The Blacksmiths Arms

Went with work colleagues, meals are really good with good sized portions, well worth a visit.

Lunchtime deals are such good value and an excellent portion size too. Steak and mushroom pie was heaven.

Cracking place..lovely relaxed vibe..consistently very good food at affordable pub prices.i really rated this place..just go..you can't be disappointed Ver carta

Excellent: service, choice of food and portion size. We could only manage a starter and a main, this from 2 ladies with good appetites! The surroundings were well decorated and clean. The only negative was the pork crackling didn't!

Disappointed with the food. The vegetables were watering, roasts hard and dry, lamb very pale although tender. Chips over cooked and Yorkshire pudding very dry. We booked here as was told the food was homemade and fresh. We was a party of 12 but this was not what we expected. We hope they will react to the comments and improve.

The Sunday dinner was not great. The Yorkshire puddings were tough and not fresh. The roast potatoes were terrible, they aren’t roast potatoes how we all like them. The stuffing was rock hard and dried out. We came a few month ago and wasn’t good then but said we would try them again. The lamb shanks were good starters were nice. Ashame as we do like the pub itself and atmosphere. Ver carta

I went on Father's day, it was a set menu, we sat at our table for ages before we asked for someone to take our order, we were then told to order food at the bar, the food wasn't hot, 3 adults shared a small dish of vegetables, the roast potatoes must have been sat in a warmer for hours, I'm not sure why I was given the option of chips or mash potatoes if there was roast potatoes with the meal, didn't enjoy the meal at all.

Food l9vely ervice good but heard bar staff...one swore.two were heard to say were just going for a wee and thirdly a great debate about what they all should wear for a uniform !!!! Not really acceptable behaviour for front of house staff. I raised these issues at the bar as i was paying for our two meals...very sadly to say the girl who took my money delt with my comments in an unprofessional manner. .no customer skills what so ever. I felt let down ad a customer..its highly unlikely we will go there again

TBH overall good but I chose Lamb Shank which I had on a previous visit before Xmas and it was excellent. Unfortunately this time it was nothing sort of rubbish. Change of chef maybe or supplier not sure but one or the other needs to be changed. On a positive note my wife had the veggie lasagne which she really enjoyed. Will give it one more try to see if they have improved if not we won't be going again. NB to chef maybe if you had slow cooked the lamb then the problem wouldn't have arose. I believe I was not the 1st to complain. Ver carta