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The Perch Inn

The Perch Inn

Binsey Lane, Oxford, United Kingdom

Meat • Cheese • Drinks • Chicken


"On our visit, we met a Basil Fawlty in training. This venue was chosen as our annual Christmas get together given that we all live looking miles away from each other, and was mid-way point. The website offers so much, which unfortunately doesn 't quite deliver. Parking was a nightmare. We witnessed a family with two cars leave their vehicle in the small car park to go off trekking across the countryside. The owners are quite happy to manage the customer flow to the toilets, but not who uses the car park. We ended up having to make our way through puddles and mud to get into the restaurant. We were seated quite quickly, and to be fair there was quite a nice Christmas atmosphere. Christmas menus dished out, and orders taken promptly. However...no Pinot??? (my partners drink of choice, not mine, i was driving...and hiking to get back to the car.. Food arrived quite quickly too. Portions weren 't huge but was ok in terms of quality. However, when our server came to ask if everything was ok, just at the point of us answering his question the server was interrupted by one of his colleagues so he got distracted.....once he 'd answered his colleagues question he turned to us with a curt (John Cleese style Hmmmmmm?? As if it was OUR fault that we hadn 't answered his question when HE was interrupted.....VERY VERY RUDE....He then had the audacity to add 12. service charge onto our bill (which is NOT clearly stated on the main menu.... , and got very indigent/rude/short with us when we asked him to remove the charge.. In my opinion a service charge is optional, and is earned not a given right. Briefly the desserts were a massive let down. Choose the cheese and expect a couple of biscuits and a cheeky little game of 'spot the cheese ' We were then told, that despite the fact we 'd all driven miles to get together that we only had the table for two hours. Once again no indication or mention of this. Would we visit again? I 'll let you decide on that one. And, for those of you wondering about monitoring the toilets.....see photo."