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Sun
12:00 - 15:00
Tue
12:00 - 15:0018:30 - 0:00
Wed
12:00 - 15:0018:30 - 0:00
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12:00 - 15:0018:30 - 0:00
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12:00 - 15:0018:30 - 0:00
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4.5
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CUISINES
Bar, British, Pub
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
features
Does this restaurant offer table service?
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CUISINES
Bar, British, Pub
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Free Wifi, Table Service
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4.5
254 reviews
Excellent
179
Very good
37
Average
19
Poor
10
Terrible
9
John A
Redditch24 contributions
Nov 2024 • couples
The 'Sun and Slipper' is a public house with an outstanding table d'hote restaurant. No unimaginative pub grub here. The lounge bar is used by local people and has local ales and an open-hearth fire in winter. The restaurant is our preferred lunch stop when travelling between Birmingham and the Marches. We've been customers on many occasions and the high standard has been consistent. We are an omnivore and a vegetarian and have never been stuck for a choice from an interesting menu. Main courses will be accompanied by a dish of seasonal vegetables freshly cooked, firm and steaming hot. As it can be either quiet or rammed on occasions booking is advisable. They trade Weds to Sun. Fixed price menus of 2 or 3 courses are offered. There is a car park with level ground to the entrance.
Written 29 November 2024
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Wendy Carr
Thank you 😊
Written 6 December 2024
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Anne-marie C
Bristol11 contributions
Aug 2024 • family
Superb Sunday roast in a cosy environment. Staff were very professional & worked so hard to make it a grear first visit we will definitely go again. Food was piping hot, high quality. We had 3 different meats between us lots of veg, excellent gravy & lovely desserts. We all thoroughly enjoyed it.
Written 8 August 2024
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Wendy Carr
Thank you very much 😊
Written 10 August 2024
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Ameliagrace
4 contributions
May 2023 • couples
We came to try the Sun and Slipper on the 11/05/23 after we were recommended by somebody and wow it did not disappoint. If we could give this more than 5 stars we would. As soon as we entered the pub we were welcomed by a lovely woman that gave us a gorgeous window seat which was just perfect. As soon as we opened the menu we were amazed. So many options for starters and mains! Being in the industry ourselves as chefs, we really admired the time and thought put into the menu ensuring there was something for everyone! We eventually chose the pate and the mushrooms on toast to begin with and it was incredible! The portions were very generous and just so so tasty! You can tell everything is homemade. For mains we had the monkfish and the pan roasted chicken both accompanied with garlic potatoes. The mains were outstanding! We were nothing but full of compliments gushing to each other about our mains as they settled. Each flavour profile was delicate and complimented each other perfectly. The nicest meal we have had in a long time! For dessert we had the bread and butter pudding and apple pie which were both steaming hot when they came out of the kitchen!! They both had amazing flavour and again very generous portions! We will 100% be back again. We couldn’t recommend this establishment enough. It’s rare you find a place with a friendly face and excellent service and outstanding food and this is what we found tonight. Thankyou so much for having us it was truly incredible and we can’t wait to come back and try something new off of the menu!
Written 11 May 2023
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Wendy Carr
Thank you very much for your review
Written 12 May 2023
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machinmad
Yaxley2681 contributions
Apr 2024 • family
The pub is nicely decorated inside and out and we were quickly shown to our table with menus for Sunday lunch. I’d checked online before booking that they catered for vegetarians and also confirmed this with the gentlemen when I rang to book. We ordered our various roast dinners and asked for one roast without meat for a vegetarian. They had to go check with the chef, but said that was okay.
The plates duly arrived but the “vegetarian” plate had no roast potatoes and no gravy, just dry veg. The server explained in a rather put-out-tone the roasties were cooked in goose fat and they didn’t cater for vegetarian gravy … she then asked “would you like some tomato sauce instead?”!
Vegetarianism is hardly a rare occurrence these days but what really annoyed me was the fact (1) I was assured they could accommodate us before we arrived when they clearly could not; and (2) the attitude of the server was that we were being an inconvenience, my daughter left quite upset. That’s poor leadership and misleading customer communication in my opinion.
Written 30 May 2024
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gre
53 contributions
Aug 2024 • family
Visited here with my 2 young sons last night. The staff were really friendly. Everything, including the drinks, was really reasonably priced. The food was served swiftly and was high quality. I was particularly impressed with the children's portions which were quality and a great size. My wife wasn't with us but she is vegetarian, and unlike the previous reviewer we understand that sometimes gravy is not vegetarian. I did see that the sun and slipper do cater for vegetarians and would bring my wife with us in the future. Highly recommended.
Written 3 August 2024
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Wendy Carr
Thank you 😊
Written 7 August 2024
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Hilary M
Herefordshire22 contributions
Nov 2022 • friends
My old friend and I try and find new places to meet for lunch occasionally. This time we thought we would try the intriguing sounding Sun and Slipper in the village of Marple. A week beforehand I checked the website for the menus, saw they did a good range of sandwiches as well as a la carte and phoned to reserve a table. I explained on the phone that we were probably only coming for sandwiches but we just wanted to be sure of a table on a Saturday lunchtime. That was all fine he said, we'll expect you at 12.30.
We met in the car park and went into the bar. We've booked a table for lunch we said and were shown through into the dining area and seated in the window. There were other customers but they were not especially busy. It was a pleasant atmosphere. We were brought menus and we ordered drinks. However, we had only been given the a la carte menus so we requested to see what sandwiches they had on offer. Oh, we only do sandwiches in the bar we were told. Well, you've seated us in here now, we did make it clear on booking, so is there a problem? Apparently, there was! The waiter was perfectly courteous but the woman from behind the bar was thoroughly discourteous. She even came back with their booking book claiming no details (other than numbers and time) were recorded in it. I remained civil but pointed out that their booking arrangements were their responsibility not ours as the customers. She must have got the point as she then disappeared and we enjoyed our wine, sandwiches, dessert and coffee in peace. Sadly, the way we were treated on arrival left a poor impression and we will not be going back there again.
Written 27 November 2022
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C4RRW
Thank you for your review
Written 30 November 2022
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rosie194
Solihull736 contributions
Aug 2021 • none
We called on spec and managed to get a table upstairs as downstairs was full. We both had the prawn cocktail which was very nice but I think a little overpriced at £8.95 it definitely was no better than the ones we have had at a £1 or £1.50 cheaper. Our main course was lamb which was absolutely lovely very tender and plenty of it, the vegetables cabbage, cauliflower and carrots were cooked to perfection as were the roast and new potatoes we were given a large jug of excellent gravy. Drinks were not over priced and the staff were really friendly, they were a little slow to start with but they were very busy downstairs
Written 15 August 2021
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CLOCKFOSSIL
London183 contributions
Jun 2021 • none
This is my first review since escaping from voluntary lock down and I couldn't disagree more with the previous reviewer
Arrived last Sunday for lunch and was hugely pleased with the meal.
Excellent Leek and potato soup and particularly pleased with proper butter with the bread, none of the nasty sweaty plastic packets that you seem to get everywhere
Roast lamb fresh lean and tasty
Bread and butter pudding. Not the best I have ever had but damned close! Would have been even better with clotted cream but that 's a small point.
Chatted with the nice owners (Wendy and Roger) and discovered that fish was a bit of a speciality and fresh supplies were coming in Wednesday.
Accordingly returned for a fish treat
Plump mussels in a wine and shallots sauce to start - nice followed by Grilled Halibut with asparagus and veg. This was a rare treat as Halibut is very hard to find in a pub, unless of course you are in Scotland where in any case it normally turns out to be farmed and to my amazement this wasn't - delicious
Finally a creme brulee to finish which of course was also excellent.
All rounded off by an excellent bottle of proper French Sauvignon Blanc and cognac and coffee in the bar, a proper civilised meal way above normal pub standards.
So what about some criticism? Well I am not your usual customer I always have dog Lucy with me and I am a chain smoker so i'm definitely in the minority. Firstly smoking is not allowed at the outside tables which is unusual and annoying. There is one table for smokers at the edge of the car park and I was up and down to that throughout the meal. Dog policy is fine though and Lucy was allowed pretty well everywhere.
One final note and most people will think this peculiar. The service is too fast!
I am very 'old school' and like to take hours over a meal. Here your food seems to appear almost instantly and the moment you finish, your plate is whisked away and another one appears. Again this would probably suit most people down to the ground. As far as I am concerned it would be excellent if I was at Paddington and the Cornish Riviera was leaving in fifteen minutes but not when I am out for a leisurely meal.
None of this is enough to vary my five star review which I give only rarely.
Written 18 June 2021
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mike s
15 contributions
Jun 2022 • none
We are only in the area once a year but always include the Sun and Slipper in our meals out and it is always the best by far. To say we liked the food would be a huge understatement, tasty, imaginative for 'pub food' and filling proportions and friendly efficient staff. Thank you.
Written 23 June 2022
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Wendy C
Thank you very much 🙂
Written 25 June 2022
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Barbra Jones
4 contributions
Apr 2021 • family
Was treated to a takeaway from The Sun and Slipper last Sunday, was most disappointed. The beef was extremely tough, the veg was over cooked and rather tasteless and the gravy was pure bisto, topped off with a sponge disguised as a Yorkshire Pudding. Will not be returning or recommending anytime soon.
Written 14 May 2021
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Michelle H
1 contribution
Aug 2024 • friends
From arrival to departure everything was fabulous
Lovely friendly atmosphere
Beautiful cool dinning area, which is hard to achieve in this weather, so very much appreciated.
I can recommend the rib eye steak & monkfish both were cooked to perfection.
Thanks for looking after us. See you all soon as there’s so much more I would like to try from your a la carte menu 😃
Written 4 August 2024
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Wendy Carr
Thank you 😊
Written 7 August 2024
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Barbarabas
Worcester7 contributions
Jan 2023 • none
We have been customer at the Sun & Slipper for over 20+ years and still enjoy eating here where the food is always spot on. Steak, chicken, liver, fish and more with the beat sauces anywhere! Well done Roger - keep up the great job!
Written 31 January 2023
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C4RRW
Thank you x
Written 1 February 2023
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Emma B
Stourport on Severn18 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
We visited here as a table of 4 on Wednesday evening, when I called on Wednesday I spoke to a lovely lady called Wendy who was so helpful she managed to squeeze us in. The menu was superb we were spoilt for choice (didnt know what to order). I went for Roger’s homemade chicken liver parfait served with damson chutney and toast, which was devine for main I had Fillet steak stuffed with stilton cheese, wrapped in bacon Served with shallots and wild mushrooms cooked in red wine sauce it was absolutely beautiful :) we were served by Kelly who couldn't do enough for us, very professional & made us feel extremely welcome so thank you Kelly. Due to the weather there was a power cut however the staff rallied round to light candles so we could see they were all excellent brilliant. Compliments to Roger the chef you are doing an amazing job, along with Wendy & the rest of the team we will be returning.
Written 15 August 2020
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wendycG4500AT
Thank you very much 🙂
Written 16 August 2020
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Lesnorts
Kidderminster9 contributions
Mar 2020 • friends
We booked Sunday lunch for 6 and had a wonderful meal in a beautiful dining room. Our hosts were very friendly and the waiting staff were polite, helpful and prompt with our request for sauces etc. The starters were generous and tasty and our Sunday lunches had tender meat and a good choice of fresh veg (served separately, which we prefer). We will certainly book again.
Written 16 March 2020
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wendycG4500AT
Thank you pleased you enjoyed it
Written 18 March 2020
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Anne M
Tenbury Wells86 contributions
Aug 2020 • couples
Visited for the first time as part of Eat out scheme. Food was good, but pricey compared to other establishments of the same standard that we've eaten at. Tables were much too close together, no social distancing at all. The lady serving us leaned right over our table when putting our drinks down. The 1st time I've felt really unsafe while eating out.
Written 3 September 2020
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wendycG4500AT
Thank you for your review we will take on board how you feel, we do try our best to keep our customers happy but obviously we have failed...
The prices that we charge take into consideration we are the owners ,and we try to keep high standards and to maintain our overheads the prices are very reasonable, as potatoes and vegetables are also included in the price and not sold separate as most places do.
Written 24 September 2020
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