The Blue Boar in West Oxfordshire

Our family visits the Blue Boar annually after attending the panto, making it a cherished tradition. In the past, we've always enjoyed excellent service and delicious food, which I've acknowledged in previous reviews. Unfortunately, this visit fell short of our expectations. We were seated at a table in the far end of the back room, near the entrance door, instead of our usual spot by the Christmas tree in the front room. This location was cold and drafty. We requested the heating be turned on, but it was turned off again shortly after. By the time our food arrived, we decided against moving to a different table. While the food remained excellent, the service was disappointing. After finishing our meal, it took 20 minutes for someone to clear our table, despite our attempts to get the staff's attention. Once the plates were finally removed, we had to wait again for a dessert menu. My young son eventually went to the bar to request one. After another 15 minutes without anyone coming to take our dessert order, we returned to the bar to place it ourselves. Throughout our meal, staff members frequently entered and exited the kitchen, yet none seemed to notice or check on patrons in our section. I shared this feedback when paying the bill, as no staff member approached our table for payment, and we had to do so on our way out. I wanted to provide more detailed feedback here. Overall, while the food remained excellent, I trust the service will improve during our next visit. We will definitely request a different table when making our reservation to ensure a more comfortable experience. Thank you.

Thanks so much for hosting birthday drinks as well as lots of different meals and gatherings for the past few months we've been working locally. Rally grateful.

What a lovely pub?! Great service, great food & good value. Highly recommend the pork belly. All the girls serving were wonderful & made my mum’s early birthday celebration exactly what I’d hoped for. Thank you 😊

Loved this place the food was amazing

Really lovely food and drinks. A bit more attention needs to be given to making sure chairs are clean- there were crumbs and other food in at least 4 chairs that we tried.

Visited on a Thursday evening and it was a busy period. Mentioned to the bar team that I was looking to order food but did not have a booking. They showed me where there was an empty table near the bar and gave me a menu. Ordered the Chicken, Ham & Leek pie and when it arrived it looked amazing and tasted even better. Quality of food, presentation and the friendly service put this experience up there.

What a great place to have a family meal , excellent food and we were looked after all afternoon.

Fabulous pub with a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. The food was delicious. The menu is a little limited, but that's outweighed by the great service, lovely food, and a welcoming atmosphere.

Unfortunately I had mouldy food on my plate. I had a cheese board and all of the grapes were shriveled and growing mould. Not sure how it wasn't noticed when they were put on my plate. When the waiter finally came over I did let him know but all he asked was "well was the cheese ok". The food did look really good but the kitchen staff obviously missed this somehow. Disappointing as it was also our birthday meal

Great little pub in Chipping Norton, the service was great and the food very was very good.

Jenny was great. Food was excellent

Been here 3 times and it never disappoints.

Very tasty food, a cut above most pub fare. Beef shin and duck confit were both excellent! The Youngs beer was well kept too. Highly recommended

Staff are friendly and extremely helpful and made us feel valued and we look forward to visiting again when in the Cotswolds. Service was efficient but we didn't feel rushed and food was high quality with generous portions

Excellent food and service. Thanks!

This was a very busy popular restaurant. We booked and turned up early. Staff were very accommodating and delivered a delicious Sunday lunch! Look Forward to a return visit!

Family get together as it’s half way between where we live. The food was poor. The starter of bread and olives was interesting… the bread was soft but dipping pot was pure olive oil which was disgusting… if it had been served with butter and /or balsamic would of been more palatable. The haddock and chips arrived with cold mushy peas an awful tasting curry sauce. The burger was dry and lacking flavour, a fast food restaurant would be a better option. The service was so slow that after we finished (and waited 20 minutes) we jokingly signalled the CCTV to clear the table. We also waited 15 minutes for drinks… it wasn’t busy. The desert menu was disappointing, a table of 6 with different tastes could not find a desert that they liked. I have been here before (on a Sunday) my advice would be give it a miss! Slow service, bad food and totally over priced!

We booked to have dinner here on a Wednesday evening. The food was lovely and cannot fault but the chef was seemed to be rather grumpy. They wouldn’t do a sauce for my husband to have with his nearly £40 steak, it only came with chips so would have been a bit dry. He needed up ordering the cod but then a few minutes later (literally minutes!) he changed his mind and the chef wouldn’t let him change as said he’d already started. The service just let it down for us considering the money we spent! Side note: My little girl had the pasta off the children’s menu which was just penne paste swimming in what seemed to be like a tin of tomatoes with some grated cheese on, she didn’t eat it!

Popped in for a few drinks, lovely atmopshere, comfortable arrangement, solid choice for decor. Good range on tap and bottles. I would recommend.

Nice pub in Chipping Norton town centre. Staff were busy but attentive and polite. Food was tasty and well priced. Would definately recommend.

The worst pub meal I have had for a long time. Meat Pie and chips. I tiny pie clearly mass produced served with a few large but undercooked chips and some cabbage. And this was £22 !! I will never eat there again.

Lovely good, great service in a wonderful location.

Good atmosphere, nice place .will come back again

A brilliant pub in the centre of Chipping Norton. Very authentic and the food was outstanding. Shin of beef highly recommended and service was impeccable: friendly without being intrusive. Overall, a very enjoyable experience.

Such a friendly, lovely and accommodating pub. There was a small mix up with our table booking time the staff couldn’t have been more helpful, sorting out another table for us and giving us a free drink for the misunderstanding. Food was fantastic, every dish looked lovely and the quality and quantity was perfect. We visited every pub whilst in Chipping and although I can’t complain about any of them, the Blue Boar was definitely our favourite ❤️

Amazing service and great food.

Friendly and well-run, with good choice of food options. Laid-back atmosphere where everyone was welcome, whether having a full meal or just a drink.

The beef shin was amazing. great wine great service in a beautiful pub in the Cotswolds. Would definitely recommend to anyone

Food was great, we ordered 2 burgers with fries…. Best fries in my life!!!

Beautiful bar, great atmosphere, outstanding food and friendly staff.

Lovely food, good service, as always.

Decent pint of Youngs. Bit pricey but so is everything in Chippy!!

Didn't eat as going elsewhere. But well thought out beers and wines and fun good staff.

Delicious food and incredible service. The restaurant is beautiful and unique

4 of us ate at the pub. We ordered 2 soups, 2 steaks, 2 sticky toffee puddings and 2 crumbles. The soups were nice. The steaks were poor value for the price and wasn’t very hot when served to us. We felt the steak meal needs more trimmings, it’s served with 4 vine tomatoes, a bit of rocket salad and fries. If it was served with peas and mushrooms, you’d feel the value for money was better. The sticky toffee pudding and crumbles were nice. Service at the pub was very slow. We felt a bit forgotten about. When given the menu, we were left for a long time before ordering. Especially when we were given the dessert menu, we waited so long my mother in law had to go to the bar to put our order in and remind them we were waiting to order. The pub does have a nice friendly atmosphere.

We stopped in here after this place was recommended by our hotel. The lady that treated us made us feel like we were an inconvenience because we didn’t have a reservation. When we asked for a suggestion on the the beer in tap she didn’t know anything about them. My husband ordered the ribeye steak medium rare and it came over cooked and really thin not worth the price. Honestly wouldn’t recommend this place.

Pretty good pub food, but I've had nicer steaks for less money.

I visited the Blue Boar for a catch up lunch with a work colleague on Friday lunch time. The service was very attentive. There was a good selection on the menu including some lunch sandwiches. I had the beef burger which was excellent, a very high quality beef patty. The chocolate brownie with salted caramel ice cream was also very rich and smooth. I would certainly recommend the Blue Boar.

Lovely place, food, service and staff all excellent. Highly recommended.

The most expensive pub I was in the Beer was awful left All most two pints behind

Called in here for Lunch. Staff were friendly and helpful. We had chicken wings and bruschetta to start. Bruschetta was lovely, the wings were ok. We then had a ham sandwhich and cheese sandwhich with some fries for main. Both were very nice.

Visited on a Sunday. Ordered a Sunday roast (beef) and Trout. Roast was ok, trout salad extremely bland (left it), fish was cooked nicely. Fish skin was soggy (shame). Had smoked mackerel and ham hockey starters. Ham hock was a massive portion, tasted nice but something was missing. Smoked mackerel was good. Price reasonable $65 for the 4 dishes. Wouldn't rush back

Be prepared to bring cycle clips because you will have your socks knocked off buy this place... FOOD IS OUTSTANDING. Cosy atmosphere and welcoming staff only downside is we haven't found this place sooner.

Out of all the burgers I’ve tried this had surpassed them all it was lovely !!

We ended up here after going to The Crown and Cushion hotel just opposite - only to be told the ' don't do lunches '. Huh ?? A hotel that doesn't ' do ' lunches ?? OK...A little weird but.... So we went to The Blue Boar and aren't we glad that we did. A lovely, laidback pub atmosphere, super-friendly and efficient staff, and a great lunch from a fairly comprehensive lunchtime menu. Give it a try - we're sure you'll enjoy it as much as w did

Had Sunday lunch in the Blue Boar. We arrived early and the staff made our table available with no fuss at all. Taking the dog was no problem at all. My partner had the roast beef which she loved and I had the chalk stream trout fillet which was perfect. We managed to share the sticky toffee pudding which had a delicious sauce. The service was superb and the whole experience was wonderful, thanks to the whole team at the Blue Boar!

Warm and inviting public house waitress was friendly kind and efficient. The meal (fish) was over cooked and inedible.

We were given a very nice table in this lovely pub. We were eating pre-theatre and so very pleased that the service was prompt and attentive as well as friendly. The food was very good. The poached pear with stilton and walnut starter was particularly delicious.

Menu selection after the bank holiday was really small, after asking if they had any specials we were told what did we expect they don’t get deliveries on a bank holidays Monday - well we expect better planning! We drove an hour to have a nice meal in the Cotswolds with friends and it was below average.

The food was delicious, food was great and the atmosphere was lovely ! definitely recommend

Was a real shame as we love this pub but the roast dinner was pretty poor this time. 2 roast potatoes each and the chicken was dry. Limited gravy and the cauliflower cheese was lacking cheese which is pretty key to the dish. There was an issue with the toilets also being out of use, which is of course unfortunate and not necessarily someone's fault, but we were told 'You need to move now cause of the plumber.' Having just been sat by the waiter, I am sure there could have been a better way of phrasing that we had to be reseated. I also had to go back to the original table to get our drinks. After this, a really friendly waitress did come across and apologise but overall it was a pretty rushed experience and my wife had a really bad stomach afterwards and it was all she had eaten all day. Hopefully just a one off as it is a great pub.

Epic spot in Chipping Norton. Loved the flowers outside. Nice stop on our road trip.

Food was outstanding and service amazing. Will certainly be back.

Couples weekend. Visited on Saturday for drinks, super pretty pub inside and outside. Sat out the front - what a sun trap! Lots of locals, they were super friendly. Pre booked Sunday lunch prior to mini break after reading reviews. Seated promptly in a lovely dining area. Lunch was lovely and we were served super quickly. Could have done with being slightly warmer but fine, we could have asked for it to be reheated should we have wanted. Minor comment, during our meal none of the staff enquired whether the food was okay or offered extra drinks and we had to find them to ask for extra gravy. Hence knocked a star off. Overall a good Sunday lunch in a beautiful pub!

Super lovely pub. The best fish n chips ever. The cider soaked batter was outstanding. Definitely worth a visit.

On holiday made to feel very welcome

Excellent service and excellent food. Booking made late in the day online but this did not detract from the experience and I would definitely recommend. Great job guys. Thank you.

A group of 21 of us visiting the Cotswolds for golf, and this year we chose the Blue Boar for our group dinner. Great menu choices, high quality food and fantastic service. Highly recommend.

Wonderful eating experience. Staff were really helpful and friendly. Food was amazing and would recommend the Mackerel starter. Just a lovely evening and would definitely recommend.

Great pub with lovely food. We hadn't booked but called in on the off chance they could fit us in. With it being a busy Saturday evening I thought we'd be out of luck but the lovely staff sorted us a table. £70 for 2 adult main meals, a kids meal, 2 desserts, a scoop of ice cream and 3 soft drinks is a little pricey but that's just the norm these days so going here is a treat rather than a regular thing.

This is a lovely pub with fantastic food. DOG FRIENDLY!! The outside is deceiving, as it appears small outside but once you go inside there seems to be space and seating area throughout. The atmosphere was great, typical British pub with friendly greetings, excellent customer service and friendly customers. The food itself was incredible. The menu is basic, but don’t take that as a negative, after all it’s a pub and doesn’t need to be complicated. With that being said, the food is amazing, hot, fresh and delicious. I purchased the burger on our visit and wow, cooked to perfection, portion size is generous and quality is undoubted the best I’ve had in any pub. I have read previous reviews and not sure why someone has mentioned no option for a tab as there certainly is. That being said, given the area of country I frequent I would suggest best practice for any business is for customers to pay in advance. Parking can be difficult but fortunately there is a free council car park near by. Yeah you read right, free and council in the same sentence, what!?!? In any case, comments again about parking, this is an old historic town, built way before modern cars, so it will be hit and miss. This will definitely be on our list of places to visit on our next visit to the Cotswold! Thank you, keep it up!

Lovely little pub and food was amazing. Service was great too.

Had high expectations but it was just ok. Table we had was not great, next to the loo and walkway and it felt quite dark. Food was ok, not poor but not great either. Service was a little slow but that didn’t matter as we weren’t in a rush. Staff were very pleasant. Didn’t pass the vibe check.

Gluten and dairy free options were outstanding as well as regular options.

Thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the Blue Boar chipping norton. Very helpful and professional staff. Lovely relaxed atmosphere nothing was too much trouble. Clean. Food was fabulous. Staff very friendly. Thank you.

a nice venue , very helpful staff food was poor , we have eaten here on several occasions I had the sausages but no red wine jus just weak gravy they probably put on the Sunday dinner . leaks as side were raw so inedible . My partner had the vegetarian wellington and was under whelmed. i think for the prices charged they could do a lot better

Food was really good here, the service was a bit slow and good portion sizes

Did not have food. Good beer and welcoming staff.

Second time here. Solid food, attentive happy service. Good choices

I have looked at some of the other reviews and exactly the same thing happened to us when we tried to eat, only it was after spending £60 on drinks. The bar area had plenty of free tables, one of which we were seated at, and the back dining rooms were about a third full. I accept we didn’t have a reservation to eat, but the place was not overcrowded and there was no clear sign of an exodus, or a load of bookings on the way. The barman was quite rude and dismissive to us as ‘walk-ins’ (a term he used repeatedly). Seems like taking £60 for our drinks didn’t elevate us to dining status, so we went to the Fox who were twice as busy, twice as welcoming and managed to engage with us sensibly and agree that they could accommodate us after a short wait, which we were invited to do standing at the bar. I wasn’t looking for a charm offensive from the guy behind the bar in the Blue Boar, but he at least could have tried to be interested.

Great Pub, amazing food and superb staff. Thank you all for a great tie.

Turned up on Sunday, as a party of 12, with no prior booking. They fitted us in, told us that the kitchen was busy, so there will be a wait. However it only took about 30 mins or so. All the dinners arrived hot, the roast belly of pork was excellent, so was the accompanying vegetables. We were all very impressed, even though busy the staff were friendly and competent when taking orders. Best roast I’ve had for a long time.

Few things missing on the menu, no traditional beers. Just underwhelming really. The staff were very pleasant.

Exceptional Service and Food at The Blue Boar in the Cotswolds We had an outstanding dining experience at The Blue Boar, located at 1 Goddards Ln, Chipping Norton OX7 5NP, in the beautiful Cotswolds. Our waiter, Elena, was incredibly attentive and pleasant, making us feel welcome and well-cared for throughout our meal. The food was exceptional, with every dish surpassing our expectations. Overall, it was a fantastic experience, and we highly recommend The Blue Boar for anyone looking for top-notch service and delicious cuisine in the Cotswolds.

We had an evening meal here with friends. The atmosphere was really relaxed and the food was very nice. A slight issue over preferences of two starters of mackerel was instantly dealt with politely and quickly. All of the meals were to a high standard and the staff looking after us could not do enough. Would recommend.

We had an outstanding dining experience at The Blue Boar, located at 1 Goddards Ln, Chipping Norton OX7 5NP, in the beautiful Cotswolds. Our waiter, Elena, was incredibly attentive and pleasant, making us feel welcome and well-cared for throughout our meal. The food was exceptional, with every dish surpassing our expectations. Overall, it was a fantastic experience, and we highly recommend The Blue Boar for anyone looking for top-notch service and delicious cuisine in the Cotswolds.

Food excellent, however service was slow, not terrible but you always had to try and catch the attention of staff as they dashed around. Looks like staffing levels kept to absolute minimum.

stayed in the area visiting from the States. perfect pour on the Guinness made my trip before it was even started 👍👍

Tea £3.95 June 2024. Too much. Gents toilets grubby. Water leaking on floor. Damp on walls. Toilet seat hanging off hinges. On reflection of toilets. Imagine what the rest of the place is like. Neglected and in need of yearly maintenance.

Loved everything about the place!

Nice lunch spot in Chippinng Norton. We ate here during an onward journey.

Great pub lunch and surroundings.

Lovely food and great decor! Service was first class. Highly recommended

Very pleased we visited. Bit pricy, but everything was great

Very helpful and friendly staff, delicious food and great choice of drinks too

Ever had one of those times when you're really looking forward to going somewhere and then you encounter a really rude member of staff that spoils your night and you end up thinking 'I'll not be coming back here' ...? Well, if you're looking forward to a nice night out, my advice would be to give this place a miss.

Nice pub with a good range of beers and friendly service. The food was really poor though.

Last minute booking. All 3 of us really enjoyed. It was lovely in the conservatory area.

Can't knock this place for the food, it was really good, unfortunately they did not have everything on the menu which was disappointing, especially as it was not very busy. Service was slow, it was not busy so I don't know why this was. Generally really nice place, however when we came in the bar was stacked of used glasses and the toilets were not clean with overflowing bins, understandable if it were busy but it was not. Still a 4 out of five.

Only had one pint so don't feel I can judge it was very clean staff were quick and efficient but it was quiet .

Really lovely food and pub, friendly staff and the margarita spritz was amazing!!

Lovely roast’s! The burger was nice too. Good service, would visit again! :)

We paid £72 for 1 starter 1 bottle of wine and 2 roast dinners and it was absolutely delicious thoroughly recommend reason for 3 stars on atmosphere because it was very quiet so hard to judge but the pub itself was lovely

Best fish and chips in Chubby with a great vibes.

Absolutely gorgeous place. Very polite and sincere staff. Food was divine. Genuilny couldn't fault a thing.

I had the very disappointing 3 meat Sunday roast option. The slice of pork was pathetically small with no cracking, the smallish piece of chicken had been murdered, and the small offending of beef was chewy. Looking round the table, paying the extra for 3 meats resulted in having less meat. Top heavy on price for a sub standard offering.

Food: 2 mains; Pork Belly & Ham, Chicken and Leek Pie. Excellent tasty food which we both really enjoyed. Only slight grumble would be that both meals came with only one veg (cabbage) Service: attentive, helpful and friendly staff, especially Jenny who looked after us. Atmosphere: we were seated in a conservatory style area, which unfortunately was a bit on the cold side. We asked to be moved to another table, which Jenny sorted for us.

Great attention to special diets, friendly service

An excellent evening!! The food was delicious. Every course was beautifully presented and very well balanced. The service was above and beyond. Looking forward to my next visit. Thank you very much!!

Lovely cosy pub. Food was top notch and services was attentive and pleasant. We're lovely to our toddler and big choc lab.