The Plough At Normanton - Rushcliffe

The Plough did our son and his wife proud on their wedding day last week. The team listened to their wishes and whether as a result of the pub's own work or the recommendations they made, the happy couple got exactly the relaxed garden party reception just as they wanted it. From a guest perspective, the garden was beautifully decorated and the pub itself was clean and welcoming, even down to the loos at the end of the night! Service throughout the day, whether in the garden or at the bar was excellent, well organised, unobtrusive and both professional and friendly. The food, while not your traditional wedding fayre was extremely tasty and of obvious quality I think everyone wants the recipe for at least 3 of the sauces on offer! All in all a great afternoon and evening. We'll be back for lunch again soon!

On July 6th, we had the absolute pleasure of being cared for by Becky and her fantastic team for our Wedding Reception. From beginning to end, my new husband and I cannot praise Becky enough. Her commitment and passion for hosting events and curating the correct atmosphere was outstanding. In the year of planning, she made the entire experience personal. This included meetings frequently, helping us organize vendors and her impeccable taste in music helped us secure our acoustic guitarist Heather Flint, and her personal recommendation of The Frandells was an absolute hit with our guests! Despite the weather which tested us and forced our guests into arriving early, Becky and her team took everything in there stride. Throughout the last year, we’ve had tears of joy, excitement and laughter in the Plough at Normaton, and now every year for the rest of our lives, we get to relive the immense experience that Becky provided which made our Wedding Day so special. Dwayne the head chef helped bring to life our “Amsterdam fries” and KFC chicken idea with so many sauces which ourselves and our guests were in awe of. Our only regret, is we couldn’t eat more! Thank you Becky and the Team. We could not have done it without you (Maybe without the Penalty's though? Mr and Mrs Howard x

We had high hopes for our first visit to The Plough for an early supper on a Saturday evening. A nice atmosphere inside, not overly busy and pleasant decor. Welcomed by friendly staff and shown to our table. We waited an overly long time for menus and even longer for our drinks to arrive. Food was a long time coming. We shared bread and confit garlic hummus, no garlic flavour and no real depth of flavour to the hummus but tasty, warm, fresh bread. The halloumi burger was lacking the promised pomegranate but had a generous serving of halloumi. Sadly the heritage tomato tart was awful. A hard, dark brown very greasy disc which was supposedly pastry, topped with pesto and 3 slices of tomato and 3 thick discs of raw courgette which were fairly inedible. It was completely unappetising. I pointed out the issues and was offered an alternative. When the bill arrived the tart had been taken off which was a welcome gesture. I was told on leaving, that this was not up to their usual standard, but oddly someone else on Trip Advisor reviews had made the very same comments about the "Tomato Tart "in recent weeks! Unfortunately we don 't plan to return.

The Sea Bream was off but they offered Sea Bass as a replacement, it was perfectly cooked with plenty of mussels and a lovely sauce. The veg was well cooked and the Patas Bravas a joy. This was a perfect lunch in the sunshine outside. Staff attenttive and pleasant.

Had a fabulous meal here, with very attentive service. Food is high quality, unique and delicious. Friendly and personable bar and restaurant staff. Only spoiled by an insulting customer who very vocally spoke to staff with contempt, clearly having nothing better to do and who hopefully will not return!