The Old Plough in Daventry

Great afternoon/ evening xx Thank you xxx

Popped in this evening for a meal with the in-laws and our dogs, LOVELY food, great portions and prices and incredibly friendly staff. Love it, thanks! (Fair warning to others that there's a lovely wee kitty around for those with non-cat friendly dogs, keep your pooches well under control just in case, as you should anyway but *just in case*)

We decided try the pub for Sunday Dinner. We were very happy with it. Homemade Yorkshire’s, stuffing & a pigs in blanket. We also bought an extra dish of mashed potatoes and pig in blanket as we wanted to give our dog a couple. Having lamb on the menu was definitely a big bonus. The service was very good, the food would have got 5 stars if you didn’t have to pay for extra gravy. It is a bug bear of mine. Definitely the best in Braunston.

Nice village pub with nice atmosphere, has Sky, so good for sports, garden with seating out the back.

Had a lovely evening at the plough food was good, clean and tidy pub. Well worth visiting 😃

Roast beef over done, potatoes hard, depressing music!

As visitors to Braunton, we had an excellent meal staff very friendly and welcoming. Would highly recommend

Great pub and super friendly staff. 5 old mates(and CAMRA members) on a narrow boat trip last here 5 years ago. what a change! We had a lively evening with some hilarious banter with barperson/waitress Sianne. Steak and red wine meal deals good value and a pleasure to find a pub that didnt serve the dreaded Doombar. In Siannes words 'no self respecting pub should have Doombar'. Thoroughly recommended

This is a really good pub. Their food menu is extensive, the food is well prepared, well presented and tasty. Prices are very reasonable and the real ale was well kept. The staff made you feel welcome and provided good service. No hesitation in recommending this to everyone.

Visited Braunston many times but this was our first time at The Old Plough Restaurant. I can 100% say it won't be our last. From the moment we walked in, the service, friendliness of the staff, food and even great banter was second to none.

Excellent food and very friendly service. Will visit again when I'm the area.

Great food especially the fish dishes food quality more akin to a fancy restaurant but decent man sized portions. Friendly atmosphere dog friendly . Great service. Can’t fault it will definitely return .

Stopped here whilst on a canal holiday. Food, drink & service was excellent. Dessert was very reasonable too. Recommended!

Went here for the first time on 1/9/24 and the roast beef Sunday lunch was brilliant.Attentive staff and a good ambience 5* all round.Will be revisiting shortly.

Great light lunch and a pint of Timothy Taylor . Good selection on menu with excellent specials. Will be going back for evening meal very soon. Worthy of a 5 out of 5.

I cannot recommend this pub highly enough. Sunday lunch today -- the food was incredible and really good value. Attentive staff and owners and everything is homemade. Similar views from other patrons. Thank you Colin, Lisa and the Team :) We'll definitely be back :)

Impressed again! Had the best Sunday roast this time, Great, authentic home cooked food, Intimate atmosphere, and such friendly, attentative staff. If you're looking for a genuine, authentic old village pub with great history, quality beers, and great food... look no further!

Called in for a drink. Lovely pub . Friendly staff . Didn't eat there but the food coming out of the kitchen looked delicious. Definitely will go again soon

Wonderful, did friendly pub. Stated very close and ordered a takeaway carvery lunch to eat back at our accommodation. Could not fault this. Fresh ingredients and cooked to perfection. Probably one one the best takeaway roasts we have had. ❤️

We had dinner here on 12 July and the best meal we've had in years the food was top notch, absolutely delicious so well worth a visit

Brilliant meal with friends, Management really helpful organising and amending booking, food great. Thanks all, see you next time we're in the village

Great landlord, staff very pleasant, food very well priced and delicious. Braunston has a real gem of a pub, visit soon you will love it!

Some friends had been here before and recommended it. Their special offer was two rib eye or rump steaks and a bottle of wine for £35 or £30 respectively which we chose. My steak was, as requested, a perfectly cooked juicy medium rare rib-eye. My wife had the same and was suitably impressed so we both would highly recommend. The pub was quite busy and, as a result of the wooden floor, was quite noisy but created a lively atmosphere. Would go again but can't comment on other available dishes., The staff were extremely friendly and the service excellent too.

Lovely friendly pub with great staff. Always made to feel welcome. Love visiting here xx

Food was okay, took an hour. Experience ruined by the rude manager

Our second visit here. As usual the bar staff were super friendly and chatty. The beer was delicious (Timmy Taylor’s) and the food was excellent. Best pub in Braunston. Just up the hill from the canal/marina. Looking forward to next time we travel through on the boat.

In the lovely pretty village of Braunston, you will find this fantastic pub . Tasty home made food , lots of locally sourced products. Very welcoming . Really cosy relaxed atmosphere. Me & my wife thoroughly enjoyed our lunch time meal . We had the home made lasagne,( smaller apatite option from the menu )...salad, garlic bread. With a side order of fries . For after we had the sticky toffee cheesecake ! .... All was very nice indeed. The Guinness was excellent as well . We both would 100% recommend The Old Plough. We had a wonderful time . Thanks to everyone for making our day ! . .. As it is extremely popular. It may be advisable to phone ahead & check the food service hours . Maybe pre book a table as well . To avoid any disappointment. It's well worth the small effort. Lovely pub in a lovely village . We will be back very soon .

Super Happy with my Sunday Lunch!

We all have an excellent lunch, really refreshing to have different fish dishes on the menu. Our friends can’t wait to come back again. Luckily we live in the village and will be going again very soon. Compliments to all the staff

Visited for meal and drinks with 2 dogs today. Great service, fabulous menu with loads of great options. We all ordered fish (cod, swordfish and red snapper), all were very happy with their choice, beer good and well kept. Desserts were delicious too. Very dog friendly and reasonably priced.

This is one of those places where I can only say that if you're vegan and end up there, they do have food for you. But as a vegan, I wouldn't go out of my way for it. The pub is clean and comfortable, with a variety of sizes and shapes of tables, very traditional decoration, and a welcoming vibe. They even have a document that shows ownership of the location for the last 250 years or so, which was interesting. The staff were pleasant and had a sense of humour about things, which I always appreciate. The vegan food... was very, very bland and plain, and also requires a sense of humour. The "Quorn-style" vegan burger consisted of a dry bun with a few green leaves and a fried, breaded, nondescript slab of something moist and light-colored. It came with a side of fries and a cup of something pinkish, which tasted of nothing, but at least it lubricated the burger a bit. No onion, pickles, tomato, mustard, or other additions were provided. The "Vegan Cottage Pie with seasonal vegetables" was a fairly attractive-looking pile of veg in sauce with some bits of mashed potato on top, a serving of new potatoes, and some strips of carrot and green beans that would taste familiar to anyone who has had a tv-dinner with peas and carrots. Seasonal someplace, perhaps, at some time, but not around here. The potatoes were good, but the "pie" was completely bland and flavourless and wasn't even rescued by the copious application of salt and pepper. Has the cook ever even tasted it? A little sage, maybe a vegetable stock cube, some majoram or rosemary, and salt would make it so much better. I generally don't enjoy giving bad reviews, but I cook quite frequently on our boat, with limited space, and I've never made anything half this flavourless.

We have been with friends over the past few months. Everyone has had different meals - all have been delicious. Sunday lunch was excellent we just managed to have room for a pudding.

Fantastic little pub. Staff warm and welcoming. If you are a Guiness lover. They serve the best pint of Guinness I've had in the UK so far, the best I've had in years. No bitter aftertaste.. smooth, liquid velvet. Lovely.. Nice selection of beers and food..

Fabulous evening! Great food :)

Food is amazing and a very high standard and good price Owners and staff are very friendly excellent range of beers would recommend

Colin & Lisa utterly fantastic hosts. We arrived in Braunston for a short break and called in the nearest bar. What a fantastic decision we made Friendly, approachable, welcoming, great friendly customer service etc etc can not praise the owners or establishment highly enough by far best bar in Braunston and we tried them all. 100% Totally returning again. Totally welcoming to our smiling collie

A lovely dog friendly pub with delicious home cooked food. The owners are so welcoming and friendly. Our two Border Terriers, George & Janice make themselves at home & The Plough has definitely become our new local for a drink & excellent food when we’re over at our boat which is moored at the marina. We will definitely be returning again & again & again.

Vegan shepherds pie, very good , hunters chicken, a little on the small size but for the price good value, nice pint of bitter, staff very good. Will call in again when stopping in Braunston.

Food is fantastic, Colin and Lisa are lovely people and Tuesday night quiz is so much fun

Great little pub. Dog friendly bar. The bar staff and locals are very welcoming and friendly

Enjoyed a meal here last night of prawns & chorizo starter, followed by rump steak and my husband had the tailor made pizza. Both of which were made to perfection. Will definitely be back soon

Just had a lovely Sunday lunch at The Plough. A nice menu and with good drinks selection. We shared a Cauliflower Wings to start, which was hot and very tasty with a Chipotle dip. For mains we both chose the Crispy slow roast Belly pork with Apple purée and black pudding on top a of a buttery mash, served with lots of vegetables and lashings of gravy. This was absolutely delicious, cooked to perfection and piping hot to the last forkful. The staff were all very friendly, the prices are reasonable and we will definitely be back!

Excellent tasting food and good value for money thankfully. Very pleasant service too. Will definitely return and recommend.

Lovely pub lunch, easy to find, great choice of drinks and the food was great. Lamb shank was cooked perfectly and plenty of fresh veg, three roast beef, lovely Yorkshire puddings and plenty of gravy! If your visiting on a canal boat, make the effort and skip the boat inn and head to the village and find the plough its well worth the 10 minute walk, real fire and welcoming staff make for a great village pub!

Outstanding food and service, highly recommend the homemade lasagne

Wonderful Sunday lunch. Brilliant staff, quick service with great atmosphere.

Lovely atmosphere. Great friendly staff. Reasonable price. Nice food

Very nice and clean x I went to the plough after yoga tonight with friends we had an excellent meal..the lamb was tender and tasty.the vegetable s cooked to perfection and the accompanying gravy was delicious..thank you for a lovely meal x I'm am saying this as a person who worked in the plough for many years until my retirement last year xx

Visited today 6th February 2024. And its now Under New Management, and very welcoming, great menu, food was hot and delicious, Would recommend a visit, we will be back very soon. Thank you

having retired from cooking here last year i thought i would try the new chef/ owners cooking , we were not dissapointed , my lasange was tasty the accomanying salad fresh and crispy , my friends hunters chicken was also very good , the establishment was very clean and warm , and a very nice young lady to serve us which made our day . thank you for a pleasant lunch xx

I came to the village from my boat on the Grand Union and found this Brilliant public house, the service was absolutely fantastic, dog friendly bar, had an absolutely beautiful evening. A must visit, well recommend, not to be missed on a narrowboat journey.

Lovely staff great food good old English pub...what more do you need 👍👍👍👍

Great value. It's lovely to see it looking so nice and inviting again. Service was fantastic . Differently be back .

Called in for Sunday Lunch. Absolutely faultless! Had homemade soup and belly pork bites to start , both excellent and served with a smile. My wife had roast sirloin I had lamb shank, both came with fresh veg and all the trimmings. Lashings of gravy and a real plate full. Followed up by crumble and custard. Amazing value at around £14 for mains. Service throughout was friendly and nothing was too much trouble.

Great friendly service and quality food. Dogs are allowed olde fashioned ambient English pub.

Delicious food in a lovely atmosphere! The pub is warm and welcoming with a friendly feel to it. Fabulous menu and all our meals were really good. Pizza is a speciality but the rest of our food was amazing. A lovely evening out!

Fabulous atmosphere, friendly and attentive staff, excellent food and drinks. I personally recommend that you find out for yourselves, you will not be disappointed.

Lunch with 8 of my friends. What a fabulous place, great food and drinks with friendly and attentive staff. I would throughly recommend that this is a gastronomical experience that you should check out for yourselves.

Had a lovely meal which was cooked to order. Nice to see to see small portions on the menu - which were still really good portion sizes. Very reasonably priced. Friendly service too.

Just popped in as recently reopened. Nice friendly atmospheric locals pub. Did not eat on this occasion so cannot review food.

Nice to see the pub open again, new people new menu and a decent pint what more could you want

Nice to see the pub open again lovely new couple in the pub so welcoming, the beer was good and we all enjoyed our food will definitely be going back for more !!!

Followed Lisa and Colin from The Old Smithy. Had a lovely meal (Fish and Chips and Peri Peri Chicken Sizzler) and chat and couldn't do anymore to make our visit enjoyable. Bekki even though not working visited and met with us for a drink. Will be returning soon even though we travel out from Leamington Spa. Robert + Dawn x

I was moored up between Midland Chandler's and Braunston locks. I walked straight past the Boat House and up the hill to this little gem. Three nights, two steaks and a liver and onion. Guinness, Doombar, Hobgoblin Ruby, Inches cider, Moretti and Cruzcampo. Plenty of parking out the back. Pool table. Indoor table skittles. Three large TVs across two bars. Garden. If I lived close, it would be my local.

If I could give this place 7 stars I would! We turned up as a party of 14 dripping wet from walking in the rain and we were welcomed and nothing was too much trouble for the kind-hearted staff. They moved the tables around to accommodate us and made provision for our wet coats. They let the children play darts while we waited for our meals. The menu was great for a variety of different appetites and when the food came it was delicious and very reasonable. It's a lovely old pub and the staff are outstanding, I can't recommend this place highly enough.

lovely relaxing interior, clean and well maintained. friendly bar-girl who had a very enjoyable play-list quietly on the go (know she'd have changed it if asked, was great hearing some tunes we'd not heard in a while). it was "steak wednesday" which he really enjoyed, I had delish fish'n'chips. our dog was made very welcome with treats. relaxing in this pub was perfect following a very long journey from the Lake District. definitely would go again when in the area

Nice village pub. Friendly and efficient service. When you come by boat to Braunston Marina it is worth tsking a walk uphill and have a decent meal there.

Fair prices and pleasant staff. Evening nearly ruined by very noisy dogs, whose owners were quite happy to allow them to disturb other patrons for best part of 2 hours. Staff need to be a bit firmer with what is OK inside the pub

Called in on Friday 9/6/23 after having called in to the boat house further down the road , what a change from that place , friendly bar staff , locals where very friendly as well , price of drinks where very reasonably. there is a seated area behind the pub and a car park and it also does food , unfortunately we didn't have any hence that's why I only gave it 4 stars but my partner said the prices where very good , if we where ever in the area again we would return

Friendly pub and staff. Good food,quantity and value. If I pass again I'd happily eat there again

A nicely furnished and decorated pub with a pool 🎱 table and plenty of comfortable seating and TVs for the Sport ⚽, parking and outside seating at the rear of the pub, friendly and welcoming staff, good pints 🍻 and they serve good homely cooked food 🍲 😊

Called in yesterday, just reopened under a very friendly new management team, great new decor, and the intension is to begin serving good pub grub in the next week, well worth paying a visit, especially if you have bad memories of how it was.

Absolutely brilliant. We booked The Old Plough for a meal after our wedding ceremony and Kurt, Rhianna and team were fantastic. They went above and beyond to make sure everything was as we wanted, and made the place look fab for the (very tasty!) meal. Thank you for all of your efforts, and for making it stress free as we planned it.

Wedding reception for son held there. Lovely. Nice intimate setting for meal in private function room. So homely. Excellent attentive staff and the food was excellent too!! Went there for an evening meal the night before and were well looked after by Kurt and Rhianna. Lovely freshly cooked food. Will definitively be going again when we are next in the area. Good luck with this new venture.

Kara was amazing, walked in and felt comfortable straight away, me and my family really enjoyed the company, food and the environment of the plough!

No decent beer at all. Worst pub in Braunston.

Molly the bartender was awesome!

Lovely village pub excellent meals good beers too

Nice little place for meetings room

Wonderful pub with a lovely staff and friendly patrons. It's definitely worth a visit and excellent food

Worth the detour to the quaint village of Braunston as only a few minutes from the A5, M1, A45 and M45. We went there on our way back from Scotland as we didn't fancy the dreaded motorway services. Turned out to be a great choice and WELL WORTH the extra few miles off the motorway. Kurt and Rhianna are very welcoming, the beer is excellent and the food, well,we've not had a better veg curry in a very long time. Worth noting, made to order, not pre-made and warmed up, so very fresh and arrived in no time. Places like this that offer a miles better experience than the usual chain suspects need to visited. It's a village pub - use it or lose it as they say. We will be back :D

Worth the detour to the quaint village of Braunston as only a few minutes from the A5, M1, A45 and M45. We went there on our way back from Scotland as we didn't fancy the dreaded motorway services. Turned out to be a great choice and WELL WORTH the extra few miles off the motorway. Kurt and Rhianna are very welcoming, the beer is excellent and the food, well,we've not had a better veg curry in a very long time. Worth noting, made to order, not pre-made and warmed up, so very fresh and arrived in no time. Places like this that offer a miles better experience than the usual chain suspects need to visited. It's a village pub - use it or lose it as they say. We will be back :D

Fantastic Halloween Party held here, friendly and welcoming Pub, great atmosphere, and it's a lesser spotted these days "proper pub"! Great work!

Lovely food and understated. The people are warm and friendly and dog lovers. Great place!

Stopped here for the night and we were pleasantly surprised by our meal. The wine was mediocre but for a quiet place to sit with space it was a nice evening out. Great for boaters.

Good pub grub great service good selection of alcohol beers etc.. Nice clean village pub

Stopped here for a drink and a rest while out delivering recently. Staff were friendly and helpful and prices weren't too expensive in the grand scheme of things. Lovely backdrop for the pub as well

Had lunch there yesterday. ( 4 of us ) the food was of a high standard nicely presented and cooked to perfection. We will definitely be going back.

What fantastic pub. My first time of finding it open. The young lady behind the bar was amazing, chatty,welcoming,engaging, couldn't have asked for better. We didn't eat here, looking at their for,I wish we did.. Amazing engaging locals. If you like good beer come here, good food come here, local flavour come. Its a true boaters dream

A friendly and smiling welcome wich made you think you're special to them. Good beers - a decent choice including Butty Bach as a really good bitter. The menu is traditional pub rather than gatronomic but that's what we were hoping for. The pie is a good size and meat-filled. Vegetables are great and chips are proper chips. We only had the one course but the starters and desserts sounded great. Chatting to the community managers later proved that they have full time businesses of their own but run them completely separately from the living quarters upstairs. They are on hand 24/7 for emergencies etc. It's a venture for them and for the village. Interestingly they are intent on improving on the reputation of previous owners / managers. This is a village pub that serves good food in good time at reasonable rates. It's not, and doesn't try to be, a restaurant with more exotic offerings. It's historic, a proper pub, and an important part of the village and the UK canal scene (if some way away from the canal!)

Didn't use the pub but sat in sunshine beer was poor probably first drawn but a shame. Garden and pub is very tired needs some smarting up. Having visited the other pub in village the old plough is second best

Visited this place after returning our Narrow boat to Union carriers. Warm friendly welcome, excellent food and plenty of drinks. And lager if you’re that way inclined. Sharing platter starter is great as a main course, ham egg and chips are outstanding value..

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Brilliant breakfast! My family and I came for a jubilee breakfast at The Old Plough and left very happy! Great atmosphere and friendly staff! Would recommend.

The drinks were nice, some good real ale. The welcome was friendly. The food menu is very basic the presentation even more so. It’s very low on taste, I suspect it’s mostly reheated frozen food. My son left half of his pizza - a first...

This is a well deserved place to visit, it’s in the heart of the grand union canal, the locals are friendly and deserve recognition because they also make the place, I’m a boater visiting and will most definitely place this humble establishment close to my...

Great atmosphere, never went in the pub with previous owners but current landlord and landlady are doing a great job. Lovely food credit to the chef. Quiz is worth doing, probably the best pub quiz we have been to!

Just had a great meal at the Plough. Under new management and it shows! Great food and good beer!

What a difference! Fantastic beer and lovely food. We were fortunate to be the landlords’ first clients when we arrived on Friday. Warm welcome and brilliant real ales Timothy Taylor’s Landlord at its finest. A difficult beer to keep but judging by the amount being...

I went to the old plough for a meal today with visiting family, the service was excellent the food tasty and the beer cold and fresh, Thank you Kurt and rhianna 😁😁