Blacksmiths Arms

Having met up with friends, we decided pop in for a couple of drinks. The pub is warm, inviting and community driven. The staff are courteous and involved talking with the patrons of the pub.

Arrive looking for some cozy pub grub on our way to stoke. Ordered out food but the card machine was playing up and it took us 10 mins to actually pay for anything. Waited 45 minutes for food and what we got was dull to inedible. Friends chicken burger was soaking wet and didn't taste like chicken, pretty sure the chicken goujons were birdseye. Only thing I ended up eating were the chips. The staff were all dismissive and the atmosphere was terrible. Would advise my anyone against going here, even my worst enemy.

This is a great looking pub on the inside...had a refurb a few months ago. The outside area is large and is great for the kids to play. Car park to the side of the pub too! Cheap drinks and great service!

All looked ok from the outside of this pub, but was very disappointed when entering and struggled to locate the dining area for the pub. We found it to be 4 tables next to the door to the toilets!! A nice young lady took our order and advised us there was no scampi on which reduced our choice down even further from an already sparse menu. We ordered Hand battererd cod and homemade chips with peas sounded very nice until its arrival. We were presented with fish from a box not hand battered at all and chips that had never seen the fryer. On bringing this to the attention of the Landlord/chef he admitted it was fish from a box because his fish delivery was off!! I would have been nice to be pre-warned of this and our choice would have been different. Very annoying indeed to go to an establishment that advertises home cooked food but produces mediocre pub grub. They have to decide what that want to be cheap and cheerful or home cooked locally sourced food. Needless to say we will not be returning.

Great atmosphere, great food and even better staff.Visited a few times now and never fails to impress.