!! Sorry, but this group of 26 diners will not be returning.

Came here to have drinks - service was great and quick and the atmosphere is very nice

Really nice pub. Good food. The people are very friendly and there is a fun quiz every Tuesday evening.

We didn’t enjoy our steak. Never ate there again but nice place to stop for a quick pint… or two. 😂

Very dissapointing, ww haven't been ther in a while and we certainly noticed a big difference in the food quality, reduced portions bit price increase, food arrived with items missing so had to wait , when I queried what had been served was told its due to a new chef , menu has things on it that shouldn't be on there, so it misleading , won't be going back there , which is a shame because it's a lovely country pub ,unfortunately food has gone down hill .

Good little experience, easy destination to get to. Food service was prompt, staff customer service was great. Good hearty food.

Very good pies and not too busy during lunch time.

Shocking! Booked table for 5 1.30 for Sunday Lunch. Table not reserved! ONE HOUR later the food arrived, lukewarm and tasteless. Yorkshire stodgy, stuffing burnt, 3 very small over cooked roast potatoes, 5 small rounds of carrots, a few green beans, greasy gravy. Meat ok but cold. £15.95?? Not value for money. Wouldn't recommend The Horseshoe and won't be going again!

A nice dog friendly area to the left as you walk in. It’s all a bit wooden and old fashioned ( in a typical chain pub way) and the prices are on the high side. The staff were friendly but I was left a little underwhelmed.

Best homemade steak & ale pie I’ve had in the area. On par with my own! Lovely country pub, nice setting, staff great, dog friendly, reasonable prices. Definitely recommend.

Lovely food, nice place, very friendly

We noticed the menu had recently changed and expressed disappointment that the whitebait was no longer offered as a starter. Fab lady from the bar told that there’s a possibility they may have some, on checking yes they did. Definitely a happy customer! Great pies, fantastic fish, excellent chips. Thank you. See you again soon

I can't comment on the food because i haven't tried it yet but they have a lovely beer garden and a great selection of beers and alcohol. The service is great too. We will try the food next time.

'The Horseshoe Burger' is one of the best, if not THE best, burgers I've ever had!! Topped with cracking crispy onions - and the chips were cracking too!! All 'washed down' with a lush cold lager, and in the lovely beer garden - watching the planes fly overhead. Friendly staff as well. Will be going back again soon.

Went there for a bite to eat in their wonderful beer garden as it was a sunny day. Not been for years as I am not local but remembered enjoying previous visits. Plenty of nice spots to eat inside too from in the bar or more formal dinning area. First thing I noticed was how welcoming and accommodating the staff were and the lovely atmosphere. Seemed very popular place but still plenty of space. Very clean. You can help yourself to an abundance of condiments rather than restricting you with just what you’re given. Ordered the Horseshoe burger and food arrived promptly. Huge double burger, so tasty & pipping hot! The burger was generously filled with these delicious crispy onions which made the burger so moorish & yummy. Nice change to raw or cooked sloppy onions or onion rings. Nice chunky chips and side salad. Wish I lived nearer as would be a regular visiter for proper pub grub and atmosphere!

A welcoming vibe amazing dishes and attentive service make this restaurant stand out

Staff very very pleasant and meal fabulous

A cozy spot with great food and friendly service ideal for a relaxing meal

On first impressions the Horseshoe looks nice & welcoming, shame the food doesn't match. Ordered a cheese omelette & chips and a cheese ploughman's with a side of chips. The omelette was nicely cooked but lacked flavour & luke warm. The ploughman's was really disappointing, 2 thin strips of tasteless I assume cheddar, 2 small pieces of crispbread & some salad, the side of chips was minisqual for the £3.20 charge. Would not recommend nor visit again

I was not impressed, the roast dinner was of poor quality , small amounts of veg and potato microwaved and overcooked I would rate the customer service overall poor , staff talking about Tinder sites, whilst I struggled carrying a puppy and two drinks

The atmosphere is pleasant the food is tasty and the staff is always helpful a wonderful spot

Nice food , lovely garden with small children's play ground. Quick cheerful service

Amazing location, very friendly staff, lots of outdoor seating and very tasty food

A non biast review from The Google Review food review. We came in unannounced and we looked through the menu, which reflected the lovely countryside in which the Horseshoe is situated. The menu reflected everything British, your usual Ploughman's lunch, steak pies and vast amount of choices with a lovely dessert 🍨 menu, the restaurant was very clean and it also had a massive outside area which was equipped with lots of benches to eat outside. I would like to see in the future an acoustic sort of event in the lovely gardens outside, or some sort of entertainment. So now for the review. Food ☆☆☆☆☆ Service ☆☆☆☆☆ Cleanliness ☆☆☆☆☆ Price ☆☆☆☆☆ Staff ☆☆☆☆☆ Toilets ☆☆☆☆☆ A complete 10/10 review I hope to be back very soon Good luck in your future.

Charming place with top-quality food and attentive staff. A great choice for dining out!

Went there with 2 gown up grandchildren for lunch. 3 of the 4 meals OK but mine a beef and ale pie was not as described There were only 3 pieces of meat in some lovely gravy and when complained did not get any response either sorry or we will get the chef out to explain. Very disappointed.

Wrong food recieved, one was burned, Order was mis took even after confirming I wanted a large. Tasted ok though in end

After waiting 45 minutes from ordering the food, the standard was poor. Roast potatoes were soggy, the stuffing hard enough to play cricket with the yorkshire pudding hard burnt aswell as the parsnips. When we asked for the roast potatoes to be changed they came back with more gravy. This is a nice pub but needs to get there act together before we would recommend to friends.

My order was mis taken, my friends food came and was spot on, mine and my wife's food came but was wrong and roast potatoes were like coal. 3rd attempt got food after agreeing to the wrongly taken meal. Young girl behind bar was very apologetic but seemed stressed. She was very proffesional at all times. The girl who got order wrong I think was new. Food quality good, Quainty not so good, I've had £9.95 sunday roast with more on. We was there for an hour and half. No offer of a partial.refund or free Pudding. May come back just to retry.

Very good range of dishes available, all at reasonable prices. Plenty of parking including dedicated disabled bays at the front. Access is flat and wheelchair accessible.

We went to eat at the Horseshoe on 19th July 2024, the food was cold, overcooked & overpriced. Paid roughly £45 for our food for 2 of us. I had a steak that I asked to be cooked medium rare & what I received you could see was overcooked before a plate even hit the table. It's amazing that 'trained' chefs cannot see this, yet a member of public can see it LONG before even cutting it open. I'd be embarrassed if that had left my kitchen. The staff forgot about our starter & was brought out at the same time as the mains, which meant my partners main was ice cold by the time it came out. Massively undercooked chips, items advertised on the menu missing from the plate, no onion rings, burnt fried onions over the plate, took an hour to come out despite there being only one or two other small groups eating at the time with no explanation or apology for the huge delay. Says a lot about a place when only 1 or 2 other groups are eating at 8pm on a Friday evening. Complained to them on Facebook & was told that I should have complained at the time. Dreadful. EDIT to your reply: Your response here is almost as terrible as the food we were served with on Friday. You shared 1 message with me, essentially putting blame on me that I didn't complain at the time. You didn't offer any solution as a reputable restaurant would & should. It's not my responsibility to make sure your 'chefs' can competently cook a steak and that you lied on your menu about what food actually comes with the meals. There's a reason you have a lot of negative reviews recently & the Horseshoe was dead on what should be one of the busiest times of the week. Take note, hire better cooks & better your restaurant. As I said to you on facebook, people often don't complain, they just don't come back... which evidently as you had less than 4 meals come out in the entire time I was there, 2 of them being ours, would suggest this is the case here. EDIT to your reply: How to fix it? Do not blame the paying customer. They are the ones who keep your business afloat. Almost every complaint here you've posted an arrogant/sarcastic response essentially disputing everything the customer has said/blamed them for not complaining at the time. Every complaint can't be wrong. Your staff can't always be right. Number one rule of hospitality? Customer is always right. You don't eat the food you've served to them, so if they tell you it's bad, you have to treat that as if its true & fix that issue. Further Edit: I noticed you've deleted all your responses on here, I'm curious as to why you haven't reached back out on facebook?

Nice place, good staff nice food too

Paid for two lamb roast dinners at a cost of nearly £32 I couldn’t believe the size of the plate it was literally a child’s portion, the roast potatoes were tiny and the Yorkshire pudding was a solid mass and rock hard, when questioned the waitress she just shrugged it off! Will never visit here again. An extremely poor excuse of a Sunday roast and extremely dissatisfied customer.

Nice pub to meet up with friends as food is good, always manage to get a table and not rushed.

Excellent buffet booked for a family wake. Freshly cooked homemade quiches, sandwiches, potato salad, coleslaw, cocktail sausages, mini pork pies, cakes, etc Very friendly owner, good size pub, large garden with outside seating, children's play area and plenty of parking.

Myself and my husband came in today for a Sunday roast, my husband ordered the lamb and I had the pork, when it arrived it was luke warm, 2/3 paper thin slices of meat, ( as thin as boil in the bag meat ) 2 half’s of frozen roast potatoes, a small ball of stuffing 6 carrot slices one small piece of broccoli, and a mouth full of cabbage, the smallest Yorkshire pudding I’ve ever seen!! and the gravy looked like coloured dish water. It came on a child’s size plate, when the waitress came and asked us if everything was ok we said the portion size was so small it was like a kids meal, and she agreed!! Then someone else came over and basically told us that the portions were that size because of the quality of the meal, apparently all the vegetables were fresh, like I said above frozen!! So unless you want a kids portion don’t visit this pub, £37 for 2 kids meals definitely not good value for money, we will NEVER visit again,

My Partner Karen and I went here last Saturday for lunch, Karen had Fish and Chips and I had Steak Pie Mash and Veg, The food was good and the staff polite and friendly we will go back here again

The people here worked so hard on the weekend of Sywell airshow, thumbs up to them, we spent 2 afternoons in their garden watching the aircraft

Spoiled family birthday. Went for lunch for my sons birthday. The pub was quite busy, sunny Sunday with an air show nearby. Queued to order at the bar, a little while later one meal arrived, a lamb roast dinner which was sent back because no one (including the lamb roast person) had received starters! We had our starters then the lamb meal arrived but no one else's meal! This meal was finished long before any other main course arrived. My caesar salad arrived, eventually, this was a disgrace it was a very basic mixed salad comprising lettuce, cucumber and tomato, I had ordered chicken and bacon as an extra, if I had not it would have been a little side salad. The chicken was dry, I had to search for any bacon, no anchovy, no parmesan, a couple of croutons and a drizzle of bottled dressing. Disgraceful. I received a refund and informed that the young waiting staff were distressed by complaints (not my complaint, I had no problem with the youngsters). We were told there was no management...why? On a busy Sunday? An air show next door!? I got a refund for my meal, no apology, no complimentary drinks or anything. The lady who seemed to be responsible seemed to think that because it was busy, rubbish food and rubbish service was justified.

Arrived on plates not that much bigger than a side plate. Food was cold, yorkshire must’ve been yesterday’s & as for roast potatoes i had to put my glasses on to see them, they were that small !… Lovely pub, lovely garden, but will NEVER eat there again.. Your response to a truthful review was rather patronizing. Your reviews speak for themselves !!!!

Had a lovely evening last night, food was delicious and staff were amazing. Great atmosphere, lovely place, we'll be back soon

We enjoyed a family birthday meal for nine of us two being children and the food was fab. Good tasty pub grub, three different steaks cooked to perfection and their chips are amazing 😋 Very good choice, will definately be back 😍. Was midweek so not too busy and kids loved playing outside in the nice big garden.

We both ordered fish and chips the fish was absolutely terrible this wouldn’t be the nation’s favourite dish if they were served this crap minus 10 stars Regards Sean

Had a great lunch here today, the Horseshoe burger was awesome and filled me right up. The sandwiches and paninis that the others had looked tasty as well

Had a lovely meal just before our track day at the airfield,burger was amazing,I didn't eat my tea i was so full 🤣

Very good service, pleasant staff,10/10.

Food was a little greasy oil needed changing. The chips were lovely big fat ones. The service was good. Bread was a little stale. Condiments came in little packets that are hard to open. We would go again, hardly anybody in the pub, I dont mind that but it makes for no atmosphere, but sign of the times. I would go again.

Beautiful place and the food is very good

Very welcoming and friendly pub with good pub food served quickly. I would certainly visit again if I am in the area. Thanks for your hospitality ++++

Overpriced for the amount of food received.

Solid pub food. Great service from friendly staff.

DISAPPOINTED! There is a large car park. There's also a garden out the back, with seating around the front. Dogs allowed. disabled parking out the front too. Toilets available. Sadly I feel the pub wins the award for the smallest roast dinner available! The plate was tiny and we even questioned if it was the child's portion! The potatoes were from frozen. The food took ages. Our food was originally given to the wrong table. Broken glass left on floor, despite the waitress seeing it. Attention to detail is required, then this would be a great country pub.

Pre booked a table of eleven for a Birthday lunch. We were treated like royalty, the staff were attentive even though they were busy with other tables. Food was very good pub grub it was hot and plentiful portions.

Nice people looked after us after me phoning late to book a table. Sunday roast great. Thank you

First visit for many years. The interior has the making of an authentic traditional pub but it is lacking. Tables are chipped and a little sticky. Three of us went for the Sunday roast. Service was via the bar ordering and was quite quick to the table. Pork and beef was lukewarm at best. Portions of vegetables differed between plates. Tiny roast pudding. Small selection of veg. Overall it was underwhelming. The gammon and egg was a little better. There is a good drinks menu and some zero alcohols. There is plenty of parking. The staff were polite and checked in on us. I would not return for a Sunday roast but perhaps would for a summer evening drink in the garden.

Great atmosphere, warm welcome, food was hot and a minor error swiftly resolved. Great value, traditional pub food and good portions Would recommend

Excellent! Great Sunday roast, pleasant staff and negligible waiting. Roll on next time!

Good lasagne, but salad was a bit plain. Nice though. A friendly local pub

I absolutely WOULD NOT recommend this place! Starters arrived an hour after ordering and mains arrived an hour after we had finished our starters! Starters were okay but the mains were absolutely disgusting! Don’t waste your time!

Met up with friends for a coffee, was very cold in the pub so we left early.

We have no village pub in little harrowden now. So went for a family mid week meal. Loved it and will be visiting again. Don't get out much as a family. But this will be our new local. Thanks guys. Look forward to seeing you soon. John Jayne boo and bob

Went in for lunch today what a beautiful place staff very attentive and happy to see us and food was absolutely excellent will definitely be going back

Went for Sunday lunch today. Oh my goodness what an amazing dinner. Lamb shank, roasters, vedge, stuffing and Yorkshire pudding. DELICIOUS!! Well worth a visit. We love The Horseshoe!!!

I attended The Horseshoe in Sywell on a busy Friday night and nothing seemed like too much effort for the staff. Jodie looked after us and was A* throughout our stay there. Would recommend to anyone looking for a lovely evening and beautiful food. Will definitely be returning soon.

Popped in last night for a meal for 2 , extremely polite service throughout,great meal competitively priced,came recommended as quite recently moved to area ,will definitely revisit.well done to all staff.

Very reasonably priced, accommodating and friendly staff, good atmosphere. Would visit again

Fish and chips where pretty decent and a good selection of beers

Great atmosphere and nice food. Plenty of parking and outdoor seating

Waited over an hour for our food and then when it came it didn't look its best. I refused my meal as it had been thrown on the plate. Kids burger over cooked and fish meal completely forgotten about until reminded. Not the best experience and tbh I don't think the staff cared because nobody asked how was our meal!

Very good food and excellent service.

Went here on 25th November, sat down, chose my meals, brilliant bar staff, with in minutes, drinks arrived, then it all went down hill, we waited over an hour for our food, but what made it worse was a table that seated way after ourselves, got served before us so I went to the bar and asked if we had been forgotten, the young lady said we are running around an hour behind, and she went to check, came back and said we are next, food came out, mine didn't look to bad, but my wife's was absolutely dire, the meat was so tough, the veg I've put better in the bin,. Will not be going back here. The table that got served before us, left their food and got a refund. The chef also stopped taking orders.

Stopped here for lunch and the food took 45mins to come out. I had ordered a gourmet burger and it couldn’t be further from that. It was absolutely terrible, inedible and cold. My partner had a beef chilli which was more like tinned tomatoes, kidney beans and rice even the frozen garlic bread was bad. DO NOT EAT HERE.

Phoned first to check if it was dog friendly. I was but restricted to bar area. This was fine but distracted by another table was swearing football supporters. My companion was restricted to a gluten free, vegan meal. The potato with baked beans was the only choice but this was acceptable. As we didn't want a full meal we had a baked potato each, I had the tuna. This cost with two glasses of lime and soda 16 pounds something. A bit high but I suppose pubs have now cottoned on to non alcoholic drinks be good moneyspinners. When they arrived the potatoes were served with the smallest portion of salad I have ever seen. This included a dried out end part of cucumber. The potatoes themselves were big but had obviously been microwaved so were not crispy but flabby. And they were barely warm. We did get a couple of butter portions though. We were not asked by anyone if the meal was ok. Will try the other pub in the village. At the aerodrome.

We enjoyed lunch on a Tuesday.Was spur of the moment and we hadn't been for a while.Food, service and speed of food was great.Ill be honest and say I was a little chilly but my partner said it was just me!! Would recommend

Visited on a quiet afternoon with few other customers. Left to ourselves which as we had so much to catch up on was perfect. Didn’t eat on this occasion but the menu options would have been more than enough for us. Look forwards to another visit soon.

Nice friendly helpful staff in pleasant surroundings. We both had the pie which was very nice.... Plenty of choice on menu and a good selection of drinks on offer too.

We only stopped off for a quick drink but the staff were friendly and quick to serve us. There is a nice outside garden for the summer months.

Our party arrived on time, pre-booked, but we weren't served for just over an hour. No member of staff spoke to us to explain the delay. Wouldn't go back.

Great food, staff excellent, nice ambience. Plenty of parking. Would recommend.

have used this place of and on for quite a few years , never normally have a problem . went at the weekend though . and i honestly don’t know if they have a new chef , but the food wasn’t good at all . i had steak , asked for rare it comes out well done , mostly fat too , no steak knifes on the table had to ask . friends got the burgers and chips . burgers looked as if they had been thrown together in a rush , not very well presented at all ( it wasn’t busy either ) my wife had gammon and eggs . and i think she chose the best meal as yes it did look quite good . staff where pleasant and friendly as always . but they really need to sort out the chef as he’s letting the food down terribly

First time here. Good was good. Service was friendly and good. Food arrived quickly will be going back

Arrived on a busy night and still service was very quick and delicious! I am coeliac and staff provided a great gluten free mixed grill! And my wife a lovely ploughman's.

Lovely place, staff are very friendly and helpful, food was good. I was impressed by the interior design. You can see it in my photos that i uploaded on maps.

Up here with a group of friends last Saturday night, very welcoming, great service as always! Didn’t complain when we got a bit loud!

Went for a meal with my daughter and girlfriend on a Saturday evening and were seated next to a large table of lads . They’re language was disgusting and loud and the staff seemed to think this was acceptable. The food was poor , chicken pie with artificial Stilton sauce with a powdery aftertaste and my daughters ribs were fatty. We are what we could and left within 45 mins , really unpleasant experience , would not recommend

Great pub especially if like us you were visiting the Aerodrome. We had booked Friday night in advance but you fitted us in at short notice last night. Thank you. Good food, good atmosphere. Staff were brilliant despite how busy you were.

Excellent food, although I wasn't keen on the roast being frozen potatoes. I've had other meals and they have all been perfect. The staff are so friendly and helpful. I always recommend people to go for a meal. Very clean and beautiful gardens

Highly recommend the staff were very friendly and helpful.. Sunday dinner is a must lamb or the beef

We had our son’s Christening Bank Holiday Sunday. We had one of the buffet options for 30+ guests. The food was really good, the service was excellent and the staff were very attentive and friendly. Very accommodating as we had a lots of children charging around. We had a section at the back of the pub and it had plenty of seating and space for all of our guests. Would highly recommend

Lovely pub and location and food is amazing! I would recommend to anyone.

Lovely garden, we stopped here after a walk. We have recently moved to Sywell, and were pleasantly surprised. Food was good, service was good, no complaints. We will definitely stop here to eat and drink again.

Great location that we found by accident. Staff were lovely and the food was great and reasonably priced

Great local pub. Staff good and the chef is really friendly. Good food and nice garden. Looks well maintained

Came here for food recently and I have to say the staff were lovely and the food was good but a little bit dry. However, what was shocking was that the owner was being rude to the bar staff that was on shift, she was constantly calling her own staff useless and idiots for no reason at all. They were all doing their job as bar staff but she was slandering their abilities to other staff that works there. Absolutely abismal.

DONT waste your money on a roast here. Barely any vegetables on the plate. Payed an extra £2.50 for cauliflower cheese and it was literally 2 heads of cauliflower! The roasties and yorkies taste like they are cooked from frozen. The stuffing was like a paste. Just very poor. Can’t say anything good about it. Our usual place is cheaper and all freshly cooked… To the reply- If some one would have asked us if everything was fine with our food we would have been honest, but not one person asked us. Not sure how you could have resolved anything at the time anyway as there wasn’t just one thing wrong, the whole plate was poor. Not sure why you need to know our usual spot, but it’s The coach and horses in Wellingborough (amazing roast every time) Didn’t serve a roast today so came to you instead. Lesson learnt. Hopefully you make improvements as the pub itself is nice.

GOOD FOOD , QUICK SERVICE AND BRILLIANT STAFF.

This pub just keeps on giving, the food was delicious, the staff excellent, the village setting delightful and spotlessly clean throughout. A truly relaxing lunch with friends, thank you.

Not worth the money spent will not eat there again rip off Thanks for the reply I DID speak to a member of your staff on the day who gave me a I’m sorry and a confused look

So I booked this place for 19 people to celebrate my 30th birthday. We had 5 different families with their children and had the worst experience I have ever had!! We booked here specifically as I personally do not like a carvery however I think a carvery would be better than the roast dinner I received here. 3 of us had a lamb roast to which it was fatty and acquired a weird bitter taste. The carrots were hard and far too big and to top it off the roast potatoes were soft. The stuffing was horrible and looked more like an onion bargee and there was just a silly lump of shredded cabbage. The selection of vegetables was a joke. The whole dinner was tasteless however the 2 people with beef said the beef was cooked nice. 2 people had burgers, 1 being a child and the other an adult and both couldn’t eat the burgers as they were far too over cooked. 1 small child had fish fingers but these were rockhard and far too overcooked. The service was from the waitresses were very poor. They never came to ask us if we needed anything and how the food was. They staff were not friendly and welcoming atall and the whole experience was a disaster. I was told that a manager would be out to speak to me but this did not happen. It was my 30th birthday and I was so disappointed by the whole day. It completely ruined it, I did not have a nice day atall and I certainly will not visit for food again!!! After spending over £200 and leaving hungry, no I certainly would not recommend!!

Just popped in on our way to Tallington where we are going on holiday for food. Beautiful food absolutely no fault at all and the scampi was delicious. ! Great friendly service so thankyou very much