The Turks Head in Stratford-on-Avon

UPDATE!! OK so another visit and all back to a 5 star experience on 21october. No point giving reviews if you don't give places another chance.

Great food. Quick service and very nice staff.

Great venue, very friendly staff.

Excellent food, cosy place and reasonably priced. Nice bar area separate from the restaurant too.

We had a drive out to Alcester bank Holiday Monday and one of the only pubs open was the Turks head , in we went and served very quickly with a top pint of Butty bark ! Very happy so we decided to eat, l had the bbq burger well it was brilliant home made burger topped with several slices of beer brisket and plenty of cheese, homemade chips and pickles and slaw ! Amazing my wife had a vegetarian option that she said was great too Well worth a try

Again lovely food and atmosphere

All fab. Bit awkward for on and out with walker but had lovely lunch and service.

A group of 10 of us went for lunch. Good food, reasonably priced, good service.

Stayed in Alcester for two nights and ate at The Turks Head on both of them, great service wonderful food we would totally recommend it!

Lovely staff and always great food. No allergy menu however when asked can sort you out. Gluten free pescatarian roast dinner enjoyed on many occasions. Wish there was more items on the menu eg vegan sausages without gluten such as the beyond meat brand for a change but fish is fine and appreciated without batter. Staff always super friendly and accommodating. Would recommend.

Lovely food, friendly staff, great service, nice selection of drinks - what more could you ask for 5*

The food was delicious. Amazing steak and great atmosphere

Really nice relaxed pub with great food and a relaxed atmosphere.

Delicious food, lovely wine, very friendly staff. Here celebrating a friend’s birthday. Booked the table which was reserved for us when we arrived. It was a super evening.

Incredible and really fresh food. Also great drinks selection, and lovely sunny garden with lots of seats.

We were on holiday in the local area and as we walked around Alcester looking for a nice place to eat we asked a passing gentleman for his recommendation. He pointed out The Turks Head and said it was the best pub for food around and to sit “in the back”. We received a warm greeting and a good selection on the menu but not vast. I had the salmon fishcakes, the others in my party had the BBQ burger and the steak. All were excellent. They took a while to arrive but it was obviously it was all freshly cooked including the triple cooked chips. Excellent food, worth the slight delay to get proper fresh food. Excellent service. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Definitely the best pub in Alcester! Great service, great food, great beer.

Came over for dinner on Saturday, 1st of June and everyone and everything was absolutely brilliant. Nothing was too much, the staff were amazing and I don't think I'll ever have food in a pub setting that will top it. If I could give a higher score than 5 star then I would

Great food, great selection of ale.

The cod and chips were excellent but the fish cakes seemed devoid of any fish

Just been for a lovely meal with family. Accommodated for myself well - pescatarian gluten free. Had a lovely roast dinner with fresh fish and even a cauliflower cheese made. Really appreciate the staff being so helpful and including me. Would highly recommend and make sure you book in advance.

Great pub with great atmosphere. A great array of beers and the food is fantastic. I had the ham that was a generous chunk , superb

Excellent pub ,food was tasty nicely presented and good value for money.Service attentive.

A very busy pub. Saturday night rammed. We had a table booked. The "music" was just instrumental noise. Very strange but they turned it off in our area when we asked as we couldn't hear ourselves think or talk to one another. Food was ok. A different selection to run of the mill pubs which was nice. Everything looked nice. Some things didn't have a huge amount of taste. The fish cakes were ball shaped but didn't have much fish in them. We would return but not on a Saturday night.

Best Sunday roast beef I've had at a pub.

Friendly. Welcoming. Child friendly. Love the local community and how they make you feel welcome.always look after you as you are their own.

Never disappoints food first class staff and atmosphere perfect 👌

Booked this having not been here to meet with a business colleague. It was great, nice selection of drinks and a good food selection. I had the oven roasted cod, sauté potatoes and broccoli. All cooked very well, not too long to wait and piping hot. Good service to boot. Would definately go again.

Booked a table for 7pm. service was excellent within 5mins we had our drinks, had our menus, couple of staff checking.back an forth to see if we were ready to order, place was rammed in the bar as we entered, the lounge was at the rear with plenty of room tables. Food came within 15mins, great service, great staff, really nice tasty food, drink, main meal, pud for £23 a head, kids welcome, all in all a great 65th birthday treat

We stopped by in a weekend trip recently for some lunch and weren't disappointed. The spicy burger and Cajun chicken pitta were both delicious and the real ale was perfectly kept. Highly recommended.

Had a fantastic meal 19/01/24 evening with my family. The pub was rammed but the food and our hostess were utterly superb, nothing was to much trouble. We had visited last summer on a lunchtime and decided to give an evening meal a try, not disappointed everybody loved their food. Will definitely be back and our extended family will be trying to. Thank you to all the staff at the Turks head for a blinding experience 😍

Probably the most popular pub in Alcester

Lovely friendly pub. My go to bar when in Alcester

Hands down the best pub in Alcester for food and craft beer. Edit 2024: still the best pub in town for food and beers

Very pleasant staff. We had an excellent lunch.

TheTurks Head is a welcoming Pub on the Alcester High Street. The Aubrey meat dish was excellent, thank you Carl & staff.

Wowseringly great! Super food , eclectic menu and clientele. Thoroughly recommend. Sadly , they don’t serve Carling or Fosters

Just went for drink, great pub and atmosphere

Delicious food, first visit. Will deffo be back :-)

Great little pub in Alcester. Worth a visit.

Our favourite pub in Alcester 😊 Great food and drink, friendly staff and owners.

We enjoyed our starters so much we wanted to order them all over again and maybe skip the mains... but a delicious Pizza and a Turks Head Burger didn't disappoint and rounded off a very tasty and enjoyable meal... No room for pud but... like Arnie... "I'll be back..!"... Recommended ;-)

Only popped in last Sunday to sit in the beer garden and enjoy the lovely Autumn sunshine 🌞 Very relaxing didn't eat there this time will definitely return

The fish and chips was absolutely first class - best ever . Home made chips, lovely battered fish . Friendly staff . Will definitely be back .

Decent beer garden, although too cold to use right now

Excellent sharing platter, beer good too 🙂

Called in for a quick meal before the footie. Lovely atmosphere, ordered the sticky belly pork starter as a main. Highly recommended it....so tasty. Service was really quick and staff friendly and attentive. Would definitely come back if we were back in Alcester.

Popped in for shared snack with my daughter…ordered a couple of drinks and some chicken bites and fries. We had a couple of bites paid and left. The sauce the chicken was in was horrible, the chips were herby and greasy! Friendly staff though and a nice environment perhaps we were just unlucky but £19 for two pops chicken nugget starter and a side of fries was a tad over priced.

First time dining here after visiting just for drinks before. Highly recommend it after a great meal! The pub was absolutely full bearing in mind it was a Tuesday after BH Monday. Just goes to show what a great pub this is. Great selection of Ales and menus have a fantastic choice. Prices seem to be in line with most places to eat now. My only small criticism is there is only one choice of steak which is high end Aubrey Allen meat. Maybe a slightly more cost effective choice of meat along side this one would be better for most family’s. Highly recommended!

Really enjoyed the meal and the service was spot on cheers guys

We like this place & visit for Sunday lunch . This time however didn't quite live up to expectations. Our roast potatoes were hard and the beef, promised pink definitely wasn't compared to previous visits. Good interesting assortment of veg though. And reasonably priced wine! Aug 23 just returned for further visit. This time the beef didn't disappoint was both pink & tasty Veg was excellent again but again the potatoes weren't that good, one was definitely stale and the Yorkie hard,, more gravy please!

Friendly, excellent service, excellent beer, excellent food, simple but perfect. Great value too. We had sausage and onion ciabatta rolls with a portion of chips to share, and everything was of very high quality, presented thoughtfully and with care.

This is a proper pub, with great beers, some local, the food is excellent, and well priced. They won the camera award last year, and rightly so.

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant place for lunch. On holiday at nearby Karma Salford Hall we came here for lunch. We also visited last Christmas and this was just as good. We sat in the pretty garden area. i had the best fish and chips ever and my husband really enjoyed his bangers and mash. Service with a smile and good value for money. Thanks for a lovely holiday memory.

Great food. Beautifully done up in the back area of the pub where its lovely and bright and airy.

Lovely place, bar staff very friendly except Dan the manager, spoke to us in an aggressive tone and told us to leave the pub after spending good money in there on food and a few drinks after and keeping ourselfs to ourselfs, he also judged us calling us “Piss heads” after threatening behaviour

Stopped here for lunch - good service & food was excellent

Fantastic food, very good friendly service and a lovely ambiance. Pricing is very reasonable and a good quick service.

Great little pub with nice outdoor seating area🙂

Food.was nice and fresh , delicious really. Service was amazing

One of the best places to eat in the West Midlands, been here multiple times for a variety of occasions. Simply lovely, their brisket is to die for.

A little dark and dingy and disabl3d access could be better. Food was average

Good food. They were very busy but kept us informed 😉 Good communication.

Decided on a day out to Alcester and having walked round this lovely village for some time we called in to the Turks Head for much needed lunch and refreshments. Best decision we have made for some time . A marvellous traditional english pub.From a well balanced menu we decided on a meat platter to share and it was absolutely awesome. BBQ brisket slices that melt in your mouth , pork rib bites , chilli and garlic duck ,chorizo sausage ,olives balsamic onions ciabatta slices and salad with dressing . This meal had everything flavour ,texture just the right amount of spice and heat washed down with a glass of "Jimbo" bitter (a new beer to me but one i intend to try again as soon as possible ) well kept , crystal clear and perfect temperature. Well done Turks Head best pub meal I have had in a long time.

Great range of beer in a fascinately designed pub.

Fantastic food and a great selection of drinks. Highly recommend the meat platter.

We all had a delicious traditional Sunday roast, after a lovely walk in oversley wood.. We finished off with puddings which were also delicious. The staff were friendly and attentive. A lovely pub in Alcester.

We always have a great time at the Turks Head. Menu is great, staff are really friendly and the best variety of beers.

One of the best pubs in town, great food and great ale

Dog friendly pub. Lovely staff and fantastic food!

A lively bar area and quieter restaurant. Food good with a mix of traditional items and some with a twist. See online menu.

The food is always excellent (especially the halloumi fries) my daughter has a severe nut allergy and they always accommodate her. The staff are really friendly and welcoming.

Some of the best chips I've had, the spicy burger was lovely and great beer, what's not to like.

Terrible telephone manner I did not dine there because of this. Not sure if the in-house service would have been different.

Lovely pub. Garden. Foods lush. Affordable.

Top pub, lovely pint of Guinness was had 😋

I had a really good visit here. The pub is old and cosy with a welcoming fire. There was a good atmosphere when we arrived. We only came for a light meal and chose the vegetarian sharing platter. It was one of the best sharing platters I have eaten. Service was efficient and friendly. I shall be back very soon.

The prettiest pub in town, with an amazing range of beer (updated regularly) and great food. Love the staff as well.

Decided by the off chance to see if i could get a table. The staff assistant was friendly and welcoming. The wait was longer than normal for food to arrive(around 35mins) The food we ordered ( big turk burger & chicken and mayo) was unreal. Great taste and the high light was the big juicy chips.

Really nice food! Quite a surprise! Can't fault them!

Possibly the best burger I’ve ever had! Great homemade pickles too. I was welcomed by the lovely staff. It was no trouble to slightly alter my food order. I’m one very full & happy customer. 🍔😍

It's always a must do when I'm in Alcester 😊🍺👍

Day out in Alcester was made perfect by lunch here at this lovely pub. Cosy and welcoming atmosphere with log fire, friendly service and great food.

Liked it. nice pub , log fire, great service, good food. A proper town pub.

Lovely welcome from the pleasant staff and roaring Wood fire for our lunchtime visit today. Always best to reserve ahead. Beautiful baked fillet of cod with mushrooms and chorizo, and very reasonable price. Definitely recommended, a fine old English pub restaurant that cares about customer service.

Great place with ana amazing selection of food and beers , followed with great friendly service 👌

Really recommend the Butty Batch beer. Nice pub wth open fire.

First time at pub. Wanted a quick pub evening meal before a meeting. We had ham, egg and chips, plus a chicken skewer dish which were both excellent the pudding was delicious - chocolate brownie. Good service. Lovely ambiance with a roaring log fire. Great for a quick pub meal.

Lovely atmosphere. Lovely glass of red. We had the chicken skewers - delicious. The staff were friendly and helpful.

Cracking food and drink. Nice atmosphere and friendly folk.

Great choice of beers and good lively atmosphere.

Excellent beer, food and garden

We had not eaten at the Turks for a few years and both of our previous experiences were excellent but both based on a Sunday lunch and as a CAMRA member I had also read about the current beer reputation so it made sense to book. We do live 15 miles away so a £30 taxi would be an additional cost to our evening which would hopefully be worth it. You can judge that for yourselves at the end. Anyway we arrived 30 mins before our table booking of 8pm in order to have a pre drink or two and the bar area was packed, which is great to see in these days with so many places struggling post covid and with money being short for many people. My wife enquired about our table only to be informed that we would be situated within the very loud and busy bar area. There were no other diners in the bar area and it was extremely lively and noisy, not where you would expect to be seated, unless this is specified at the point of booking, which then allows the customer to choose. The table we had been allocated had people situated at it and it had gone 8pm and we had still not been called over so we went to the bar and asked when it would be ready. The bar person went over and the people at our table did appear somewhat reluctant to vacate it. Anyway we finally sat down at 20:10 and service was extremely prompt. There was a speaker directly above us and even our server was struggling to take the order with the noise levels and dance music being played. Anyway food and drinks arrived and the starters were all great as was the wine. However we were then politely informed that our mains were ready whilst still eating our starters! So without any break between courses we ate our mains, which again we all agreed were excellent. I then went to the toilet and upon my return to the bar noticed that there was now a spare table in the dining area. I asked if we could move and we were moved into the dining room. It was perfect timing as the lady on the table next to us had clearly had way too much to drink and her language was absolutely shocking, which really didn’t go down well with my 14 yr old daughter and elderly father. (Appreciate that this happens in pubs but very rarely in the dining area do you witness this). We then sat in the far more relaxed dining area for around 30 mins but unfortunately nobody offered us a menu for dessert’s or drinks. Again we went to the bar and were given a dessert menu. We then ordered more wine and brandy and overall gave a fair bit of business to the Turks last night so when we were presented with the bill I did comment on the whole evening and there wasn’t even a gesture of knocking the ice cream off for the child or have the coffee on us, it was all too be honest what felt like a very non genuine apology. So for anyone who should read this then you will also see that the vast majority of my TA reviews are a 5. I dine out frequently and I’m fairly easy to please but last night was unfortunately not one of those occasions. From the Turks point of view all of my points made within this review are fixable. Were we just that unlucky group that this happens to sometimes ? You are serving great food but I’m afraid the overall experience for what was a special occasion was a huge disappointment with too many school boy errors.

This pub is acknowledged as the best in the small town of Alcester. I am particularly attracted to the large selection of real ales that they stock. More importantly the management and staff really care about the beer they sell ensuring that customers are 100 percent happy. The surroundings are perfect, I did not eat on this visit, but previous experiences have been great.

Loved the food and the service was faultless. We had the steak and the baked cod. Waiters and waitresses were polite and friendly. The only downside was the noise. The room was full of dinners so the noise level quiet high in a small room, not the place to have a conversation. However our visit was great and we would definitely visit again

The food was bloody lovely definitely go again

Food was absolutely amazing. The duck wraps were very delicious. Would highly recommend and will return in the not so distant future

2nd time we've called in. We ordered a pint of Tribute which was very nice, 1/2 pint of Poppy's IPA which was more of a required taste, we also ordered the meat platter and a portion of chips again, the meat platter was equally as nice as the first time but the triple cooked chips were like the chips left over at the end of the nights service in an ordinary chip shop. Need to watch the standards.

Lovely village pub with a great choice of beers, ad almost secret garden that has lots of character and lovely food.

Lovely little pub. The food was amazing!! Definitely worth a visit for a meal. Service and ambiance was great, and they are also pet friendly.