Saracens Head Hotel, Towcester

Dropped in this GK Old English Inn while passing through Towcester due to easy parking. It remains as described by BF below. It has the feeling of a hotel bar that wants to be a pub but is really the restaurant if that makes sense. At any rate, some bits are vaguely pubby if you ignore the place settings. Just Tribute and Rocking Rudolph on the pumps. The former turned out to be off - I suspect it hadn't been on all day, this was about 4pm - and we didn't fancy the latter. So a bottle of lager and a J2O came the wrong side of seven quid. Very much a routinely mediocre performance by GK. If you're staying the night there are far better places nearby to seek refreshment.

A GK owned historic coaching inn in the centre of Towcester well described by the previous reviewer that is now branded as one of Green King's Old English Inns, and as such has a focus on food sales. For the record Abbott, IPA, OSH and Old Trip were on the four ale pumps and I did stay for a half of IPA which was well… GK IPA and in the words of the social media savvy younger generation… nuff said! Comfortable place to take in a meal but not the type of place to enjoy a traditional pub session on the ale..

Saracens Head pages - www.oldenglishinns.co.uk

Saracens Head pages - www.oldenglishinns.co.uk