Cross Keys in South Oxfordshire

Great homely pub feel, good price and good choice of beer and cider.

Great beer and cider festival. Great atmosphere as usual. Always so welcoming and lovely.

Real nice pub with nice atmosphere and take away van out back

Great real ales at reasonable prices. Food vans in the car park provide different options on different days - some really top quality companies. Good pub with a community feel

Fantastic, proper pub with different beers / ales / ciders every week. Have different food vans in the car park most nights. Brilliant landlord and team, a privilege to have as a local.

Nice bar friendly staff and crowd

Lively and friendly pub with really well kept local ales. The pint of Oxblood from Little Ox Brewery was amazing and in perfect condition

This is one of the best proper pubs I've found. It befitting of wallingford with the management taking a community first approach. Selection of cider beer and spirits is good all round. Parking in the area is a bit restricted, but the pub has a modest carpark. However, because it's normally fairly busy, it's normally fairly full. Keep up the good work cross keys..

Really good ales in a proper pub with some great food from a street food vendor.

The pub has various food vans visit with some delicious menus and the bar staff are a pleasure.

Friendly bar staff. Good range of soft drinks.

A fantastic Pub, Beer is fantastic and the food vendors are brilliant. Landlord and lady are amazing!! Ignore CAH review as sour grapes do not make good wine

I visited this pub for the first time Friday and it wont be my last visit. A warm friendly atmosphere.

We had a small office get-together Friday evening in the pub and the atmosphere was great, it brought back distant memories of evenings spent in the "local". It's a warm and friendly place and somewhere nice to catch up with friends. There was even a food van outside serving great food. Looking forward to going back soon.

Terrible language from regulars and bad attitude from the owner Much better pubs in wallingford. Would never come again

Lovely local pub. Good beer and very friendly.

Good selection of beers, nice atmosphere.

Nice white dog outside. I'm not going on though, I'm not mad.

Best choice of ales in Wallingford. Good atmosphere, friendly staff. My go to pub!

Went only for the chip van bought and took home Very generous portion (a large chips is too much for 2x people) nice and hot Would go again but at present not running while SODC and the pub sort out the paperwork...shame

Great local in Wallingford. Good selection of guest beers in combination with good food vans makes this a great choice. I've never had a local but will be making this our first.

We love it here, great company and lovely food too!

Great range of beer, friendly staff, good atmosphere.

Popped in for a pint, friendly and good service, just what you need!

Nice pub on the corner with a very large beer garden in the rear. They have a local crosse keys ale. There was also a kebab stall in the car park when we visited.

Lovely pub, we went cycling on an exceptionally hot day, so stopped in for a pint and ended up staying for 3. Lovely welcome from the bar maid, made us feel welcome and told us about the beer garden round the back and where we could store our bikes. They had a pop up food kitchen doing kebabs which were excellent and good value for money and large in size. The beer was on point and a good selection. It was a shame we had to leave to finish the rest of the bike ride.

The best thing that has happened to this pub in recent times is the change of ownership from the property speculators Brakspears to the pub enthusiastic Oak Taverns organisation, which are turning many lost cause former Brakspears pubs into popular & apparently thriving venues at long last in & arround the area!

Pub is always good with a great selection of ales on tap. We had food from the barbecue brothers food truck, food all looked good but pretty tasteless and £6 for 3 chicken wings is a bit extreme. If going for food from the various pop ups do some research into who are serving.

Love it here. Staff always very welcoming and Dave the landlord is great with all the customers. Different food vans in the carpark most nights makes a nice change too.

Excellent gastro pub, well kept real ale and super food well worth a visit

Good choice of different beers on tap for such a little pub!

Loved the cross keys has so much character staff are friendly and it's still a traditional, pub which hasn't been made into a poncy restaurant

Really nice little pub that has unique food sellers in the car park on different nights.

Fantastic selection of beers and Ales, lovely staff and great snacks

3 or 4 stars??, depends when you go. Nice beer

The Cross Keys is a wonderful pub in Wallingford. Under the new management, the place has been transformed and it now is exactly what a pub should be: friendly, enticing, fun and serving a great range of beers, ciders and spirits, as well as a good variety of bar snacks. The beers at the pump change regularly, offering something different to try. Although the pub doesn’t have its own operational kitchen, the new management arranges for high quality food trucks to stop in the car park, serving up dishes from several cuisines (check the website for which is there on each day). On warmer days and evenings, the garden is great to sit in, and the addition of a covered area at the back of the pub provides shelter for when it rains. The new owners are to be commended, and even in the short time since they’ve taken over, the Cross Keys has won several CAMRA awards. Most highly recommended!

Lovely pub in Wallingford. Was there Sat 11th March. Great selection of drinks. Great surrounds. Welcoming staff.

Great pub, great landlord, friendly, helpful, and gets decent ales in every week. Probably the best pub in the area.

No.1 Wallingford pub🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟by a long chalk. Our group has tried all the others. Here is 💯 % brilliant. Value for💰. Our group went here a year ago & ❤️loved it. Our group went again recently & ❤️d even more than ever. Beautiful revamp of decor keeping the old fashioned traditional feel of this 15th century pub (Grade 2 listed in 1988). Needs to remain Grade 2 listed indefinitely & protected from any developers in future. Fits in with historic town. Stunning set of rooms to choose to dine in, 2 rooms you wouldn't know were there unless you explored. Friendly landlord & landlady, wish them all the success here. They have put in so much of their heart & soul into the place. I hope they stay a very long time. Alcohol selection 👏 & snacks 👏. 🚻 clean. Again ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.

Passing through. Stopped for a quick drink. Very pleasant bar service. Nice lady with huge smile. Old and warm pub. Outside seating area. Nice and big. Had a Shawarma pop up that day visited in the carpark. Very good idea. Wish I had not eaten before. Smealt gorgeous.

An absolutely fantastic pub, arguably the best in Wallingford.

A friend and I were on a street photography trip to Wallingford to liven up a dark Winter day and we were seriously impressed by the Cross Keys. It’s now under new management and is really spectacular inside, with lots of lovey dark wood and curious antiquities. Dave has done a fantastic job on it. A lovely guy too and made us very welcome. He’s pitching it as a drinker pub and we think that’s a great decision. Lovely fresh beers on cask and keg. It was so nice to escape the pretty shocking weather and warm by the fire with an excellent pint of Rebel or Beavertown Neck Oil. They have a food truck come around so, best check first if one is turning up if you are hungry. Dave had no problem with us bringing a few stacks to eat which suited us perfectly. Better really, as a nipping into Waitrose is better and cheeper than most pub grub. This will certainly be our go-to pub in Wallingford, and the standard is indeed high with competition like The Keep. Please do excuse the heavy street edit on my shots of the place :-) Recommended

Warm and inviting little pub . Great staff , excellent real ales too . No loud music or tv's so you can actually talk to people !!

Wet lead pub. Very knowledgeable and friendly land lord

It's a great summer pub but not so much in winter. Doors open cold with no fire I have stopped going in. Shame really.

Brilliant pub, great staff and great variety with the guest food vans 👍

Great local. Friendly staff and a good range of food pop ups.

Great pub and lovely staff, would recommend

Lovely pub. Beautiful beer garden out back.

Pit stop after the cinema (Top Gun) Corn Exchange, a pint of Red Kite, a glass of wine, sat outside on a beautiful summers evening. Perfect.

Will miss the landlords here, fantastic service second to none. Hope to see Alex in the Swan soon.

The food was good, especially during the ‘substantial meal phase’. Im afraid the place now rather lives up to its previous rough reputation, the last two times I’ve chosen to go home early as some of the regulars were having a go at me and my friends. Every time I’ve asked for help I’ve been ignored. It’s a real shame to be honest because before these incidents I thought the place was getting better.

In winter only the four indoor rooms are available, but definitely cosy. Perfect for a pint with a few friends when you are looking for a nice place to chat without crowd noise.

I visited with a group of 14 for Sunday lunch. We were greeted and made to fell very welcome by the landlady. We enjoyed an excellent roast, which was cooked by her husband, the chef. They couldn't have done more to look after us all. Great value, very friendly and will definitely be back.

Friendly welcoming staff, gr8 atmosphere. We will be back

there are much better pubs in wallingford. try the dolphin or the boathouse and you may not get dissappointed

Had a lovely visit to the Cross keys .All covid guidelines in place so we felt safe and were served at our table in the spacious outdoor area . Cracking pint of Guinness too :))

Local pub great garden friendly service! Must to visit!

Lovely Brakespeares Gravity, welcoming staff and great value food

Live music on the first Sunday of the month - Meet in the Middle are brilliant!

Excellent customer service and food was brilliant. We ate outside on the decking under the lights (this pub garden gets the last bit of sunset of all the pubs in Wallingford!).

Popped to the keys last night. Even though we was very close to the kitchen shutting the kind landlord made us these two meals. Was really nice 😊 will definitely be visiting again

We just love this pub! Really great and affordable home-cooked food. The owners are always so welcoming. It is the kind of pub where you are always made to feel welcome whether stopping for a drink, playing a board-game or having a meal. Highly recommended.

We celebrated a friend's birthday here. There were 10 of us and 2 dogs. The service was good, the food was excellent and we all had a great time. Definitely worth a visit, and we'll be back for certain.

Nice atmosphere, good beer and lovely staff, everything you want from a pub 😀

Excellent meal out, both burgers were cooked to perfection and (despite the incredibly hot weather) we had perfectly chilled beers! Under great management who deliver a super friendly environment and will do above and beyond to ensure your visit is comfortable and enjoyable. Couldn’t recommend more, this was the perfect family-friendly pub and equally, is the perfect place to enjoy a quiet drink in the garden

I highly recommend the Cross Keys in Wallingford. Having eaten here a few times, I have always been more than satisfied with my meal. The food is fresh, prepared with care, presented beautifully, and full of flavour! I had the chicken burger which came with fresh salad garnish and scrumptious chips. Even the amendments I asked for (added cheese and bbq sauce) were accommodated with no trouble. The hosts, Simon and Amy, could not be more hospitable. They genuinely could not do more to make my visit enjoyable. They are friendly, full of humour - even on an extremely hot day! The systems in place for health and safety at this time are effective and work well to ensure people can visit safely and feel secure. You will not be disappointed.

We had a great welcome from the couple managing the pub, very friendly. Not sure I like the fact that the albeit rather cute dog had its paws on the bar. We sat by ourselves which was fine, but returned inside to eat. Corner table with wooden bench, fine but I would have appreciated a cushion. We ordered a burger and a beef and ale pie. The burger was ok, chips very nice but whatever happened to burger buns? Pretzel bun? The beef and ale pie came out with mash and cabbage. Veggies were ok but the gravy was little better than water, with no flavour. One expects a rich meaty gravy with a beef pie. The food was rather average, and I appreciate that we got 50% off, but would rather pay the price for better food. I read about the good sunday roasts so we will give it another try.

Brilliant and very family friendly. Has changed so much for the better!

Fantastic time listening to "meet in the middle"......landlord and lady worked real hard to make this successful.

Extremely welcoming pub for dogs, families and everyone in between. Great locally sourced food which never disappoints. Simon and Amy do an amazing job

We have visited several times since under the new Management (before it was diabolical!) and it is pleasing to see it brought back to its prime when Bob Wyatt was there 👍 and with so much more to offer! You could visit on a Sunday lunchtime and the roasts will beckon your attention! but then after lunch, the pub fills up with families who will spend the afternoon playing board games and have a great time - always a wonderful atmosphere and a welcoming place to be 🙏 Thank you Simon and Amy (and of course the boys are a delight and Milo will always be an adorable dog). I’m extremely fussy when it comes to food so I was thrilled when I found more than one dish on the menu that I liked 👌 Hubby loves squid and it can be easy to spoil but Simon gets it right every time! The chicken and chorizo pie was gorgeous as it wasn’t salty or rich (as you’d expect from this combo) and I look forward to having it again. But the one to brag about is the Keys Burger. I didn’t take a photo So I’ll do my best to describe... Served on a wooden board, with a side of coleslaw and a small bucket of chips, the burger was stacked so high, I couldn’t believe the price of it!! Presented beautifully, I was pleased the chips were unsalted, which allowed me to administer as I pleased, and the only thing I didn’t like on it was the red onion (as mentioned, I am fussy) but it looked like it should be there - a photo actually would do it justice! I know next time I will ask for it without onion, that’s exactly what I’d receive. I ate it all (except onion) and I was certainly full. Needless to say, I’d order that again and I know I’d love it again! Last night walking past, it was full with diners for Burns night. Looking forward to some live music this afternoon and Quiz next Tuesday. It really is the pub that keeps giving ☝️👌🎹🎷🎤 Those who know me, if I didn’t like something, I’d definitely say and rarely do I come across a place where it’s all perfect! Great work Simon and Amy. You’re the perfect hosts 🙏👌

This pub has always been one of the best pubs in Wallingford with the right landlord, keep up the good work. Great food and great beers!

Great place with great beer and food

Great Sunday lunch, well kept beers....ticks all the boxes for me!

This place is under new ownership and they have done great things with the place. The beer is well kept, and the Sunday lunch is generous, tasty and great value. We particularly enjoyed the mustard parsnips. We would definitely go again if staying in Wallingford.

It is so nice to have a The Cross Keys return to being a lovely, welcoming place. It went through a low patch for too long, but Simon and Amy have completely turned it around. It is friendly, accommodating and cosy. There’s a great garden to use in the summer and they are very pleased to cater for families, foodies and drinkers alike. It’s fantastic to see so many initiatives like Christmas film and pizza afternoon for children, pie nights, quizzes, Halloween parties etc. They are putting in so much effort and it really deserves to do well. Today we had a roast there. It was delicious and excellent value. We will be back....regularly!!

Great food great welcome great people!

Food was lovely, nice family run pub with a homely feel

The 2 stars must have been a mistake, as I have never has any issues with the Cross Keys, nice little pub. My running club used to have an annual meeting in the rear room of the pub and we were always well looked after...

New couple really deserve to be supported here.

Fantastic World Cup Breakfast - open early, stove roaring and of course all the rugby on

Only recently moved to Wallingford and the CK is my most local pub. I’d heard various rumours about how it used to be but Simon and Amy seem to have transformed it. Friendly locals, great food and a lovely atmosphere. Bunkfest was brilliant there!

I used to love this pub and the new landlord seems to have taken it back to the pub I loved

This pub has been transformed by the current management... top beer, excellent food and great atmosphere.

Such a lovely family run pub! Lovely to go for a couple of drinks on a nice evening in the garden or if it’s a typical rainy day by the fire is lovely! The food is amazing the burger is a must try! Will defiantly be back for more food!

Visited the Keys for the first time in several years on a recent Friday evening with a group of friends. The pub is transformed! The new tenants (and their excellent dog) are welcoming and friendly, with a "nothing is too much trouble" attitude to service.Inside,the decor is now much lighter and although it's still a small pub, this makes it feel larger inside - even when 13 of us moved from the garden to the back room (sorry!).The garden is now well-kept with safe play equipment for children and several tables to sit at. There's also a gate to keep little ones from heading out to the road. There are also tables outside the entrance set back from the road with umbrellas. Well-behaved dogs are welcome inside and out.We have yet to try the food, but judging by the unsolicited positive reviews we received from two other customers it goes down very well! We'll be back to give it a try soon. This is a great location for a pit stop on the walk into or back from town for anyone who lives in the west of Wallingford, and now equally good for a family-friendly evening drink.As a tied house you'll only find Brakspear bitter on tap, but it was well-kept and the Jericho particularly good. Good range of other drinks, including lagers, draft cider, and a range of wines, gins and spirits.It's really good to have a family local again. If you live in Wallingford and have been walking past the Cross Keys for a few years then it's definitely time to give it another go - and support the new tenants who are off to a great start.

Thanks to Amy and Simon for a lovely meal and such welcoming hospitality. It's great to see this place being revitalized. Our meal was fab and we treated ourselves to pudding which was delicious. We will definitely visit again

Great service and good selection of drinks

I have become a regular at the Cross Keys since Simon and Amy took the business on. Since then it has taken off and has developed a growing regular clientele of varying age and professional demography. It boasts a beautiful garden, fine food with the ingredients all locally sourced. I strongly recommend the Cross Keys to visitors to Wallingford and locals alike.

Really hope Amy and her husband are more friendly than Peter - a monster who ripped up our £20 note, with the Queen's head!

I have been very annoyed by the behaviour of the temporary landlord, Peter.

Very welcoming, pool table available @50p 😎 Chimney burning real logs and a great man pulling the taps. 👌

A brilliant pub. Best landlord in the county.

The pub has had a difficult time but is really going in the right direction. The new management seems to be getting everything right.

Proper local, community pub with a great landlord and well-kept beer.

We love this pub. It is run by a 'proper, no nonsense landlord who has a 'proper, no nonsense for and sells proper beer kept in the right way. There is a dart board and a pool table and a couple of good Indian restaurants within walking distance. What more could you want? One of our favourite pubs!

A small pub ŕight on a ròùñdabout

Stunning pub. Cracking Landlord. Lovely place to relax or watch the World Cup. Whichever takes your fancy. One room has a superb retro Victorian design immensely cosy.

First pub we found in Wallingford and given my colleague and I were both on motorcycles and arrived in the mother of all rainstorms it was a very welcome refuge.