Black Horse Gt Linford — Restaurant in Milton Keynes

My parents and I popped in with a last minute booking, to celebrate my graduation with a little dinner party. The venue was quite cozy, with low ceilings, warm lighting and comfortable seating, giving the air of a pub that invites you to get comfortable. There was plenty of outdoor seating scattered across the grounds around the pub. We were early for our booking, luckily they had the table ready for us. The table we were seated at was located in between 3 other tables occupied by larger groups, which put us right in the middle of the noise, not ideal but not the worst either, having said that, I think everything after that point was some of the best I've had, the food, the drinks, and especially the service. We were greeted by Ellie almost instantly as we sat down, and were given drinks and food menus, quite simple and straight forward, a one page menu printed on both sides. We ordered our drinks and starters, both of which took about 5-10 minutes to arrive, I had the negroni ( a go to of mine, when rating places, the black horse, a solid 9.5/10) , my parents had a passion fruit mojito and a non alcoholic elderflower sherbet. Starters were salt and pepper squid and sticky coated chicken. We were constantly checked on to make sure everything was going good, which by all means it was. We then ordered mains and a second drink for my dad, a pineapple mojito. My parents shared a glazed pork belly, and I had myself the 10 Oz ribeye, cooked medium rare, with the beef dripping gravy, which took all of 15-20 minutes to arrive. While I didn't taste the pork myself, my parents definitely loved it. The steak was cooked to perfection, intense flavours bursting out in every bite, served with a side of chips, Portobello mushroom, tomato and an onion nest (which wasn't quite my to liking, but I was too full to eat it by the time I got to it anyways). I washed down my mains with an amaretto sour, which was immaculate and appropriately placed under the after dinner section of drinks on the menu. Georgia was constantly checking in on us, making sure we were comfortable and that everything was to our liking.

Overall, just a few negatives that were completely superceded by the amazing service from Georgia and Ellie, the food (compliments to the chef) and lovely drinks. I would definitely be returning whenever I can and would completely recommend giving it a try. It's a 5/5...

30/7/24: Once again visited The Black Horse for a meal with my husband today. Every visit we ask to "tweak" the menu to suit our tastes (husband Diabetic) and the Chef always kindly accommodates us! (Ie husband requested brown bread instead of white Soda bread with his crab starter. For his main he didn't want chips with his fish, so was offered lovely hot greens medley (baby broccoli, green beans etc) and I had a lovely salad but wanted to swap gots cheese for halloumi. All was accepted by the chef. Thank you!!!! As always, the food was exceptional and the service brilliant! We only had room for 2 starters and 2 mains (sadly, pudding could not be squashed in our stomachs! 🤣). But 4 completely clean plates went back to the kitchen. OMG, brilliant!!!!

Previous feedback: 23/05/24 Met friends for lunch. I now walk with a stick so my visit today was definitely not as much fun as previous visits. No marked disabled bays in the car park, so straight away had a longer walk than I'd have liked. Then, 2 sets of steps to navigate, one with no handrails at all, the other with very wobbly rails. In-between, very uneven crazy paving flags. Tripped on two occasions between carpark and pub. All in all, no longer a place for me now I have mobility issues and they have little to make life easier for those with such issues. 😞

Previous feedback: Having signed up to the Black Horse App ages ago, I was treated with a voucher for my birthday for a free 3 course meal if someone else with me who paid for the equivalent 3 courses. My husband and I visited last night and had an amazing evening. Our food was served promptly (no long waits) but helpful, cheerful and friendly staff. The food was beautifully presented and outstanding quality. It is the first time I ever remember returning 6 plates (3 each) to the kitchen, completely wiped clean of every morsel!. My husband had a beautiful soup, I had pâté. He then went for Grilled Seabass and I had a Wonderful Steak pie and trimmings. Husband had Blackberry and apple crumble with custard. I had the best sticky toffee pudding ever, with honeycomb ice-cream. Delicious. Compliments to the chef and all the serving team. Can't recommend the pub enough! It's not cheap, but not expensive either.

Wonderful food, great service. Lovely...

Setting-wise this pub is lovely - right on the canal with lots of brilliant places to take a walk right next door. If you’re coming from further afield there’s a massive car park, and with loads of outdoor space and seating it’s great for spending a few hours at during the summer months. It’s a lot larger inside than you’d think but most of the areas are dedicated to dining - the bar area is quite small and quickly gets packed out with nowhere to sit or even stand.

We’d reserved a table which, for four people, was a good size and laid well. There’s enough space between the tables to not feel cramped and being located opposite the open fire was lovely. The waiting staff were friendly and welcoming throughout the visit.

The fact they’d run out of scallops meant that we opted for the oven baked king prawns and lobster to start. This wasn’t what we expected but was very delicious, coming complete with bread and the prawns shelled. The roast options available on the Sunday were really good value for the portion size and come with unlimited gravy. Unfortunately the prime beef burger was less impressive and although perfectly edible was very unexciting, feeling rather expensive for what it was. Sides of sauces were brought in small pots when requested. Desert lovers should be happy as there was a lot of choice of the menu, probably the most I’ve seen in a pub like this.

Overall it’s a nice place and a quality setting. It’s far from the cheapest option but for something more special, especially as part of a day out in the area, it’s good and I’m sure I’ll...