The Courthouse — Restaurant in Rugby

Just popped in tonight for a meal. We have not been there for quite some time and found the place very different from how we remember it. The present owners have transformed it into a great eating and drinking place. Service was excellent. Very welcoming and efficient. My wife was particularly impressed by the waitress cleaning the tables that had just been left. The waitress was very thorough and gave the tables a good hygienic clean rather than a quick wipe down. My wife ordered the chicken in mushroom sauce. It was well presented, well cooked, contained plenty of tasty mushrooms and well worth the price. I chose the sea bass with chips, salad and peas and again it was delicious. The only way it could have been better is if the accompanying peas had been tastier. I’m not sure if they had come out of a tin but they were not as good as the rest of the meal. We both had ice cream to follow which rounded off an really nice meal. My wife drank Moretti and I had a pint of Timothy Taylor’s Landlord which was a nice hoppy beer. The meal cost £35.90 and we included a tip for the service. It’s a really nice place to eat with excellent food and excellent service and we will definitely be popping in again...

12/23 16 of us this time. Decided to go for their three-course Christmas lunch. Fantastic value at £21.95 with 5 choices for each course. I had paté to start, beef bourguignon (served with 2x potatoes and 5x vegetables - beef really tender) for main and honeycomb toffee cheesecake for pud. All excellent!

10/23 As good as ever - despite being short-staffed in the kitchen, still managed the usual quality. A bit more of a wait but understandable. 8/22 Visited with our bi-monthly lunch group (about 20 of us). The place was heaving, yet every meal came out at the same time, hot and no mistakes or lack of quality. I don't know how they do it! Other establishments should learn from them. Still great 4/22. Consistent as ever. Food simple but always tasty and hot and service always excellent. Visited 2/22 and still as good. Always busy, so you know they're...

The only beer available was Newcastle Brown Ale, but as the pub had only just reopened my ife and I were determined to give it a try. Ordered fish pie and gammon steak. 45 mins later our meals arrived. Gammon was very tough, asked for a steak knife and was told " don't know if we have one ". Eventually given a green plastic handled one, but still could not cut the gammon, left it on the plate as it seemed uncooked. Fish pie came in a 100cm shallow dish. Quite tasty and would have made a good sized starter, but not a main. Came with one and a half carrots and some shredded cabbage at a cost of £ 12. Spoke to the landlord who seemed disinterested and seemed to just smirked at me, at least the chef apologised for the poor gammon. Don't think we will be using the place again unless they get their...