The Red Lion - Piatti

The Ship Inn

➤ 18 West Street, East Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, 18-20

Piatti • Pub • Steak • British • Breakfast

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"This delightful old pub is full of character and atmosphere, low old beams showing the sloping floors above, old bricks and stone walls with inglenook fireplace. The walls are adorned with many classic pictures of ships, sailing vessels and war ships.. There are a number of different rooms in which you can chose to eat Outside is a large car park and many eating tables. The menu is extensive and there’s a good variety of specials and all at reasonable prices, a something for everyone collection. We’ve eaten here a number of times and always been delighted with the quality of the meals. Good sized options served at the correct temperatures and nicely presented. We recommend this quintessential English pub."

Salerno's

➤ 12 West Street, PE8 4EF, East Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Piatti • Pasta • Pizza • Italian • Vegetarian

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"The food at this restaurant was absolutely delicious, especially the ravioli with walnuts. I highly recommend it. The staff were all very friendly and accommodating. We made a last-minute booking and could only get a table at 5 or 8:30. We chose 8:30, but received a call at 8 informing us that our table was ready and we could come in earlier if we wanted. That was a nice gesture! The only downside was that they didn't have any seafood options for a friend. Service was for dine-in only."

Brew Babu

➤ 6 West Street, PE8 4EF, East Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Piatti • Cafe • Vegan • British • Vegetarian

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"We were visiting Oundle for the first time and wanted tea and cake. My wife was craving a flapjack or granola cake and this place had both. In fairness the cakes were excellent (I had an almond slice). But the service was lamentable. Even when I was ordering it was clear that the girl serving me couldn’t care less. The tea took ages and they forgot the cake, and it was hardly a complex order and there was no queue. And because they use trendy teapots it was impossible to get anything other than very weak tea, too weak even for me and I am notorious for liking weak tea. I suspect that is why they try to flog you (as an upgrade) ‘superstrength tea’ when you order. The chap serving alongside the girl was good and did his best to make amends. But how hard is it to pretend that your. Us timers are important. We try to support independents but experiences like this is why I think about local tea shops and then choose Costa or Nero. Stop trying to be trendy and serve good tea and cake with a smile."

Falcon Inn

➤ Fotheringhay, Fotheringhay PE8 5HZ, East Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Piatti • Pizza • Sushi • Asiatic • Mexican

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"The chef was awesome and he exceeded expectations with the food. Five stars quality food. Our guests were happy. However, regarding customer service and service delivery received from the Assistant manager Jen was disappointing and awful. The Falcon Inn is an old pub with character situated in a quiet village. The O was chosen as the perfect venue for our celebration. Unfortunately the Assistant manager 'Jen ' turned it into one of the worst days I could not have imagined. From taking my nonrefundable deposit and misselling the service they could provide for my special day. I was promised music for my 20 guests upon arrival. There was none, no apology or willingness from Jen to resolve. The entertainers for my kids and guests were told they were too loud, disrupting the pub customers. She blamed the wifi connectivity issue on my guests. The night before I came to setup. She assured me help would be provided, by herself or staff. Not the case. We tested the speakers and connected to the wifi fine. Even moved the speakers from the kitchen to the event room and it worked fine. On the day nothing worked and Jen blamed it on us. Would I go back, for the food yes. To see Jen again, no."

The Chequered Skipper

➤ The Green, East Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Piatti • Kebab • Cafés • Asiatic • Seafood

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"this was my birthday contract with the children (in their 40's go to lunch big situation, but the management is missing in action. we smiled at the typos. the menu, but it turned out to be a symptom of deficiency...view to detail. very friendly (but quite inexperienced waiting staff. great location and a very warm welcome. water came pretty fast. the starters were pretty good (3 ham hock croquettes and a panko chicken. the mains were another thing. two fish and chips very nice, good portions and well presented. burger was terrible. here is the menu description 6oz coarsely ground beef burger, candied speck, soft bevel, cheddar cheese, salattomate . the reality was a burger in a bungalow with a piece soggy salat and maybe some cheese. no speck, no tomats, no wobble so £18 for an average qualitysburger and they have to pay extra for riders! To conclude that there was at least 5 10 minutes after the other net, so we sat just wait and had to ask the waitress when it came. description • crispy confit ente bein, herby buttermilk waffel, fried due egg with maple senf dressing the reality that was inspected and watery it looked out and tasted as if it were boiled to death. the herby buttermilk waffel was chewing and certainly in a blind taste test I would swear that there is no more crumble in. to cover, it was cold. the sniffing was nicely spread in the waffles that gave them a taste. we also ordered the knochenmark from the menu. No one had said to the poor waitress that they should have been ordered to tell the diners what was going on and no. the menu. when we complained, the manager had not even come the courtesy and see us they left the poor junior waiterin to explain that the speck had not come with the delivery to the last day (one ever heard that he jumps out of the super market to buy some? and there was no excuse for the missing tomats, very badly sorry for us, so on. desserts the brownie was very nice, but the eton mess was a catastrophe. it came in a small delicate glass. in the ground a buckling of whipped cream with some slabs of stone hard meringue and some earthy with stems overfilled with some earthberry syrup. after bending the spoon. we decided to solve it by hand. I was afraid that I would break a tooth on the notched position that really needed to be served with a hammer. the only way to eat the earthy was to pick them up from the body, to bite and to eat to which time our hands were covered in sauce. on the plus side, they drew the price of the burger and Eton fair and 25% of the duck, as we had 3 glasses of wine and a koks, the bill was still over £120 without drinking money. to say that by my choice of restaurants, I would be embarrassing a rough understatement."