Reviews in Shropshire

A really smashing pub with great food. We usually go on a Sunday for lunch. I like the fact that as we are elderly they let us have the smaller meal from the children’s menu. The staff are all excellent and went out of their way to accommodate my husband after he had dental surgery and couldn’t eat properly. Cannot recommend The Water Rat highly enough.

We regularly come here for a Sunday roast, as it's one of the best in the area. Furniture could do with replacing, and decor needs a bit of TLC, but we go for the food, not so much the decor. Always plenty of staff working.

Absolutely amazing!! Excellent in every way, superb starter of seafood, all delicious, then beautiful perfectly cooked fish, deboned so well, not one even small bone in the whole dish! Fresh Bass, steamed with lemongrass, chilli, spring onions, and many other herbs and spices, a really beautiful meal, we love eating here, very highly recommend

Myself, my husband and two step daughters visited for an afternoon tea. It's our forth time. The staff are very friendly and the food is gorgeous, nothing is too much trouble. Would recommend to anyone.

Booked the afternoon tea through groupon food was very good and a nice change from your standard afternoon tea. Service was good

The food is outstanding with a few really tasty specials on the board too. This is a regular restaurant for us but we took some Guests from Australia who were very impressed. Jo is an excellent front of house and always makes you feel welcome. The Crispy Belly Pork and Cod Red Curry are superb and highly recommended.

Small intermate venue, attentive service staff, fantastic food. What else can I say. Been here 7 or 8 times and many times to the previous premises. Mine and my wife's favourite date night venue.

Fantastic food. Succulent steak and a wonderful seafood platter. All in a nice relaxed environment. Good friendly staff.

10/10 beautiful cosy Thi restaurant nestled in the heart of Ironbridge high street. Small and personal. The staff were very welcoming and friendly. Authentic food, great options I wanted to try them all. Amazing value 3 course for £40, we will definitely be returning.

Excellent meal. Service was first class.

Very friendly welcome and from first glance clearly a lovely place. Slight issue when starters served, but they couldn’t do enough to apologise - chef even came out. Starters, I had Chicken strips, my wife had the fish cake - in her words was “very yummy”. Mains for me was the Chicken, Ham & Leek pie - pastry was excellent, filling delightful. My wife had the Burrito and she said it was “very, very, nice”. Desert was a lovely Raspberry Roulade which we both hungrily dug into. Totally recommend and we both felt it was such a shame we discovered the Malthouse on our last night.

The mussels from the specials board were delicious My companions also their cod fillet with tomatoes and garlic The accompanying station bitter was also extremely good

We have always found the staff very friendly on arrival and quickly shown to a table where a drinks order is taken while we decide on the menu. On return with drinks the staff ask whether we have chosen or need more time. The menu and specials are very comprehensive and unusual in that there is more than standard pub food. The food on arrival was cooked perfectly and was very tasty. I had the gammon with sauté mushrooms and my wife had chicken curry, both meals were good portions and very well cooked. We travel over an hour and have never been disappointed.

Our first visit to the area and the Water Rat had great kerb appeal. A very welcoming establishment and the staff, without exception were all very friendly and helpful. The range of food on offer was excellent and very competitively priced and absolutely delicious. The pizza was the best I’ve had in ages. A great find all round.

Had an amazing meal at the gate, the steak and the sides were just amazing! Service was excellent and the staff so friendly. My new favourite place to go and eat, it is out of this world!

EXCELLENT!! We really enjoyed our afternoon tea as it was such a nice change from traditional sandwiches. Our waiter Max was so pleasant, helpful & obliging. He had arranged for us an old style wooden table near the widow with views towards the trees that front the river & passers by sheltering from the squally showers. He turned down the volume of the music as the speaker was near our table & we had just driven from North Wales so needed a bit of quiet. Most important he accommodated my allergy to chillies & peppers ensuring the food we received did not have paprika & cayene pepper & wasn't spiced. The food was so tasty, the meat "melt in your mouth" & the sweet course looked & tasted delicious. The room was lovely with the old beams. A place of real character. As it was mid September it was fairly quiet, though in summer months it is probably extremely busy. We will be back. Ours was a Groupon deal & exceptional value for quality food. Thank you.

We had a very pleasant evening and nights stay. The staff were all friendly and cheerful. The menu was varied and very enjoyable as there were options other than deep fried pub grub. I had Mediterranean baked cod; the prices were on a par with other places locally but better value.

We visited on the 14th for a Sunday roast, absolutely gorgeous, another lovely meal at The Queens Head, staff very attentive and such a lovely atmosphere, look forward to next time.