Heverlee 0623
Heverlee 0623

About us

A country pub oozing rural charm and rustic character, our picturesque surroundings provide the perfect backdrop for savouring the hearty, seasonal pub-food on our menu, and the carefully nurtured cask ales and fine wines gracing our bar.

Whether you are planning dinner with friends or Sunday lunch with family, book a table online and enjoy some quality time with those you love the most.

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Beer gardenCar parkDisabled facilitiesFamily friendlyFoodOutside areaReal aleReal fireWiFi freeBest Bar NoneCask Marque

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Reviews

Robert Hales

2 months ago

We were staying at the holiday inn that shares a car park with the bumble bee and ready for some food. The hotel itself wasn’t serving food and online it showed the bumble bee was fully booked. Their website was showing we could order online for takeaway, so we did just that and ordered to collect at 20:00. When we arrived and asked for our takeaway order, there was some minor panic as they hadn’t been able to process our order due to a missing menu item and had no way to contact us. We had our 3 year old son with us who was desperate for his dinner and we were worried we’d have to find food elsewhere. Ellie and her male colleague behind the counter managed to save the day and get us a table and honoured our prepaid takeaway order to sit in instead. The food came out in record time and was absolutely delicious, couldn’t fault it at all. They turned our evening right around and really made us welcome and special, we even ended up have a dessert which was as good if not better than our mains. Ellie and her colleagues were a credit to the bumble bee and to the company as a whole. Hope to visit again soon and thank you for your excellent customer service and friendliness.

Elaine Parsons

2 months ago

Great food and lovely pub/restaurant. We had booked a table for 8pm, the lovely waitress explained as they were busy it would be 45 minute wait. That was ok we understood. As dessert was being served at around 9.25 we were told the bar shuts at 9.30. On a busy night it’s crazy to shut so early and also if that is the case give your diners a bit more notice. We then felt that we were rushed and after they had taken money for food they did not want drinkers in there. Would we visit again? Doubt it, we have often used this place when stay at hotel next door. There are lots of other restaurants around here and will give them a go next time, they may be more grateful for our custom. So received a reply, they said to call so they could better understand our experience. Well I did just that and as far as I’m concerned he just tried blagging as to why they close at 9.30. Our dinner was booked for 8 but served at 8.45 so by the time we had eaten there was no time for dessert or another drink.Very dissatisfied with response and most certainly will not be visiting again. The restaurant was busy that evening and we heard lots of complaints. Will contact Vintage Inns directly

Jake Phillips

3 months ago

What a lovely little restaurant this is. Based just off the motorway, this is a lovely little meeting point for friends or families. We came on Sunday and of course I had to try the roast, my partner had the Hunters Chicken Schnitzel. The trio roast was a behemoth, even more so with the added pigs and blankets on side! The sticky chicken starter and Brownie were also lovely. Only slight downside is it was a little bit nippy where we were sat, and the chilli on the sticky chicken was phenomenally hot, maybe because the seeds were left in. Would 100% return again!

Anna Zamiakina

5 months ago

Popped in for some food today quite late in the day. Haven't been there for ages and decided to try it again. We were met with a bit of an 'attitude' - which was probably understandable on the late busy 'Sunday Roast Day'. I've ordered food at the bar - they didn't have some items available (again - late in the day). My hubby had roast beef, I had steak and our friend just had a starter because he wasn't that hungry. Food arrived - I've asked for medium steak and it was still mooing on the plate, so took it back and asked to cook it for a bit longer. My hubby's roast was completely cremated. I will try to add a picture of the parsnip - which was ready to turn in to ashes any minute... He was starving - so just enhaled it. I waited 18 min to get my steak back - never arrived. Went back to the bar to just cancel it as we wanted to leave. I was really apologetic - I did run a pub some time ago and I understand things happen and sometimes it's out of your control. The actual conversation of me and the person doing a refund: Me: I am very sorry but I can't wait any longer for my food, can I get a refund? Him: No need to apologise, I will cancel it. Him: Can I refund you cash? Me: Yes, sure. Him handing me the money: Thank you very much. No apology in sight!!!! Your steak is almost £22!!! I said how I want it cooked while placing my order and asked for it to be cooked more when I got it! Was you going to cremate it in 18 min??? There was no apalogy from the staff in sight. We all felt absolutely unwelcome to spend our money in this establishment. Definitely will not be coming back and will advice everyone we know to avoid it.

Sarah Rees

6 months ago

We were having a really lovely evening up until dessert. Where they burnt the brownie and we're very slow on coming to collect that plate and get the bill, so much so I went to the bar to pay. I had downloaded the app and wanted to take advantage of the £20 off bit sadly it didn't register. We paid £75 for 2 people which tbh is pretty expensive. Consider they did take the one dessert off. A shared starter 2 chicken burgers 1 desert and a bottle of wine. Our waitress Ellie was lovely though, really upbeat young lady. Really apologetic about it and told the manager, who went to the wrong table first to apologize.

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Mon11:00 – 23:00
Tue11:00 – 23:00
Wed11:00 – 23:00
Thur11:00 – 23:00
Fri11:00 – 23:00
Sat11:00 – 23:00
Sun11:00 – 22:30
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Heverlee 0623
Heverlee 0623