The Tame Otter in Lichfield - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Sunday dinner here is always lovely, sometimes service can be a little slow but overall this is a great place for Sunday dinner.

We had a lovely lunch today to celebrate a family wedding anniversary. The staff were fabulous. Thanks to everyone for making it a great experience.

Food was good service was excellent the only fly in the ointment was when I came to pay the bill any tips are a 70% staff - 30% Vintage Inns, surely good staff are worth their weight in gold, sadly I won't be eating at a Vintage Inn again 😢

The atmosphere there was vintage 👌 it almost felt like home the food was impeccable and I loved the service everyone was so kind

Went for light lunch . Bread was stale. Salad was dead . Bowls were chipped and cracked. Glass was dirty. On a positive note ,lovely pub building and location .

Excellent food and service and price

Went for Sunday lunch at the tame otter on the 8 of September you had to wait a long time for the food about a hour a half food was dreadful roast pototoes so hard they bounced of your plate could not get your fork into it parsnip wore burnt sent it back did not pay for the meal walk out and went somewhere eles would not recommend and will never go back yourshire puds were hard

Classy and relaxing canal side pub that serves good beer/cider and food. Partially dog friendly inside too.

Didn't eat. Great friendly team

Great pints and such a lovely atmosphere. Had a fish finger sandwich (cooked by Lucy) which was the best! I took my dog and the team were all amazing 🤩

Had a lovely meal previously when we visited beginning of the year, however our visit this time was very disappointing. The outside is lovely, with lovely hanging baskets and nice seating area, however the inside seems very tired and could do with a lick of paint or at least a good clean, especially the toilets. The food was also very disappointing, I ordered a steak baguette (pink) it arrived over done, no onions were available, I returned it but the 2nd came back not much better, hardly any meat on a very hard ciabatta, that had to be left. We also ordered from the children’s menu £8.50 for a saucer portion of pasta in a watery red sauce, that looked more like red sauce & cornflour no taste, no cheese, we ended up buying extra garlic flat bread as the portion wouldn’t have fed a 2yr old. Deserts were ordered, only because we were still hungry, brownies we lovely, the crème brûlée was more like tin custard with sugar melted on top. The milk that was served with the tea had curdled, so that had to go back. The staff were polite and did exchange the food and milk, however it was just an expensive lunch when the food was so disappointing, won’t be visiting again.

After visiting previously at the beginning of August, we decided to take my son and partner out for his 18th belated birthday celebrations. It was a very busy Friday night and was explained the wait for food was 45 minutes, which we were happy to have a few drinks. We ordered the sharer cambert which we had previously had on our last visit and can only say how disappointed we was, The bread was clearly stale yet they chose to serve us it. Steak was very disappointed for the price paid, more fat than meat. I don't think we will be visiting again in a hurry

Starter fantastic, main course all wrong, and desert over priced (don't buy the white chocolate shell 1 teaspoon of icecream!)Garlic bread burned and dry, lots of flys but is next to the canal

Food was cold and potatoes rock hard. Beef dry and gave the wrong dish to vegetarian and did not tell us they had run out of what we ordered

After a little mix up when we arrived, it was very much worth the wait the food was excellent as was the service, will definitely be returning!

A nice canal side pub that has lots of room inside and out. It’s a great stop after a walk up into Hopwas Woods and an easy bus ride into Tamworth

Fantastic service from Ros on Tuesday 20th August at what was an exceptionally busy time. Thank you Ros!

Great food and service in a cosy atmosphere.

Just not a pleasant place, staff not very hospitable sadly.

Lovely place, great atmosphere and food and really nice view

Very friendly staff food was excellent and excellent service and good quality definitely would recommend

Popped in whilst driving past & what a lovely pub. Great food, atmosphere & lovely seated canalside to eat & drink

It has always been our pub of choice, but the last three times that we’ve been waiting times and quality of food has been awful. 1 hour and 20 minutes took yesterday for the food to arrive. A mojito that wasn’t a mojito… hopefully will go back to what it was as we used to love it.

Called in as we moored nearby on the canal. The Doom Bar my husband had tasted off. My drink was fine but when I sat down I felt something sharp and realised I'd got a shard of glass on my seat. There was quite a bit of broken glass around our table (we were outside) so I asked a member of staff to clear it as we had our dogs with us. Someone came to sweep it but there was still quite a lot left. We only stayed for the one drink!

Visited for the first time for lunch. Great setting next to the Coventry canal. Ate from the lunchtime special menu which was good quality and excellent value for money. Served by Ros who was friendly and professional throughout 👍

Great service but the food was the worst we’ve had on our visit to the point where we won’t be coming back. The quality of food has changed since last year (as in the cooking and prepping). I cannot say enough AVOID the pie and any children’s meals watch out for the carrots and cucumber as they are prepped and left to whiten and dry.

The food and pub in general was great but the guy behind the bar clearly didn't want to be there and certainly shouldn't have been front of house!

Location: Excellent. Service: Excellent. Food: Average. We did rock up on their busiest day of the year so far so I suspect that was partly responsible for the food being average. The pub sits nearly on top of the canal which made for a great walk. The outdoor seating was excellent with plenty of cover and tables.

Went for my uncle's memorial today absolutely awful service table booked for 12.30 wouldn't put 2 tables together so sat on different tables, ordered our food at no later then 12.40, the first table had lunch and finished atleast 25 mins before the second table who's lunch finally came out at 2.40pm .....

Very disappointing experience at The Tame Otter last night. We’d booked a table for 6.45pm. The table became available to us at 7.10pm. Our food order was taken and our starters followed some 45 minutes later!! The table was not cleared by your staff and we eventually cleared it ourselves!!! We were not given cutlery for our main course. It was more than 2 hours before our main course arrived and alas we had NO cutlery to eat it with!!! We were sworn at by one waitress when we requested to speak to a manager!!! All in all an extremely disappointing experience and we will not be returning.

Went for Sunday dinner today, and can honestly say it was one of the best if not the best Sunday dinners I’ve had. I had the Sunday trio, and every piece of meat was amazing, the vegetables was amazing, everyone in our party really enjoyed their lunch. We also had puddings and my partner said it was the best crème brûlée she has ever had. Service was top rated the food was served at the right pace, we had time to sit down and relax in between meals being served and puddings arriving we didn’t feel rushed to eat up and empty the table for the next party.

Went to The Tame Otter on a Sunday and we opted for Sunday roast. We had to wait a long time for the food to be served, which wasn't such a big issue as it was quite busy. Although the food looked nice when served to other customers, we soon realised it wasn't so good. The price for Sunday roast starts at £16 and you would expect to get more than just two small slices of meat, a Yorkshire pudding, roasted potatoes that tasted like they've been reheated couple of times, overcooked broccoli and big quarters of parsnips that weren't cooked in the middle. It was a shame that the food wasn't so nice, as we've been here before and we've enjoyed it. We'll probably visit again and sit by the terrace, but not order Sunday dinner anymore.

Massive drop in quality. Me and my family have eaten at this pub many times over the last few years, today's meal was a serious drop in quality. It is clear the chefs have no pride in the food they cook. My burger was tough and dry, my wife's fish cakes were over cooked and my onion rings were burned. We waiting almost an hour after ordering to receive our food, we were the only people in the restaurant when we ordered. To the head chef if you read this, it is obvious to everyone that the food is either reheated or cooked from frozen. So disappointing, we won't return again with many better pub restaurant alternatives.

Nothing was great about our visit today had to get own drinks waited hour and 15 mins for food even tho she had told us 45 min wait food not very hot and extras took a while to come out after food was served and have noticed while waiting long time I think your tables need a deep clean on looking at where the table gaps the amount of bits of food I suppose in the table gaps made me feel a bit sick to be fair

We came to The Tame Otter yesterday and we highly recommend. The food was delicious, the staff were very friendly and couldn’t do enough for us, even though they were extremely busy! Tom, in particular, stood out to us and is a credit to The Tame Otter 🙂

Food was decent enough on food but waited over 2 hours from ordering and service was pretty abysmal. Very disappointed.

Shout out to Danny (who served us) and all her colleagues at the Tame Otter. We were there for lunch, Saturday before last and were really well looked after. Good hearty food in generous portions, catering for meat eaters and a vegan in our group. Danny was a delight, friendly, down to earth and respectful, she couldn’t do enough for us. The pub was busy but we didn’t feel we were rushed. We will be back!

Waited over 1 hr for food that was totally unacceptable, had to have fish and chips because there was no turkey to have a Sunday roast at 4 o clock! , when my fish and chips came I had 10 over cooked chips mushy peas that were just water. Was told they were busy and sometimes this happens when the sun's out !, well when you pay 18 pounds nearly for a meal that us not worth the money and the way it was served, that is not acceptable. Totally ruined my birthday dinner , was recommended to go here , will not bother again , my husbands 21 day old beef was tough and not in the bit tasty. unless it's for a drink and a bag of crisps , will not use again , don't waste your money

Really fed up with this place. It used to be really good but it has gone down hill. Food takes forever to come out and it’s poor quality. We won’t be returning anymore

Great food and bar snacks, decent range of beer and ciders, ideal canalside location with extensive outdoor seating and a large car park.

Thank you Ros for amazing service x

First time going to this beautiful restaurant! Very rustic and country feel and the staff are super friendly. Ros was the perfect waitress! Such a pleasant lady who made our experience even more special! Food was so tasty we had the lamb and it was the perfect portion!

It is such a lovely place. Music on, but in the background not loud so you can have a conversation. Friendly staff. Lovely food. Xx my parsnips on Sunday was a tad too hard for my liking. But over all it was very nice. Xx

We came here for an early Father’s Day meal and the welcome was first class. Excellent service at the bar, great drinks and cosy places to sit. Our meal was fantastic great quality food with generous portions. I had the chicken bacon and avocado salad and it was so tasty and deceptively filling. The service was top notch and nothing was too much trouble even though we had two young children and a couple of people with tricky allergy requirements. Ros was incredibly patient in checking through our order despite being busy and she looked after us brilliantly. Can’t recommend enough, 5 stars! 👌

Lovely to sit outside in the sun, food was nice but a bit cold and quite expensive tho

Lovely meal after a day on the canal.Staff were very friendly .

Lovely venue. Great to take dogs.

Lovely location especially in the sunshine and also dog friendly, however sadly let down by poor food! We were a party of four that had drinks and the 'strips of steak in a rustic roll' .... shocking for £10.50 per person, there was minimal steak on the roll and we were all disappointed it was cold! We advised the bar staff and one of our party decided to take up the offer of a 'replacement' steak roll ... there was more steak on it but again only lukewarm. After complaining we were advised that the rolls were 'pre packed' and 'bought in' and that the pub had 'no control' over the quality .... Great location right next to the canal but we won't be eating here for food again given the 'standards' or lack of it, of the steak rustic roll ....

Chips were fantastic but my wrap was a bit dry and flavourless. Could have done with some sauce or hummus or something in it.

Poor service booked a table for Severn people on the 22nd of this month.a Saturday evening. 5.30 arrived 15 minutes before sat down was told food would be a 40 minute wait..unacceptable so left and went elsewhere. How not to run a buisness

The floor in the pub is extremely sleepy. This is unsafe for the customers and staff. I asked for gravy to go with my dinner and it never turned up. No mention or apology. Other than that the service was great and so was the food.

Lovely pub. Great food, great service. I had chicken pandang curry with rice. My husband had steak. Both were well cooked and presented, and delicious . Starters, we had calamari and brie bites. Again, both were delicious. Definitely will return. Well worth a visit.

Lovely pub, polite staff, they advised us that the food may take a while, but actually it wasn't as long as we'd expected. However my daughter likes her steak rare and it was medium. My husband had steak as well and both his and my daughters were quite rubbery. The lovely waitress did offer to kindly get the manager, which to be honest, we probably should have said yes.. However we were tired and just wanted to get home. I think they had an offer on and were busier than anticipated.

went last night to celebrate my 70th birthday, mixed age group from a 93 year old to a 6 year old. had a super meal and was after by Shell who was lovely . food was very good -

Very poor service today, served a free drink to compensate.

The initial greeting was poor however the service was very very good. The food however, the purpose of the visit, was overcooked and dry. It's difficult to complain at the time especially when it's someone else's treat!

Popped into today . Got a bowl of chips . Rock Hard sent them back and got a refund . Lady said shall I get you some fresh ones . Surely they should all be fresh . No return for this customer.

We visited the Tame Otter on Sunday the 16th for Fathers Day. All I can say is what a beautiful Sunday dinner. The portion sizes were amazing and the quality of food was delicious. We were served by Ros. She was extremely helpful and so good at her job. We couldn't recommend her enough. She made our experience even better.

Popped in for lunch today, lovely decor, plenty of seating. We were on a time scale as train to catch, ordered using the app at the table but seemed to be issues as one meal came and had to chase up the other two. Apologies were made but felt it spoilt the short time we had to enjoy a meal together. Understand these things happen and will be back. Just to clarify, all meals were ordered on the same phone all at the same time!

Friendly pub, with a great atmosphere. Lovely food, that is served piping hot. Staff are smiley and willing to help.

Awful service Tables had to clear ourselves Food cold 45 min wait as stated fir starter Another 50 mins for mains Awful

Great quality food at an affordable price.

Avoid!!! Massively overpriced and very little meat on the plate. Service leaving a lot to wish for. They can't even be bothered to set the table and bring utensils. Joke, not a restaurant. I'll never come back there.

Great place. Even my very fussy husband rated it. Staff very helpful

No photos this time But the food was delicious Great value I had the lamb rump which just melted in the mouth .. Staff were very friendly and helpful

Nice canal side pub. Dog friendly. Good portions, good beers.

Superb for meals, Sunday lunch trio is excellent, never enough gravy though so I always ask for another jug of gravy, not charged for it. Very nice meal. Staff always great. Occasionally, table service is restricted to main restaurant, and occasionally excludes extention so you have to order at bar, which can get busy on sunny days and a little frustrating as you want to order your food. Best decide before you get there on sunny days and order on entry. Garden is lovely, with canal and mooring. Hence popularity. We go regularly, and recommend highly.

Good food let down by shocking service had to wait 45 minutes for 2 mains and 2 side on a quiet afternoon and then over 40 minutes for a chocolate brownie and ice cream. Dirty mains plates left in the table for over 30 minutes ! Food was excellent but service very poor

Great place to dine great staff too very polite will be returning back

Good food , good service, love this place, don't get there as regularly as we would like but somewhere we bring family and friends and never been disappointed

Excellent food, and the location was lovely.

Had a lovely meal on a beautiful day. Great experience .

Very disappointing visit. We have been here many times in the past and never found fault. Tonight the service was poor - no cutlery available and staff disinterested. The food was below average - the rice in the curry was a solid mass and the chicken hard, dry and tasteless, very little sauce which had disappeared into the rice. I had a salad where the chicken was dry, the avocado soft and mushy ( couldn’t eat it) and the bacon dry and crisp - almost brittle. Staff not interested in hearing our complaints - just a shrug of shoulders. Not informed about offers when asked - one member of staff thought they were Ember and not Vintage Inns. Poor service. Would not recommend now.

It was lovely. Food & drinks were delicious. Staff were very efficient & friendly.

A really atmospheric and authentic English pub with a wonderful interior and a large patio terrace. The food was pretty good but a bit bland and I should have ordered authentic English a'la fish 'n chips or pie because they looked delicious. Nice place to visit.

Not very good at all sadly. Moored overnight on a canal trip. Booked for 19:30. Arrived to be told 40 minute delay on food. Didn't seem that busy so bit of a red flag. All food and drinks ordered at bar and paid for in advance. Ordered two chicken currys and two fish and chips. Currys arrived first, no cutlery or condiments. Several minutes delay for fish and chips. Chicken in curry was inedible - dry and very overcooked, rice was a solid block. Had probably been kept warm for too long. Fish and chips were passable, mushy peas were lacking in...well, peas. Called manager, explained situation, two fresh currys offered and accepted. Arrived after fish and chips consumed, so meals not eaten together. At no time did the manager check the quality of the second offering, which was only marginally better than the first. Had we received a bill (rather than paying in advance) I would not have paid the full amount. The Red Lion is opposite. Will opt for that one if we're passing through again.

Greeting good, table placement good, service good, main course good, dessert good apart from the use of squirty cheap cream instesd of fresh cream. Overall we very much enjoyed our dining experience at the Tame Otter..

Food delicious and presented well

Served by Ros who was fantastic, very attentive and efficient. Would highly recommend.

Amazing service from Chloe and Tom

Me and my wife have been coming hear for a while now..and I must say..we love it..the service is very good. The food also is very good..and the staff make you feel very welcome..very polite and professional..big shout to Danielle and Tom.. thanks again

Great food, fast service. And nice staff.

The service was excellent. The staff were polite, friendly and efficient. The food was excellent, served hot and plentiful. The restaurant was very clean. Certainly be going back.

Nothing was great unfortunately. Speed of service and quality of food could be massively improved. Such a shame as such a nice location.

Delicious steak and great service - attention to detail re: an allergy in our party was impeccable. Thank you.

Stopped for a couple of drinks and puddings, nice facilities, desserts were good, beers and coffee were good too

Lovely food and service as always

Allocated two hour slot on dining but the food arrived late and was virtually cold. I was embarrassed at the small portion off food presented on my friends plate. Staff refused us permission to move table on two occasions. The restaurant was being operated like a cattle marker with little consideration for customers welfare.

Booked for 1815, as it was towards the end of lunch/dinner service. Friendly enough welcome, but our table hadn't been cleared or cleaned - a sign of things to come. Waited 15 minutes and were then shown to our table. Which was comfortable although they hadn't put cuttlery out. Had to ask what wasn't available for th3 menu (been caught out by this before), but what we wanted was available 🙂. Waited just over 30 minutes for a roast turkey (with trimmings), and pork belly (which didnt seemed roasted, but was cooked). Turkey meat was pretty good, juicy and tender, pork belly was a large portion, but felt a bit chewy and the skin/fat wasn't the best to eat nor did it taste brilliant. Everything else was OK, except the vegetables it was 'mixed' cooked, part-raw and also cremated. Apart from waiting for the table, the staff were really nice and pleasant (bar staff especially). I think we will look elsewhere if we go for a Sunday lunch in future, unless they hire more staff (to help in overwhelmed kitchen and bar areas)

Danni top service with a smile fab food as always

Had the beef Sunday lunch at the Tame Otter yesterday, it was delicious! The food arrived in good time, a good amount of gravy and roasties too (places usually are a bit mean on those portions). All of the staff I interacted with were friendly and polite. Highly recommend this establishment!

Saturday night out, still one of my favourites. Sat down at 7:30 told it was a 45 minute wait for food, one of my favourites is the pie, told they had run out. Ordered gammon instead, after half hour told they had run out of eggs and did I want to order something else. Not the service I expect for the prices charged.

Went on Friday night. Ordered the Gammon meal. The chips were undercooked, two eggs with meal, one overcooked one ok. The Gammon was tough and the peas were freshly cooked from frozen. We were taken to a table in a tiny room with two others. No atmosphere at all. When I advised the waitress about the chips we’re undercooked, I received a weak “ sorry about that”. Nothing else. So undercooked, overcooked and definitely overpriced and would not recommend this place to anyone.

Seriously understaffed waitresses just didn't seem to know what day it was food was barely even average, wife's hunters chicken came out with cheese slices as the melted cheese and was really dry, veg was dry and wasn't fresh my steak was floating away from me as wasn't rested I could just go on tbh. But if your spending that type of money I wouldn't bother we definitely won't be!

Beautiful pub with great food! Loved that we could take our pooch along with us too

Great place to eat. Service was very good for a busy Easter Sunday.

Everything was spot on, food good, service good and clean

Lovely atmosphere, service excellent, staff very friendly & so is the manager who goes a long way to ensure everyone happy Food was hot, plenty, three clean plates say it all Lovely Easter lunch

Great food, friendly service. Excellent for Sunday lunch.

We didn't eat on this visit, but will next time and edit this review. I had a very good Timothy Taylor ale, my daughter had a Pinot Grigio and a juice for my grandson. All in all around £13. Pleasant service and dog friendly with an impressive outdoor environment.