The best restaurants serving British food in West Midlands

Booked a table for 6 people at 7:15pm. Got there at 7:10 and after standing around for 10 minutes, we got sat down in the bar area. Waited another 10 minutes for put drinks orders to be taken. Given menus and waited another 30 minutes for food orders to be taken. Finally got taken to our table at 8:20pm over an hour after our booked time. Finally our food can e at 8:50pm… food was great albeit very small portions. Fish curry was good but the world’s smallest amount of rice. When the bill came the service charge was already on there. Our group personally do not like this as we prefer to give a tip for the service and the food NOT on the percentage of the overall food & drinks. Sorry to say that eating over 1 & 1/2 hours after table was booked is pretty poor. Whilst the place is lovey the service was slow. Either hire more staff including more chefs or take less bookings.

It's beginning to show a lack of investment, with all areas clean and tidy but showing wear and tear. Staff were very friendly and very helpful. The location and car parking offer a great package at a reasonable price. Beware there isn't a food offering, outside of breakfast, on the weekend including Friday night. On the subject of breakfast the offer is adequate but a little short of expectations these days. Overall we enjoyed our experience.

Lovely pub with a warm atmosphere and a great host. The food was excellent as was the beer. We had the lamb pie and a pizza and salad. Also the best creme caramel ever. Can't fault the place or the food or the lovely owner. 10/10

Ten of us went from a friendship group, only a couple of other people there, so no atmosphere. Ordered meals and Drinks, one was even asked if they wanted egg or pineapple with their gammon. The meals were nice and hot but not what we ordered. No eggs, no tomatoes, no peas. Everything was substituted by tomatoless salad, not even an egg and was substituted with the pineapple which had been offered. I asked what real ale have you got. Only Banks Bitter which I had, it tasted like vinegar which they had back and with nothing else to drink. Did not want anything else but was not offered a refund. We were on a recce for our Christmas dinner, but will give this one a miss. NB Not all the meals are listed for me to include in the post

My friend and I went for a last lunch here today as The Forest has been sold and closes tomorrow. It will be much missed as it’s always had wonderful food, atmosphere and very friendly and professional staff. Hopefully the new owners can match the current standards. It’s main problem is that it’s position on the high street means that it has difficulty picking up passing trade as it’s easy to drive past while looking for the entrance and it’s a fair way before you can turn round! So, good luck with trying to solve that puzzle. So, we’re going to try the sister restaurant, The Chequers at Crowle...

fantastic lunch, food served 12-3. lovely staff they cant do enough for you! Went with my elderly mum who is disabled and they were very accommodating. thank you we will definitely be returning :-)

Great little not so little pub. Food was lovely. Great atmosphere. Beer is on point. Staff handling a busy bar like Champions and the place is always clean. Definitely worth a visit

The ‘thatch’ is our local, can we just cannot fault the place. Friday my mam came to visit as it was her birthday, we sat in the restaurant, the food was lovely, tasty and plentiful. Atmosphere was great. Normally we would sit and eat in the bar as it’s just the two of us and our dog, mam was our VIP so needed the treatment. Absolutely brilliant meal. Fully recommend a visit.

A friendly place with prompt service and tasty food. My friends that had the soup advised it was very hot so waited a short while for it to cool enough to be tasty. I had the Pork belly and Dauphinoise potatoes which was very tasty! All the choices that folk had were well presented and everyone was complimentary of what they'd had.

Called by five miles into a twenty mile walk along the Monarch’s Way, at 10:15am tentatively looking for refreshment. Not looking the most smart of customers… We were waved in by the kitchen staff spotting our hesitance and given a massive welcome by the young smart front of house guy. Who set down a pot of coffee and hot buttered toast to set us up for the rest of the day. Absolutely terrific service and a lovely historic venue, we thoroughly recommend this hostelry!

New owner and really excited to see where it goes!.

We have eaten here many times, but our last visit was EXCEPTIONAL. The wonderful people working there treated us like royalty from start to finish. The seats and tables are incredibly clean and comfortable. Can’t wait to come back!!!!!

Went in following a funeral, the family and friends of the deceased completely filled the pub, the buffet was excellent as was the staff, lovely little pub

We had a great lunch here. The atmosphere and service was friendly, welcoming and relaxing. The local beer was outstanding and the food very nicely cooked, delicious and good value. There were plenty of options of where to sit and our dog was also made to feel at home. Shame we were driving or we would happily whiled away the hours here forgetting time and troubles! Hope to return again soon.

Friendly bar staff and quaint old fashioned pub Good value meals served quickly Second time we have been there and not the last