Boat & Railway Inn, Stoke Prior

About us

Welcome to The Boat & Railway located in Bromsgrove! Pop in and discover a lovely local pub with a great beer garden and canal side terrace. We’re warm, welcoming, and popular with couples, families, and groups of all ages. Food is served every day from lunchtime until late. Pick from a whopper of a menu that features pub classics, curries, burgers and steaks. Whether it’s a laid-back lunch, tea with the kids after school, or fishbowls with friends later on, you’ll have a good time with us.

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Reviews

410 reviews

4.4/5

Steve Smith

3 months ago

Fantastic food, great value for money. Brilliant service. Nice friendly atmosphere. Highly recommend a visit.

Ian Kirk

7 months ago

Friends and I visited the pub whilst at a nearby music festival and were well impressed with everything on offer. The setting next to the canal was lovely and a great place to have excellent food from the extensive menu. The hand pulled ales were also excellent. Finally, a word of praise for friendly staff.

dan williams

1 year ago

Popped in for food today shame the Sunday lunch has to be preordered. The food we did have though was excellent highly recommend this place. Friendly staff nice location.

JB

2 years ago

Finally got here on the canal from Stoke Pound after 6 locks and moored up on the visitors moorings. Went for a bit of a walk along the towpath and happened to speak to a local chap who lives on the offside in a very pretty canalside house. He highly recommended the Boat and Railway pub restaurant and said that Matt and Carrie were absolutely amazing publicans and that the food was superb! Went back to our narrowboat and got my other half to amble over for a deserved drink and a spot of lunch too...it was coming on for lunchtime. We walked in and it's a real gem of a pub, traditional pub in keeping decor, inviting, homely and Matt immediately made us feel welcomed and part of the pub family. Social distancing was maintained, masks required and we decided to sit outside on the canalside open terrace. It is a gorgeous pub with a great atmosphere as proper pubs should be like! The outside of the pub is a really great looking building and it is very spacious inside too with various eating areas and a bigger restaurant/function room further inside this attractive pub. The toilets were spotlessly clean and freshly decorated too. What a wonderful pub and what a great place and so different from the one at Stoke Pound which I won't mention as not worthy in comparison to this fantastic real, proper pub! I had a couple of pints of the Old Empire ale and a Wainwrights ale later on in the afternoon...all so well kept, perfectly chilled and so good. My other half had the Old Mout Pineapple cider which was great too. For lunch we had a round of the Pull Pork & Chilli sandwich on brown which was very tasty and fresh whilst I had the Bantry Bay Mussels which were so deliciously yummy. Thank you Carrie "le chef"...10/10 score and amazing delicious food!! What a treat and gem of a pub and definitely recommend the Boat and Railway highly 👍 Certainly will be telling all of the canal boaters about this pub. Finally, a big shout out and huge thanks to Matt, Carrie, Emily, Sarah and the staff....we had such a lovely and great lunch experience and you are all absolute stars 👍👏👏👏. We will definitely be back again before we chug off on the canal on our way to Worcester...

Stephen Walsh

2 years ago

Lovely canal side pub. Very clean and tidy. Staff were very welcoming and friendly. Dogs allowed. Children allowed. Plenty of space. There is very little parking. They do serve food. Which is amazing, good quality at a fair price. But there is not too much choice, especially for vegetarian or vegan. The Guinness was exceptional! I would definitely come back here.