The best restaurants serving British food in Castle Northampton East Midlands

Never go anywhere else to eat when visiting town, in fact we make a special trip just for our lunch. All the food is homemade and the specials are top notch. If the Corned beef pie is on the specials then that is a must!! The atmosphere is welcoming, friendly and that goes for the customers and the staff and the owner/chef is a great guy!

Great food and the lovley staff members I will come again soon a lovley place to sit and eat

Delicious food at a very good price cooked by Chris the chef. Lovely atmosphere and welcome with Jess. Highly recommend

Have eaten here many times and it remains one of my favourite restaurants in Northampton. Staff are always very friendly and attentive. Love the range and quality of food. Their onion bhaji scotch egg is a stand-out dish!

The beautiful decor of the Dining Room makes it perfect for a special occasion. The afternoon tea had a variety of savoury and sweet treats. Plentiful refills of tea and coffee. Good service from Amelie. Very good value.

Visited for lunch after seeing good reviews online. Looks cute but left rather disappointed. No proper food available, just a few pastrys, ordered two & was given an incorrect order. Hot chocolate just tasted like warm milk. :(

My wife and I, both of us in our late sixties, were driving back from Milton Keynes and decided to pop into Northampton to wander around the shops. We were getting a bit peckish, so not knowing the town we began to look for somewhere to eat, and happened across this fish bar. There were a lot of people sitting inside, and a queue for take-out (nothing advertises a place better than this scenario), so we decided that this was the place for our lunch. We got a table straight away and sat down to look at the menu. We noticed that they did a seniors’ special (fish, chips, mushy peas, bread & butter and a hot drink for £10.75 each), so we plumped for that. It took a while for someone to serve us at the table, but we weren’t in a rush so it wasn’t a problem. Now we had already been told that there was around a fifteen minute wait for food, so we were well aware of that. It appears that this is not the normal situation, but there was some problem that was unusual to the running of the establishment (they tried to explain it to us, but the reason went totally over our heads, although it didn’t matter anyway, as we were fully prepared to wait for the meal to be freshly cooked and brought to the table). In slightly less than the time we were given the meal arrived and looked good, and as it had just been cooked and brought immediately to the table, was piping hot. It also tasted great, and the tea was good quality. Now onto a few negatives, for which I’m going to drop this eatery down one point in the overall score. Back in our home town the same meal in our local café is similarly priced, but this is the cost to everyone, and not a special price for seniors, so we really didn’t think that the cost of the meal was that pensioner friendly. Also the fish here was much smaller than in our local eatery. Saying that the meal we had here tasted great and we did enjoy it. The staff are also some of the politest and friendliest people we have met running an eatery. We would eat here again if we were in town, and would recommend it as the meal was good, but consideration maybe need to be given to dropping the price a little bit more for it truly to be good value for senior citizens.

A hidden gem 💎 great value for money and amazing coffee and food. The milkshakes were a particular hit with the kids with such a huge variety of flavours. Cleanliness and presentation was 5 stars all round and staff were all really lovely and accommodating. Will definitely be back again!

Fantastic meal, the best dinner my wife and I have had in northampton, ever. Great setting, waitress was excellent, the quality of the food was just fabulous and great value for...

Typical members club.Large snooker room Brilliant staff. Functions catered for. Very friendly.Unusual collection of beers and cocktails.

Nice atmosphere Good food and excellent customer service

A place that is not friendly to people with OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)❗ Throughout my time there, I struggled with my jacket, which kept slipping off the chair. Finally, I noticed a hook under the lamp, which is probably supposed to fulfill this function, but the bartender didn't like hanging a light jacket. But where is the hanger for coats, hats and umbrellas❓👉🧥🎩☂️ After all, it's 2025 and a cold, rainy winter🥶🌧️☔🌬️ Unfortunately, The Lamplighter is a place where you should eat your coat, jacket, hat or umbrella as an appetizer, because the selection of starters is VERY modest. This gives us the image of an ORDINARY BEER HOUSE🍻💁🏼‍♂️

Went for a work Christmas do for the festive Christmas feast. Waited over an hour after our pre booked arrival time before we were told we could go and help ourselves at the buffet by which time some things had run out and the warm food was tepid. Food was average. No table water and no nibbles while we waited. Limited bar choice. Disappointing night and terrible value for £30 excluding drinks.

The time for the delivery kept changing and unfortunately that affected how warm it was Thankfully the food was not overcooked or hard

I have just had a very odd experience with two of your bouncers. They refused me entry because my “eyes looked weird. l said that I had only had one glass of Prosecco and thought he was joking. My friends and I stayed and waited for them to check our ids. They then said “you’re not getting in. You either have hayfever or you’re too drunk.” We continued to think he was joking and asked if we could come in. He refused and very confused we walked away. I am writing this directly after this encounter so I am clearly not “drunk.” This was a horrid encounter. He obviously made up his mind about us before we started communicating at all. I will not be returning as I was singling someone out based on their appearance and I will not support an organisation that allows their bouncers to do this.