August 2025 by Nigel Unsworth
After a nice country walk called in with 7 friends for a pre-booked meal. The meals we had were all excellent. Lovely roast potatoes, amble vegetables for all and the meat, I had roast beef was great. It was my first visit for a meal, I and my walking friends will definitely return when next in the area.
August 2025 by Beverley Perkins
We called in for a light lunch. Received a very warm and friendly welcome. Sadly, the food was only average.
August 2025 by David Barr
I have been regularly staying at The Tollemache Arms in Buckminster for over a year. The whole experience has been outstanding. The management team and staff are extremely welcoming, the food, both in the morning and evening is excellent, and accommodation cosy, clean and comfortable. I would not hesitate for a second to recommend this wonderful pub and look forward to staying there again soon.
August 2025 by Bryan Scatchard
A very stylish and elegant interior with a nicely balanced menu, friendly staff and great food.
Another great business for Buckminster!
July 2025 by Roger Burns
Spent Saturday night here after attending Global Birdfair. Lovely old pub exuding character. Bed was lovely and slept like a log after a long day. Food in the Restaurant was good, nice large portions. Staff were great, will definitely return, lovely charming pub.
July 2025 by Steven Hurley
Great food &pleasant staff
July 2025 by Klaudia
Local pub mischief, June 2025
We booked a table for one of the weekdays to check this pub/restaurant after a recommendation from one of my colleague. Also, I was tempted to visit this place as from outside it looks welcoming and charming, plus the village is lovely.
The restaurant is very cosy, stylish, there are plenty of tables inside and outside too! There is a separate library room for breakfast.
We were welcomed by nice staff and seated as our table was ready. The staff were polite and professional.
Along the menu a'la carte, there is a specials board, worth looking at. If you have dietary restrictions, please speak to the staff, as only vegetarian dishes are marked in the menu.
The wine card looks good.
Unfortunately they ran out of sparkling water, we were offered soda water or Coke instead...
We ordered some dishes from the regular menu and specials board. The restaurant wasn't busy (mid of the week) however we have been waiting for our meals for almost 40 minutes.
The dishes looked delicious, the portions were decent and prices surprisingly OK. The chicken kebab was nice, however the greek salad didn't have any spices apart from a bit of oregano on the block of feta cheese. There was no dressing at all and there were less than 8 olives, not mentioning the tzatziki that wasn't tzatziki at all. The chips were a bit dry.
The Singapore chicken noodles were nice, full of flavour with a little twist of spice (very balanced, not burning hot) however the noodles were falling apart. Or there were cooked twice (or cooked and then heated) or kept in the saucepan for too long and got soggy. They staff confirmed the dish was cooked in the morning! We didn't decide to try desserts.
The last straw was we asked for a bill 3 times. Again, it wasn't busy in the restaurant at all, we were waiting over 25 minutes to get bill.
In overall, this place has so much to offer, it definitely has a potential and it's located in the beautiful village in area but the whole experience was rather disappointing...
June 2025 by Neville Lewis
Great for our reunion.
June 2025 by Millie Blagden
We were staying for 2 nights whilst attending Forbidden Forest Festival. We were advised to use the evening entrance if returning late at night. Unfortunately, when we arrived back in the early hours of the morning our key to the evening entrance didn?t work and so we were unable to gain access. There was an emergency telephone number to call which I duly did. A man let us in and advised us to come to reception in the morning and the key would be tested.
When we visited reception the landlady Tracy advised us that if the key doesn?t work tonight we would have to sleep in our car!!!! Obviously I explained this wasn?t acceptable to which she took the key from me, asked me to leave the premises without my belongings!!! She man handled me, the Police were called but unable to attend. After sitting in the car for sometime the landlady did appear with our belongings but despite paying £130 per night a refund was refused!!!! Terrible service, despicable behaviour and should clearly not be in hospitality!!!!!!!! Other diners were so disgusted they walked out as well!!!!
June 2025 by Louise Blagden
We were staying for 2 nights whilst attending Forbidden Forest Festival. We were advised to use the evening entrance if returning late at night. Unfortunately, when we arrived back in the early hours of the morning our key to the evening entrance didn?t work and so we were unable to gain access. There was an emergency telephone number to call which I duly did. A man let us in and advised us to come to reception in the morning and the key would be tested.
When we visited reception the landlady Tracy advised us that if the key doesn?t work tonight we would have to sleep in our car!!!! Obviously I explained this wasn?t acceptable to which she took the key from me, asked me to leave the premises without my belongings!!! She man handled me, the Police were called but unable to attend. After sitting in the car for sometime the landlady did appear with our belongings but despite paying £130 per night a refund was refused!!!! Terrible service, despicable behaviour and should clearly not be in hospitality!!!!!!!! Other diners were so disgusted they walked out as well!!!!
April 2025 by Debbie Rubie
Amazing food! All home cooked food. Such lovely friendly owners and staff. Attention to detail and nothing was too much to make our dining experience excellent! Was visiting family and staying in a local chain hotel. Will definitely be staying and eating here next time. Beautiful pub, lovely decor and very welcoming staff.
February 2025 by David Green
We had a Funeral wake here and the staff/ food and service was exceptional at a very sad time.
Many thanks to Tracy and her team.
February 2025 by William Ogilvie
Nice Sunday Lunch, friendly staff
December 2024 by Jill Slater
We arranged for a Christmas get together for Sunday lunch. For a large group of 12 the service was amazing all meals arrived together. The food was perfect with extras for the whole table. The staff were very attentive and friendly. Great afternoon thank you
December 2024 by Ste Mitch
Great meal, lovely friendly service and environment.
