The White Bull, Coningsby — Restaurant in East Lindsey

The White Bull in Coningsby is a lovely little country pub close to Tattershall castle and Tattershall Lakes country park.

Owner Marvin is attentive, cares about his customers and goes the extra mile to enhance customer experience. He offers a lot of flexibility on menu choices and customer care seems more important than making a quick buck. He’s a chef by trade and that shows.

If you want home cooked food - then come here. None of the usual deep fried mass processed stuff, everything is prepared fresh, from whole breast chicken goujons to the onsite rolled pizza bases! We had a pizza to share, chicken wings to start (really good) and the kids chose from the kids menu which has unlimited cordial, main meal and desert for £6.95 each. Wifey had chocolate sponge with ice cream for desert which was nice and gave a balance of hot and cold desert.

The place is small inside and the bar selection is commensurate. In addition to the Stella and Carling, Warsteiner is on offer which adds a nice touch to lager drinkers. John Smiths and  Guiness finishes the compliment for bitter and stout lovers.

The place is family friendly with small touches added. There are baby changing facilities in both the male and female toilets, along with chairs to stand on for the tots when washing their hands. The large beer garden has ample benches to drink and dine on along with several pieces of equipment for the children to climb and play on (swings, slides etc). The pub also benefits from a decent sized car park that could easily take 20+ cars.

The pub has a free pool table which can provide hours of fun for the young ones and grown ups, its a nice freebie which helps keep the kids quiet. Adding to that is a selection of games such as battle ships, guess who, connect four etc.

I’d say the bar offers reasonable value for money, and is similar to local pubs - the difference being the home cooked food which gives it that edge. We had one starter, one main, one desert, two kids meals, three pints of warsteiner and a Pepsi - bill was £45, so can’t complain.

Inside the restaurant its clean and had wipeable leather seating and chairs. Pets are allowed, great for those walking dogs and looking at the place it didn’t see any wear and tear from allowing pets.

If there is one thing that lets down the place it has to be the toilets. They are a little dated and could do with modernisation. Even if this is not possible (due to costs) then a good clean is in order to keep up with the rest of the place.

Overall we had a good time there and would not...

Vegans in the area should know that this place is heaven for food options.

Menu items are well considered and go far beyond any typical, tick-the-box pub offerings.

I went twice in the space of three days and chose the double Moving Mountains burger that came with vegan cheese and vegan mayo, and pickles! Pickles 🥒 How often do you see those? The chips were epic and you even get some vegan coleslaw.

We returned on the Sunday to try the Sunday roast and were again blown away. Two Quorn breast style pieces, roasties, stuffing, loads of veggies and gravy.

I couldn't eat for the rest of the day.

On top of all this, the place is dog friendly, allowing dogs in the beer garden and they even had sheds for shelter, which was also great as our dog can be reactive at times so this removed all our stress.

Wonderful place and they deserve support. Pay...

Staying at Tattershall Lakes, we decided to drive out to find somewhere for tea, this was only a few minutes down the road. Such a lovely pub, made to feel very welcome from the moment we arrived. It was busy, but within minutes they made up a table. Staff friendly and attentive. Menu was varied and lots for everyone. The food was fantastic, good portion sizes and so tasty, and all home cooked. Garlic mushroom starter amazing and fiery chicken burger tasted so good. Other dishes tried by group Tomapork, which was best pork steak ever. Chinese chicken curry really tasty and lamb ragu, lamb very tender and pasta was good. Also the prawn and chorizo starter was fab, really tasty. Best pub experience we've had for a long time, a hidden gem, will definately be back and recommend...