The Kentford in Forest Heath

Family 70thbirthday Food late coming out and had preordered Sunday lunch wouldn’t recommend £15 Cold roast potato’s ,1small slice beef veg cauliflower and broccoli not cooked Yorkshire rubbery couldn’t cut only good part 1/2 carrot and parsnip we complained but we’re just looked at in disbelief and he walked away no apology NOT GOiNG BACK

Was really looking forward to this pub after reading the reviews but sadly the food was extremely disappointing. Burger was burnt on the outside but raw in the middle, lettuce was wilted and pastry on dessert was raw. When I complained about the raw pastry, I was told it was vegan as an explanation….as though vegans shouldn’t enjoy their meals! Won’t be returning. To top it off, there was a distinct smell of cannabis in the garden - so I had the munchies but the food was terrible. Would not recommend!

Lovely place to go for food. Excellent service and food was delicious. Very very good price because it was Steak Night for £10 a head. Lovely decor.

Such a warm welcome from Kat and baby Etta. Love the interior with the mismatching furniture and fairy lights. Very eclectic style which works well. The food was good value as it fish Friday - 2 for 1 which was delicious. The hot cross bread and butter pudding was divine. We’d tried to go last Friday and it was fully booked so we’re glad to get in this week. The menu was a good selection of tasty temptations and I could have eating literally everything on it so I’ll be going back soon to try something else I would have given a 5 star rating but both the restaurant and bar did feel a bit cold. There was a fire in the restaurant but it could have done with a bit more wood on it. I think it was possibly because the temperature had dropped because I’d been in the previous week for a drink and it had felt cosy. The food wasn’t cold and though and was cooked to perfection. Good, home cooked, comfort food. With a lovely warm welcome from Kat and her team. Looking forward to my next visit to try something else from the menu

After making a booking for 11 people at such late notice and being accommodated, my friends and I had the most wonderful experience. Both service and food were impeccable. Extremely family friendly and overall friendly atmosphere. Highly recommend!

Went here for a Sunday lunch with six members of my family for a hoped for lovely Sunday roast dinner together. What we got was anything but. Five of us had roast beef, one had pulled chicken and my 92 year old mother chose the roast pork. What we got served was a small pile of food in the middle of our plates, so we expected separate dishes with the vegetables to arrive next until one of us delved a bit deeper and found underneath the small pile on the plate just half a carrot, a small parsnip that had been burnt on one side, a tiny pile of cabbage which did not smell very nice, and three tiny roast potatoes. And as for the Yorkshire pudding, it was straight out of the Aunt Bessie’s freezer bag you pick up from a supermarket, a small round crispy pile of nothingness. We asked for more gravy and the smallest gravy boat I have seen in my life was put in front of us, only enough for one plate in reality, absolutely ludicrous. The pulled chicken looked like it had just been mashed up, the two small slices of beef were a bit chewy, and my mothers pork was just pathetic. We hoped the desserts would be better but sadly not. My mother asked what was in the Eton Mess and was told meringue with loads of berries, cream, and ice cream. What actually came up in a bowl was one small meringue nest that you can pick up in a supermarket for a matter of pence, about three berries and a tiny measly dollop of cream on the side. Totally disgusting. The rest of our desserts were of a similar low standard and with a bill total of £174 we were all feeling very let down. The waitress service though was good but she must have been embarrassed to see what she was having to serve up. I believe this place is trying to make out they are a boutique restaurant so think small is better but that’s not so bad if the food is delicious, but The Kentford? Do yourself a favour and give it a miss, I knew we should have gone elsewhere for a carvery but we wanted somewhere a bit special and thought this fitted the bill. How wrong were we!

Came for dinner with a friend who had visited before. We we warmly greeted and purchased a drink in the lovely bar area before being shown to the restaurant. I hadn't been for many years and wow has it changed! Lovely little fairy lights and beautiful furniture. Also tables spaced well apart rather than feeling like you are eating with the person next to you! We came on steak night whereby they have w fabulous deal of steak or a burger for £10! The rest of the menu had a variety so something to suit everyone. The service was great and our food fantastic. Will definitely be back!!

Was a lovely visit! Fabulous food and fantastic value for money. We came here after hearing good reviews and safe to say it definitely exceeded our expectations! Delicious food, lovely quick and efficient service and just all round nice experience. Will definitely be back soon!

Excellent value on burger/steak night. One of the nicest burgers I’ve had. Definitely recommend. Dessert great too - the snickers brownie and ice cream was delicious.

Had a wonderful evening at the Kentford pub last night, Kat and James are fantastic hosts, the food and service was fabulous and they went above and beyond to make our evening very special. We had a large group celebrating a birthday and everything was run so smoothly. Thanks again to the team at the Kentford pub 🤩

Never been before, had a meal last Friday. The menu was varied with average prices, the service from both the landlady and Barman/Waiter was excellent with a friendly manner. The food was top notch, nice presentation and Hot :-). Desserts were scrummy. Decor and comfort was superb, a really lovely restaurant/experience.

We did go to The Kentford for a Sunday lunch. The focus of the lunch is quite clearly the roast, which is very large and looks great. There is a small selection of starters, desserts and other mains. Quality is very good, the service is excellent and the atmosphere cosy. The only improvement would probably be a slightly larger selection on the menu.

Just had a lovely meal, 2 for 1 fish and chips, highly recommend , food was freshly cooked and tasty , staff where great , couple of beers, happy days.

Initially me and 2 of my mates turned up at this pub and everything was as you would expect. My other mate was outside on the phone and was speaking to his ex who he recently broke up and was understandably emotional. Upon joining our table he asked for a shot which wasn’t extremely especially at 6:45 in the afternoon and he got response to all of us of “better drink up and leave” whilst all of us were perfectly fine and even he was fine. We wasn’t causing any problem and they made us feel so unwelcome without being any problem at all and trust me I would admit if we wasn’t an issue. The person who told us to leave and said was a “family pub” was the only person with a child literally in her hands with no other children around the place at the time. We had no option but to have one drink and leave. Will never return even with my fiancée or family for meal when fully reopen!

A real 'hidden gem'. The food was superb-yes, pricier than the local spoons but a million times nicer. Very accommodating to requests and alterations, and attentive yet not intrusive staff. One ways systems used and, the first place I've been post covid where the staff have consistently obeyed social distancing and worn masks. Highly recommend-will certainly be back!!!

Meals were minimal and basic. Not much choice. Over priced too. 50% government scheme made it ok. But would never have paid £13.95 for a Thai curry. The desserts were boring too. £5 pint. Say no more.

Wow wow wow amazing meal food absolutely beautiful and beautiful presented you will not leave here Hungary just wish I had taken a photo of the main course compliments to Tim the chef such a lovely bloke very attentive and kind also the young lady who ran the bar was so friendly wand made you feel at home cannot wait to go again thank for making my birthday so special Picture of the desserts that were so big and tasted amazing

Quite a good pub but I wouldn’t visit it again I had haddock that was quite nice and chips with it and other things. My brother had chicken nuggets I tried one they weren’t very nice and the drink I had was nice overall quite good.

I walked in as they advertise outside on a big board that they have plant based options on their menu and I’m vegan. I asked for the vegan menu and the guy said it’s on the main menu. There was one option which was a mushroom katsu curry...so I ordered. I waited 30 minutes to be seated ( by this time my 4 year old was getting irate ) then another 30 minutes for our food. When it did turn up I cut open the food to discover that it was chicken! I called over the waiter who said ‘ oh yes you ordered the vegan option’ and disappeared with the food. He then came back out to tell e that they had run out of the curry but the chef could whip me up a quick mushroom pasta. Not having any other option I said ok.Not a single apology, not a discount on my bill! Nothing!I would suggest that a restaurant that is going to advertise this outside on their notice board start by actually offering a better range on their menu....such a disappointing experience.

Sunday lunch for four people. Nice restaurant if a little short on space. Staff were very nice, welcoming, efficient and attentive. Average main meal (beef, chicken) which did not impress or upset anyone. Everything piled up as is the norm these days. Desert was best forgotten about - all agreed that the choices sounded better than they were - but other than that the beer was ok

Thank you for making my Mother's Day meal so special. I really enjoyed the chicken liver parfait and roast beef. The food was incredibly tasty, could not fault it. The staff were very attentive and friendly and they helped keep our 2 year old son occupied. He did very well with his sausages and mash and we were very pleased he ate more than he normally does when we're out. We will definitely be returning soon! Thanks again.

Oooops 'wanceywoo' Bet you feel pretty silly for not booking for mothers day, makes sense to blame someone else for your silly mistake.So, a realistic review of Mothers Day at the Kentford: Our table of 12 had a lovely meal with a very large selection of dishes on the set menu with a choice of 2 or 3 course.Everyones food was perfect, no issues at all. No multiple sittings so no rush on our table to start our meal or move on once we'd finished. We ended up being there for 3 and a half hours.They even had table games for the children and brought out a badminton set for the kids to play in the garden!All of the waiting staff were Mums and when chatting to them they all agreed to give up time on their Mothers Day to ensure the customers had a lovely time. Everyone on our table felt grateful especially with such a great service.I imagine Trip Advisor monitor such poor posts and will be removing the nonsense posted previously.

Always was and always will be a rubbish pub. Who closes early on Mothersday. Pointless pub better off knocked down.

Popped here for Sunday lunch. Both had roast beef. The meal was served with everything covered in gravy. The gravy seemed to be instant with a few lumps. The Sunday vegetables were loads of peas interspersed with red cabbage and swimming in gravy. Needless to say the roast potatoes were far from crisp. Very disappointed and won’t be visiting again.

Just returned from a wonderful evening at the beautiful Kentford pub. Me and a friend went along to enjoy their steak night deal which turned into an amazing 3 course meal. The menu has something for everyone and if you have a sweet tooth the desserts are amazing! So much so I couldn't decide which one to have so the lovely chef James presented me and my friend with an amazing board to share enabling us to try each dessert. They really didn't dissapoint and I've suggested that this dish makes it onto the menu.Thank you for a great night, friendly staff and great atmosphere. Look forward to returning again soon.

All four of us were very satisfied with our menu choices. Service was friendly and efficient. A good lunch out with friends.

Kentford is a long standing favourite of mine. Good food catering to everyone and a nice decorated pub with a friendly atmosphere. Would always recommend as the kentford local 👍🏻

We have eaten at a number of local restaurants on Christmas Day and were close to giving up on finding a quality meal with good service. However, the Kentford was simply amazing. Friendly, cheerful staff serving what can only be described as superb food in a great atmosphere.

Before going to the Kentford, I read some of the TripAdvisor reviews and my heart sank. There were lots of bad reviews. When we arrived we went into the bar to meet our friends. The bar was pleasant and the beer was well kept. Heading into the restaurant we loved the surroundings. Lots of lovely carved beams and big fireplace. We were in a large group and luckily our hostess had done a spreadsheet with our preferred dishes so it made life easy for the waitresses. The starters looked nice although we'd opted to miss a starter and have pudding instead. I had roast beef which was lovely. A decent sized portion of veggies too. Pudding was also good. We opted for the chocolate fudge cake, if you're going to blow the diet you may as well do it in style! It was light and not sickly and a good chocolate flavour. The rest of the puddings looked good too. There was a bit of delay for coffees but we hadn't pre ordered those. The staff were efficient and friendly. We left just before closing time but we weren't made to feel we were being rushed out of the door. We would happily go back.

Blinking brilliant!! Fabulous vegan options, generous portions, friendly staff and relaxing atmosphere. We’ll definitely be returning. Every Tuesday there is a meat free menu with several choices for each course. Lovely to have vegan food in a small village x

Visited the restaurant the other night and must say how very disappointing it was the service was terrible and the food was not much better the starter baked Camembert was microwaved so much looked like scrambled egg and nothing left and the chicken burger was very very dry

We’ve eaten here a few times recently and it’s consistantly been a very good experience

We had a night away here in one of their rooms. Firstly we where greeted by very friendly staff who couldn’t do anything more to help us as we where in a rush to be somewhere, our room was lovely and had everything and more we could ask for, very clean and spacious.We then decided to have a meal there and it was very nice with quick easy service from again lovely staff. We would definitely stay here again, good value for money. HIGHLY RECOMMEND! Thanks guys xxx

welcomed by friendly staff, no reservation but shown to a suitable table immediately, despite reservations on most of the tables. Prompt service, perfect size meals, all different meals served beautifully and very tasty! Puddings were great fun.

Went here as a family for lunch, food was very good, setting is very nice too. Think food was reasonably priced and good value for money, all our party enjoyed our lunch and would return

My wife is vegetarian, and the pub has a special veggie night on Tuesdays now. Other food is available on these nights as well. The food was excellent, and the service great too, and very welcoming. We'll be going back!

Last minute we both decided we fancied a roast lunch as we just returned from our holiday and fed up eating foreign food.

Our run club hosts a group run every Friday called Friday Night Pints. This pub was chosen as our week 13 run and out of all thhe pubs in the local area the staff and food have to have been the best. The staff were welcoming and really do their best for their customers. The food was amazing and will be going back for a proper meal with the family soon. I have to commend the ladies at the bar as they went above and beyond wiping the tables outside for us after a storm. The food was reasonably priced and so was a pint.

First off they had no bangers and mash from the kids menu so my niece had to pick another option. Then when we asked for butter to go with the bread they had none, a pub with NO butter, absolutely ludicrous. When the roasts came out there was no apple sauce to go with pork, the beef was almost inedible and we were not the only table complaining about it! Then when it came to dessert there were 5 options of which 2 had already sold out. We were a table of 8 booked in for my dads 65th birthday and i would say there were maybe 4 other tables of 2, if that, so why they had no food is beyond me. If they cant offer a full menu to guests who have been booked in for more than 2 months then they shouldnt be serving food full stop. Maybe the lack of customers says it all. We did make comment to the staff who apologised and if i was them i would have been embarrassed to be serving the poor quality food and extremely limited offerings. We were offered no good will gesture and considering it was for my dads 65th birthday it was overall very disappointing, would not recommend.

We are regular drinkers here as the garden is perfect for children to explore, however we met friends for Sunday lunch today. The Camembert starter was amazing, excellent portion size and if my memory serves me correct it’s an improvement on previous portions. It was thoroughly enjoyable. I had the Cajun burger for my main, it was quite nice but nothing to get excited about. All in All, the food was good, service was impeccable as there was nothing too much for any of the ladies working and the environment was just as we wanted. It’s a fabulous pub with a great family vibe.

Stopped for coffee and decided to stay for lunch. Lovely garden where we enjoyed the sunshine. The staff were friendly and inviting... The food was well presented, cooked to perfection and tasty.

The people were friendly and inviting and it led to a pleasant evening. The food was good with a reasonable range of choices and the steak was correctly cooked and so tender. I loved the desserts and the oat crumble. The combination of the ambiance and tasty food is a definite reason to return to eat again. Thank you. I saw some bad reviews before going so was a little doubtful but glad I was not persuaded by them. In fact the people couldn't have been more welcoming, friendly smiling and helpful which made the evening.

Had Seafood linguine and so enjoyable. It was well presented piping hot & full of flavour, I sat at the bar to eat (personal choice) staff are friendly & engaging, something that’s nice when you are flying solo. I went the whole hog with the Bakewell tart for dessert & it hit the spot. Homemade, it was the best !!!

Always had great experiences here with my wife and then also as a family & friends. It is a very welcoming layout with a lovely pub garden for the summer & a roaring open fire for the winter.

We live locally but hadn’t been to the Kentford for ages until last month. We were very pleasantly surprised with the food & service, the steak was fantastic. Lovely place with a beautiful outdoor area suitable for kids as well as the restaurant.

I pop into the kentford most nights without booking and they always fit me in! My go to meal is the flat iron steak but also love the lamb shank! The staff are friendly and the atmosphere is great!

Absolutely fantastic warm friendly welcoming pub. Fantastic food and happy helpful staff. Especially meg always happy cheerful and a smile and eyes that you I’ll get lost in. Can’t recommend this pub enough

Came to this pub/restaurant for fathers day and after also for lunch with the family. Was such great friendly customer service, food was great and a lovely setting with the animals outside for the kiddies too. Also love that it is dog friendly in some areas so we can have lunch whilst the WHOLE family can come. Not sure about the negative reviews on here as I have came to this place a couple of times and have had nothing but good things to say. Power cuts are uncontrollable and atleast the staff were able to present the customers with something with best efforts. Just a quick mention people seem to write more about a negative thought than a bad however I have nothing but good reviews here. I would recommend to visit this restaurant and make your minds up for yourselves as you will not be disappointed. Thanks alot

The food was lovely I had the Cajun chicken burger! Everything was so tastefull and hot!

Went with a group of friends for dinner. We all had different things, Two people opted for the scampi and when this arrived they had been served chicken nuggets ! These were obviously sent back and they then had to wait ages for their chips as well. I ordered the steak, when it came out it was practically raw so I returned it, it was brought back out and still looked very undercooked so I had to return it again. When the waitress brought it back the second time she very abruptly and rudely informed me that this was now medium rare and it had been medium rare the second time I had sent it back too ! A completely unneccessary comment, the first rule of working in such an industry is that the customer is always right and even if you do disagree totally with them you just bite your tongue. The restaurant was very quiet, just our group and another couple so there really was no excuse to make such a mess of things. By the time we went to pay our bill there were quite a list of complaints which we tried to put across, but the attitude of the waitress (who in fact turned out to be a joint partner in the place) was again very poor. She then went round the back and told her partner who came out fairly aggressively and then informed us that his girlfriend's day job is working with disabled children ! This had absolutely no relevance to anything, was a completely stupid and pointless comment and only antagonised the situation further. We ended up not having to pay for any of our food, but thats not the point. A pleasant evening with friends ended up with an argument and bad feeling which completely spoilt it. I would question whether the people running this place are in the right occupation. Several things need to be learnt such as identifying the right food to serve to people and learning to cook the food properly they are serving people. The situation did not have to escalate as it did due to their handling of it. They really need to learn to be not so rude, a lot less arrogant and not to be so confrontational with their customers when problems arise.

I went with a group of friends I ordered scampi and actually got chicken nuggets ! I complained and was brought scampi and to be fair the bar manger Catherine was very appologetic and I accepted her apology thinking it was sorted out came the owner I was surprised he could fit through the door with the huge chip obviously on his shoulder he was vile, confrontional and spilling for a fight or to bully got my back up so I told him this i think he should find a school that teaches manners and customer service as numerous thing gone wrong with out meal no wonder the restaurant was empty with his attitude if he had spoke us a proper manner it could have been sorted never to return there

You’d think meeting friends for an evening out would be enjoyable but not if you meet at The Kentford!

very hot spell at the moment so this village pub we thought worth a go very pleased with the outside the inside and the range on offer ticked all our boxes.Nothing was too much trouble for this young and helpfull staff best of all food intolerances catered for without leaving me feeling like a lepper

Went there with a group of friends, total disaster, there was not a lot left on the menu that some were wanting, agreed it was a steak night but not everyone wants steak. One steak had to be sent back twice , it was supposed to be medium rare, but it was uncooked in the middle, the other one was passable. Two had scampi but when it arrived they were chicken nuggets (which weren’t even on the menu) so for a vegetarian this was bad. The service was pretty poor, had to ask for steak knives as ordinary knives wouldn’t even make a mark, and no mustard offered. When the waitress was told about the steak she came back quite rude, which in the hospitality sector is not acceptable. When paying the bill because of the list of complaints (I admit I was very cross with the waitress due to her attitude, which I apologised for) the owner/chef came out full of arrogance looking for conflict. I certainly would not recommend this place. It was an awful experience and without doubt the worst meal I have had.

Our compliments to Freya and George. Great friendly and knowledgable service. I would say the restaurant decor is unique and would suit most tastes from someone that has just popped in for a light bite to those wishing to celebrate.

Just had a lovely lunch in the sunny garden at The Kentford. The food was amazing, very well presented. Highly recommend the garlic mushrooms. Staff could not have been friendlier! Very pleasant, chilled afternoon. Will definitely be coming back.

After pre-booking and pre-ordering food we had a wait of 45 minutes for main courses. A powercut was blamed for shoddy service and poor quality cooking. Then gratuity was added to the bill!!!! Outrageous and horrendous service and overall experience.

We were 6 adults and 5 children aged between 9 and 13 on a fairly busy Sunday lunchtime, so the speed of service wasn't great - but it was warm & sunny and, sat outside, the kids had plenty of room to play and we weren't in a hurry. It was a little disappointing that they ran out of diet coke and didn't have the red wine we'd have liked - but the house merlot was good enough.

Went here after a 2 hour drive from the midlands, we decided to give this another chance after experiencing a cold burger 2-3 years ago.. so went in and ordered starters; baked Camembert and prawn cocktail which were very average! On to mains; I had steak and my partner had sausage and mash. The steak was stone cold and although I asked for blue cheese I was given peppercorn sauce, my partner’s mash was very lumpy & you could tell it had been microwaved, it tasted like it had been mashed with a tea spoon! The sausages were cold and the skins of the sausages were like rubber! Very difficult to cut through!! We were so hungry from our drive we decided to eat what we could and let the waitress know afterwards... we complained to the waitress who apologised and said she would give us 10% off the bill however when we checked the receipt that she gave us, she had only taken off the discretionary service charge!!!!

Don’t listen to any negative reviews make up your own mind. From the moment I walked in the friendly greeting I knew this was going to be a great place to stay. The food room staff was faultless. Even going the extra mile to get something for me. Already booked to go back as perfect for Newmarket races. If your reading this then book up !!!

We went for lunch with our daughter and her partner. It is a nice cosy pub in a nice village with attentive, friendly staff. However whilst some of the food was good, the seafood linguine that I chose came with a very watery excuse for a sauce.

Went here a few weeks ago one Saturday evening with friends. The service was ok, The food however was not . Very expensive for what you got, and it was not that hot either. I had 3 sausages a bit of mash and some gravy, and that was 12.95 . How the hell can they charge such a price for that. My friends were not happy with their meals either for the price they paid. The price of drinks were expensive too, 4.00 for a glass of diet coke and it was the soda type as well. Obsolute rip off.Needless to say we will not be returning.Also no toilet paper in the ladies at all..

Ok so we had a meal here last night 3 adults a child and a baby. We ordered had a drink and service was ok. When the food came it was a sad disappointment. They tried but it looked and tasted amateur. The seafood linguine was tasteless and and watery. My son's pizza and fries were tiny and COLD! another of the adults meal was also tepid! It's was embbarresing for us to have to tell them the food had been served cold. They only said 'oh sorry about that'. After we had complained ( to which they did nothing about) I asked the landlady if my son could have a wafer in each of his ice cream scoops. Guess what? It didn't come with three wafers. We asked the waitress why it didn't have three wafers and very sadly replied no sorry we can't do that!! Couldn't believe the bad attitude and reluctance to make out dismal meal a bit better by giving a child what they wanted!! The worst meal and price of paid for such a meal in a long long time. This cost 76 quid all in all. Absolutely not worth going. Don't bother.

Simply delicious meal with family, excellent menu choice (including children options), friendly and efficient service, highly recommended. Will be returning

We have been going to the Kentford at least every two weeks for many months and have always enjoyed the food and service. Today we booked a Sunday lunch for the first time as guests of some friends. We made the booking and were told that there was a large party booked on the 'big table', so we asked for table 1 as this would be quieter and away from the large party. Things didn't start well as table 1 had been given to a family with small (and noisy) children, so we accepted a different table and the complimentary bottle of wine to compensate. Our booking was for 1.00pm and our starters arrived about an hour later. When we ordered, three of our party requested roast beef as rare as possible, the other order was for roast chicken. Service was slow but we appreciated the restaurant was busy, and this in itself would not have been a problem. However, when the beef arrived it was well done, tough and sliced thickly. The plates were cold so the food was also rapidly cooling. Our host sent back her meal and asked for a warm plate and while we were waiting for that to be rectified every else's meal was getting colder. For some bizarre reason she was given chicken as well as beef because the beef was well done. Sadly most of our meals were returned with much of it untouched - I only enjoyed the Yorkshire pudding as the meat and vegetables were very overdone. We paid the bill and before we left gave our comments and expressed our disappointment to the person who appeared to be in charge. Her attitude was not customer friendly and she told me that everyone else had been happy with the food, implying that it must be us. She knows we are regular customers and said that because of that she thought we would be more tolerant. I cannot express our extreme disappointment at our experience today - we had persuaded our friends to go to the Kentford against their better judgement and feel very embarrassed. Most restaurants look after their regular clients.........

Really good food and fast service for a small pub. Reasonably priced but only food really is burgers or steaks - not a huge choice!

We booked last minute for a midweek dinner using our Gourmet Card. The restaurant is cosy and comfortable and the service was relaxed and friendly! The Gourmet Card meant we had 25% off our total bill which made it very reasonable. I did however find the main courses very limited with 3 burgers on the already small menu!

We stopped here for lunch. The welcome was not warm, the x2 ladies behind the bar seemed more interested in carrying on their conversation and when eventually we were served there was not a smile in sight!!!. We ordered drinks and then food. We were...

We walked in on the off chance of getting a table and they were able to fit us in. Fantastic!...

Very well decorated and rustic feel to the restaurant and it has a separate entrance to the pub and outside...

What a great place to have as your local. Great food, comfortable setting and a warm friendly public. Outdoors in...

We went in for my birthday on a Wednesday evening. There were a good couple of tables full so would...

The food at The Kentford ranges from good to great, my wife and I have been over half a dozen times and the food has always been better than most.

We had an unplanned visit for Sunday dinner, 4 adults and two children. We were easily seated in the garden. It's quite expensive for what it is really however all was very satisfactory. My only niggles about the food was the Yorkshire pudding was dense and hard, too much flour! And that the children's Sunday dinner was too big and squished into a bowl. Perhaps a smaller version for preschoolers. My children ended up leaving more than half. Toilets were clean and staff were friendly and helpful.

Great for a drink, large beer garden, didn't try the food, but staff and service was good. Lovely afternoon in the garden after Newmarket races.

Staying at another venue close by but no too impressed. He staff and food here are without fault. Good atmosphere and excellent food. Good value for a reasonable price.

Well it was not impressive as far as the food was concerned. We went with a Groupon voucher and having read reviews that it had not been good for others we decided to give it a try anyhow. When we arrived the setting and internal decoration was very nice so we thought maybe if that was good then the meal may be too. The service was good, the waitresses were very efficient indeed. The food was not to our pleasing at all. We were having the fish and chip offer which was on Groupon. We received our fish and chips and the chips were ranging on each plate from dark brown and soft to crispy and others were slightly dryer, the fish was ok but the batter was pretty well done.If you want peas with the Groupon voucher you have to pay for those at the Pub at 2.00 per person. We felt the chips were much too greasy and the fish batter wasn't great, in fact we left with a greasy palette. Disappointed to say the least.

Partner and I visited based on a recommendation! Safe to say we won't return!Booked the table and all contact details were available. Not once did I recieve any notification of the card machines being down. A little frustrating to find this out on arrival but we brushed this aside hoping for an enjoyable evening.So we ordered drinks... out of Prosecco! Out of some flavours to accompany the Gin menu! Not a great start for a Wednesday where we were the only people in the restaurant! I asked for 'Peppercorn Sauce' with my Steak, it looked and tasted like melted Butter! My other halfs 'Hunters Chicken' was bland!Overall disappointing, won't be returning. Management really need to address such simple competencies! Customer service is key!

Stopped here for lunch today with my family, we sat out side to eat nice garden And plenty of tables , my wife had a lovely ceaser salad and we all had BLT's on ciabatta bread which came with fries and salad , great value for money good choice of kids meals to , very friendly land Lord made us feel very welcome highly recommend

Went as a family, some meals excellent, the sea bass, other meals good or OK. Reasonably priced, nice sit out area but next to the road. Care would need to be taken with small children as not enclosed.

The chips were awful and the fish indifferent the sides we bought were peas ,indifferent and a salad OK .Add two pints of beer (one on the turn) and a £7 glass of Pino Grigio and including the £12 for the voucher and this very poor session cost £30 pre a tip (I left a tip as the service was fine).

My godson recommended The Kentford. It's a great place.A good selection of the menu. I had the steak which was cooked superbly and tasted great. My daughter had the three courses on the children's menu and devoured it. Everyone else's plates were cleared as well.Service was excellent and the restaurant was nice and clean with a big car park. The prices were good for the quality of food. Including drinks with three adults having 2 courses, a child with 3 courses and an adult main meal the cost was £109.

we wanted to try this place out for a while now so we decided to have lunch, restaurant was near empty (not a good sign), Customer service was very good, Food sadly was average, nothing wonderful I am sad to say! such a shame since the inside of the pub was very well decorated and suitable for serving food. There was no atmosphere whatsoever, the other couple that had just got their lunch were moaning like crazy about their fish and chips, we were getting worried about our lunch by that time since my husband ordered the fish and chips and thrice cooked chippies etc. anyway the couple left half eating their food, we go ours, my lunch was very well presented, but like I said just was average in taste and what it was, a restaurant would find it very hard to screw up on a ciabatta and chips so it was okay and I couldn't complain, my husband's fish and chips wasn't as wonderful as we had thought, I do not know what they are doing with the thrice cooked chips, they looked awful and nothing about them spelled wonderful. I have heard of double dipping chips and have done this myself theres a process to and sadly it wasn't done right. The battered fish was "just okay" the prices were quite high and we have had better elsewhere not far from this pub that was slightly cheaper and better! that is not to say we didn't mind paying just that we didn't get what we paid for! its really sad I was so looking forward to having a nice lunch, I guess I have been to places that are far better and have gotten used to being spoiled with quality. Service was good however!

Overall very uninspiring , it was a cold wet day there was a fireplace but no fire !! The dining room was dull and dingy and cold. The service was very poor, so slow, when we went in there was only 2 other couples in, and we waited half an hour for our main course to arrive , we didn't have a starter. We have been here before, but we won't be back !!!

Food was good, but the customer service lets them down , in our party there were two pints of Fosters ordered at £3.50, one of them went straight back and it was replaced. At the end of the meal I gave them back a pint which looked untouched but had been tried and another three quarters, I explained they were undrinkable , to be given the response that people have been drinking it all day, and they would get the pints checked. But no refund of any sort was given on them. I think it's pretty obvious that if they had been drinkable they would have been drunk!

This meal was the worst l lunchtime meal I have had, My mother and I chose ale battered fish and triple cooked chips, the fish was almost burnt and the fish content was minimal , the chips were burnt I cannot believe a chef would send out food at that standard, he obviously takes no pride in what he cooks and has no conscience .

Called in midweek to sample menu for a larger party we wanted to bring. The atmosphere is a little lacking in the restaurant even though we chose a window seat.The food was acceptable for the money paid but uninspiring. It will not stop us bringing a single sex party over for a meal though.

We have been here on several occasions and had very nice meals both evening and Sunday lunch. Last night we had dinner. The menu was less extensive than we had seen so we thought maybe a change of ownership. The starters were good. Ordered garlic bread and was presented with a soggy pizza type garlic bread and not baguette type. I ordered Sirloin steak, the only steak on the menu, but was later told that they had run out. Saturday night 7:30 and run out of steak. Used to have a good selection of steaks here. So ordered Deluxe Burger which was served up on a slate roof tile, hate them. What happened to the usual plates. The burger was served on cold little gem lettuce which made the burger cold and the onion rings were like concrete. Will not be returning for a while after having had so many nice meals here in the past.

firstly i eat out quite often, and i don't like writing bad reviews of places but feel i should when i have had a bad meal, just as i leave a brilliant review when had a nice meal too... soon as we walked into the pub the place was so smokey from the open fire we could barely breath, when opened the window it was so cold. having been to this pub a couple months ago with my partner for an amazing evening meal, and also left such a good review of the place, we decided to return today for a roast dinner with parents as we'd seen such amazing comments and reviews about the roasts, and was very saddened at what we actually got served up, not only was it a fairly long wait for our mains, (restaurant not overly busy either) the Yorkshires where so hard you could barley cut them, roast potatoes warm, felt and tasted like they'd been heated back up, gravy barely warm, the meat so thick and so fatty we felt like it was just the left overs, and the bits that had meat on where chewy. however the starters you couldn't fault at all. overall a very disappointing sunday as such good reviews mainly.on a brighter note, the waitresses are very polite and friendly and where very understanding. would like to say i want to return for a normal meal as was one of the best meals we'd had before out, but will never return again. it's a shame.

Open fire - tick, lovely setting - tick , great food - tick , great service-tick ....we had Sunday lunch and would really urge you to go - such a lovely meal and ambiance .made us feel festive and chilled ....very worthwhile.

Excellent meal, the food was delicious and excellent service. Will be coming back. Only problem we had was the restaurant was quite cold even with the fire on. No complaints otherwise lovely time.

A little pricey for the food and drinks with an average atmosphere. Service was a little slow but friendly.

Never been before and no longer live in the area so it was a bit of a gamble. Two of us had the roast pork, which was delicious, served with really lovely crispy roast potatoes, red cabbage, peas and a few green beans, plus yorkshire pudding. My daughter had the seafood linguine which she said was the best she'd ever had and her boyfriend had the burger and chips, which he also said were delicious. Desserts were faultless - sticky toffee pudding was described as 'extra special' by its recipient and the bakewell tart (ordered by the other 3) was gorgeous. Large portion of homemade beautiful tart with lovely ice cream. The place was buzzing, the fire was roaring and we will definitely return.

Mum and I ate here for lunch. The pub is very old but has a good atmosphere with an open fire in the inglenook. The food was tasty, well presented and the desserts delicious. The service was good, attentive and friendly.We will go again.

We enjoyed a roast dinner here when we first moved to the area. We have been meaning to go back ever since. It was delicious!

Went here for a family meal last night as had been recommended to my brother.The decor of this place is lovely, it's a lovely building and had a roaring open fire.The staff were friendly and helpful, wishing my brother happy birthday, recommended mocktails for us driving and brought extra toast to accompany a liver pate starter. I used a groupon voucher for fish and chips which for what I cost were ok. (£12.95) for 2 fish and chips. The fish was lovely, the trice cooked chips were quite dry however.My husband went for a lambs liver casserole from the specials board. I tried one mouthful and thought it was nice, but my husband found it so rich and overpowered with truffle he could barely eat half! My brother had a burger which came slightly rare, I would have preferred my burger this way but he couldn't finish it once he hit the middle of the patty.Overall it was a pleasant evening and for what we paid using a voice it was very reasonable.It strikes me as the sort of place where if you stick to the classics you might be safer on the menu. I did also notice the have offers on different nights so I may be tempted back another time to try a steak.

Visited the pub tonight as a young couple. Flawless service, cosy and atmospheric setting, made a nice escape to the cold November nights. Food was delicious. Highly recommend and we will be returning.

Visited the kenford this evening for my daughter birthday, what a disappointment.been past the pub many times so we thought we would try it. NEVER AGAIN!!! four of us had the fish which had soggy batter, 2 had steak which at £18.95 wasn't cheap. It was paper thin, no flavour, and very fatty. 2 had the burgers they were not very nice either. As for the TRIPLE COOKED CHIPS. Think they were from lunch time as they were greasy and hard. We complained and a fish and steak were taken off the bill. In my opinion we should not of paid for anything. My advise is Don't go...

We went for a family birthday meal and enjoyed a great lunch. The lamb shank was a highlight, slow cooked and the red wine gravy and creamy mashed potatoes were a perfect match. We will certainly visit again

I have been here many times before when under previous management, to say we were disappointed was an understatement! All had fish and chips .. The batter was not cooked through and "slimy" once you broke through and contained hardly any fish. This was relayed to the staff at the time who could visibly see that most of it was left, but staff made no comment or effort to try to rectify. Won't be going back again which is such a shame for a pub that was once so good !