The Staff of Life, Country Pub & Eatery in Harborough

Venue is lovely and feels extremely welcoming when you enter. The waiting team were fab, extremely attentive and friendly. However what let the trip down was the food. We paid £6 for prawn cocktails. Put it this way, somoene in the part ate the two pieces of bread and the sauce and left the lettuce, we joked that she was leaving £4.50 worth of lettuce. Honestly, they shouldnt have come out of the kitchen, there were literally 5 shrimps (not prawns) and about a table spoon of dressing, if that. The carvery....... The meat was fab, could not fault the meat in the slightest. Frozen yorkshire puddings, Carrots so overcooked they were black and like mush. Parsnips again, black. Green beans that seemed tinned. Roast potatoes like rocks. Also everything seemed SWIMMING in oil, to the point on the plate you could see seperate pools of gravy and oil.

17th March so my family and I went for Sunday carvery where do I start waitress very nice . As for the meal meat was ok Yorkshire puddings frozen. non of the vegetables are fresh all over cooked. stuffing balls like rocks and dry . Cauliflower cheese a funny colour and overcooked and mush ,frozen greens and over cooked,parsnips black , Brussels frozen, roast potatoes over cooked . I was told the carrots are fresh well he killed them I have never see carrots like it in my life I really think you should get a chef that can cook and get fresh ingredients

Recently reopened in Mowsley, Lutterworth after a long closure. Went on a Thursday evening and the welcome was very warm and friendly from Steve. I had the chicken tikka masala and it was lovely. My son decided upon the fish and chips and he said it was one of the tastiest he had had for a long time. We bumped into the chef towards the end of the evening and paid him compliments which were fully deserved. Will definitely return, and in fact we are for Mother's Day. I would certainly recommend visiting the Staff of Life.

My wife and I had the Sunday lunchtime carvery. We were greeted with a lovely friendly welcome from Steve the owner. The ambience could not have been better as the pub was relatively busy but there remained sufficient room to order the pre lunch drinks. The place was very clean and the decorations were impressive. The food, we had the beef, was perfectly cooked and plentiful, the vegetables were both excellent and freshly cooked. It was the best carvery we have eaten in a very long while. We will definitely return but I suggest you book first as when we left it was very busy

A village pub with a good ambience. Lovely to see everyone come into the pub with their dogs after the local shoot. It created a nice country vibe. I had been looking forward to trying the food at the Staff of Life. However, due to time constraints, I opted for a quick bite to eat rather than a main meal. I ordered loaded nachos and was very disappointed to find that none of the ingredients were fresh. The toppings were what I'd call 'fake food' straight from a bottle. The guacamole was bright green, obviously full of food colouring. The salsa had never seen a tomato in its life and the cheese was a processed liquid. Why opt for fake toppings when it takes a few minutes to make them fresh? How difficult can it be to grate real cheese over a plate of nachos? This was a very quick and simple dish to execute even by an untrained cook. It surprises me that an establishment selling food would be okay with allowing this to leave their kitchen! Definitely room for improvement.

Super meal with friends. I had the calamari and lamb shank which I'd recommend. Just a shame there wasn't more customers because there should have been. Try it, you won't be disappointed.

This is a lovely pub, very cosy and festive and the staff are friendly and welcoming. We will definitely be back.

Recently re-opened after a prolonged period of closure and having undergone refurbishment this pub/restaurant is worth a try. The staff are extremely welcoming and the bar has a pleasant ambience. The current menu is a little restricted but a revised version with more popular pub favourites is promised soon. The food was good and well presented but lack of customers must be a challenge. Sunday carveries are proving to be very popular and good value. The pub needs more supporters to ensure it continues as a business so we shall return.

Great Gourmet burger and scampi. Jan is a lovely host. Recommended calling in for a Timothy Taylor and a meal.

Lovely ambience and great food. Really enjoyed our visit to this pub. I have high standards, and this place exceeded them! Would visit again.

On behalf of Hinckley Ramblers, I just wanted to say thank you for the warm welcome we received when we stopped by for a drink last Sunday lunchtime. I hope to return for a meal with my wife sometime 🙂

We had not been to the 'Staff' for years and decided to book Sunday lunch with them. The young staff were pleasant and gave really good table service. Before the delicious main course warmed fresh bread with a dip was brought to us. The food was excellent including the dessert for which we did, unlike other places visited, have to wait long. All round we just could not fault anything with the food but one qualm was the customer car park at the rear of the building as after the rain its gravel surface was partly waterlogged with puddles and we drove out again and parked on the roadway near by. Anyway really recommend and it made our Sunday that also included a stroll around the village afterwards including a look at the parish church.

Been here a few times now and cannot fault the food, however on a recent trip the service was lacking. Surprised on a Saturday night that the front of house staff consisted of four young teens. Now, I have absolutely no issue with that and they were no doubt doing their best but seemed to have little to no training. Service is a lot more than taking your order and bringing your food out. We were served Sauvignon Blanc because they ‘had ran out of’ the Cabernet Sauvignon we asked for (BTW - one’s white and one’s red!). Also, the bottle of wine we ordered was plonked on the table unannounced, unopened and without an invitation to try. I write this in the spirit of constructive criticism and because it was a shame that a little training would have made a big difference. Food superb though!

Our 5th visit and again the evening didn’t disappoint. Food delicious and steak very flavoursome. Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and good value for money. We’ll be back again soon.

I chose The Staff of Life as we had friends coming from Cambridgeshire, Loughborough and Nottingham and wanted to find somewhere in between. We were not disappointed! We had a warm welcome, a lovely table for the 8 of us and an excellent lunch. I can thoroughly recommend this venue.

We had a lovely meal here tonight for my Birthday, great atmosphere and very welcoming. The food was superb and service excellent. It was really busy but they still more than managed to deliver. Thoroughly recommend. It’s a great village pub.

This pub is very overrated. There were 4 of us out for a quiet Sunday lunch. However, on the table behind us were a very noisy party of 12-15 adults. We asked to move to the bar but were told no, even though there was room. We could not hear each other talk. Well, fair enough, but then they got our meals wrong, there were clearly no vegan options; we were given our main about 15 minutes before the veggies came out. My son-in-law had finished his beef so had a plate of vegetables. My daughter waited so she had cold meat. I haven't had such a rotten experience of eating out in ages. I was in tears after because we'd wanted a quiet, family meal. What we got was appalling. The large table obviously their priority and we could go hang...

Great choices on the menu, the food was lovely and decent value. Lovely location, seems like a great place for good food.

Lovely little pub. Small car park to rear. Lovely welcome to the pub. Friendly staff. Good selection of food on offer. Good quality, well prepared. The premise concentrates on quality over quantity, with prices to match. Well worthy of a visit.

It was very busy 12 o'clock sitting. Staff were very attentive from the onset nothing too much trouble. Smashing ambiance we were made to feel very welcome by all. The food was absolutely gorgeous, couldn't fault it, good set menu And so well presented. Would happily recommend you try it.

Visited last week and enjoyed the experience, the staff we very welcoming. We ate from their supper menu and thoroughly enjoyed our meal. We will be going back in the future.

We had a lovely time here last weekend - would highly recommend for a special occasion- food is superb and service was delightful some wonderful people we’ll be going back soon

The Staff of Life is a bit of an institution in south Leicestershire. I moved to London from one of the villages nearby 5 years ago and the Staff trumps every gastro bistro nonsense place everytime! Linda, the landlady, is an absolute star & welcoming to all. She couldn’t have been more flexible & warm. The bar is stocked with great, well looked after ale, a punchy wine list & great atmosphere. I highly recommend the Staff to everyone locally, passing through or looking for a proper country pub lunch/dinner! Thanks again Linda & the rest of the team! X

I came in for my birthday with my girlfriend last friday and it was very nice

Just returned from " The Best Kept Secret in Leicestershire" in Mowsley.

A wonderful pub in a pretty countryside village, fabulous menu (especially the supper-club menu), lovely ambiance. Can't fault it.

It's difficult to understand how some recent reviewers can have given this pub such bad reviews. We had a great Sunday lunch that ticked all the boxes for us. Give it a chance. We will.

Sadly we never got through the doorway. A family meal booked months ago has just been cancelled at ten days notice as they want to close to give the staff a rest. Ironic given the name of the establishment. "Two free bottles of wine" do NOT make it right.

There are a great deal of positive comments I can make about our experience at the Staff of Life but this has to be qualified by some negatives I'm afraid. We had a table of 5 on a relatively busy Saturday night. The pub was beautifully decorated for Christmas with a cosy, warm atmospere and quite romantic lighting in the restaurant section. We had a bar drink and sat there while choosing from the menu. It is wonderful to have a full and varied vegetarian choice.

Had a great meal Saturday evening. Menu choice was varied and not the norm. Food was cooked to a high standard and all four of us commented on the quality and taste.

Lovely atmosphere and very friendly staff foods good. Well worth a visit for a drink and something to eat.

We were staying in the area and booked for Sunday Lunch for my wife’s birthday. Beautiful starters and very good roast dinner. Good choice of wine and beer. Very good service and reasonably priced. Hope to visit again to try the desserts!

The rudest most unwelcoming staff we’ve encountered in many many years!! If only ‘local’ people are actually welcome they may as well put up a sign to this effect, rather than treating paying customers like poison. Over priced and horribly pretentious 🤮 AVOID!!

I needed a nice friendly place to meet a client for a relaxed drink and the Staff of Life had been recommended to me. After a lovely relaxing drink we decided to stay to eat as the food looked delicious. We were not disappointed! Great atmosphere, efficient service and the food was excellent. My client couldn’t have been more pleased. We agreed, we d both definitely go back next time in the area.

Went for a Sunday lunch meal, birthday bash, meal paid for by elderly parents whom in the past could not praise the staff of life more.

Came here a few weeks ago for my daughters birthday as we live locally and have enjoyed meals here several times before. I ordered prawns and salmon for the starter which was ok although they were the smallest prawns I have ever seen and although quite tasty rather expensive at over £6 for a small portion. Next I had beef medallions which was nice but the veg were very over cooked and really tasteless. This I would have accepted but what really did put the icing on the cake was the sirloin steak both my husband and daughter ordered, both rare and both definitely medium! Again this is hard to get right but they both asked for sauces and chose Stilton, this came not as a sauce but as a slice of cheese on the over cooked steak! Really not impressed especially as the steaks already were over £20 each and we were charged another £2.50 per dish for a slice of cheese! Will

We were over visiting family and took a lovely country drive as friends recommended the staff of life. Such a warm welcome from the open log fire and such a homely pub/restaurant and staff made us feel like locals very friendly and attentive. Food was delicious and served with attention to detail in every dish.

Visually very appealing pub restaurant , visited pre theatre at Kilworth House which is a 10 min drive . Service was 1st class and the choice and quality of food superb , can thoroughly recommend

We’ve eaten here many times and the food has always been good. however, the long term bar staff chose to ignore us when we come in. Which has happened on several occasions. Which we feel is not very welcoming. Having been in this business ourselves we know how important it is to make people feel welcome which sadly the bar staff lack

We were rained out of our festival on this bank holiday Sunday and decided to go for a pub lunch. Best decision ever because we ended up in a lovely local pub with great food. I had muscles to start with a sausage and mash main. The muscles where juicy just like I like then and the sausages were exactly what I needed after a skipped breakfast. Lovely local crowd on this bank holiday Sunday. We will be back!

My partner took me here as a surprise visit.

What a fabulous Sunday lunch we had last weekend.

We had our wedding meal here ten years ago and decided to revisit with some friends and our daughter. We weren’t disappointed, all meals were lovely and service was great. The Sunday lunch menu allowed for a kids size portion which was helpful. Roast beef and lamb was tender and tasty, fish dish was good and sausage mash was great too. Thanks for making our tenth a lovely afternoon!

Enjoyed a nice Saturday evening meal here with friends. The staff were friendly and the setting rustic, as it’s a homely pub with wooden farmhouse tables etc so exudes a nice atmosphere. It’s somewhere for a treat as the prices reflect this more so than offering a big plate of ‘pub grub’. Ie positioned as higher end rather than great value.

The Sunday Lunch is poor, beef sliced so thinly you can almost see through it - all served medium. No separate pot of Cauliflower Cheese or Gravy Boat as in previous visits.. My wife asked for 2 of the starter Crab Cakes on one plate for a main course, only to be told the kitchen only had sufficient starters for service and this wasn't possible, yet we were then told it was ok to order 2 starters as long as they were on separate plates !!!!!

Very torn between giving 3 or 4 stars as the food was definitely a 4 star event but the overall experience was a little spoilt by an unfriendly welcome by front of house.

Went on a freezing evening with snow on the ground Warmed up beside a real fire and with a good glass of Malbec Food great with good choice and generous portions

Visited for Sunday lunch with my wife, and we were not disappointed we both had Prawn Cocktail and Beef nicely done and great roasties

Excellent country pub in a pretty village. Great log burner, great ale and great quality country pub food!

Visited for Boxing Day lunch. We were a large part but the restaurant was not full, so they could easily have accommodate a large table. ut no, we were expected to use 2 tables. Service continued to be basic and unhelpful. with wine bottles just put on the table without showing or pooring. Food was ok but nothing special.. This place is certainly not like it was.

They have a Special for £17 in the week, I believe there is a time slot. We enjoyed our meal, but, I think some customers may have wanted more choice.

A family outing for 14 people, none of us have visited before, it was just conveniently located in the uk between our homes. A superb country pub / restaurant. The food and service was excellent even though they were full to capacity, well done!

We have been here on numerous occasions and have throughly enjoyed the menu and the setting. Great relaxed atmosphere. The game pie was fantastic.

We hadn`t been to The Staff of Life for a while, but can say that it is as great as...

Have had a number of good meals at the Staff of Life in the village of Mowsley. Starters were all...

Nice food & nice place - just a shame that when you only order a main you get charged for...

El personal de la vida nunca me ha defraudado en nuestras visitas demasiado poco frecuente y de nuevo anoche una comida magnífica. La elección de los entrantes y platos principales eran diversos y muchos de cordero a la trucha de Rutland y koftas pasteles de...

We went on a Wednesday which (with Tuesday) is a supper club night with a 3 courses for £17.50 deal. We all found it easy to find three courses with a choice on all three. Food was of a very high standard (way above your standard pub grub) and we all enjoyed all three courses. With some good real ale to go with it (in my case, Black Sheep) there is really nothing to dislike.

I came here with a friend. The place is lovely and homely but the food may not be for everyone. What i did have was delicious but I couldn't choose many other options as not many veg options. The desserts however were extremely yummy!

Just had Sunday lunch to celebrate my wife's birthday. Very warm welcome from very friendly staff. Good choice of beers and wine. Both the roast sirloin of beef and roast lamb were gorgeous and sweets to die for. Staff and owner so friendly and attentive. Definitely worth a visit.

It has been some time since our last visit when the Sunday carvery was great, This time there was a wide choice from the set menu for all tastes. The starters were good but the mains were not too special. Puddings to finish off were good. A wide range of beers including cask ales were available. Probably give it a miss next time as lots of other choices for Sunday lunch in the area.

My husband and I went to the Staff Of life on Saturday 1st April. We ordered our drinks and food at the bar - the menu was on a board above a fireplace. We were shown to our table and didn't have to wait very long for our food to arrive. The meal was excellent - we had the shin of beef. although you don't get many vegetables ( We had to share a small dish between us.) The crumble we had for dessert was fab. The staff were friendly and quick to attend. Will definitely return and recommend to family and friends.

Amazing location - beautiful village - and Sunday Lunch was delicious. The starter of wild pigeon was delicious - it should have been bigger, though. The main course of roast beef & all the trimmings was good. The dessert I chose, which was the chocolate cookie brownies with chocolate sauce, was absolutely stunning and rendered me silent. Best dessert ever!! Well done. ✨✨✨

Went in for birthday drinks took my dog in as no sign outside to say otherwise only to be greeted with rudely no dogs pub shut until 6pm and only open certain days check before you go...... children under 12 not permitted in evenings so if ur booking for meal ur out of luck...found bar lady rude .... this used to be a freindly family pub but no more alas trying to go too up market

First impressions very nice. But. Told where the table was not shown,after sitting down no menu`s offered at the table so had to return to the bar area to view the menu written on the board, food was nicely prepared but small portions,slight problem with one meal but when mention they didnt seem interested, overall nice pub, overprice meals,especially the sweet menu, definatly a local`s pub. would not return,better value and service can be had elsewhere.

Lovely pub, great food, a hidden Gem. Lucky enough to be local & a regular for supper club £16.00 3 courses Tues/Wed - Never fails to please on quality & service. Lovely staff that makes a nice pub even better. Highly recommend.

we had a lovely sunday lunch here with friends, great food, great service, good atmosphere, and lovely big tables plenty of room for everything,would certainly recommend this lovely country gem.

Booked early evening one Wed and selected 3 course Supper Club menu at £16. Limited choice but understood changes each week. Excellent quality, presentation and taste. Particular liked tower of double cooked chips. Dishes served promptly and no complaints. Resturant and pub has nice ambiance.

We came here on a Saturday night as a party of 10 (should have been 12) for a double birthday party with one young person and 9 adults. The member of staff who appeared to be in charge was quite 'off' with us about needing to hurry our order, as we were taking our seats and waiting for the birthday ppl to arrive. As it happened they were in the bar just ordering arrival drinks. She was also rather gruff with us when it turned out 2 ppl couldn't make it and she made quite a deal about removing chairs and cutlery. The menu is all hand written in the bar area (apart from a more fixed vegetarian menu which is printed), which is a little awkward for the elderly or infirm to get to (down some stairs) or to read if they have forgotten their glasses :-/ or indeed for such a large party as the space is not huge next to the board. Or indeed if you have a problem memory and can't remember what you wanted on returning to your seat! The food was very nice, if a little pricey and the waitress was not prepared to have anything changed on the menu apart from leaving items off a plate. My son has food issues (he is autistic) and I asked if his chicken (the only thing on the menu he would eat) could come without the bacon on. I am assuming at these prices the food is cooked to order and I don't think we were being unreasonable in the request but I was told a firm no, that's the way it comes. He was allowed not to have the sauce :-| Fortunately I was able to intercept his plate and remove the offending items before he got them. I have a dairy allergy and there was one dish on the menu that I could be sure had as little dairy as possible. The food was delicious, tho some of the veggie options seemed over priced. The puddings looked nice but I have to avoid butter, cream, icecream, milk chocolate etc so I had green tea in lieu of dessert. They were very accommodating about us bringing our cakes, tho' with the narky attitude of the waitress (poss manager) we wondered if we would actually be allowed to have candles/cut them etc! Another member of staff brought them out and offered us knives and plates. Despite the unfriendly and quite intimidating attitude of that one member of staff we enjoyed ourselves and the atmosphere amongst others guests was fun and friendly. The room however was exceptionally hot with a wood burner in one room and a radiator next to our table.

Hadn't been to the Staff of Life for some time so decided to return for a family birthday celebration and we weren't disappointed. The food was just as good and the staff just as friendly and helpful.The game pie was wonderful with gorgeous goose fat roated potatoes. The mini pudding and coffee rounded the meal off perfectly.

It's a place to book as it's so popular. A Sunday lunch with waiter service. great menu, lovely food, well presented and great staff. Quality food, great taste, great service. there's a good wine and beer selection too! A must for a special meal, or a must for special people wanting a great experience.

Excellent place, staff efficient and friendly, food excellent, wine excellent, very nice atmosphere, well worth a visit.

Very disappointed with our Sunday dinner. Tiny portions at expensive prices. No greens at all with vegetables, half a carrot per person and a quarter of parsnip isn't what I call a portion of veg. Will not be recommending or retuning.

We visited as a group of four on a Friday night. It wasn't as busy as expected but still had a nice atmosphere.Good choice of real ales, well cooked food and reasonable value. We liked the home cooked bread. The menu was good without being overly long. Only possible complaint was that there was a lot of pigeon, rabbit and game on there which may be not to some people's liking, although the game pie I ate was excellent. I will maybe try again later in the year to see if it is seasonal.Overall - does well at being both a locals pub and offering high quality gastropub food.

Booked the Staff of life Inn as my preferred place to meet a new date. I must say this was a lovely evening, all aspects were taken care of . Service, location, atmosphere, food, all superb and will definitely be returning . Would recommend for sure . Well done and thank you to the owners and staff .

We've been visiting this restaurant now for 10 years, and its always our first choice on a special occasion. The food is outstanding and the menu is always seasonal. I can't say we've ever had a bad meal. Last night it was the best we've ever had, everything is very fresh, theres never too longer wait and it always impresses. The choice of wine is great and we had a wonderful bottle of red last night. The only reason I haven't given it 5 stars is due to drinks being very expensive at the bar and the staff being quite unfriendly/cold. We weren't welcomed with warm smiles or any conversation at all, in fact one of the young girls was stood on her phone behind the bar, it felt a bit like it was a pain to serve us. Its well worth a visit though and we will always return!

Quite simply the best pub meal we have had in the area for many a moons. Great food, lovely pub and excellent service. Really nice menu with plenty of choice. I had the rump steak which was great and my wife had the Sea Bass fillets. The homemade Soda bread was very nice. We'll be back Saturday 29th Jan (if we can get a table)

Visited Staff of Life for family get together on Boxing Day, thoroughly enjoyed the meal, very tasty and good value. Love the homemade bread and desserts are yummy!!

Having had a family meal ( first time in a age we all got together ) I can honestly say the food was excellent the service exceptional and the knowledge of local produce and wines was second to none ... fully enjoyed our visit and happy we found this little gem of a restaurant this is one place we will be coming back to in the near future ... Prices are very good for quality food ....

Booked a table for 8. Received the starters with 2 soda bread mini-loaves. Asked for additional loaves as it was clearly insufficient to cover 8 . . request denied as they had only allocated 2 to cover 8 people. All main selections were minimally sized as every dish looked amazingly small compared to the £32.50 3 course cost. Vegetable dishes were 1/2 full compared to any other restaurants we had eaten at. Puddings all undersize. So, as a customer, who has used this restaurant on previous occasions and had no complaints . . it has simply reversed its policy to charge the most money for visibly reduced portion sizes. So much for loyalty. . . I won`t be going back !!

Food selection was amazing and all fresh. The quality was outstanding as was the service. Price for 3 courses at 30pounds approx is amazing. Staff were efficient and polite. Ambience in the restaurant and the pub was welcoming. Beer was well selected and maintained. For a small establishment to make such a good impression is rare. Elsewhere a review mentioned the lack of soda bread and vegatables. Well we had no problems and indeed the value is not diminished.

On our first visit we had a great meal with friends. The smell of food as you walk in the door is amazing and you are compelled to take a table and sample the cuisine. Great food coupled with well kept beer, need I say moor

Appetising menu. Well presented food. All cooked to perfection. Relaxed evening with friends. Good service, quick and efficient. Plenty of choice on the menu. Nice atmosphere and pub. Would highly recommend.

I was recommended to come here from the old hall B&B just down the road, i am glad I decided to take there recommendations rather than the wetherspoons i was going to go to. They brought bread to the table, this was a nice addition, it was still warm too. I had pigeon to start and this was fantastic, the taste was brilliant. I relally enjoyed this. I had the shin of beef for main, this was just as good.I was very impressed with my whole visit, the staff where great. I will be returning here. I was very impressed with the 3 courses for £16!!!!!

I can’t really understand what’s happened to this restaurant / pub! Went for an evening meal last Thursday and the place just had no atmosphere only a couple of other tables with people seated for food.Big same as it was nice a few years ago. Food was ok this time if you like Pigeon and game as there’s quite a load on the menu boards which are very difficult to read.Shame it’s gone south !

Our golden wedding anniversary,A special Menu just for our group of friends and family,It was an excellent evening, the atmosphere was great,and the food was first class the service was very good, nothing was to much trouble, our thanks to Spencer and his staff for a memorable evening.If you would like a great experience try it.

This came highly recommended by local knowledge and we were not disappointed. Between us the starters were excellent prawns and scallops followed by stone bass and haddock. Decent wine list too and a cost pub to boot.

Good selection of real ales, well keptLots of choice on the menu including some good country dishes like pigeon and pheasantThere is a specials night on Tuesday and Wednesday where you get a three course meal for $14.95 and that is very good quality and value.The double cooked hand cut chips are excellent. Crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside and go great with a steak and pint of wainwright.

I went there for lunch, there was a nice variety to choose from. The menu is nothing like your standard pub grub, it is more sophisticated with different choices such as wood pigeon. I had three courses, the wood pigeon to start, the steak for mains and the homemade malteser cheesecake to finish. The price was very reasonable for the quality and presentation of the food, also the service was very good. I would recommend this place for lunch if you are wanting to have a memorable meal or perhaps wanting to try something different!

overall the meal and service was excellent, we found the staff very friendly and enjoyed an evening with friends.

having enjoyed previous experience over 9 months ago, we planned a special get together for last night. Unfortunately standards have slipped considerably and food was below par. my wife only eat a few mouth full of her main. it was very dry (Pigeon Wellington) we explained to waiter. no apology or understanding. my wife then sat at table for 15 mins without anything. our vegetables were all burn from heat in oven. the bowls were so hot we couldn't touch them and heavily stained with dry burns from being in oven. biggest disappointment was poor service and that they didn't care the food was not good enough. tried to talk to them following day they didn't won't to know.

My partner and I visited this restaurant on a Saturday evening. Although it was somewhat quiet, I'm not sure why as we had a very pleasant experience. The service was attentive and food was fab. I was pleased to see a little more choice other than the usual game-y menu which has featured here before. Good value for money and we will be visiting again!

This was my second visit to this superb pub which nestles in amongst the rolling countryside of south east Leicestershire in the lovely village of Mowsley. The food is simply stunning and if you're a dessert fan then the co-owner, Linda O'Neill will serve up award winning, mouth watering masterpieces for you to sample. The whole package of this warm and friendly pub is a credit to the owners and staff, who work together like a well oiled machine to make you feel welcomed and looked after. The venue is inviting the minute you walk through the door and the range of high quality dishes along with the excellent wine cellar only go to enhance the experience. This is without doubt one of the highlight places on my list of recommended venues and I can't emphasise enough the need for you to go there and enjoy a superb meal, be it at lunchtime of for dinner. A real gem and my compliments to the chef in particular.

The Staff of Life has always had a great reputation for food and it didn't let us down in that department! We went out for a nice treat, we totally enjoyed the mini loaf as it had the wow factor and was a lovely touch! I read in other TA's people moaning about having to share one between two people I think there just being greedy.Like I said the food was great and plenty of it and the service at the table was warm a friendly very comforting in many ways.We found the ordering process a little lacklustre, having to look at a big backboard and order at the bar seemed to take away from the whole dining experience. There's something nice about sitting at a table looking at a menu and chatting about what we should have, and even asking question about what this and that is. I'm sorry to say that because in all honesty it won't stop us coming back the food was epic deserts amazing and general vibe very pleasant.Thank you TSoL

We visited this pub for a Sunday lunch and were very impressed. The food was excellent, the dressed Devon crab special along with the Parmesan cheesecakes were very tasty dishes. We liked it so much we came back with friends in the week to enjoy the supper club menu of 3 courses for £16.95 and that is very good value for the quality of food being offered

Having only recently stumbled across this place, I've visited 3 times in the last 2 months because the vegetarian option on the menu is so good! However, I feel I have exhausted the options for now so will leave for a few months, great menu too for meat and fish. Great service too, some tables can be a little too snug/close together though.

we went on a lovely summers day to the beautiful village of Mowsley , i had booked sunday lunch for me and marge and my friends . for starter i had the black pudding with a sweet chilli sauce delicious roast beef with all the trimmings and followed by an excellent cheese board all was presented brilliant and all was very good quality, i remarked to the owner that service was spot on and he told me that he was some staff down and you know what you could not tell ,the real ale we had before lunch was superb and the wine list lovely cant wait to go again spot on enjoy we certainly did .

We debated on trying somewhere new but in the end returned for another too infrequent visit. The staff were as good and welcoming as ever and the menu a real delight. It's always so hard to narrow down the starters and main to a choice as it's such a great menu. This time we started with the asparagus, pea and leek risotto cake and the pigeon breast salad, both excellent. The mains of a rib eye (perfectly cooked) lemon sole and grilled duck breast a creamy sauce. The trio of sweets between us finished the meal perfectly. Thank you again for such a great and consistent experience.

We chose to eat here as had previously had beautiful Sunday lunch with friends. We organised with land lady a group booking of 22 , ( pre ordering food prior to evening ) had a wonderful evening , food was outstanding, service was great.would recommend as pub has inviting cosy feel to it, with a great atmosphere .Sally.

First visit with a family gathering although the person who booked it has been twice before and highly recommended it. Lovely bar area where we had drinks first. There's a blackboard with the specials on and also a large a la Carte menu. Lots of choice for allCourses and all the meals were brought out hot and at the same time. Everyone enjoyed the food with some opting for the Sunday roast which was very good. I had the crab Thermidor from the specials board which was delicious and came with salad and new potatoes.