The Square & Compass
Monday: 09:00 am - 11:00 pm
Tuesday: 09:00 am - 11:00 pm
Wednesday: 09:00 am - 11:00 pm
Thursday: 09:00 am - 12:00 midnight
Friday: 09:00 am - 12:00 midnight
Saturday: 09:00 am - 12:00 midnight
Sunday: 09:00 am - 10:00 pm
Kitchen closes at 10pm Monday-Saturday and 9pm on Sunday.
- Private Dining
- Free WiFi
- Outdoor Seating
- Families and Children Welcome
- Disabled Access
About The Square & Compass
Good food and drink in a lovely village location.
Open for coffee from 9am. Main meals served from 12noon.
Tables for up to 7 people can be booked online. For tables of 8 people or more, please call us on 01423 733031.
Availability
Very accommodating as we arrived early for are reservation. Therefore we had to be seated in the bar area but staff were helpful and made room for me, my husband and toddler with the room they had available. Sunday dinner was delicious!!
The food and service on Saturday 25 January were both excellent. I shall look forward to me next visit !
Great food - the fish & chips and chocolate brownie pud were amazing. Good service, food arrived quickly and staff were very friendly. Will be visiting again very soon :-)
Good food and service what more can you want very good
We had prebooked for a table of 14 and they are clearly used to dealing with large groups. The staff were all friendly and easy to deal with. They were also able to cater for 2 gluten free diners in our party. I was told the GF burger was one of the best ever (by my son!). Decent atmosphere and a good range of beers.
We brought a prebookrd party of 20 walkers. The food was served promptly and was delicious. Excellent efficient and friendly service. All said we’d return
Dear Scott - Thank you for choosing to gather here at The Square & Compass. We hope to see you all again in the near future. Best wishes from us all.
Friendly accommodating staff who tolerated two young boys who wanted to pl ay dominoes on the floor and a toddler who wanted to walk everywhere!. Food as always was excellent as was the service.
Went with a few friends on Sunday for a roast and couldn't fault the food or service!! The beef was gorgeous and our server Lewis Bradley was very helpful!! Highly recommend and will definitely be coming back!!
Service slow to start with took 20 mins for drinks to arrive. No complaints about the staff need more! Food ok posh price grub bit over priced. Suggest two or three courses fo set price eg £19.95 or £24.95.
Staff so accommodating. Food fabulous. Lovely atmosphere- thank you x
Dear Rob - Your comments and thanks will be passed to the whole team. Very best wishes, Sam Roffe, The Square & Compass.
The trout dish was absolutely gorgeous. One of the tastiest main courses I've had in a long time! None of us could fault the food! Expensive, but worth it.The main draw back was having the sun glaring at some of us, and no blinds etc to prevent this, so we ended up having to hang our coats up. Otherwise, for a group of 15 people, it was a lively, enjoyable afternoon... Oh, did I mention the trout... 😃
We ate here as a party of 8 on Sunday, as usual the food was extremely good and service was very attentive. We had a warm welcome from both staff and management team from the moment we entered; we all opted for roast dinners which came with a proper homemade Yorkshire puddings and plenty of vegetables. The only slight niggle would be the length of time for drinks to arrive at the table and empty glasses cleared away. Thoroughly recommended; we will be back
The crackling wasn’t very “crackly” when our waitress asked us how the food was I mentioned it and she went straight back to the kitchen and for us some that was! Very impressed with the service. It was super busy when we arrived but the team were brilliant at getting us to our table. The portions are huge! Good value for money.
The usual nice hospitality. Friendly efficient service and lovely food
Wow. Excellent service and warm welcome. Moved to a more preferable table in the bar area on request. Staff very attentive and helpful. Would come every week if possible.
Service was good but the food took longer than expected to arrive. Food, when it did finally arrive was excellent
Excellent food and ambiance! Thanks so much
Dear Jade - Thank you for coming to eat with us and for taking the time to publish your lovely review. We hope to see you again very soon. Best wishes from us all.
We had 2 vegetarian nut roasts - they were very small in size compared to other vegetarian roasts you have had on the menu. The side of vegetables between 3 people were very small. We did not mention this as the time as we were visiting with a friend from America and did not want to put a downer on the atmosphere. Great staff, tasty food but not enough of it.
Dear Sally - Thank you for choosing to eat here with your visitors. We are grateful for your feedback and will make sure we review our portion sizes. Very best wishes, Sam Roffe, The Square & Compass.
Amazing as always 😀
Thank you for your review Sarah. We hope to see you again very soon. Best wishes and Happy New Year from us all.
Six of us (and our dog) came for lunch on Christmas Eve. As a fairly frequent lunchtime visitor it was a big change to see the place so busy. However, that in no way detracted from the usual high standard of both food and service. Well done to a young team of hardworking waiting/ bar/ kitchen staff who ensured that everything was as professional and tasty as it always is.
Thank you for your kind feedback Sheila. I shall make sure the whole team sees it. Very best wishes, Sam Roffe, The Square & Compass.
Not your usual good standard. Visited Xmas eve. usually Excellent food especially for me(Coeliac requiring Gluten free) Uninterested server with an "eye roll" when asked to check what was suitable-Not a good start Told steak and chips would be fine-very small portion as gluten items ie onion rings omitted rather than substitutes in place. Steak flat cold-even the garlic butter didnt melt-Did I complain/send it back-NO-as there was no servers around to speak with.(Understandably busy ) no one to check food was OK neither to replenish drinks etc. On a plus note the gluten free crumble for dessert was amazing and restored my faith in your usual fantastic food..
Dear Deborah - I am so sorry our team member's service was not up to our normal standard. Thank you for alerting us so we can take appropriate action. Very best wishes, Sam Roffe, The Square & Compass.
We had a great Boxing Day lunch with you. We were a large party of 9. Great service, very attentive, fabulous food. We definitely recommend the fish & chips. We were so impressed that we've already booked for Christmas Day 2020.
Dear Louise - THANK YOU for booking Christmas Day already. But we do hope to see you again before then! Happy New Year and best wishes from us all.
We recently hosted our wedding in the private vault at the square and compass. We chose the venue as it has always been our favourite gastro pub. The wedding meal was just wonderful - running up to the day, Paul and the team were on hand with any questions and we felt confident in them so we had no concerns on the day. Even with last minute changes, they handled everything so smoothly. The day itself went perfectly - the food was delicious - all our guests commented on how good it was - even for a large group they cooked all the steaks to order and the service was seamless. A special thanks to Simon and James who were really helpful and friendly and assisted us with everything on the day - including carrying our decorations to the car at the end of the evening! All drinks for our guests were charged to our tab and Paul very correctly estimated the cost before hand using his experience so we knew what to expect. Nothing was left to chance and we had such a wonderful day - all helped by the great team and incredible food at the square and compass. Thanks to all! We made amazing memories and will keep on returning to a place that is so special to us.
Dear Laura - Thank you for choosing to celebrate your very special occasion with us. The whole team will be thrilled to know how much you enjoyed your meal. Thank you for your review. Happy New Year and the very best wishes for the future from us all.
I've been to the square and compass many times, i think the first time was in the early 70s, always good food and a warm and friendly atmosphere,and long may it continue.
Dear Terry - Many thanks for returning regularly to eat with us. We hope to see you again very soon. Best wishes from us all.
One of our party would have preferred to have just a main but didn’t feel like the menu was explained properly until we came to order desert so ended up paying for a starter she didn’t want. Also the roast potatoes On the roast were pretty rubbish, but they always are in pub roasts so there you go. Everything else was very nice, the service was friendly and the food came swiftly.
Dear James - I am sorry we didn't offer what one of your guests wanted and will make sure our Front of House team is alerted. We will also work harder to make sure our roast potatoes are always excellent. Regards, Sam Roffe, The Square & Compass.