The best restaurants in Kettering East Midlands

Enjoyed the ambiance in this pub on a flying visit to Kettering. I used to do this beermat thing in my schooldays before I was supposed to be drinking what sat on top of them so it took me back to see a similar effect. Very well kept beer and some interesting new ones to me as well as one of my favourites, Jaipur, tho I didn't have that this time out. I left with the distinct impression you aren't going to get a bad pint in here.

Airways nice have from chippy might have often the price gone up

Tasty king prawn meal with noodles. Didn't have to wait long. Average cost. But the meal was spoilt with excess of onions. Where were those tasty Chinese greens?

Such a welcoming place for all. The locals make you feel so welcome and the barstaff are second to none. I popped in for one with the dog on a Saturday afternoon, I ended up getting a taxi home just after midnight. My half wasn't impressed, but the following weekend he did the same. Needless to say, we're regulars now. I can't recommend the Harlequin highly enough, a pub on the up which says it all in the present economic climate.

Very very slow how to wait a long while for my food

Really good pizzas, great chilli and garlic sauces. Best in Kettering by far!!

Was looking forward to visiting this restaurant due to its reputation but was left very disappointed. After being seated we were told that we would have to move to another table as we had been shown to the wrong one. We had a long wait before we were served our drinks and another long wait for our food. The food when we finally received it was very nice, but before we had even been asked if we would like a desert we were told that we had to move upstairs as they needed our table for other people. We declined and asked for our bill instead. The waiter obviously knew we had been messed about as he was apologising before we had even voiced any issues and offered to take a percentage off our bill which was appreciated, however, it would have been much better to have just had a nice meal out with good service.

This is like home from home. I was at a vets a few mins around the corner & had 4 hours to kill. I had travelled 60 miles to get there & asked if there was anywhere near by that I could get a coffee. I was directed to Stirrups. Arriving tired starving disorientated & quite stressed after a long drive in the snow with a very sick animal in the passengers seat. I ordered a fat fry up for breakfast which was amazing & a coffee which was superb. They even do Gluten free (I'm allergic just to extra awkward) BUT WHAT STANDS OUT (apart from the food & spot on coffee) was the staff & service. Amber who was behind the bar was so so lovely not only offering top service but also asked about my animal at the vets, stopping for chat gave me WiFi password & offered such kindness & compassion that it genuinely made me feel so much better. The staff put the heating up for me & gave me a nice spot by a radiator as it was freezing which was so so nice of them. My only other option was a waiting room or the car for 4 hours not nice in 1 degrees! Kindness is such a rarity in the world that we live in. Thankyou staff at Stirrups & especially Amber for you hospitality & kindness, compassion & smile.

This was our first visit. I reserved a 3hr slot as we were meeting family for Christmas. A family member ordered the pulled pork burger, she is not a fussy eater but what was served looked like dog food. The pulled pork had disintegrated. I tried some and the texture was not nice. Coated in a very large amount of bbq sauce. Not what you expect when you order pulled pork, you expect the nice shredded pieces of pork. This was mush. I raised this with the waitress and they said they can cook a plain one as there is a issue with there pulled pork, but the waitress said she would need to charge me for the new burger. This is the first time I've come across this. If your food is not up to standard and doesn't taste nice is is rude to charge them for something they haven't eaten. I went ahead and got charged with it as it was more important at the time to enjoy our family time and make it memorable than to be arguing with the waitress over extra charges. When the new burger was brought out the burger itself was stone cold, to the point where the cheese slice wasn't even melted so it had clearly been sitting around in the kitchen for a bit before serving it. Which I don't understand why as they were not busy there was only 1 other table dining at that time with 4 people on. My family member decided to eat it but diddnt enjoy it and left most of it. About an hour and a half into our booking the waitress comes to our table and said I've rung your bill up you can pay at the bar. Which made some of my family feel like they wanted us to leave even though I had booked the table for 3hrs. Overall decor is nice. But the food is awful. Dry cold burgers and pulled pork mushy and customer service bad, charging us for a new burger when there food is not up to standard.

Best fish and chips in Kettering probably in Northamptonshire.

I am in the Lunchbox now - beautiful cup of tea! The chicken club sandwich is absolutely marvellous! Thank you

I can fault anything about our experience at The Raj. Our waiter Abs provided the highest quality service that you could expect in a Michelin star restaurant, helped guide us into dishes we may like based off our preferences and was an overall pleasant person to have involved in our evening. The place is decorated amazingly, great atmosphere whilst still being able to talk at a normal volume and I urge anyone to try the rooftop bar after their dinner as the drinks up there were lovely.

Me and two friends went for just some cake and coffee. I called up a day before to book a table on a Sunday and was told we didn’t need to book for just cakes. When we arrived we where told they only have people for roast dinner on Sundays and I explained about the phone call, so he sat us down about 20mins after we got our cake and coffee we where told we had to leave in 5 minutes as they had somebody coming in for the table we had to leave without finishing our drinks or cake and paid full price. This was absolutely disgusting behaviour and a waste of money

Just read Exotic has closed down! Omg im so gutted about this! It was my only take away! The best! I understand the reasons for this, but this is such bad news for kettering. Thank you for all the delicious food and exceptional customer service that you have provided over all these years! Such sad news. Wishing you all the best in whatever you move onto.

This restaurant is absolutely nice and cosy. It was nice decorated for the Christmas time. The staff were very friendly . Chris was very helpful and giving us some good advice. A young lad, don't know his name was also very friendly and polite