The Sun Inn in Northampton

Food always great and service first class. Lovely pub and atmosphere. Christmas menu looks fabulous and will be back to try it.

The food was absolutely delicious, full of flavour cooked to perfection. The service was excellent and the staff was very polite and attentive.

Lovely restaurant and pub, excellent food, steak was to die for with the blue cheese sauce. The assistant manager Alice was lovely as always 😊 thank you, and see you soon!

We come here so often after work and it’s always such a wonderful time. We were served by Alice today and she was the sweetest ever! Wonderful dinner as usual :)

Alice was a great hostess with a smile on her face all evening, the curry night was very delicious, with a great atmosphere.

From booking the Barn for a party to the actual day everything was exceptional. The staff are friendly and the buffet was prepared fresh. Excellent. I would highly recommend.

Traditional village pub that has been successfully modernised. Quiet difficult to park the night we were there. Interesting menu and cheerful service.

Lovely sunday lunch in pleasant surroundings. I would recommend The Sun Inn to friends and family.

Went for lunch with my wife. Food and service are excellent.

Our Sunday Lunch was OK but not exceptional, My lamb-based meal was well cooked but not that hot though the cauliflower cheese presented separately was scalding. My wife had fish and chips as there was no roast chicken on the menu but it did offer chicken supreme. Like the Sun we go there often but this lunch was not quite what we expected.

I recently visited The Sun Inn in Hardingstone, Northampton, and had a wonderful experience! The atmosphere was warm and inviting, with friendly staff and excellent service. The food was delicious, with a great selection of traditional pub dishes and a well-stocked bar. It’s the perfect spot for a relaxing meal or a casual drink with friends. Highly recommend!

Great pub, although I was once told “We are not a chicken wing kind of place”. I truly believe you can judge a place on there chicken wings and Halloumi fries…

The food here is absolutely amazing, from the chorizo, rustic bread and mac n cheese bites options on the nibbles section to the gammon and rump steak which was equally as incredible paired with the béarnaise or peppercorn sauce! The drink selections here are great. The service was brilliant the staff were attentive with check backs and even took a lovely photo of us. If the drinks were run a little faster it would have been perfect. Overall a super night! Shall be returning.

Attended wake separate room out back ok for this occasion sandwich fresh but unlabelled being vegetarian unaware of ingredients

Chill vibes and amazing staff. Food and drinks were served to perfection. Would recommend if looking for somewhere nice to go.

Great spot for ladys, boys and everything in between! Danni and the team always provide a great service. Food is amazing and cooked from scratch which is rare for pubs! The pub always has specials on and the chefs make them perfectly. Come to this pub I couldn’t recommend enough

Amazing food. Lovely location. Calming atmosphere. Wonderful outdoor space. Family friendly. Friendly helpful staff. Amazing manager Dani couldn’t do enough to make our experience the best possible.

Thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the Sun yesterday with friends the food was good and the young lady who served us was lovely friendly

What a lovely place in a lovely village to meet up with family. Visited twice over 1 week, both times we were warmly welcomed and looked after throughout our stay. The food was freshly cooked and served promptly, and was delicious!! The staff were very friendly and attentive. Just a note there is no parking facility and was very busy surrounding the Inn with parked cars, so we parked a street away. Not a problem to us. Won't hesitate to visit again. Thank you

Food was excellent, service was good and the price was decent. We had a very good Sunday lunch and I can recommend it.

We have been to this pub many times before but after this visit we can conclude it has gone massively downhill. Went for Sunday lunch and well the main course was actually very good but the service was appaling. There were two servers in the inside restaurant and when we had finished our main course one of them actually looked at the table twice and saw we had finished and ignored it. It actually took then half an hour and a prompt from my wife to get the table cleared. We then had dessert but one of them a sticky toffee pudding had a black hair inside it so obviously the way they are made needs to be looked at. The manager did apologise and refund the deserts but the damage had already been done so unfortunately i will never be returning again.

Lovely place for family and friends, we were with family and we all had a fab time 😄 we highly recommend the sun inn , the service was second to none 😀

We booked the private room for an event with a buffet. It was all well organised, service was friendly and efficient, food was delicious We would definitely book this again for another occasion.

Very poor on the 'nibbles' section. We ordered garlic mushrooms as part of a selection of three and the mushrooms were slimy and stone cold. Disgusting, we didn't eat any but the first one. Someone else on our table had the same experience. The fish and chips was disappointing with the fish being all batter and hardly any fish. Lots of people on our table left food. The chunky chips were the best part of the meal. Very poor quality for expensive prices.

Hosted my 50th birthday party in The Barn - fantastic venue - room beautiful, staff fabulous and attended to every need, and food scrumptious. Thankyou!

Awful service won't come back. Food was ok

Sadly I was disappointed this time round. The roast dinners were unfortunately just not hot enough and the meat seemed like it had been carved and sat in gravy, so the gravy didn’t even warm the food up. Gravy used to come in a jug too, so you could add your own. I asked for mine to be warmed up and the rest of the party I was treating for Father’s Day, didn’t like to complain but since found out they thought the same. Potatoes were hard and barely been roasted at all. Service was friendly and with a smile but then tailed off towards the end of the meal. Disappointing.

I have known the Sun over many, many years and varying owners/landlords and therefore menus etc, but haven’t been for a while. From anecdotal evidence, I thought it was these days aiming for a bit of a ‘gastro pub’ image, which is consistent with the prices, ie higher than other pub food locally. I don’t know if it was because it was a Monday lunchtime and, therefore, was being staffed by people who are competent at the use of deep fat fryers and microwaves only rather than chefs, but the food quality was not up to what I thought it might be. One friend had fish and chips which she enjoyed, although the fish looked rather thin and measly! The other friend had the beef rendang which he said was tasty but did look very dry indeed: I know it is a dry curry, but this looked overly so. I chose the chicken supreme with tenderstem broccoli and dauphinois potatoes. The chicken was nothing special, but ok. The sprinkling of red onion and pomegranate didn’t add much to the taste and there wasn’t really any sauce. The broccoli was fine, but the dauphinois was extremely dry and had the flavour and consistency of potato that has been microwaved from cold, the sauce having been absorbed completely into the potato. The whole thing was extremely over-seasoned with salt. The deserts (churros and a summer crumble) were ok with the crumble being the better dessert. The staff were lovely, but the meal was disappointing overall for the price (£82), and I felt that the beef and chicken dishes were reheated leftovers from the weekend.

Really enjoyed a lovely meal ,I can recommend the spaghetti on special menu and chicken ceaser salad

I celebrated my 30th birthday here and could not have asked for more. Thank you sun inn and Danielle behind the bar who bought everything you could ask for as a host of a birthday

Great service, shame that there was only one gluten free vegan pudding option which they'd run out of.

Old fashioned Sunday roast was good 👍 😋

Very good pub with very good food.Nice inside and outside.Recommended for a small party as well as they have a separate room.Nice and friendly staff.

Very busy lots of dogs. Lovely atmosphere with long garden.

Having eaten there just four days early when we had a fantastic meal, we expected our Sunday lunch to be a very similar affair, sadly not. When we arrived the table was dirty and we had to get the waiter to clean it before we could sit down. Ordering was ok with a good selection on offer, my wife and I had the Brixworth Pate which was very tasty. Unfortunately there were only three small slices of baguette with it and ran out of bread very quickly. The main course came soon, and thisd was the most disappointing of all, the vegetables were beyond al dente, the carrots and potatoes were barely cooked. On to the meat, we had chicken beef and pork between us, the chicken was tough and chewy, and the beer quite tasteless. The pork crackling was excellent however. Overall a very disappointing experience given the great meal we had just a few days earlier.

Have a had a few meals now and have never had a bad meal. Went with my partner on Sunday 28/04/24, and we both had the trio of meats Sunday roast, and my only critique would be is that the roast potatoes were a little hard. Other than that, no complaints

I went to a 70 th Birthday Party and was very impressed with the food .Staff were excellent .We were in the Barn .I had the beef Rendang ,after a dish of mussels wonderful .

We got a very warm welcome and excellent pub food at the Sun on a wet weekday lunchtime. We lingered over three courses and they were all good, but the sticky toffee pudding was wonderful.

A superb evening with amazing food & drink. Lovely atmosphere, no rush. Just a lovely experience full stop. We were served by Chantelle who clearly loves her job, an incredibly engaging person who puts her guests at the heart of everything she does. A huge call-out goes out to the "unsung heroes" in the Kitchen for preparing & serving some outstanding food. Well worth the visit, & I will most certainly be back Many thanks to all the team at the Sun Inn, Hardingstone

Lovely pub all round staff there happy and fun to talk to will be back there soon will try food next time

Great Sunday roast, best we've had in a while, the veg & potatoes were lovely, although the lamb came already cut up and burger shape like a Patty, still tasty and nice.

Tl;Dr - Delightful village pub with terrific food at a very reasonable price for the quality. Parking is challenging, if an on-street walk of 2 minutes is 'excessive'. Arriving on a weekday evening (18:45~), it was easy to park directly outside the pub, and no reservation was needed. After umming and arring, I went for the Steak and Ale pie, with garlic mushrooms & pork crackling for a side. The whole menu shouts: 'Good food, good flavours'. I wasn't disappointed. I'm no pie guru, but I've had my fair share of pie & mash over the years. Genuinely, this might be one of the best standalone pie & mash dishes I've ever had. Let's start with the Steak and Ale pie: Perfectly cooked, golden brown shortcrust pastry with a deep filling of rich, quality, tender steak pieces and a hearty ale (no grisly or fatty offcuts here). Nestled on top on a herby, incredibly well seasoned, creamy mash with the perfect 'stiff peak' texture and the seldom (small) lump that lets you know it's been balanced and mashed by a real person. Supported by 'just over' al dente seasonal veg and a rich, savoury gravy (no awkward 'more gravy please' requests needed) that complements the pie filling well. Why more people don't deliver herby mash is a question I've never really considered before! But it's a real reminder on how simple additions can elevate a side to so much more than the sum of its parts. The seasoning of the whole dish was absolutely spot on, as was the portion size. The overall combination of flavours worked incredibly well, the richness of the pie filling was perfectly balanced by the relative 'sweetness' of the greens, and the gravy was the perfect taste, 'depth', and consistency (not watery, nice and 'meaty', with no skin). I don't feel I can really do it justice here. The dish was terrific, truly satisfying! The garlic mushrooms were terrific, with a perfect 'bite' texture (without being undercooked). The mixture of different (wild) mushroom types, supported by rough cut garlic and a smattering of herbs created a deep earthy flavour that really complemented the main dish. The garlic isn't overpowering, but I wouldn't be getting intimate with any vampires shortly after eating; the rough cut (very small pieces) pack an excellent punch! A great accompaniment to the steak and ale pie, and greens, without overwhelming the dish. Finally, the pork crackling. Fresh, 'hot', crispy, and crunchy, with the characteristically uniform thin layer of fat that still 'melts' a bit when you bite into a fresh piece. Cut into satisfying 'strips', they might well have been the best post-meal 'savoury snack' I've come across, but I personally would have like a bit more sea salt flakes on them. That said, I feel like I'm really picking hairs at this point (not literally in this case). Service was terrific, quick, and attentive. In summary, I was recommended to come here by a local friend, and I'm glad they did. I hope I have the chance to come back, and I'll be sure to recommend it to anyone else in the meantime. 9.5/10, a great meal experience. Some might say it's expensive, but having spent my fair share of time in pubs next to Premier Inns, I'd pay the extra £4-5 quid for a pie and mash here any day of the week. It's absolutely worth it!

Food was appreciably very good. On street parking. Atmosphere was nice and private when we visited and neat also . I thoroughly enjoyed my desert. Apart from not having some food that was on thier menu every thing was smooth.

Called in for lunch while out walking. Nice interior, country village pub feel and relaxing. We both had the lunch special menu ,cheese burgers with skin on fries ,salad and slaw.great burger very tasty and filling,the sticky toffee pudding was massive and I'm a big eater.At £19 for two courses not the cheapest but definitely felt full afterwards and had good service from our waitress throughout .Will use when in the area again for sure.

Great pub. Spectacular food, albeit a bit pricey. Hidden gem, as the place doesn't look too big from the street, but it's a classy English pub inside. Loads of seating and nice staff too. Well worth a visit

Lovely evening spent in the Sun Inn with friends this evening. We were served by Molly who was very helpful and considering she was new to the roll she was very confident. Anything she didn’t know she soon found out. Meals were served quickly and were very hot. Good warm atmosphere.

An excellent pub with a really friendly vibe and atmosphere. We have been using the Sun Pub quite a bit over the last few months and every time the experience is superb. The staff are attentive knowledgeable and understand the offering really well and always take good care of you.the pub itself is warm, inviting and the decor is absolutely superb Quintessential English country pub! They also have a fantastic beer garden and outdoor space including a really beautiful private dining space which we will hopefully get to use this year . Overall , highly recommended . You will not be disappointed with your experience at the Sun Inn, Hardingstone.

Visiting friends for a Christmas get together and the quizmaster convinced us to take part in the quiz. The quiz was great and like no other pub quiz we have done, it was clear much thought and time had gone in to it. The staff served drinks to our table all evening and gave us great attention too. We did not eat as we weren’t planning on staying as late as we eventually did: Overall we thought a lovely pub was extremely well run with hardworking and attentive staff but on this occasion the tongue in cheek, slightly offensive humour that came alongside a well delivered and cleverly thought out quiz really made it a night to remember. Thank you

Good food, nice atmosphere, service was a little slow.

We were recommended this place by friends from Northampton as we were meeting friends from Coventry and we are Dunstable so kinda in the middle....it's a gem of a find, we booked for 5 and a nervous doggie, they gave us the perfect table away from the main pub area and we loved it and so did our dog! Food was good, I have horrendous dietary requirements but they followed my order exactly which is rare for me to get, (be lovely if there was a pineapple with the gammon and a jacket potato option😜 instead of chips and egg! )staff were friendly. We will definitely go back and if you want a quiet table, table 8 was great! Thank you Sun Inn we'll see you again!

50th Birthday Party in the Barn, great staff, nice atmosphere and will go again! Nice location in a village too!

We had a lovely meal at The Sun Inn, the food was great and the service was excellent.

Nice village pub with good service but the food is average and well overpriced for the location

Wonderful cosy pub, a little on the expensive side maybe - and a bit tricky to find parking. Overall though, well worth it!

Realy great food ,welcoming staff. Lovely pub atmosphere. A good varied menu. Definately recommend.

Good food, nice atmosphere, cozy and and excellent selection of drinks. Brilliant service too.

Parking very poor in the village. The pub does not have any parking.

Works Christmas party.Hired the barn .Food was excellent Service was great and everyone friendly .We all had a brilliant time.Thank you.

Fab find, and really happy about that as I'm only a stone's throw away. Cosy and welcoming with the open fire, christmas twinkle lights and candles. Food was delicious and good value as we used the lunch specials menu. Waiting staff were friendly and chatty, I'll be going back again very soon.

Fantastic roast experience. Booked a table for 9 and a dog. Service was quick and attentive. The food was lovely, served quickly and all together. Really couldn't fault it!

Lovely local public house, food is good excellent service, place for the children too play, very nice atmosphere, parking is an issue, you need to find parking for yourself

Go to location with the dog. Great selection for food and drinks, good outdoor space and everyone who works there is super friendly!

Thought this was a fantastic venue. We were a large party placed in the function room and were well looked after. Great food and service.

Recommended The Sun Inn yesterday and definitely was not disappointed. Early lunch with my grandaughter, who is at the Uni and lovely treat for her as she didn’t know her Dad was a surprise visitor too. From the moment we walked in we were made to feel very welcome. The food was excellent but the service, outstanding. We will definitely be going back to the pub when in Northampton. Thank you again 😊

Many thanks to all the staff who looked after us so well last Sunday week. We had a large family get-together, 23 adults and 2 toddlers, from all parts of the UK. We had a really good time, the food was lovely and the service was excellent.

I recommend everyone to visit this cafe!

£17 for 2 pints and and 3 packets of crisps - never again - nice pub but RIP OFF prices - McManus you should be ashamed of yourselves charging these prices - and food prices are also extortionate for very mediocre food

Very nice pub, clean, tidy and friendly staff, plenty of space, lovely outside area and small but nice function room x

Had a 40th birthday party, service was really good. We had the function room on the side Minor hiccup with couple of meals being later out but not worth moaning about. I had risotto but got food envy when I saw the other meals, good portions for price. Seating area outside and play area for children. Parking is hit and miss as street parking only but normally get a space with a short walk. Thoroughly recommend 😊

Everything about this pub lunch was perfect. Welcoming staff, lovely ambience and great food. Will definitely be going back again.

Busy but meal came in good time and was very good Nice setting and garden Staff very fendly and helpful

I hired the barn for a private party for 60 guests. We decided on a hog roast with the sides and it was delicious. All the staff were amazing and worked very hard to make sure I had the best evening. We have had numerous Sunday roasts at the Sun and never had a bad meal or service.

Had a fantastic meal and drinks with friends food was brilliant will definitely be returning

Poor . Sunday roast. Cold food. Look like it had been left under a heater. Dry, and gravy congeled Shame because its a nice pub. And the outside seeting is nice

Excellent service and good food

Quality food with a quaint pub/restaurant feel. Friendly team. Not had a bad meal there in over 4 years.

Really lovely food. Excellent service, a great selection of beers & drinks and an absolutely fantastic manager.

Service was cheerful and polite. Main course was good value but desert very disappointing

Really nice place to relax on a Sunday with a big smoking area at the back and excellent service and food

Edited review - Came back for a second try and had the Tomahawk pork - super improvement in the food very happy about it. Good work team --------------------- Came here for my Christmas party. There is access but there are steps that could be a challenge with a wheelchair, however because it was dark couldn't spot an additional entrance. They do have a huge garden out back for kids. The ambience of the restaurant is welcoming. As a pub they had a good selection of drinks available. So why the low score? The starters were not the best reflection of cuisine. The buffalo wings feel like they were over baked and that crunchy texture you would expect was missing. There was no orange buffalo sauce or blue cheese dip served with it. Super disappointed with the home made hummus, tasted of olive oil... And that's it no lemon no tahini no flavour just olive oil spread. The flatbread was rubbery, like stale bread put through a toaster it not long enough to solidify or it was microwaved. The main meals were ok, I had the pork belly turned out to be pretty good, crackling was a little thin you would expect it to be more fluffy. Steak was good. Bangers and mash were good. One of our party did not like the pasta with mushroom and cream sauce... Described it as pasta mushrooms and single cream no other flavours. So in all a disappointing experience.

We ate at the Sun recently whilst visiting relatives locally. I thought the food was at the top end of acceptable on pricing. I had the seabass priced at £19 and whilst this was absolutely delicious, the portion size was very small with only one filet of fish which I would guess was around 90g, roughly half of what an adult portion should be.

Visited as part of a work group. Ordered chicken skewer to start, dry and shrivelled up. Main was lamb couscous. Lamb looked as though it was still alive and couscous was crunchy. Finished off with chocolate ice cream which tasted like no other chocolate I had ever tasted before in my life with ice crystals in the middle. Overall an absolute disaster.

Visited as part of a work group. Ordered chicken skewer to start, dry and shrivelled up. Main was lamb couscous. Lamb looked as though it was still alive and couscous was crunchy. Finished off with chocolate ice cream which tasted like no other chocolate I had ever tasted before in my life with ice crystals in the middle. Overall an absolute disaster.

This is a very pretty pub with good food, albeit rather expensive for what you are getting. For example, I paid £16 for what was ultimately a rather basic bacon cheeseburger. If you are not worried about the cost, this is a lovely place to eat with a pleasant atmosphere and attentive, friendly service.

It shame the prices here are outlandishly process a straightforward burger over a £15!

The Sun Inn is everything you’d hope for from a local establishment. Dark wooden interior give a taste of eras past, but the modern design ensures plenty of light and comfort. It has a lively feel but with plenty of space and tables. The garden to the rear is breezy, great for summer drinks. The staff are engaging and helpful. They are quick to, never letting much of a queue form at the bar. The food is excellent, and good sized portions. Though not budget, with mains starting from around £15. Parking can be difficult, but even with a number of friends converging on the pub, there was plenty of street parking to be found - though some had a two or three minute walk. A five star rating for classy, friendly pub that mixes the old and new seamlessly with a lively, friendly local feel. And great food of course.

Great pub with a great beer garden. Food was excellent as was the service. Highly recommended.

Went there for a birthday dinner, absolute rip off on the food scene. Will definitely not recommend Had the sea bass fillets. Three tiny pieces

10/10 would the sun inn again, best food ever! Went with family and it was the best food I’ve ever had!

Having ordered a gluten free tuna melt and double checking with staff that it was gf I proceeded to eat it. Two hours later, after becoming horribly ill, I realised that staff had made an unforgivable error. I didn’t get the brown gf Genius roll that I was supposed to have but a white, wheat based brioche roll. I feel very let down by the Sun, I don’t trust that staff are properly trained in the products they are serving. Must do better!

3 Cumberland sausages atop mash potatoes, atop mixed vegetables, in a lake of gravy! Simply the best sausage and mash I’ve ever tasted!

Lovely village setting with a great outdoor area for kids. Children enjoyed their food and hubby's burger looked tasty. Unfortunately I had the nachos and it was one of the worst meals I've had for a long time - it was so greasy I couldn't eat it, and had to go home and make a sandwich. No one asked us if the meal was okay even though there was a plate of uneaten food. Service could have been more attentive. It was a shame because I think if I'd picked something else of the menu I may have enjoyed it :(

Beautiful gardens. Went to a 90th party in there barn great service

What a lovely place. Large comfortable bars with a good selection of drinks & cask ales. A very large beer garden with lots of tables. Pleasant staff and the locals were friendly too!

Lovely pub, lovely food and lovely staff. Children and doggies welcome. We’ve become regulars!

Great pub friendly staff. Good food

Lush food, high end pub decore is lush and the food is worth the extra pricing

The pub had a wonderful layout and quite a quaint atmosphere. The food was great too. Will certainly recommend it to my friends and family.

Unfortunately my meal was inedible.

A great village pub. A lovely Sunday lunch with good service.