October 2024 by Fiona Harbot- Beadman
Fabulous meal, so tasty and staff very friendly.
October 2024 by Keranjit Kaur
A perfect Sunday roast, great service and a warm welcome.
September 2024 by Hayley Tilley
Amazing food and service. Delicious roast dinner and excellent veggie option - the best we?ve had. Such a friendly happy fun pub to visit. Highly recommend.
Vegetarian options: The most delicious veggie roast, not an after thought - cauliflower cheese was so good, plus a tasty roasted veg tart with all the expected trimmings. Great quality, good price, fun friendly service.
September 2024 by Sally Wheatcroft
Incredibly tasty food - some Asian inspired. We had a mix of food amongst the four of us. Pizza, burgers, lasagne and a chicken kebab dish. All delicious? little bit of a wait while they were cooked but well worth waiting for. It?s a meeting point with friends so we will definitely be back. I would even travel the 1 hour + for an evening meal it was so good ..
September 2024 by Paul Boggis
Booked for a good sized family birthday celebration.
Good table was ready for us and we were served with drinks and our orders taken by seemingly capable wait staff.
There were a couple of the supporting items missing from the starters which when asked for were simply stated as out of stock. Bit poor when the
Co-op locally could have rectified the situation if anyone had bothered. It is a bit galling that the kitchen thought it OK to just serve dishes with deficiencies and not warn the clients before presenting the plate.
Two of the main courses when served were completely wrong. This despite having read back the orders to check prior to sending the request to the kitchen.
One meal was replaced as ordered after a 15+ minute wait.
The other was not able to to be produced as there was no more of the main ingredient. It is ironic that we had gathered here from across the country many of us staying in a hotel 20 minutes away. Our deciding factor on choosing our venue was that the particular dish was available being a favourite of the host.
Despite the fairly modest reduction to the bill it was all a bit of a cooler.
Don't get me wrong the staff front of house were doing their best, very polite and attentive but badly let down by poor stock management and careless attention in the kitchen.
Appreciated the gift of an individual chocolate brownie birthday pud with sparkler to mark our event.
September 2024 by April L
Lovely cosy local pub with friendly atmosphere and excellent food!
September 2024 by Abigail MacCartney
Excellent food. Probably the best pub food in the area at the moment. And I?ve lived here all my life. Gorgeous pub, friendly staff. Try the biriyani, it?s mouthwatering.
September 2024 by Chris Lang
We went to The Blue Ball yesterday for a family meal and it was brilliant. Apparently it's the oldest pub in Rutland so has a lot of character and charm. They serve a good selection of drinks and the service was very welcoming. The food was delicious. I shared a baked camembert (which was one of the best I've had) and had the lamb Karahi for main which was also excellent. There is also a lovely beer garden to the front which would be a great place to sit and have a pint in the sun. If we didn't live in London we would definitely be coming here again! Thanks Blue Ball for a lovely meal.
September 2024 by Andy C
Lovely old pub in small village, just 10 minutes from Oakham. Went for midweek lunch.
Food an indian/pub fusion. Lots of choice. Spoilt for choice on both starters and mains
All were good quality, quantity and price.
We went without desserts which surprisingly were standard fare, and bit expensive for that.
Just marked down as service,though friendly, was slow, (only 1 person serving,who sometimes went awol)
Would recommend and will visit again when in the area
August 2024 by Ben Astwood
Smashing little country pub in a lovely quiet location. Food is excellent as is the service.
August 2024 by Jack Skellington
Nice 17th century pub with friendly staff.
August 2024 by Alan Jennings
Really nice lunch here, the menu has a mix of classic dishes and Indian inspired dishes too. Food was excellent, service very good and friendly too. Highly recommended!
August 2024 by rylee manning
Lovely lamb shank biryani. Great waiters very polite and helpful. Would recommend
July 2024 by Stuart Roberts
What a gem of a pub.
17th Century country pub with unexpected culinary delights.
My wife and I dined here on our way home from a weekend away.
And what a great choice to make.
Serving Timothy Raylor Landord Pale Ale was an instant hit. My favourite ale ?
We were going to have a roast, but i decided on the Lamb on Bone Karahi, and my wife had the Punjabi Lamb burger with onion bhaji.
Upon seeing the roasts being served to other guests, we quickly had food envy, thinking we made the wrong choice.
However, the Karahi was simply mouthwatering good. Full of flavour and tender.
Good enough to grace the finest Indian restaurant.
My wife's burger was equally tasty. The onion bhaji was sensational.
The service was excellent. Very welcoming and friendly.
If it wasn't 2 hours from me, I'd go regularly.
Thoroughly recommended, whichever choice of dish you choose.
July 2024 by Elizabeth Kennedy
We were so surprised to get such amazing food. Usually pub food is bla and the same everywhere, this was amazing and tasty
Vegetarian options: Squash and Beetroot Wellington
