Ascott Village Shop in West Oxfordshire

Revolting. Hadn’t had a takeaway from here for ages and now I remember why. Had a set meal for one @£14:50. 4 chicken balls in gloopy inedible batter with a side of sweet and sour fluorescent sauce, a thin layer of tasteless even more gloopy beef and mushroom which sat on top young chow fried rice which tasted as though it had sat around for weeks - avoid at all costs.

Food was great. Southern fried chicken fillet burger which tasted better than kfc and bigger portion. Garlic pizza bread is the best I’ve had. Unfortunately the random £16 min spend for delivery just doesn’t work, particularly for a single person. An average meal there is £10 and after that they charge you £2 delivery as well! So if you want something to eat as a single person, particularly single mum, you’re paying £8 more than if you ordered from another local fast food place that doesn’t have a min order/or small one and has no delivery charge for local. Rip off so rarely order there

Cool building - I love unusual Starbucks stores! Hot chocolate was excellent as I could actually taste the chocolate (unlike some Starbucks locations) and milk was smooth and creamy. Will return if I'm ever in the area.

Crap service, awful food. Would NOT recommend. And rude counter service trying to close before their closing times.

Went later than normal lunch so wasn't so packed and sat in the undercover corridoor just outside the giftshop entrance. It was quite cold out in the courtyard and indoors seemed a bit chaotic with lots of staff clearing tables and kids running around. The ordering line blocks the view of the cakes so you need to be in the line to see them, but it moves so slowly and you can't get a good look at everything all at once which made me bounce between decisions a lot. The location of the clean trays didn't make sense and I had to leave my spot in the line to pick one up. Others in the queue didn't mind though so I was able to jump back in, but not before another couple hijacked my empty space to get the till operator to fix their order which had something wrong with it, leaving me standing there a little awkwardly holding an empty tray for a while. With my poor eyesight I couldn't make out the small writing on the menu which was way back behind the till and everything turned out to be quite pricey but that was expected. Ordered a carrot and walnut cake, sausage roll, and a latte. My coffee was excellent, though I had to stand there with a loaded tray waiting for it as it was the slowest moving part of the process with only a single barista and machine. The susage roll was still hot and really tasty, and the cake was fantastic. Staff were friendly and helpful.