The Black Horse at Ireland

Just visited the Black Horse with family for a 50th birthday lunch. And thank you for the card. The food and service was excellent. Also a message for the kitchen... your peppercorn sauce and dessert was considerably better than what we had at Marco Pierre whites last week. Many thanks. Xx

This was a beautiful place. It was comfortable, well decorated and clean. My husband ordered a full portion fish and chips. It was massive! If was delicious. There were two half portions of fish and chips, which were more than enough. One hamburger was the 3rd best he has eaten in England. The chips served with the burger were the best I have eaten in England. Now on to my meal, I had the pork tenderloin. I felt the portion was inadequate. It was two little pieces of pork no more than 3 ounces. Served next to my husbands portion if fish seems as if I have a lunch portion meal. My meal was the most expensive at the table and the smallest. Unfortunately, the pork tenderloin left me sick the remainder of the afternoon. I would visit again but only to try the Sunday roast.

Booked a table for 4 to celebrate my father’s birthday. I have been here several times before & im pleased to say that our experience was lovely as always. Welcoming & professional staff from the manager down. Fab table, specials explained & the food was excellent. It is always a treat to dine here & the setting is lovely too.

The roast lamb was described by the waiter as being pink but in fact was overcooked and very hard going. The fish dish was good. The so called Crème Brûlée was not good. It had an added thickener ( probably cornflour ) Not recommended

Fantastic food , service and company. Yes a tad dear but you get what you pay for ! A lot to choose from on the menu . We 4 have mixed tastes but something to suit us all. Only slight disappointment was the cheese boar which was a tad expensive for what I got.

What a lovely valentines evening. Charming valentines ambience staff made a lot of effort, attentive staff friendly and professional. Food was excellent from champers on arrival The canopies and all throughout the meal. Great evening very attentive great wine menu as well. Highly recommend

The food was nice, the atmosphere was brilliant and the service was excellent. The waiter really knew his wines, and the recommendation was just perfect. We visited during the week, and it was really busy but still got served a nicely cooked meal

I've visited the Black Horse many times over the last eleven years, in fact, I've lost count of how many times I've eaten there - but never before on a Sunday. On weekdays you couldn't hope for a better restaurant and dining experience, but Sundays are a whole different kettle of gourmet fish (or meat or veggie). On Sundays, diners are packed into every available corner of the restaurant. Disabled diners can't get through without other diners (quite happily) moving, and the staff seem really overstretched. We were unlucky enough to get a regular (small) table for two in an alcove with a children's party (it was actually Grandpa's birthday with every generation present) surrounded by understandably loud (very) loud shrieking and general conversation - including from the other (adult) party of eight pressed against the back of my chair. Service was way below par. At one stage, after a long wait hopelessly trying to attract attention, I, unsuccessfully, tried to fetch my wife a glass of wine from the bar - but the affronted staff refused to give it to me and sent me away to wait for a waiter to deliver it. Not the best memories for our 40th Wedding Anniversary (they ask you to let them know if it's a special occasion when you book - which is a waste of words as it's then ignored!) Lunch on Sunday - three courses with wine and a beer is about 5p short of £100. So after eleven years of close to perfect service, a lesson was learnt. Never, Never on a Sunday.

Called in Saturday lunchtime had not booked but made very welcome. A lovely Man gave us a table for four even though just two of us, so nice space, not cramped at all. Service was excellant. Waitress came over and said are you ready to order, it's just that I am just about to take a big table order, great we said thanks for thinking of us. Great to be served by people that think and are good at their job. The Black Horse is lovely, the Staff are top notch, of course our lunch was great too. Others could learn a lot. Thank You Black Horse, we will return.