Thorold Arms in North Kesteven

Beautiful pub with excellent food. Staff really nice and a very confident top chef!

Excellent food and service but no atmosphere

Staff lacking in customer services training

Food is great but you need to sit in the bar as the dining room was lacking atmosphere and quiet.

Fantastic food and service - one of the best pub meals I’ve had in Lincolnshire. Not cheap, but worth it.

Un fantástico menú interesante cocinado a la perfección con una carta de vinos igualmente bien pensada. Ojalá hubiera más opciones de vinos por copa. Definitivamente el mejor pub restaurante que he probado en Lincolnshire.

A fantastic interesting menu cooked to perfection with an equally well thought out wine list. Just wish there was more choice of the wines by the glass. Most def the best pub restaurant I’ve tried in Lincolnshire.

Excelente comida. Ambiente encantador. Sin duda volveremos. La comida era perfecta. Disfrutamos charlando con el propietario también. Muy bonito establecimiento.

Food was amazing, cooked perfectly. Nice friendly pub, a hidden gem

Vine aquí para el Día del Padre y no me decepcionó. Entrantes, paté, cebo blanco y gambas reales eran excelentes. En la tubería principal de la paletilla de cordero, la cena asada de ternera rosa y el cerdo iban a morir y luego el desierto de Queens Pudding (el mejor pudín que mi esposa haya probado! Brownie de chocolate con helado de chocolate blanco y creme brûlée. No queda ni un bocado en ningún curso. Timothy Taylor’s Landlord se mantuvo perfecto y el Chenin sudafricano excelente. Un poco caro, pero vale la pena, muy recomendable.

I had great stout or 2, but the meal was somewhat exceptional and I would highly recommend dropping in.

Al llegar para nuestra reserva de la cena del domingo nos recibieron con la más cálida de las bienvenidas de Paul detrás de la barra. Las bebidas se sirvieron rápidamente, mesa en un lugar agradable y cómodo más tranquilo de las dos áreas de comedor se nos ofreció (que realmente apreciamos ya que era el último día de nosotros disfrutando de nuestra luna de miel juntos) , la mesa y el comedor estaban ambos muy bien establecidos. Los pedidos de comida fueron tomados y poco después de que el entrante llegó, Whitebait, cocinado crujientemente y todavía húmedo por dentro. Principales eran el Hombro de Cordero, que se derritió en su boca, menta pero no sobre potente, cremoso Dauphinoise con verduras mezcladas al dente, excelente! Desierto era el Waffle belga, una necesidad absoluta. Gracias a Paul, Lisa, Cameron por la mejor de las cenas del domingo por la tarde, esperamos volver pronto...

Great beer, great staff, great food. No telly, no jukebox, no fruit machine. A proper country pub.

The chef is to be commended, this was the best meal. that I've had for years. The food was absolutely delicious, it was hot, beautifully presented, and the ambiance was delightful. We will definitely visit again.

Thank you for all the staff giving your time and attention to us! We are a little bikers team and we all wanna say that your service is the best!!!

Exceptional food and very reasonably priced. Good choice of wine and lovely atmosphere.

I cannot recommend this place highly enough. We visited a few weeks ago on a Sunday lunchtime.for a drink after walking our dog. We arrived muddy and messy and we were made so welcome, we booked for dinner. So, tonight we went (with our puppy) for dinner. What can I say? The food was amazing, beautifully presented, delicious, 5 star. The staff were friendly, kind, helpful and professional. Shout out to Tom who was wonderful. To find somewhere that we can visit with our dog and enjoy a Michelin star standard meal is an absolute joy. We are utterly in love with the place.

I am lucky enough to live within walking distance of this brilliant pub and visit often enough to call it my local. I cannot speak more highly of The Thorold Arms. The landlord and chef patron is Paul Vidic and he has taken this Community owned pub to another level. His hospitality is second to none and food beer and wine choices are all top class. The quality of the Fayre would be the envy of top restaurant but at Lincolnshire prices. Cosy fire in Winter and comfortable patio for summer. Staff are all extremely well trained and exceptionally friendly and welcoming. Harmston is lucky to have The Thorold.

Recently visited the Thorold Arms with my wife to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. We had heard very good reviews and were very much looking forward to our celebration. On arrival we encountered the manager who was having a “sweary” discussion with a fellow diner, not the warm welcome or atmosphere we were expecting. The bar staff were friendly and courteous, the menu was varied and service was excellent. Sadly the vegetable medley accompanying the mains and the cheese board selection for desert were both very bland. Overall the experience was disappointing and the prices excessive particularly when compared with similar standard venues in the neighbouring villages.

Excellent food and service, great beers.

Excellent food. Lovely atmosphere. Will definitely be back

Great food, friendly staff and relaxing atmosphere. Really enjoyed my first visit to the Thorold Arms. A big thank you to everyone.

Lovely pub, had a great meal on New Year’s Eve. Was a little crampt with how many people were there but food was delicious.

Fantastic Sunday lunch in friendly surroundings. Best food I’ve tasted in ages & great presentation.

Superb Sunday lunch . Great service , buzzing atmosphere great choice on the menu looking forward to returning .

Really enjoyed our food tonight. All of our party ranted and raved over the food. Good quality, very tasty, hot, well cooked and portion sizes just right! Thank you for a very tasty and enjoyable meal. Will be back!

Great food, great Landlord, great atmosphere.

Best place to eat and drink in the surrounding area. All staff are very engaging and welcoming. Great fit out to the pla e too.

Fab food, fab service , fab time 😊

We have been for drinks ~ lunches~ dinners Always amazing food & drinks Attention to detail is everything! If you need help with anything you can find Paul is extremely knowledgeable on everything from how the food is prepared & ingredients to pairing a wine for you. All staff are helpful& friendly & I love the decor.

Definitely quality over quantity. Went for a Sunday dinner and left feeling hungry after it despite it tasting very nice. Total bill of £55 for 2 x roasts and 2x non-alcoholic drinks felt a bit pricey.

Incredible food. Lovely host and welcoming feel. Not children and dogs friendly but perfect for something a little bit special x

Interesting menu and special of the day. Good food and friendly service. Worth going back

Hadn’t booked and even tho we were fitted in it felt rushed Sunday lunch ok but didn’t feel worthy of the price. Small plates , soggy roast potatoes and had to ask for condiments which arrived as meal was nearly finished. Waitress didn’t have a clue what horseradish sauce was !

We were greeted by the owner/chef who was very friendly, good wine and the food was prompt, hot and tasted wonderful, aswell as the menu there are also specials available. We didn’t have to wait at all for our food and the waiter was friendly and professional, lovely evening absolutely well worth a visit and revisit.

If you know Harmston it's a tiny village but we'll worth a visit to find this little quaint excellent restaurant the food iss good the staff are good the atmosphere is warming, you'll see the owner/chef getting stuck in and chatting to guests, highly recommended 😋

I was so lucky to find the people in this restaurant during my bike packing tour. My best wishes to all of you!

Very very expensive sunday lunch awful hardly any food not cooked very well staff not very chatty

Very disappointing no lunch time menu. Just wanted a sandwich or light bite. Starters or main meals only. Mains started at £20 upwards and what I saw while having a drink looked nice but london prices def not worth it. It’s a shame for a local village that has investements in it. Prob ok if you don’t care how much your bill is going to be and you have moved here from London then in that case might be cheap and what you’re looking for. Don’t call in just for a drink your not welcome.

First time visit today and now want to keep visiting to work our way through the menu. After our meal today we are excited to try other items on offer. I had the cheese soufflé, incredibly light and real pieces of ham hock in the sauce, exquisite. Martin had the pate, my normal go to, so of course I sampled, a-mazing. Martin isn’t normally a fan but he ate every last bit. Mains - I had the Rib Eye with peppercorn sauce - omg, didn’t need a steak knife - has to be one of my best steaks ever, perfectly seasoned, so tasty. Martin had the Blade of Beef, just fell apart, tasted amazing. We both had desserts, I had the Amaretto Panna Cotta (divine) and Martin had the caramilised bread and butter pudding, perfection he said. We will definately be back. Thankyou

Popped in here for a drink after the Harmston Open Gardens event. Went up to the bar waiting to be served and were continuously ignored by staff behind the bar. Another man walked up to the bar who was evidently a local and was served straightaway. Thought this was incredibly rude, poor service and so left to get drinks instead at the memorial hall where the service was lovely.

We ate at The Thorold Arms to celebrate Mike’s 80th birthday. There were 9 of us. The menu was extensive and we didn’t have to pre order. Between us we had lots of different starters, mains and desserts. Everyone agreed the food was excellent and plentiful. The young ladies who served the food were very pleasant. Well done Thorold Arms!

A menu that has so many choices the only answer is to make it more than one visit. Really good staff and a warm welcome

Very good food and prompt service but quite pricey compared to comparable meals

Disappointed... expected food to be better and lots of empty tables.

1st time to this establishment and definitely not our last! It has already been cemented that this will become a regular go to either for drinks alone or food aswell. Beautiful inside and the staff were amazing, very welcoming, very knowledgeable. The Chef deserves massive praise, the food was outstanding!! Please try the soufflé, out of this world! The wine selection was very impressive and the Irish coffee to finish off this visit was incredible. A hidden gem 💎

My favourite place to eat in Lincolnshire - Sunday roast was excellent - and the Steak Pie is the best you will find - it’s worth travelling for .

Fantastic Sunday lunch again. Paul and his team deliver consistently good food and at a good price. Rather have a traditional Sunday lunch we all had something slightly different but the standards are still the same and the service remains very good. Thank you once again.

Had a lovely different meal here sat Very well looked after by the head chief

Really good food and friendly staff. Great village pub. Well done, thanks.

Really nice, quiet country pub. Typical of the hidden gems you would hope to find in the English countryside. Landlord was lovely, food was delicious and only cost a little more than conveyer belt fayre pumped out by pub chains. Difficult to find but we persevered and now I am happy Google maps doesn't take you directly to it. Very jealous of the residents living within walking distance.

Sat night , excellent meal, good variety, excellent prices, the staff were very attentive,very good atmosphere,,we had a most enjoyable evening, very reasonable prices. The only negative was having to go outside to the loo, and boxes piled in the corner, that apart would recommend the pub & staff. Lovely people. Thank you.

Wow what a find. Lovely environment, friendly staff, Paul so helpful when choosing a wine and describing his menu and amazing food. Thanks, we will be back

Fine dining in a beautiful old country pub with pub prices. Staff are superb, warm and welcoming.

Fabulous food, wine choice and excellent hosts

The Sunday lunch is fantastic. Paul and his team deliver great food and service at a really good price and all in a relaxed atmosphere. Definitely worth a visit during the week too!!

As a group of 7 ladies wanting a nice Christmas Meal, we could not recommend this pub more; the service and quality of food was excellent.

Lovely old village pub, friendly welcome and good service. Food was amazing, we'll definitely be going back!

Amazing food, fantastic service. Superb place. Faultless.

i regularly come to this pub for food and drinks, and I can safely say not once have I been disappointed with my experience.

I had booked for Sunday Lunch via email where I requested twice to be sat in the bar area which I got no reply to - however when we arrived we were shown to the dining room, which is a little bit soulless. Our starters...

Excellent food, excellent staff, great atmosphere, cosy log fire, proper old school welcoming landlord, A rare find these days, highly recommended

Amazing food! Wonderful homely well presented pub, fantastic owners and such lovely staff! Thankyou so much! Always was a pleasure at the bell and still continues to be here

We visited for Dads 60th for a small family meal and we have been really impressed by the service, the atmosphere and the food was delicious. Consistently good through each course, by far the best meal out we've had in Lincoln in a long time....

Firstly i read reviews before going and some talked of bad service and staff attitude. I can tell you there was a warm welcome and Alex our waiter was great and attentive at all times. The food was fine but not quite up the five...

looking for beer mats to level the rocky tables .lamb was nearly all fat not much else one icecream skoop of mash ,my wife asked for extra roast asshe doesnt eat veg .no responce no extra roast

Excellent Gastropub. Friendly owner. Food is reasonably priced and good quality. Strikes the perfect balance between simple traditional food whilst being more delicate and sophisticated than the usual pub fare. Highly recommended.

We have eaten here several times since it reopened and the food is always excellent. Paul was his usually welcoming self, The pub was a little quiet, possibly due to the Bank Holiday Weekend My husband nearly always starts with Chef Paul's Double Baked Cheddar...

First time at this pub on Wednesday night with some work colleagues. The pub was busy and there was a nice atmosphere. Good choice of food which was delicious. I had the goats cheese starter, curry for main and a Pana cotta desert. All my...

Only had a drink. So hard to say much more. But was good. Nice staff good atmosphere.

We were all so disappointed by the quality of food when we visited this pub. Nice cosy pub....Great ales...outrageously overpriced poor quality food. Smoke salmon and prawn starter had less than 10 tiny cheap prawns on the plate. Chicken curry at nearly £20 had 6...

We popped into the Thorold Arms for a couple of pints and were immediately struck by the warm friendly welcome by the landlord. He took time to tell us about the area and recommend other pubs and beers. The beer on sale was well kept...

Excellent food, not overly priced

We were in the village on the Jubilee Saturday so dropped in for lunch. We had the double baked cheese souffle, very, very good. We have never had souffle before and this was the best one to try. Might have spoilt it if we ever...

We booked about a week in advance so were somewhat surprised to given a table in the small bar area right next to a fire. It took us some time to be acknowledged on arrival -'you don't get a second chance to make a first...

Fantastic host ,and pub ,lunch brilliant

Lovely pub with fantastic food.

Excellent atmosphere. Beautiful food. Great choice of wine and drinks. A great pint of real ale. Blade of beef was beautiful. Book to avoid disappointment . Paul the chef did not disappoint .

We visited with friends and my (delightful but noisy) five year old and had a fabulous lunch, including catering for a tedious no-carb diet (mine). The food was *really* good - superb fish and chips, a yummy soufflé, a fab goats cheese salad and an...

Great food and a reasonable price drinks are little expensive.

How very refreshing that having left a message before opening hours for somebody to call me back and book a table that not only did Paul (landlord/owner/chef!) do that but made the effort on a second number after leaving a message on my mobile. So, the Thorold Arms is lovely. A real relaxing atmosphere with a great menu and wine list. We were spoilt for choice which is always a good start and then the food we had was amazing! Loved every mouthful. So well done Paul. We will be back for more for sure.

1st time and will be our last . No welcome ,effectively marched to our table , which we had to move to get seated ( effectively in a corridor) .menu plonked on table . Food was acceptable but not worth the price .service non existent....

Excellent food, excellent service and a warm welcome

Lively atmosphere, courtesy of the customers, but not the staff. No pleasant welcome, and any attention was seemingly hard work. Not the fault of the young waiters/ waitress who had clearly not been trained ; thought mein hostess was having a bad, unsmiling day, but...

Excellent food and wine in a relaxed friendly pub - doesn't get much better than this!

Was really looking forward to our visit to the pub but we were so disappointed. The food is average with above average prices. Portion sizes were ridiculously small. Service was shocking, the waiting staff looked thoroughly fed up and waited and cleared in silence, not...

OK, so I've spent years living in London and around the world, eating out every chance I can and yet rarely reviewed the restaurants I've dined. But today, for my wife's 50th Birthday, we had a small party/lunch at the Thorold Arms. Yes the village is charming and the pub is quite delightful. But boy, the food, well its simply exceptional. Its going to rival those high end restaurants you'll find in London, but you're not going to pay London prices. Paul and his team make you feel welcome right from the very start. All I can say is a huge thank you, we'll be back very very soon!

Found this beautiful little pub and couldn't off been happier with the food, it really was beautifully cooked amd presented as well, the service and atmosphere Was very good too Even though we turned up early it was fine and the manager and the 2...

Interesting little pub/restaurant, tucked away in a charming village. Friendly place. We didn't eat, but the food looked very good and the menu was tempting.

Lovely food and lovely decor. Pie and chips was lovely. Chunky chips would be a better match than fries. Great sticky toffee pudding. Lime and soda, good proportions.

Excellent pub. Good food with good beers

Friendly service, delicious food. Lovely pub

The pub was very quiet when we walked in but we were given a very warm welcome by Paul. I ordered a pint of Woodfordes Wherry which was very tasty and obviously a well kept pint of bitter. As we took the first mouthfuls of...

Unable to comment on food or drink as waited ten minutes in the bar today and never had sight of a sole other than two elderly couples eating their lunch. Disappointing as we met a young staff member in the car park who greeted us...

Visited for Sunday lunch. A warm welcome from the patron and staff with a lovely convivial atmosphere, The roast beef was excellent quality, cut into very thin slices but a rather small portion at just small three slices. The accompanying roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and...

Dined here with some friends midweek, had an absolutely lovely meal, superb quality, fantastic service and the atmosphere was so welcoming & it really was an enjoyable evening. Definitely recommend a visit.

Excellent food great service friendly staff.

This is a wonderfully friendly and tastefully renovated community owned inn in delightful countryside. Scrupulously clean with friendly and attentive staff and dog friendly. We booked this blind and were highly pleased. Can not recommend it too highly.

This is not a village pub it is a restaurant, you only have to look at the opening times. Most publicans would have a locum stand in when they want to take a break not close the pub especially in these trying times.

We visited this pub one Friday evening, just by chance. We hadn't planned on eating out but we decided to sample a couple of starters from the menu. The food was excellent - cooked and presented with flair without being pretentious, tasty too. We will...