The Loopy Shrew Restaurant & Bar in Shropshire - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Went for sunday breakfast Very slow one meal came our 10 mins before the other no coffee fill ups in fact no interaction with anyone except for bill Sad as was always such a great place to eat … hopefully just breakfast

Amazing! Staff ware very accommodating with gluten free allergies altering a salad to be gluten free for me! Very friendly will definitely be returning!

Came here for dinner last Wednesday evening. Lovely food and atmosphere. Service was exceptional especially from Adam T. Will definitely visit again when in the area.

Lovely food reasonably priced, menu a bit different good variety,amazing service staff very helpful and friendly couldn't do enough for you.

Came for lunch and drinks. Food was really good alongside the cocktails and service was awesome. A great place to visit when in Shrewsbury.

We have always enjoyed the atmosphere ,food, and ambience. We always come back. Keep it up, Loopy Shrew. Thank you

Beautiful meal thankyou, and lovely staff. Really nice restaurant, great outside area too where we had drinks in the sun afterwards. Will return.

Pleasant pub/restaurant. A great place to meet up with friends for brunch..

Great bar staff and great atmosphere 100%

They need more bar staff.ordered food and drinks.gave up waiting for the drinks and went to bar ourselves

Addition of disco on weekend nights is very welcome. Nice central location and range of drinks. Car parks are a stone throw away.

First time in Shrewsbury for the cricket festival and what a fantastic evening! Food was great and staff so friendly. We would so come again and we even said we wish the restaurant was close to us. Highly recommend. Claire - Gloucestershire

Amazing cocktails! And Sunday happy hour is all day so great prices on cocktails, wines and some beers. Very helpful barman- would highly recommend

Great bar and food. But please stop playing house music, it really doesn't suit your venue. Trying to enjoy food and drinks, but music is really loud in the background. It would be a more enjoyable experience with music that suited the atmosphere at bit more.

We enjoy visiting the loopy, nice drinks, clean and good spot for people watching, which can be quite interesting on a Saturday night.

Not very good selection of lager on offer.

Amazing place. Atmosphere was good, servers were friendly and efficient and the food was really tasty! Definitely recommend and will definitely be back when we are visiting again

Friendly and efficient service. Our party of four had breakfasts on Saturday morning. The food and service was faultless. Recommended.

Had a Sunday lunch amazing, will be back

Great for Breakfast on a Sunday morning when most places are shut. Good menu for all tastes.

I can imagine that when the refurbishment was last done(I think some time ago) it would have been a reasonable place, but now both staff and property are showing there age! Tables sticky glasses dirty, Bedrooms pokey! Basically awfull!

Very expensive two drinks nearly £20 extortionate

Had a great meal, big portions of quality food, great atmosphere and polite, honest and helpful staff.

Just popped in for lunch. Good service, nice food

Absolutely fantastic Father's Day meal, beef was perfect, staff were fantastic especially Ashton who poured me the perfect pint of Guinness

Very relaxed atmosphere with good service and very comfortable. Live music is available regularly and boasts outside seating.

Had steak and bottle of wine meal deal with family. Beautiful quality local meat all cooked perfect! We had white and red house wine which tasted good. Service excellent would highly recommend.

Really disappointed! We love eating out and love exploring top rated places & as we were in Shrewsbury on business we chose the loopy shrew!!! From reading the menu & choosing the vegi sharing board.. because of the detail explained in the description sounded lovely!! It was cheap and lacking a lot! We could have done better getting our own stuff from the supermarket! The bread was v stale and chewy and the one dip actually tasted like vomit!! It didn’t even have a complementary bit of salad 🥗 😫🫣 And to top it off the manager was rude! The girls cleaning the tables were lovely and polite. Will not be returning.

Wheelchair accessible gastropub in the heart of Shrewsbury. Great food, fab cocktails and the bar and restaurant can be accessed via a mobile ramp. Accessible toilet is suitable for those who can turn around as they transfer from wheelchair to toilet. Friendly staff and menus and information available on their website.

Stopped for food before heading home. Menu very impressive. Couldn't decide! Opted finally for the fish&chips. My sister for the chicken schnitzel and my friend got the burger. All very happy. Food hot, presented well. Was really tasty. Would highly recommend and would visit again

We have just returned from a visit to Shrewsbury. We stayed over night at The Loopy Shrew / Sleepy shrew. I've rated the room 4/5 based on, room for improvement. Bathroom was a bit tired but fine. As mentioned in other reviews it can be a little noisy before 12 at night. For us we expected it being in the middle of a city with thriving nightlife. We experienced good service throughout. Breakfast was a solid 10/10. One of the best full English I've had. We returned for Sunday dinner based on this and again, our meal was fantastic. All of the ingredients ooozed quality and were seasoned perfectly. I'd say not the cheapest place around but, we felt it was worth it.

A lively pub serving good beer and lager. Also have a good menu to choose from.

Not a cheap place to stay (£170 per night with advance non refundable booking), but the photos gave a great impression and the website looked very professional. We arrived at 4pm to be greeted by a packed bar, pools of vomit on the pavement outside and an obstacle course to get our cases through to the narrow staircase up to the rooms (we had to ask a few drinkers to move their chairs so we could get through). The noise was incredibly loud upstairs. The room was large, but very tired and with an uneven floor meaning the bed sloped to one side (2 singles zipped together). The bathroom was mouldy, with paint peeling and not good at all - the extractor didn't work. The shower was an over bath fitting with scalding water dripping from the hot tap on to your feet. After our evening out with the family (a birthday party), we arrived back, after navigating many more pavement pools of vomit to even louder heavy beat music that continued until 12.30am - we should have guessed there was an issue as they provide packs of earplugs! 6.30am the huge kitchen extractor outside the bedroom window starts up, making a Sunday relaxing start impossible - so an early shower with scalded feet! Not great, and honestly one of the least restful places we've ever stayed, at quite a premium price for the privilege. Great for central Shrewsbury, but next time it'll be Premier Inn or similar. Communications from the establishment were dire - we never received a receipt for our booking or confirmation, despite 3 separate emails asking for them, however we did receive automatic replies saying that we were important and someone would get back to us within 24 hours. Something definitely needs to change. I'll finish on a high note though - the breakfast was absolutely excellent and one of the best hotel full breakfasts we've had.

A multi-functional venue, serving as a popular pub for the evening scene, a good quality restaurant and an ideally situated bed and breakfast. Locally run, The Loop Shrew is a recommended place to be seen for locals and right in the heart of Shrewsbury's town centre river loop, making absolutely everything within walking distance for visitors.

Lovely place to stay right in the centre

Only popped in for something to eat and a drink food was good staff very friendly .and also dog friendly.

We stayed as we where going to a gig at Buttermarket, we where put in Dogpole, the room was awful, so disappointing especially for the price. Dark, shabby, in desperate need of a good clean and redecoration, absolutely no Outlook other than a roof top covered with rubbish, very noisy due to kitchen fans, the only good bit of the stay was the breakfast.

We went for breakfast and were surprised to be kept waiting for a table by the man at the front desk who spent a good couple of minutes at his computer before acknowledging us, then another minute before taking us to be seated. There was a long wait before our drinks arrived, then a longer wait for the food although there weren’t many customers. This gave us time to notice someone at the next table having to send their food back because it wasn’t what they’d ordered. My husband ordered eggs Royale - the first words describing this on the menu were ‘smoked salmon’ followed by the other ingredients - but his meal contained no smoked salmon. It seems weird to omit the main (and most expensive) ingredient of a dish. I’d long finished my meal by the time he finally received his replacement meal (the food he’d actually ordered). Given the unfriendly welcome, two adjacent tables having to send food back within half an hour and that it wasn’t even busy, we won’t be going back.

We have been to The Loopy Shrew several times when we have stayed in Shrewsbury but this time we were very disappointed. First, they didn't seem to have a table for us, despite me booking several weeks ago and after some running around they put us by the toilets!! My friend and I both had steak which was lovely but both pieces had a very big piece of fat on, making the steak look bigger than it was. I also order sautéed vegetables, which they hadn't let the kitchen know and they didn't arrive until half way through our meal. Finally, I had chocolate fondant for dessert which was lovely, however my friend had the Peach Melba, what a joke for £9, 2 tinned peaches, half a meringue, broken up and a bit of chantilly cream squirted randomly on the plate. Not the best experience 😕

This is a bit later than we visited, apologies. I booked this venue for our office Christmas meal in December 2023. The service was absolutely fantastic, the food really hit the spot and our party of 14 left very happy and satisfied. I would definitely recommend and book again. Thank you to the team at The Loopy Shrew for accommodating us and assisting me with all of the arrangements.

Had an enjoyable overnight. Had to leave before breakfast but my wife who left later, said it was fab

Use to do a lovely Bakes Camembert with sourdough (then changed to any bread) simple but very nice & wasn’t bad on price. Got ripped off Saturday & platter changed, some awful dish with several limes squeezed in (think to resemble a yoghurt or potato salad), it made both of us feel ill & went home, up all last night too, more worrying with one post-op first visit out since & having parted the extreme cost of this horrid dish, worst texture of the cheese ever too! Was reported to waitress, but wasn’t sure it was reported back, as she told us the newly added side was mint yoghurt! Think ingredients been messed with, but very little bread or crackers for a staring platter & on hearing price i wouldn’t return for quality with that again either!

As a restaurant or event venue it was great and the service was first rate. Breakfasts were fresh and tasty, and evening food was really good and filling. However, we booked it as a boutique hotel, and whilst the rooms were good, there is one major obvious issue: the rooms are above a pub that has loud music and a DJ on Fridays. We were in our room from 11pm on Friday and were able to sing along! If you're not bothered by sleeping in a club or don't go to sleep until after 12, then this is an excellent, well positioned place to stay. (As an aside, we parked our car using JustPark, and on someone's drive who rented it out. Very easy and booked in advance.)

First time we’ve been in for a Sunday Lunch and it didn’t disappoint! Superb Sunday lunch, absolutely delicious. The cocktails are really good too! Friendly service. Will certainly be back!

Really good food we had Sunday roast. More food than anyone can fit in.

Had an absolutely lovely meal and the chef's truffles were absolutely to die for but it was ruined by the supervisor asking us to leave, a young girl asked if we wanted anything further and as we were still drinking our prosecco we said no......then the supervisor asked us to leave as our table was booked for someone else. However presumably if we had ordered more they would not have needed the table and also the table had not been cleared ten minutes later. There was nothing wrong with asking us to move to a different table but be friendly and polite about it not rude!!

Nice bar/restaurant. Visited with three adults (mum, dad, nanna) and 3 year old. My burger was great, the schnitzel was highly approved of. Drinks menu is quality. Service let it down slightly with a surly waiter who had zero patience for a child patron (not misbehaving, might I add).

I really liked the vibe in here. Super comfy, super friendly and great music. A nice drop of a good beer on tap. Warmth outside if you wanted. An overall tastefully done and upbeat environment. Came from London but I’d love it if something like this was in my suburb - Twickenham. Well done the people in charge of this. Next time I come to visit my son, I’ll be back. And I’ll look forward to a bite to eat as well.

Had a perfect weekend here, rooms, food, staff all perfect.

My wife and I went for lunch and the service has improved markedly, staff are attentive, pleasant and effective. I had the platter for one and it was excellent, varied, plenty and tasty. Nice varied menu.

Food nice, little pricey for what we had. But I didn't notice until after that a 10% service charge was added, without notice or consent. Had I noticed this before my wife had paid, then a long conversation would have happened, along with a refusal to pay. This isn't the USA, we pay staff a salary and a tip is a reward for above average service. But if you are cheeky enough to extort us, you should be displaying it and allowing people to go elsewhere, where they won't have a sour taste in their mouth after eating your food. My other disappointment was a board outside listing events. Such as Mothers Day. St Patrick's Day, Easter, and Father's Day. But the absence of St George's Day. Shrewsbury appears to be a lefty pool of indoctrination.

Easily booked a table for lunch online. Asked to confirm the day before which is great. Service was good, staff friendly and we all enjoyed our food, from sandwiches, to burgers to vegan tagine. Would recommend and suggest booking in advance/ online as it got really busy over lunch.

great night was busy and sometimes bar busy and a bit of a wait but all staff were polite and drinks were good, nabbed the sofas and had a great evening with friends

Visited over the Easter weekend, very busy and a great vibe. Probably more suited to drinks than an evening meal at certain times over a bank holiday weekend. Food was very tasty, however it was quite loud with groups drinking and music etc so not a relaxing experience but pleasant enough. Dog friendly, despite mentioning when booking, staff looked taken aback when we arrived (albeit slightly early) with our dogs, looking unsure where to ‘put us’.

Food took ages to come, when it finally turned up my Daughter found two strands of hair in her Sunday lunch. The manager was apologetic. We sent food back and asked for the bill only to find we had been charged for a drink that we didn't have. Not a good experience, service poor considering the price they charge, wouldn't recommend.

The Sunday lunch here is superb Very well presented, we had the Turkey with all the trimmings and the veg was outstanding. A must try if in the area. Thanks Ian and the team

Rooms well below standard we expected .. cracked ceiling … mould on windows frames grubby stair carpet … live DJ son loud our fronded room on first floor had the floor shaking .. not advised there was going to be very loud music till midnight … we would never have booked if we’d known … dreadful expeience… many other better places to stay .. wish we’d chosen one 😰

We could not fault the Loopy Shrew. Great menu, great staff, lovely bedroom. This is one of the best all round hotel/dining experiences we have had for a long time. The breakfast menu is truly excellent.

Another pub, which is what it is, serving mediocre food, but charging obscene prices. Upto £34 for a steak, upto £13 for a starter. Must think they're in London, not little old Shrewsbury

I have to be honest with this review in regards to the dinner we had last night. Absolutely disappointed in what was,served up as paying £30 for a steak which looked like something that come off the children's menu. Two steaks were ordered at I'd say premium price which wasn't delivered at all, one as mentioned, looked like a chids portion & the other, well it was a disappointment. Slithers of cheese with garnish which didn't complement the steak, surely the chef that turned these out knew they'd get at least one sent back. Yes an apology was given but, I'd definitely say NOT premium costs for what was received. Not a great experience from the Loppy Shrews.

My Daughter treated me to Mothers Day Lunch. We both had the Turkey which I have to say was Excellent. And one of the best we have had.

Judt called for a drink and it was packed out we got there at 10pm and drinks are also reasonably priced

Excellent Mother’s Day treat on Sunday food service and atmosphere very good 👍

Front of house always determines the flavour of your dining experience and it was a real surprise to see a face from the past who has always made sure that we were never disappointed. True to form, our meals today were absolutely delightful. I genuinely can’t remember the last time we had such a freshly prepared Sunday lunch, albeit rather late on in the day. Clearly nothing pre cooked although very clearly pre prepared. Thank you all and thanks Cosmina (hope spelling is correct) for such attentive service. We all loved it, dogs included!

The room was lovely. Staff were friendly and helpful, we moved around breakfast plans so my family could join us. Nice place in a fantastic location. The location means it can be noisy, the thoughtful supply of ear plugs beside the bed was a pre-warning. Eggs Benedict was superb. The orders for the Full English Breakfasts got a bit messed up with items missing but overall we had a good time and will probably visit again.

Good friendly place to stop for drink and food

We popped in here for lunch while shopping in Shrewsbury. Staff were welcoming and helpful. Food was great, definitely recommend the fish and chips . We will definitely return

Very nice food and service. Will definitely visit again.

Visited with family,greeted by s nice gentlemen who took us to our table.Quite a long wait for our food to arrive, but the food was beautiful loads of fresh veg and the Roast beef was beautiful only concern you could only choose pink or well...

We both had a main and dessert and the food was delicious. The service was good and staff were helpful and there was a lovely atmosphere

A little disappointed to be honest. Food was average and definitely not value for money! It was extremely noisy as the rugby was on, which again was a shame as we were visiting from Canada and had our 10 and 13 year old boys with...

Just went for coffee. Service and the coffee were both excellent

A lovely couple of pints of Guinness in a bar/restaurant.

Came here today, the main was amazing, the Sunday roast sides were overly salty. The wait for food was over an hour. I will see if it improves next time.

We ate here on a day trip to Shrewsbury. We had a pleasant meal, a beef sandwich and decadent cheesecake for dessert. We chose it because we were in search of Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave. (Just up the lane.)

Absolutely outstanding as usual, visited many many times, never disappointed. Excellent food, excellent staff, excellent hygiene standards, excellent atmosphere

Had a meal here, very noisy out front of pub, but nice where you sit for food. Meal was very nice, service very good.. would definitely go again

All four meals were very average and not very tasty and we all said we will try somewhere else next time we’re in Shrewsbury. To top it off we had 2 large white wines which cost us £25 which I feel is too much

Not very happy with our lunch today first thy got my husbands meal wrong had to wait for his to be cooked by that time we had finished ours, thy said we won't charge you for it but we had 2 glasses of white wine that thy charged us £25 when you can buy a bottle for £23, so we gather thy put the price of the wine up to cover the meal, meals weren't anything special. Won't be going there again. Very disappointed.

Sunday lunch- very nice (but only garlic potatoes no plain for dad). Cheese board dessert exceptional. Service was very good and music started later- pity we had to get home. Would visit again as food was good, as was the ambiance and the price.

Seems a nice place. Drinks were good, plenty of people in, just smelt like a farmyard as soon as you walked in

Great location, food, beer & atmosphere

Went as a group of 10 so needed to pre- order food. It was stated we would have to have 3 courses on a Saturday and from a set group menu. They did agree to drop the 3 course option for our group as no...

5 of us booked to have a meal and I was really looking forward to it as they have a decent vege menu. 4 people who are meat eaters/pescatarians, had no issues but for some reason they struggled with the vegetarian option. Firstly, everyone's starter...

Quick stop for breakfast on a windy Saturday morning, place was busy for 0930 hours, managed to get a seat albeit on the stools. Service was efficient and friendly the Loopy full English didn’t disappoint and unlike a lot of other establishments the coffee stayed...

The food is amazing and done professionally, serving staff not the best but ya can't have it all. Friday nights is when the place is packed out due to a DJ. brilliant they still have them . Didn't stay in the rooms so I can't comment on them.

Lovely place to stay, right in the heart of Shrewsbury. Parking close by which over night is free but from 8am to 6pm you must pay at the car park. We got up early to pay before having breakfast at the loopy shrew. Would definitely stay there again.

Great pub that does good food. Nice choice of dishes at Good prices.

Had a great pre Xmas meal here with family, so took advantage of 15 %off voucher and as its dog friendly, back we went. Was early eve , took an age for drinks to arrive, but no prob with that. My husband ordered Venison and...

A lovely meal with excellent table service from our waitress!

We booked a table for 10 quite last minute for a late family Christmas meet up. We then sprung on them an hour before we arrived that we were bringing a dog with our party. They quickly rearranged our table to be in the dog friendly bar area and brought him a treat when we arrived. The food was excellent. I had the pan fried seabass with the fish cake and I can’t stop thinking about it 😂. Other family members had the Sunday lunch which they all said was gorgeous. The staff were brilliant, food arrived at the same time. Highly recommend this venue.

I had the sausage and mash for lunch - which was probably the nicest sausage and mash I have ever eaten - in fact the whole meal was absolutely delicious. The vegetables were cooked to perfection, the mash was really buttery and the sausage and...

Last minute lunch choice and had a great meal. Veg platter (not photographed) was the best part.

What a great place! With a new menu for 2024! Plenty of room for families.

I had the best New Year’s Eve ever! The food was incredible. I chose scallops followed by beef Wellington. The service was amazing. I can’t wait to go back. The dj was amazing!!!! I don’t think I moved from the dance floor. Thankyou loopy Shrew...

It looks inviting, has fairly good reviews and seemed a fairly safe choice for an informal evening meal. However, the reality was somewhat disappointing. I chose something which was described on the menu as a beef burgundy pie, which unfortunately turned out to contain beef...

Booked a table on line was running a couple of minutes late so rang and they held our table , got there and ordered drinks while waiting for our table . Friendly staff , food was ok wasn’t asked during meal if all was ok...

Bar staff were lovely and attentive when we were waiting for a table to open up for some food. After being sat we had to ask for someone to take our order after waiting a while. Food came out 30 minutes later and again was...

Expensive Poor drinks Service charge for bar service Wow! How can you charge a service charge on drinks you collect from the bar? Very expensive drinks,wine was poor quality! We questioned the service charge on drinks. When questioning the bar staff, she was very dismissive!...

My family and I went for dinner at the loopy shrew on a busy Saturday night, we were warmly greeted upon entering and swiftly shown to our table. The restaurant was incredibly busy but this did not stop us from receiving excellent, friendly service and...