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A wholehearted 5 stars! Recently moved to the area and have been in here twice. It is a wonderful place with excellent, friendly staff and simply stunning food that is freshly prepared, served well and guarantees clean plates (and I'm a fan of meals in plates over roof slates or shovels!!). All the staff are fantastic; polite, friendly, professional and attentive without being intrusive (Roz is a particular family fave). Tables are bookable online or on the phone with lots of options of seating and numbers or simply to pop in for the bar. If you go well, you'll be next to an open fire. Huge garden for summer seating right next to the Coventry canal. Lots of options from the menu to suit all tastes and the dishes are all amazing. We've been through a good chunk of the menu now and nothing has disappointed. The signature burger and the lamb rack were particular favourites! I can only say that if you're passing, don't. Pull into the spacious car park or lock the bike up at the door and get in there! Pictures are Signature burger, Lamb rack, Hunter's chicken schnitzel and the oh so silky banoffee pie.
Christian NicholsonChristian Nicholson
10
Friendly and helpful staff. We were three and were given a suitable table. The menu was not extensive but quite wide ranging. We had the fishcakes and the seabass. Fishcakes were especially good- large portions and full of flavour. We only had soft drinks- but the lime& soda was well mixed and had plenty of lime. We had the "Black Forest Flower Pot" for desert. WOW!!! Large portion, very tasty and thoroughly entertaining! Just brilliant. Our waitress was Ros. She was friendly helpful and didn't rush us even though the restaurant was quite busy. She chatted to us about the food, had good knowledge and was very helpful without being intrusive. We had a great meal and would definitely visit again.
Dave HDave H
00
We went for lunch today and the experience was very disappointing. My partner ordered the fish and chips which were ok, nothing to write home about. I ordered the steak Medium Rare which came out well done. It was politely sent back, they apologised and replaced it within 10/15 minutes with a Rare steak. Maybe the chef was being passive aggressive. In all fairness to the Manager she was lovely and gave us the money back for both meals. It’s a shame that our previous experience a few months ago (once again on a Sunday) was just as bad. The wait for the mains was over an hour. We tried to order deserts but after another 40 minutes of waiting we had to give up. We’d been there for nearly 3 hours and it wasn’t fair on the children. It’s such a shame because the location is great, they allow dogs, it’s cosy and clean, the staff are lovely. They have a good selection of drinks but the food is so poor. I’ll go back for drinks happily but I think we’ll eat elsewhere for the foreseeable future.
Richard WebbRichard Webb
00
lucky this place even got 1 star!!! I am absolutely disgusted with the visit I had yesterday. we ordered 2 medium ribeye steaks at £19 each one with peppercorn sauce both came rare, the chips tasted half cooked some where still raw, the peppercorn sauce tasted like thickened water with peppercorn seeds in it and to top it off we even had to ask for a steak knife! I think overall the premises itself is lovely especially where its located next the canal is beautiful but as for the customer service and the food is appalling, the price doesn't match the quality of the food. I must say the tomato and the pineapple juice after fishing out half the glass of ice was nice though!. I definitely will not be returning here for food which is a shame because its the first restaurant we have visited from since before the first lockdown very disappointed
Michelle SaddlerMichelle Saddler
20
Nice, canal side, old fashioned pub. Part of a chain but trying to look like a traditional pub restaurant. Loads of space inside and out. Friendly service. The menu sets expectations that the kitchen doesn't live up to do, for us, it's not a special occasion place, it's a let's not cook tonight place. For example, scallops microwaved, calamari in chip shop batter, veloute was savoury custard with frozen peas and boiled ham in. For the basics like cheeseburger, fish and chips etc it looks great. Maybe if the menu wasn't so fancy, our expectations would be more realistic. It's in direct competition with the Red Lion across the canal. Tame Otter has better ambience, Red Lion has better food.
Peter FreethPeter Freeth
00
Absolutely beautiful meal for my birthday 🎂 the lovely young lady called Danielle was fabulous..nothing was to much,she answered every question we asked about the menu,she was kind attentive and a glowing warm smile ! Absolute credit to the Tame otter and team. Major complements to the chef..amazing food. The Calamari and king prawns were spot on, the best we've ever had !! Everything is all freshly cooked down to the home made beef and red wine pie to the smoked haddock and baby spinach fish cakes! Everything in the 3 courses we each had were fantastic 👏 the honeypot desert was to die for 🤤 Such a fabulous place to go and to eat.. we certainly will be back again 🥰 highly recommend 👌 5*
stephsteph
00
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Lichfield Rd, Hopwas, Tamworth B78 3AF, United Kingdom
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Ivy-covered pub with preserved traditional interior and a sprawling outdoor garden.
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