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Queens Head

Pub Details

Address
Bulwick
Northamptonshire
NN17 3DY
Telephone
(01780) 450272
Opening Times
Weekdays
12 - 3 (5 Sun) , 6 - 11 (7 - 10.30 Sun)
Closed
Mon

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Queens Head, Bulwick, Northamptonshire, NN17 3DY – The Good Pub Guide

Good Pub Guide Recommended

Ancient pub with cheery involved licensees, interesting beers and first-rate heartily flavoured food including game

Once again, readers are delighted with all aspects of this lovely 600-year-old stone cottage row. Whilst its unaltered appearance and character remain those of a delightfully traditional village local (bellringers pop in after their Wednesday practice, and the darts and dominoes teams are very active), there's something extra here too, and it's very much down to the inspired landlord. Thoughtfully sourced beers - well kept and served from a stone bar counter - include Shepherd Neame Spitfire, and three interesting guests from brewers such as Leeds, RCH and very local Rockingham. The good wine list includes interesting bin-ends (nine by the glass), and they've over 25 malt whiskies. The timeless beamed bar has stone floors and a fire in a stone hearth at one end; darts, shove-ha'penny, dominoes and piped music. We're delighted to hear that several readers have spotted red kites soaring above the pub, but even if you're not so lucky there can be few more pleasant experiences than a summer evening on the garden terrace (with its own well) listening to swallows and martins, sheep in the adjacent field and bells ringing in the nearby church of this attractive bypassed village.

Good Pub Guide Food

The licensee is passionate about field sports and this is reflected in the menu. He shoots and butchers much of the game served and catches and cures some of the fish. Mainly using traditional recipes and robustly flavoured ingredients, the changing menu might include lunchtime sandwiches, toasted marinated goats cheese bruschetta, duck and chicken liver terrine with piccalilli, seared calves liver with cassoulet of puy lentils and smoked pancetta, leek, courgette and spinach risotto, wood pigeon wrapped in prosciutto, roast saddle of lamb with lamb sweetbreads and caramelised onion and thyme sauce, and puddings such as warm lemon and almond polenta cake with lemon and vanilla syrup and dark chocolate terrine with caramel sauce.

Bar food times: 12 - 2.30, 6 - 9.30; not Sun evening

Awards

Good Pub Information

Dogs allowed in: Dogs Bar

Rating

  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Rating: 3/5 (104 votes cast)

Reader Comments

We've never had a bad meal here, and we go quite regularly.
Last Sunday -17 August - we had Potted Venison ,Roast Grouse, Whitebait and Loin of local Venison.
Everything was perfect. The staff were really on the ball, not too quick but just the wait between courses that we needed to let everything go down.
The only problem seems to be that the owner NEVER smiles or greets us as if he'd seen us before!!

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