Bell at Hampton Poyle

Gurkha Village Nepalese

➤ 174 Oxford Road Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 1EA, United Kingdom

Menu • Bars • Beer • Nepalese • Himalayan

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"What a wonderful restaurant. We wanted to eat lunch last night and stumble over this little jewel. The service was great and the food was excellent. Unfortunately, we do not live in Oxford because this will definitely be local! Thanks for a nice meal"

The Royal Sun

➤ 2 Woodstock Road West, OX5 1RZ, Cherwell, United Kingdom

Menu • Food • Pubs • Steak • British

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"My other half and I had an evening meal here, which was simply the best meal out we’ve had in a long, long time. My OH had a chicken satay starter fabulous. Not too sweet, had real live bits of peanut in the sauce, and came accompanied by cucumber and salad. For mains, I had flat iron steak with pepper sauce, peppers, courgette, roast garlic and perfect chunky chips (think that was it). It was cooked to perfection and such a relief to find a pub that doesn’t roll out an overcooked steak with the ubiquitous onion rings, half a tomato, mushroom/s and skinny chips. The OH had salmon, which came with crushed new potatoes and lots of nice veg none of which he can remember this morning. Hey ho. Dessert for each of us was a pavlova with whipped cream, zingy lemon curd, raspberries and strawberries. This was just as fabulous as everything else. So impressed. Every dish was artfully presented, the flavours considered and the cooking absolutely spot on. Not a soggy vegetable in sight. Lovely people, too, our waiter was a smiley gentleman from Turkey and the chef and (we believe, although this is an assumption) his wife, who incidentally brought the food out themselves (nice touch), were Kiwis. Altogether a lovely experience and one that I recommend wholeheartedly to others."

Dashwood Rooms

➤ South Green, Kirtlington, Kidlington, United Kingdom

Menu • Wine • Steak • Chicken • Breakfast

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"Dashwood Arms Kirtlington Kirtlington cold snailwood 944912546 April 1st no jokes! I was invited to lunch at the Dashwood, Wife son daughter in law plus 4 year old grandson, a table was booked for 12:30, at around 1340 the food arrived in my case incomplete (all day breakfast arrived with just scrmbled egg no inclusive bacon etc.. salmon chorizo extra as I requested) the food for the table arrived in dribs and drabs and was cold. due to the lengthy wait my grandson was starting to playup, we asked for some iced water for him, that didnt arrive. On using the baby change room the toilet paper had run out.. no spares, I informed the guy at the bar, It hadnt been replaced at the time we left, as I used the facility. My son was upset, as his surprise treat hadn 't gone as planned and he didnt want me make a scene and ruin the day further. Hence I have provided feedback today 2 April, I would find a bill of £40.00 fair and resonable as 2 out of the 5 meals were unpalatable. For the record the bill came to £90.00, the guy taking payment did as a by the way sorry for the delays!! thats OK then? Its a shame, its a nice place my son was assured the food there was nice... Will I go there again...extremely unlikely"

The Oxford Arms

➤ Troy Lane, Bicester, Cherwell, United Kingdom, OX5 3HA

Menu • Steak • Vegan • European • Vegetarian

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"While the staff are very pleasant and polite they are clearly lacking from training and spent more time at the bar flirting with the barman than paying attention to the diners. We sat in the room next to the bar which felt like an overflow room, cold dark and empty. The food was flavoursome and presented beautifully however my pork belly was dry and over cooked. The gravy was like water. No one came to check if the food was OK or any problems both in starter and mains. Even when collecting the empty plates no one asked if everything was OK. The gents toilets had no way of drying hands, no hand dryer or towels. The ladies toilet bin was overflowing. During the course of our meal the staff had used a large table behind us next to the bar to polish cutlery which not only looked messy but I don't expect to pay that much and have to raise my voice to talk over the sound of cutlery clattering about, that should never be done in front of customers. A table had a cleaning products (spray bottle and cloth) left on it the entire time we sat there, staff had cleared it then started to clean it and just forgotten to finish the job. Overall the experience wasn't horrendous but I wouldn't visit again. I feel the manager clearly has low standards and doesn't train thier staff on the little single things that make all the difference. One final note is that i feel its insulting to add a service charge (which i did ask to be removed) if the service warrents it i will always tip my server and tip well. If a service charge is added i am more likely to remove it and not tip at all. Service charges are owners greed and make staff lazy as they dont feel the need to go the extra mile for the tip. Overall a real shame"

The Milk Shed

➤ Northampton Road, OX25 3QL, Cherwell, United Kingdom

Menu • Cafe • Cakes • Coffee • Cheese

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"Flavour mostly great, but felt short changed. Been before, money wasn’t an issue, ordered food tasted great. Went today on the way back from something, but feel a bit disappointed. Couldn’t choose between the club sarnie, the chorizo and red pepper crostini and the dhal, so opted for all 3. The club sandwich offers maximum flavour, but lacks on substance for me. If I’m paying £13,50 for a club sandwich I want to be remotely full at the end attached is a picture of one of the 2 same sized pieces of chicken not good enough. The basil Mayo is to die for, I will add. The crostini, again, isn’t anywhere near filling enough to warrant the price. You can’t deny the flavour, but one slice of sourdough with a few cooked peppers, some aioli and 3 slithers or chorizo isn’t just cause for charging £14 it’s not on. What’s frustrating is again, the flavour is superb, but it’s here’s just not enough there to warrant the hefty price. Then we get on to the Dhal, which to be frank was an utter disgrace. Sour, watery, lacked seasoning and overall depth. Undercooked root veg on top and just an out and out disappointment, especially when the other 2 dishes we’d ordered weren’t sizeable enough to quell any hunger pains. A decent sized portion, just a shame it was such a poor dish. Also, £6.25 for a milkshake is an utter disgrace and you should be ashamed of yourselves. Perplexed the place is as busy as it is. Staff seem attentive and friendly, can’t quarrel that but the portion sizes are hugely substandard, given the astronomical prices. Won’t be rushing back, which is a shame. Not much around those parts with the ideas and flavour (aside from the watery dhal), but the portions are 50% too small. I will add, my wife and I are slight, modest eaters far from greedy pigs."