The Saracens Head Inn - Daventry

I have been here before as the service and food quality had been ok but yesterday, going there for a family member's birthday I was struck (again) by the lack of cleanliness with sticky tables and food on the floor and a very sticky floor in front of the bar. I know we're talking about cheap and cheerful and the food we had was fine, but a little more effort on the hygiene front would have made it a better experience.

Lovely building,cheap beer as all weatherspoons, disappointing that staff are in no rush to serve,helpful however very monotone. Food is slightly a let down,takes awhile to come and then is often only warm never hot. How can go you go wrong with beans on a fry up. The toast doesn't melt the butter as an indication. Overall I'd give a 3/5. Plenty of space to improve soo much if they could be bothered but it seems to be minimum wage minimum work

Standard Spoons serving good beer at half the price of anywhere else. Fast service, friendly atmosphere, huge building. No parking to speak of but plenty nearby. Food ok, but not as good value as the beer for some reason. Weird meaningless pop art on walls is a bit of fun. Toilets as per usual upstairs, but clean. Wheelchair access unknown. Update 23/7/24: Just had steak and chips there. 12.99 for 2 pints of beer and a steak meal! Unadorned, just the meat and the chips, but that steak was THE BEST STEAK I'VE HAD IN YEARS. 5 star food 1 star price. Look down on the Spoons at your peril.

We enjoyed a nice lunch, would have liked to have stayed longer, but had to be away by 2pm

Food was undercooked and the cutlery was dirty. Staff were stood in the kitchen with the door open smoking facing in to the kitchen