The Finch's Arms

Starter of Smoked Salmon and main of roast beef was tasty. However service let the lunch down. After 15 mins from when the main course was finished our plates are still on the table and we had to grab the attention of a waitress to place our dessert order.... and still the plates didn't get cleared. Then it was another 10 mins before desserts turned up, just two sorbets which had started to melt with watery slush in the bottom of the bowls. There was a very large party of guests, 20+, but should ensure enough staff are on hand accordingly. Pity.

We had an enjoyable evening, sitting by the windows overlooking the courtyard. Food was tasty and hot, with a choice of set courses or a la carte

Excellent service. lovely food and delightful surroundings. The manager even brought us a little fleece rug to put round our shoulders as we sat enjoying the early evening in the terrace. Food was fab. Will go again. Couldn't have been better. Recommended

A good place to stay. Great location for the bird fair. Efficient staff and service. Sensible prices. Good food and pleasant outdoor space especially in summer.

We had an absolutely delicious lunch in a beautiful setting, with really good service. Amazing value for money! Ww will be back soon. Thank you.

Parking poor. Greeting on arrival non existent. Despite reservation had to find our own way to table and then waited for significant time to order drinks and food.

Service could have been better seem to wait a long time for the meal to arrive, time scale seem to be set as if we had ordered starters.

Service food and atmosphere superb. Car parking impossible on a Sunday Lunch time and i had to park on double yellow lines outside but i have a Blue Badge. No Disabled car park at the inn itself as i could see.

The food was great and the younger waiters and waitresses were really helpful, but we were not happy with the service from the person who is either the owner or restaurant manager as he tried to rush us to choose what we wanted to eat and was quite brusque.

Overall a lovely place, nice people nice surroundings and lovely food. We will be returning !! Just needs a little lick of paint in places.

Overall food was good, two lovely fish dishes but potato side order was clearly reheated and we'd almost finished main course by time replacement arrived. Service patchy with 4 different faces attending to us. Nice location and ambiance. Would go again and recommend.

An attractive pub/restaurant in delightful surroundings with a relaxed atmosphere. A good choice of food which was well presented and very tasty! I'd definitely go back to the Finch's Arms👌

We loved our recent visits to The Finches for lunch, it has to be our new favourite place to eat.... the food is excellent and the staff very friendly and efficient.

We were very happy with our visit to the Finchs Arms. We were greeted on entry to the bar area and quickly seated by a lovely efficient lady. Our menus arrived promptly and we didn't have to wait long for our food which was delicious. We had no complaints and would definitely return. Staff brilliant.

Absolutely fabulous lunch as always, service was excellent as was the attention to detail was excellent too. I would not hesitate to recommend eating here.

Food was excellent and location is lovely, but unfortunately the service was quite poor. We had to wait a long time for our order to be taken and almost gave up on having dessert! Staff were pleasant but seemed unorganised and when we went to the bar to pay ( didn't want to have to wait any more for bill to be brought to table) the drinks had been missed off the bill and it seemed to take several minutes to sort it out! Pity, because food was good.

Very friendly staff and a table with view to the water and beyond. Good food but service a little slow today and staff not quite ready for service at 12.00.

Great meal good service, fantastic setting, looking out over The reservoir , with the sun out under an umbrella, with a pint of good ale, what could be better

Telephoned restaurant to explain we were stuck in traffic, guy on the phone said it was no problem and would change us from 2pm to 2.30pm. When we arrived we were informed that the chef had stopped cooking and we could only order ciabattas etc!

Food was good with a good choice. Lovely pub in a beautiful setting.Service a bit slow and the bill was incorrect and we had to get it changed.

This was the most recent of many trips to Finches and once again most enjoyable. We were a table of four having lunch ( started at 1:00pm and eventually left 6:00pm ) three of us choose the alacart menu and one the set menu of the day , nobody was disappointed , we all had a super meal from starters through mains to pudding and of course good selections of beers and wines. The staff are terrific and friendly with nothing too much trouble. Oh almost forgot the setting, terrific overlooking Rutland Water and set in a beautiful stone village. Yes the Finches has everything you could possibly want. We will most certainly be back and soon.

My family and I had an excellent meal at a reasonable price. I have already recommended The Finch's Arms to friends. It's a "must do" if you are visiting Oakham / Rutland.

The food was well presented and beautifully cooked. The atmosphere was great ant the service was top class, we will certainly recommend the Finch's Arms to others.

The Garden hedges are so high that its impossible to see Rutland Water. £70 for a bottle of ordinary wine and 6 prawns for two is very expensive! Service very slow and we never got the glass of water we asked for.

Excellent service, the food is exceptional and good value for money. The setting is beautiful especially on a lovely summer day when you can sit outside. I have been to this restaurant on numerous occasions and can honestly say I have never been disappointed.

Excellent meal and service the only minor issue was that the drinks dispenser for lemonade and soda water had broken down so unable to serve shandy or wine spritzer, 2 drinks that members of our party initially requested

Very good food, especially the sea bream, with good service in a pleasant restaurant added up to a very good value set lunch. Ambiance was greatly improved after we asked for the music to be turned down.

Food was excellent but service was extremely poor. Attractive restaurant with varied menu but thought the waiting staff seemed to have forgotten us. A shame as I have heard many good things about the Finches Arms.

Our party reported that the main menu, meat options were tasty. The vegetarian starter was nice but the main inedible. The ambiance was generally good but the waiter pompous.

Great ambiance and food. Waiters were young and inexperienced and tended to lean across people when delivering the food but otherwise an excellent experience. Will definitely use again.

The room was clean and comfortable, sadly, the Wi-fi didn't work,nor did the TV in the room In the restaurant, the food was lovely, the service was ok.

I have mixed feelings about our visit to the Finches Arms for a birthday lunch. The quality of the set menu was very good as was the food that we ordered. However, the quality of the service was poor. The courses for the four people did not arrive at the same time so food was getting cold as we waited for all the courses to arrive. I had to ask for the bill several times and when I consulted the man in charge twenty minutes after asking it still had not been prepared. The quality of the waiters and bar staff is poor and lacking in attention to basic detail. This is great shame as the overall experience was poor even though the quality of the food was very high and of good value, and enjoyed by all four members of my party. Unfortunately, the good experience of having very well prepared and presented food was was marred by the very very poor quality of service by the waiting and bar staff in particular.

Wonderful Food , Lamb was fantastic the startes and desert lovely good value , staff helpful , spot on and a big thank you :)

Lovely old Inn , full of atmosphere , nice staff with good food. Well worth a visit. The village and surrounding area / countryside very pretty .

Set Menu very reasonably priced. Good food and drinks. Lovely setting and views, the view of Rutland Water restricted by the hedges of properties nearby.

Very good food in attractive restaurant. Service failed at the end but apologies made and bill adjusted so no real complaints . Probably would return.

A sunny early lunch at the Finch's Arms was an enjoyable way to complete a morning of successful shoe shopping in Oakham - success being rated as only having to sit in the car for 20 minutes! We sat in the garden with beautiful views over the countryside and had a bitter shandy and a Warner Edwards gin and tonic whilst ordering lunch. We decided on the very good value fixed price menu (£13.50 for two courses and £16.50 for three). The soup of the day was roasted tomatoe with crusty bread and my wife chose the goats cheese salad - both were excellent. My main course of poacher cheese and red onion tart was substantial and very tasty and my wife was very enthusiastic about her grilled sea bream with samphire and a broccoli side dish. A large glass of prosecco and an interesting Pinot Gris in the rose list by the glass were both ideal. Two coffees and the bill came to less than £60 which was rounded up to £70 because of the very attentive service by all staff. Thoroughly recommended when visiting Rutland Water or Oakham. Booking is recommended as the restaurant was full.

Good food, sadly very slow service, popular venue but not at the potential busiest time so yet again a bit disappointed... Very local to us but maybe a victim of its own success

Excellent set menu at a good price. The chicken dish was cooked to perfection. Two of us had Sea Bream with Pea Risotto which was quite stunning. Puds were great, a wobbly panna cotta and home made cookies with ice cream. Even the stilton cheese was excellent. Great service, very good value, good cooking, a stunning setting & 3 very impressed diners. Its on our default restaurant list.

Excellent place to stay with great views over the lake, very friendly staff and good food and beer. Would definitely recommend and stay there again.