Sondes Arms

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   Sherry

   Northampton3 reviews

   3.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   Staff and food lovely, took a while for food to arrive. Didn’t like siting in the bar where a woman on another table quite brazenly joined in our private conversation. Not the restaurants fault but it marred the evening. Didn’t like walking past all the other diners to even book in
   

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   Judith

   Warwickshire4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Booked in solo prior to a local event so was given a nice quiet corner and music turned down at my request. Superb fish and chips, the fish was lovely and fresh, followed by ice cream and a ginger beer. My ideal! Love the building, staff very nice, what’s not to like. Thank you
   

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   Julie

   Leicestershire1 review

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fantastic meal today. Took my mom out for early Mother's Day meal. 3 meat carveries and one vegetarian meal. All the food was fantastic, the gammon in particular was tasty and succulent. As always an exceptional variety of veg and sauces. Can't wait to go back. Was busy so would definitely recommend booking to avoid disappointment.
   

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   Sarah

   London1 review

   3.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Unfortunately even after we pre ordered the food was very slow to come out and one meal was missed altogether! Disappointed by the service
   

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   Marian

   Northampton2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 2 March 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   The booking form asked if the meal was for a celebration so I said birthday. It was my granddaugher's 6th. Why did they ask as no mention was made of it and nothing special, not even a balloon. Meal was good except the roasties were too hard to cut up. We sat for quite a while with the food counter empty until we were told we could go up, by which time a queue had formed. I think their systems need an overhaul.
   

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   Irene

   Northampton1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 2 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Excellent carvery, very tasty, good choice of menu. Highly recommend you try it.
   

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   Neil

   Northampton6 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on 1 March 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Despite it being relatively quiet the service was painfully slow. Probably low on staff. We ordered from the starter menu Mushrooms & 2 x Brixwotth Pate with toast & onion chutney. Mushrooms were ok. When Pate was brought to the table we were told they’d run out of chutney. No alternative offered. The Pate was NOT local Boxworth but a normal Brussels style slab. Mains we ordered Gammon, Steak Pie & Lasagna Lasagna was ok albeit small portion. Gammon came without advertised crispy onions and Steak pie, came with chips not advertised mash and I had to request gravy otherwise it would have been extremely dry.
   

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   Catherine

   Leicestershire1 review

   4.0

   Dined on 26 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Always good value for their excellent carvery. Nice evening thank you.
   

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   David

   Northampton2 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on 26 February 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Booked for 6.30 didn’t get to go to carvery until 7.15 , totally unacceptable, the restaurant was freezing at the bottom end of the pub which I did highlight on paying bill , not an enjoyable experience, food was mediocre, roasties were over cooked some like rocks , Yorkshire a bit tough , I’d give an overall 6/10 , staff were fine no issues there tbf first time I’ve seen sweetcorn on a carvery , not sure about that one ,
   

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    Shanice

    Northampton1 review

    1.0

    Dined on 23 February 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 1

    We have visited sondes arms many a time before and have always loved the food, the atmosphere and generally everything about the experience. Due to having not been for a while we decided to go for a birthday on 23/02/2025. We booked well in advance and we were very looking forward to it. I’m really sad to say that from start to finish it was a very stressful, and pointless booking. We arrived on time and were seated, in a very noisy section of the restaurant. Served quite quickly to start off with. However once we received our starters and drinks we were advised we would have to wait to be called up for a carvery (this wasn’t an issue as stated we had visited before) starters were finished, and collected and we were left sitting for over an hour before having to ask a server if we were at all close to getting our food. We were advised a minute and then rushed off to get our meals. Due to having kids at the table we had to take turns and this meant 6/7 of us had been rushed up to get food while one stayed with the kids. When we got back to the table the waitress then advised a large party they could go up. Meaning our slot was over and the last person in our party had to wait behind everyone else and ended up sitting down to her food while everyone else had nearly finished theirs. The food was very poor, majority of it looked as though it was frozen and reheated, most of it was stone cold. Out of a party of 7 only 3/4 of us actually ate the meal and the rest of us just left it. We then very quickly paid and left. Service is very rushed, the ambiance is extremely loud and the food quality was very poor for the amount that was paid. Such a shame for what was once a very very nice restaurant renowned for its carvery’s.
    

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