Based on 200 opinions finded in 2 websites
Based on 200 opinions finded in 2 websites
Nº 177 in 468 in South Oxfordshire
Nº 32 of 88 Other cuisines in South Oxfordshire
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Lovely warm welcoming atmosphere. Such a friendly pub Drinks are well priced and often there is pop up food
Kath Deane . 2024-12-13
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Excellent choice of beer. Loved it there
Ross Frazer . 2024-11-14
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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
Simon Wilcock . 2024-11-07
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Lovely pub bar, amazing bartenders, and servers. Everyone is friendly and nice to talk and chat, too. The atmosphere is amazing, especially during events such as Bunkfest, where there is live music until late. Great service with drinks with a range of options available from your standard drafts, to a few options of craft as well as spirits. Overall, nothing bad to complain about. The bar is clean and tidy, as are the toilet facilities. Will definitely be visiting again when I'm in the area!
Chloe Frankum . 2024-09-11
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Great place to have a drink. Nice atmosphere, good range of ales and different street food rotating what days they are there. Good value for money and a great beer garden. Highly recommend.
Peter MacDougall . 2024-09-07
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Great beer garden. Great beers. Great rotation of food trucks.
Greg Keen . 2024-08-12
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Friendly staff and great drinks. We waited for the food van to open at 3pm as advertised, but given up at 3.30pm as still getting ready. Shame, maybe next time.
Richard H . 2024-08-11
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Great pub. Regularly changing taps. They have different food trucks in the car park for food, which are always great too,l.
Richard Major . 2024-06-20
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Best pub in Wallingford, absolute privilege to have as a local. Very good beer with varied craft beer options by the week. Weekly local food vans with great food. Live music some weekends with fantastic atmosphere, beer festivals in the summer. Super friendly landlord and landlady and always made to feel welcome. 100% recommendation a visit!
Ross Collins . 2024-06-16
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Great vibe, the garden was nice and clean the whole place was tidy, food from the van was nice, definitely worth a visit and try out the selection behind the bar.
Annette Catling . 2024-06-12
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Simple pub with alcohol and crisps
Jane Stone . 2024-05-28
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Popped in for a delicious pint on the way home from work on Thursday! Big car park, lovely atmosphere, various rooms to sit in, loads of choice at the bar, plenty of punters in, even at 16:30! Always the sign of a good pub.Will return!
Paul Stannett . 2024-05-04
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Good choice of different beers on tap for such a little pub!
Jon Newton . 2024-04-25
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Great homely pub feel, good price and good choice of beer and cider.
Graham Jenkins . 2024-04-10
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Great beer and cider festival. Great atmosphere as usual. Always so welcoming and lovely.
Katie Southern . 2024-04-03
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Real nice pub with nice atmosphere and take away van out back
Danny Pullen . 2024-03-26
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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.
John Kirkpatrick . 2024-02-15
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Nice bar friendly staff and crowd
Patrick Binchy . 2024-02-06
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Lively and friendly pub with really well kept local ales. The pint of Oxblood from Little Ox Brewery was amazing and in perfect condition
Gus PW . 2024-01-31
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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..
Phillip Kemble . 2024-01-07
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Really good ales in a proper pub with some great food from a street food vendor.
Doug Haggart . 2024-01-04
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The pub has various food vans visit with some delicious menus and the bar staff are a pleasure.
Antony Dumper . 2024-01-02
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Friendly bar staff. Good range of soft drinks.
Rich Richie . 2023-12-21
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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
stewart fryatt . 2023-11-30
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I visited this pub for the first time Friday and it wont be my last visit. A warm friendly atmosphere.
Vikki Edwards . 2023-11-20
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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.
Tony Tiller . 2023-11-20
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Terrible language from regulars and bad attitude from the owner Much better pubs in wallingford. Would never come again
Sarahjane1w . 2023-11-08
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Lovely local pub. Good beer and very friendly.
Mark Bateman . 2023-09-26
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Good selection of beers, nice atmosphere.
john harris . 2023-09-25
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Best choice of ales in Wallingford. Good atmosphere, friendly staff. My go to pub!
Matt Wakefield . 2023-08-22
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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
Colin Millikin . 2023-08-08
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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.
Jonathan Lawson-Brown . 2023-07-20
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We love it here, great company and lovely food too!
Amy Roberts . 2023-07-15
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Great range of beer, friendly staff, good atmosphere.
Daniel Gillan . 2023-07-12
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Popped in for a pint, friendly and good service, just what you need!
Andrew Bailey . 2023-07-10
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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.
Chris Gledhill . 2023-07-09
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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.
Luke Woodward . 2023-06-27
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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!
chris hatton . 2023-06-17
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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.
Stuart Standbridge . 2023-05-08
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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.
Stuart Walker . 2023-05-03
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Excellent gastro pub, well kept real ale and super food well worth a visit
Frank Bowker . 2023-05-02
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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
matt18t . 2023-04-16
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Really nice little pub that has unique food sellers in the car park on different nights.
Danny Palmer . 2023-04-05
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Fantastic selection of beers and Ales, lovely staff and great snacks
Todd Ricketts . 2023-03-29
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3 or 4 stars??, depends when you go. Nice beer
Paul Beaumont . 2023-03-26
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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!
TravLen . 2023-03-23
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Lovely pub in Wallingford. Was there Sat 11th March. Great selection of drinks. Great surrounds. Welcoming staff.
christopher ethrerington . 2023-03-18
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Great pub, great landlord, friendly, helpful, and gets decent ales in every week. Probably the best pub in the area.
Paul G Bonnett . 2023-03-01
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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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
Beth . 2023-02-27
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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.
Lisa Milligan . 2023-02-19
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An absolutely fantastic pub, arguably the best in Wallingford.
Adam Yeats . 2023-01-19
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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
NickBuxton . 2023-01-08
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Warm and inviting little pub . Great staff , excellent real ales too . No loud music or tv's so you can actually talk to people !!
C pollard . 2022-12-31
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Wet lead pub. Very knowledgeable and friendly land lord
Martin Wigley . 2022-11-05
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Brilliant pub, great staff and great variety with the guest food vans 👍
David Lynn . 2022-11-01
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Great pub and lovely staff, would recommend
Joe Carter . 2022-11-01
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Great local. Friendly staff and a good range of food pop ups.
Nigel Everett . 2022-11-01
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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.
Paul Hicks . 2022-11-01
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Lovely pub. Beautiful beer garden out back.
Jaina Mistry . 2022-10-04
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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.
pat phillips . 2022-06-21
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Will miss the landlords here, fantastic service second to none. Hope to see Alex in the Swan soon.
Dean . 2022-04-24
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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.
will neighbour . 2022-03-16
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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.
Mario DA . 2022-01-15
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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.
Debbie Burke . 2021-10-22
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Friendly welcoming staff, gr8 atmosphere. We will be back
Tony White . 2021-10-02
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there are much better pubs in wallingford. try the dolphin or the boathouse and you may not get dissappointed
thoamsh95 . 2021-09-10
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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 :))
Sinead Quinn . 2021-06-13
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Local pub great garden friendly service! Must to visit!
Jane Turner . 2021-05-02
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Lovely Brakespeares Gravity, welcoming staff and great value food
Colin Mclarty . 2020-12-06
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Live music on the first Sunday of the month - Meet in the Middle are brilliant!
Chantal Cornelius . 2020-11-19
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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!).
AnniQuinn . 2020-09-15
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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
Voyager05998112583 . 2020-08-29
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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.
justbe1989 . 2020-08-26
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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.
dgfencing_82 . 2020-08-26
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Nice atmosphere, good beer and lovely staff, everything you want from a pub 😀
John Whelan . 2020-08-23
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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.
Beehendry . 2020-08-11
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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
selj97 . 2020-08-11
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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.
sianh478 . 2020-08-09
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Brilliant and very family friendly. Has changed so much for the better!
Lucy McGlynn . 2020-08-06
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Fantastic time listening to "meet in the middle"......landlord and lady worked real hard to make this successful.
Julia Smith . 2020-08-02
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Extremely welcoming pub for dogs, families and everyone in between. Great locally sourced food which never disappoints. Simon and Amy do an amazing job
stewart mclaughlin . 2020-03-08
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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 🙏👌
MrsBlake . 2020-01-25
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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!
Y8130BBmarkb . 2020-01-22
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Great Sunday lunch, well kept beers....ticks all the boxes for me!
Chris Gettings . 2020-01-03
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Great place with great beer and food
Claire Matthews . 2020-01-03
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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.
gettinc . 2020-01-02
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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!!
KatieH954 . 2019-12-29
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Great food great welcome great people!
Ben Roberts . 2019-12-26
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Food was lovely, nice family run pub with a homely feel
Gregg Houlden . 2019-12-20
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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...
Iain Campbell . 2019-10-25
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New couple really deserve to be supported here.
Janice Tomlin . 2019-10-17
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Fantastic World Cup Breakfast - open early, stove roaring and of course all the rugby on
Annemarie Mullins . 2019-09-29
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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!
Rutland1967 . 2019-09-15
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I used to love this pub and the new landlord seems to have taken it back to the pub I loved
Ian Kinns . 2019-09-06
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This pub has been transformed by the current management... top beer, excellent food and great atmosphere.
Cosmopolitan546417 . 2019-08-26
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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!
libertyboyd . 2019-07-19
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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.
Simon56239 . 2019-07-09
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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
Nichola J . 2019-07-06
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Great service and good selection of drinks
James Barrett . 2019-07-05
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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.
ChrisGreen1958 . 2019-07-03
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Lovely pub, fantastic food and fairly priced for the quality. Have eaten here 4 times, 3 in the private room at the front. Most recently we dined as a group of 9. Service was slow for a Tuesday night. Felt a little forgotten about. They didn't have the wine we wanted to order by the bottle, clearly popular. The reccomended alternative was excellent though. Food as ever was spot on though. Never had a bad meal here. Would absolutely recommend 👌
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Lovely vegan hot chocolate but you might go hungry if you have an allergy: I asked if any of the cakes was dairy free and they said they didn't know and wouldn't be able to find out.
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