The Shoulder at Hardstoft

Excellent service, fantastic food at very reasonable prices. We called into The Shoulder at Hardstoft for lunch & we are glad we did. The interior is very clean & nicely set out, plush seating to one area & a bar area to the left. We sat in the bar & chose food from the lunch menu. The pie of the day was steak in gravy, with mash potatoes savoy cabbage roast carrot & parsnip. A very good portion for the price everything was hot & plenty of flavours, the pie crust was excellent & the steak & gravy interior was of good quality. 2 ciabatta were chosen a plough mans & a fish finger one, both with good quality fresh fillings in good sized ciabatta, with sides of coleslaw. 2 desserts one a chocolate brownie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, & the other a pistachio cheese cake, they were delicious & all of the food was presented professionally. We would highly recommend The Shoulder at Hardstoft.

Booked in for Sunday lunch , hadn’t been before & was a little apprehensive TBH , I needn’t of been tho , the whole experience was amazing , way beyond my expectations, made all the more enjoyable by our fabulous waitresses,Cerys who was delightful, so professional polite and attentive for such a young lady . A rare quality to possess . The meal was excellent ( I went for the roast beef ) as was my desert ( the James Bond chocolate brownie ) all in all I can throughly recommend and I shall most definitely be returning . Thank you again Cerys , you really made our visit a joy x

The Shoulder kindly allowed us to have the funeral wake gathering at this easily accessible pub/resturaunt. We opted for the gold buffet menu and we were allowed us to substitute prefered items. The manager provided full allergen information in advance of the day. On the day the staff were courteous and the service was streamlined, efficient and respectful. The food was outstanding! It was tasty, generous and professionally presented. Everything was 'a cut above average' and freshly made. The ginger pudding and their minty brownies were outstanding. The manager and all her staff went out of their way to help us plan and were flexible in all their dealings with us. I cannot more highly recommend the Shoulder for an event like this one.

Excellent,very tasty,very well presented meal after they had had a very busy lunchtime Chef accommodated my culinary request amazingly Lovely log fire friendly,helpful staff laid back atmosphere well worth a visit if you are in the area

Came for a New Year’s Eve disco on 31/12/24. The event was promoted as a buffet, DJ and disco. The “DJ” was a bar staff worker that was playing songs from YouTube. The whole evening was like a wake…no energy, no one dancing & an all around fail. There’s probably more atmosphere in a morgue. The “DJ” kept skipping songs halfway through & playing songs from YouTube (which I may add, is illegal if you’re making money from it). Thank god it was a free event as I would’ve been fuming if I had to pay for it. Avoid for any event!

Xmas day Dinner!!! Sorry really disappointed expected more!!!! Arrived half hour early to enjoy a drink and was led to our table immediate! Within sitting down in minutes our starter arrived soup which was cold!! We still not had chance to order drinks and was told someone would be with us soon as the locals who had just arrived was served and was busy to do both???. Drinks came and then a sorbet was put on table within minutes of the starter dishes being removed! Same again main meal out as soon as sorbet dishes removed all seemed hurried!! Dessert was chocolate cheesecake/shortbread not sure which ?? very dry so asked for some cream and was told had none ??? so we left it!!! Next came the cheese and biscuits in a box in with a note you may take home if you wish - not even on a cheese board - very unprofessional for a restaurant as we had not asked for it as take out!! For £75 a head so very disappointed in and out within an hour - never really had this type of service here before and felt like it all was so rushed!! We was so looking forward to our first Xmas lunch out never again would not recommend Xmas dinner here as the experience was very poor for the cost!! Other than that the staff are very friendly and would like to think my review would help in future years to make customers Xmas dinner dining experience a better one!!!!!!