Reviews in Northampton

New Years Eve, group of 6 friends - total success. What a fabulous way to celebrate our "early evening" ; our visit was exceptional, we managed nearly 3 hours at the table! 6 wonderful meals, one dairy free, all meals were close to perfection accompanied by reasonably priced wine. Our waitress was so attentive, friendly and helpful this was the icing on the cake. Without doubt the best restaurant in the area. Well done to the HH team, long may this continue and thank you.

Lovely food and helpful & friendly staff!

We recently had our Christmas Day lunch at the Hopping Hare. We have eaten there before and had birthday celebrations there too. We normally enjoy our visits. Unfortunately for us the service on this occasion fell short. When we arrived we were left standing in the doorway with several members of staff passing us numerous times without acknowledgement - no one greeted us or gave a “Merry Christmas'. We were eventually told our table would be 5-10 minutes which is not a problem, however we were given no direction to go through to the bar or move from the entrance way we were just left standing there, so we made the decision to get a drink at the bar which was also quite a wait although we were the only ones waiting. The food was nice and probably at the same standard that it normally is - which we do enjoy. The service at the table was mostly fine albeit slow but our dessert plates were left for over 40 mins when finished, we eventually caught someone's attention and asked for them to be cleared and if we were going to be getting the final course of mince pies which they then brought over. We were then not returned to again and had to go up to pay our bill. It felt like we’d be forgotten. Also, the table next to us arrived after us but were gone sooner, it also appeared that somehow they had access to additional menu items that were not available to us. We absolutely appreciate that it was Christmas Day and it was busy, but given the price we were paying and normal friendly attitude of staff, all we were really hoping for was some Christmas cheer and to be spoken to when we arrived. We wouldn’t have Christmas Day lunch there again.

We came on New Year's Eve day for Sunday lunch. We've been to the HH quite a few times, including for our wedding "breakfast" and the high quality is consistent, no matter what day or what time we've been. The majority of the staff have been there since we started coming here about 3 years ago and that seems to me to be a good sign. They are friendly and professional. But it's the food that keeps us coming back, imaginative, good quality and very well cooked. Our meal included starters of smoked salmon and goats cheese panna cotta, mains of turkey and roast beef, desserts of clementine panna cotta and chocolate and caramel bread and butter pudding. I'm not going into details of all the accompaniments that made each course special, but each course was delicious. It makes me happy to come here.

Came and ate in the restaurant on New Years Eve and was very busy, the service, food and atmosphere were all excellent, great job everyone involved, we will definitely be back, thanks

My family and I (6 of us) had lunch yesterday, New Year’s Eve and for all of us it was the best and finest food we have eaten in a very long time. We all felt that The Hopping Hare deserves at least 1 Michelin Star; beautifully presented, beautifully cooked and the service was excellent. Evie was very good remembering all our drinks and our names and the waitress serving our food was equally good, both very professional. It is not cheap to eat there but it was worth every penny. Thank you Hopping Hare.

Had lovely lunch at The Hopping Hare with my son & daughter-in-law yesterday. We always enjoy the food & the atmosphere. Never yet been disappointed - food delicious, staff friendly & helpful & lovely ambience. Highly recommend it !

Dined yesterday lunchtime as part of my mother’s 90th birthday celebration. The staff were very friendly helpful but at the same time unobtrusive . Portion size perfect and the quality of the cooking is the best in the area. Made to feel welcome and all six of us enjoyed their menu choices. Beautifully prepared and presented food. Thank you

We really enjoyed our meal and stay at The Hopping Hare. Food and staff were excellent, and our room was perfect. We would highly recommend for great time.

There were 20 of us the roast potatoes tasted old as if reheated several times we all thought they were bought in frozen but were told they didn’t own a freezer hard to believe, Brussels were raw turkey and beef were nice

Fabulous food & service!

We’ve been here several times and the food was delicious as always, however this was the first time we were seated in the brightly lit area which we all found too stark and made for a canteen atmosphere. Suggest ambient lighting would improve the experience. Whilst the service was friendly and efficient, the mature professional men in our group objected to being referred to as ‘young man’ by the waitress and found this to be disrespectful and patronising.

Amazing food. Fabulous staff. to say our meal was Excellent doesn't even come close.

We had a fabulous meal on Christmas Eve, the food was excellent and the service exceptional.

We always enjoy our meals here, and tonight's Lamb shoulder was superb

Have to say we had a lovely meal and service on Wednesday evening. The food was , all four of us really enjoyed all our food. Your waitress/waiter's are polite and very helpful. A good atmosphere. Thank you

Usual high standard of imaginative food/menu.Excellent attentive service.

Fantastic meal for 21 people! Everything was great. Presentation is fantastic.