The best restaurants serving British food in Headless Cross and Oakenshaw Redditch West Midlands

Our lunch was prebooked for 1pm for 23 people. The meals were ordered in advance so we expected to start the meal no later than 1.15pm however the first meal wasn't served until nearly 2.30pm and they came out between 2.30 and 3.15pm in dribs and drabs with the final meal being served at 3.15pm. The empty plates were collected from tables where only some of the meals had been served and desserts started to be served at 3.30pm, again in dribs and drabs. The food was good and not complicated - eg fish and chips, steak pie, veggie salad and the desserts even less complicated eg brownie and ice cream, just ice cream and also apple crumble. I don't know if they had trouble in the kitchen on that day but the wait for food was far too long and then the wait for desserts was similarly overlong. The pub wasn't busy and we seemed to be the only diners.

Not as good as the chippy in Astwood Bank but the chubby lad Lucas with the Jake Paul haircut is relatively pleasant in a simple kind of way. Their best worker Mandip has unfortunately left.

I eat here regularly. It is good value for money, decent size portions and a good coffee. Best place to eat in Redditch if you want something more substantial than a sandwich. Staff are always polite and friendly.