The Chequers in West Oxfordshire

We stayed in the village in an airbnb and this pub is an absolute delight, really lovely friendly staff and excellent food too!

In contrast to some recent reviews, we had a great meal. Buzzy bar, busy restaurant, friendly staff and warm ambience. Brisket bites great. Mussels good. Calves liver and braised beef cheek both great.

The Chequers never fails to please, every aspect is well chosen and well presented - we are lucky to have this as our 'Local'.

A lovely country pub, amazing open fire 🔥, waitress was excellent, friendly service, food was outstanding, nicely presented, Comfortable atmosphere. Dog friendly in the bar area.

Great atmosphere and service. A nice traditional pub with a lot of space for big groups. Food was an elevated version of typical pub food. Recommended.

Overpriced , and average at best . 2 mains unavailable and a couple of other plates and two wines unavailable .A shame as we were hoping for better and wanted to give it a chance . Better elsewhere. On a positive the decor was fine .

Walked in on Saturday afternoon with no reservation and luckily got seated. Highly recommend this place for food in cotswold. Service was great, food amazing. Very happy with my experience. Book advance to avoid disappointment

Very good food and wine, but most important, a really helpful and knowledgeable waitress. We will return.

I visited The Chequers on Monday 28th for a birthday meal for my partner. The pub itself is lovely and was relatively busy, even for a Monday. The staff were attentive and even put a candle in the dessert. I’ve rated the food a 3/5 because the restaurant were out of a lot of the dishes. I understand some dishes may not be available but it was 6 dishes which is a lot. Perhaps it was a timing or supply issue (which can’t be helped), a courtesy call to inform us that the menu was limited would have been nice. Particularly as the dishes were largely the ones we went for. The food we ended up having was really good though. I had the fish and chips which was great. My partner had the pork chop but swapped the beans for mash which was very accommodating of the kitchen. Overall I’d definitely go back and would recommend.

Very good food. Dogs will welcome here. Nice mix between pub and restaurant.

Went for my partners birthday treat on Saturday 26th October. A lovely experience from start to finish, the decor and seating was lovely, very friendly waiting staff especially the man who took our order and payment, I didn’t catch his name - but was wearing a pink shirt. (Hopefully he sees this) the food was wonderful, beautifully presented and extremely tasty. A wide selection of wines and cocktails, which we very much enjoyed.

We had a fantastic evening at the Chequers. Wonderful and friendly staff, the seafood was beautifully cooked and fresh. Lovely venue with delicious cocktails 🍸. Definitely will return. Thank you ✨️💖

Best pub food I’ve had in ages, every single one of my dining party were delighted with their meals and staff so friendly - thanks for a wonderful evening!

Another wonderful meal. Service is always super, as is the food. Still the best fish and chips I’ve had. Really great for my celiac mother too - great gluten free options. Look forward to my next meal. Many Thanks!

Sunday lunch here was EPIC!! Staff very friendly and helpful. Food ao yummy we are all still talking about it today (and longer I'm sure). We would all travel back again for another helping of thar deliciousness! Thank you.

My goodness, what has happened to this place? Wednesday evening at 8;30 pm. A total of 4 people in the bar and restaurant. Absolutely zero atmosphere: No open fire Lights on fully bright Music so low it could not be heard No fresh flowers It felt clinical and reminiscent of a Doctor's waiting room. There are rumours that it is going to be sold. I do hope so. In need of a fresh injection of ideas and management. The menu hasn't changed for years. The Chequers was one of the first decent gastro pubs in the area. It has rested on its laurels while a number of far better alternatives have sprung up locally and taken away business. The Fox, Wild rabbit, The Plough, The Bell, The Bull etc.

This is a beautiful restaurant and perfect place to enjoy British food! Being a popular place, getting reservation is highly recommended. Food was good. We had a late lunch, so they were out of some stuff, but overall a good experience and recommended place!

A lovely pub in a very picturesque part of the world. It looks the part inside and the food and service were both very good.

Really superb! Only constructive feedback from the group was to request a little more garlic and sauce on the mussels.

Had dinner here with friends and family - wonderful experience and good food.

Nice for an early evening pint....

What an incredible lunch we had. I hosted 14 people for lunch and the team at The Chequers were unbelievable. The food was amazing, the service was fantastic. The team, seamlessly worked their way through everyone. The feedback from everyone has been nothing but positive. Thank you so much

Good food but an extremely long wait for the main course

Came here as a family of four with our dog for a late afternoon Sunday roast. Wow, what a beautiful pub. The service and food were excellent, and it was the best roast we have ever had.

The food was absolutely fantastic, excellent, friendly staff. We would definitely recommend it & will be back to try more of the menu. Can't wait!

Caught up with family friends, after 20 years for my mother-in-law. Staff were very accommodating since we weren't in a rush. The food was delicious and the service was good.

Great local pub full of atmosphere. We enjoyed Friday dinner and had a full 3 courses. All delicious - devilled kidneys cheese soufflé monkfish curry fish 'burger' and Eton mess and stick toffee for dessert .

Great food, lovely atmosphere, staff really attentive. We had the monkfish curry and the burger, both were fabulous. Definitely recommend a visit.

Best service, I will definitely be back!

Spent an enjoyable afternoon catching up with friends. The food was delicious and filling. The service was friendly and efficient. We stayed for hours as we had a lot to catch up on, but this was not a problem at all. Highly recommended.

Excellent service and ambiance. Good food and very pleasant staff .

I have been to the Chequers several time and always found it reliably excellent; Food, wine, service are all top-class, while it is a proper pub and happily has not turned into a gastropub, which in my experience means odd mixtures of food and long waits; (" Our chef is personally cooking your dimmer- it should be with you in half an hour'). Forget Daylesford; go the The Chaquers David WdeB

Interesting place, very convenient just outside Chipping Norton in a pretty village. A warm welcome from attentive staff. A lovely pub and you immediately feel at home. Unexpectedly, the disappointment was the food, rather average pub grub. One soufflé was cold in the middle, the thick batter on the haddock wasn’t cooked and the warm salmon salad wasn’t warm at all; however, the devilled kidneys starter and liver main course saved the day. An excellent wine list. To survive in the Cotswolds, with so many eateries, you have to be on top of your game every day!

Superb food and service. We were a table of 4, 2 of which love a roast dinner and 2 who never have roast dinners! The menu was perfect for all of us. Will definitely visit again. Thank you.

Food was nice. Steak cooked just as we requested but missing some vegetables. Desserts were lovely. We had the marathon pudding and lemon posset. Dog friendly and the staff were very welcoming.

Fabulous Sunday lunch, one of the best we've had. Everything was very tasty and cooked perfectly. The servings were generous and the staff very attentive and friendly. We would certainly be back if only we lived closer!

Came here sat evening for my mums birthday the place was even better then we thought it would be amazing venue lovely vibe about it and the staff are amazing one of the best meals and evenings iv had out in a long time the food is outnof this world and delicious the staff are an absolute credit to the place lovely and helpful and couldn’t do enough to make sure we had a lovely evening couldn’t recommend going here more 10 ⭐️s thank you all again and see you soon

Wonderful dinner with the family on Friday night. Great wine and beer selection, food was sensational and really generous kids portions as well.

Quick refreshment stop on a warm sunny day, and they sell Hawkstone

Really lovely restaurant, loved the atmosphere and the food was 10/10, would definitely go back

We recently visited this pub and initially had a great experience. The pub itself is lovely with a warm atmosphere, and the service started off well. However, things went a bit downhill when the waiter brought out the wrong order. We had ordered two cheeseburgers (clarified this twice before it went to kitchen) but were instead given two chicken burgers. Although this was a little frustrating and we did point this out, we were easygoing and decided to eat them rather than send them back as didn’t want to make a fuss. When the bill came out it charged us for the more expensive chicken burgers (that we didn’t order). After pointing this out, the bill was adjusted to the price of what we originally ordered, but we still felt more could have been done to compensate for the mix-up. We ate a meal we did not want and did not order and paid full price for it. While the lady kindly knocked off the service charge as a gesture, it felt a bit tight to pay full price for a meal we didn’t ask for. We were totally understanding of the mix up and accommodating. However, the waiter seemed annoyed at us, gesturing to her colleagues in frustration with us. We were made to feel uncomfortable and that we were somehow in the wrong for their mistake. All in all, it wasn’t a terrible experience, but these little details definitely affected our overall impression. Hopefully, the management takes note to ensure future customers have a smoother experience and learns not to make the accommodating customers feel in the wrong for the staffs mistakes.

Saturday evening dinner. Just lovely! Beautiful interior, super pretty pub with a lovely outdoor area too. Staff were friendly and helpful. Our meals were delicious. Lovely atmosphere too. Minor comment, such a beautiful building and restaurant it would benefit from staff all wearing a uniform. But that didn’t distract from great food! Scotch egg - runny and cooked to perfection! Husband loved the calves liver. Thank you Chequers!

Fantastic food and service with a great cozy atmosphere!

Amazing food, we had Sunday Lunch, 18th Aug. Good value, excellent atmosphere.

It's just a bit pricey. But I'm not cotswolds rich. Delicious food. They do a steak tartar type thing, which is beyond fantastic. One of those things you eat then find yourself daydreaming about at odd times afterwards. I'm coming back. On second thoughts not expensive for the skill they bring. Thank you guys.

I took my wife and son for dinner at the Chequers last night as it was his birthday. We live nearby, but hadn’t been there for a long time, and if you’re paying a lot of money for food that you could cook at home, it has to be special. I was very disappointed. The pub is really nice inside and there was no problem with the service. I had an old favourite, devilled kidneys, as a starter and although the kidneys were beautifully, soft, they were unlike any devilled kidneys I had had elsewhere or cooked myself. They were covered in some sort of brown gravy, which was too salty and quite oily, without the usual piquancy associated with this dish. The main course was monkfish curry, which appeared to resemble a Thai green curry - it was green - but which had a strange gloopy texture, no real depth of flavour and was also far too salty. It reminded me of a jar of supermarket cook-in sauce I once bought on a recommendation but then regretted. It was sad because it is a nice place but I won't be eating there again.

Great place to eat. Baby and dog friendly. Staff are lovely and the food is delicious!

Been to this place countless times. Experiences have been mixed but generally good. I took family who are visiting but two of us had the baked cheese soufflé and ended up with terrible tummy issues. The other 2 meals were ok and the fish and chips was very good. Such a shame about the soufflé though and don’t think I’ll rush back any time soon ☹️

A great pub and the food was sublime. Well worth a visit!!

I would highly recommend Chequers @ Churchill. Five star food, fine ales, flagstone floors and friendly faces. Fantastic!

Really great pub, super atmosphere and vibe. Went on a Sunday which was a little busy but still delicious food. Great stop on the way to the Cotswolds.

Birthday lunch. Friendly welcome, great staff, food & drink both wonderful. Wish we could have stayed all afternoon. Will definitely return & try Sunday lunch.

Lovely pub with great service which we stumbled upon on out drive through.

Great food and a lovely place to stop off

Absolutely shocking service during the booking process, we cancelled before we even got to the pub. I booked for a large party, the booking was confirmed the next day, so no issues. Within a few days the numbers reduced slightly therefore I e-mailed straight away to notify of the change. I heard nothing for over a week so e-mailed again, still no response, I tried ringing over and over again but no one picked up. I submitted the form on their website and another pub in the chain responded to me to say they would pass the message on. They confirmed the reduction in numbers that night. I was told when I booked that we would need to pre-order and that they would send the Summer menu out to me, which was fine, however with 2 weeks to go before our booking, still no menu. Again I e-mailed several times with no reply. I finally had a response to say the menu would be with me by Friday, it turned up on Saturday, but was an extremely limited 'Function' menu. Nothing on the menu appealed to any of the party, but when we asked if as we were pre-ordering we could choose from the bar menu, we were told no. As we were 13 in the party, the Function' menu is applicable for over 12 . They would not flex in the slightest. We were extremely concerned at the type of service we would receive when we did get to the pub if they couldn't even sort the booking out. So with only 4 days to go before the 'Function we have luckily managed to book into a much more amenable pub. Thanks for nothing Chequers, and if that is how you treat your customers, I'm sure you won't be in business much longer.

Best Sunday Lunch I’ve ever had!!

Delightful staff, very pleasant ambience+ fabulous lunch

Stunning. A little expensive but well worth it.

The best roast dinner. Sticky toffee pudding desert 10/10 Great service Great atmosphere Will definitely be rushing back

A large family get together for Sunday lunch…with so many different dietary requirements! The team were brilliant, the food was excellent and we all had a great day together. Thank you

Brilliant meal, service and setting. Quality on a plate.

This has gone off a bit. It was not full, but it took nearly 15 minutes to deliver our first drinks, and then had to ask for further drinks. Food was okay. It felt as if staff were just going through the motions, and no passion at all.

Beautiful place with delicious food. Would 100% recommend.

We’ve met friends here for lunch on several occasions and yesterday’s was the most disappointing. Food was very good as we’ve come to expect. Drinks slightly overpriced but the service was poor. After several minutes we had to ask for drinks on arrival and after a very long wait for desserts we said to cancel them but were told they would be with us in two minutes. The staff seemed to lack leadership. For the first time ever we elected not to pay the 12.5% service charge.

All fine, except *extremely* slow service, despite pub not being busy. Eventually had to leave when pudding arrived, which wasn’t taken off bill

I thoroughly enjoy coming here. I visit each time I am in the Cotswolds and I am never disappointed. A wonderful pub/restaurant.

Having been before and loved it, we took friends last night. It was disastrous! We waited over an hour for our starters and another 45 mins for our mains. The waiting staff were very good but clearly stressed. It was just so disappointing.

This place is a bit of a contradiction. Pub or restaurant? Local eatery or aspirational venue? A very informal ambience, but serving really excellent dishes. A noisy drinkers' pub bar, but a surprisingly extensive wine list worthy of a Michelin star restaurant, offering a huge range of price points to suit most tastes and pockets. However the service is unambiguously shoddy. Both the staff we encountered were sloppy, slow, inefficient and badly trained. We were gestured casually towards a table rather than shown to it. We waited well over 5 minutes after ordering our drinks. Our server had poor knowledge of dishes - had to check with the kitchen on both our questions. Gentleman served before lady, not once but twice! Just pretty poor front of house overall, and the whole atmosphere seemed a bit rushed and disorganized. All things to all men? or badly missing the mark of whatever it's trying to be? I'm not sure it matters if the food and wine are all that matters to you, because both are excellent.

Great food, brilliant service and a very nice atmosphere to enjoy an evening meal. This pub is great for all types of occasions and groups, family, couples and parties.

I live in the heart of the Cotswolds, and have eaten at so many different top end Cotswold pubs for Sunday lunch over the years, but I have to say right now The Chequers in Churchill is without doubt the best pub in the Cotswolds for a great Sunday lunch. The dinners are always hot, plenty of veg, and the roast potatoes are amazing, and unlike most pubs these days they give you a good portion of meat on your plate too. Cannot recommend this pub enough - best for Sunday lunch hands down. Great atmosphere, friendly, staff are great too. Plus some great beers & wines to accompany your meal too.

As someone who is gluten free, it can be difficult to find restaurants that not only accommodate but do so with care and attention. Vincent (we’re guessing!) provided the best experience I have ever had as someone gluten free. The whole menu was explained in detail and the love of food and ingredients was incredibly apparent. An amazing experience with absolutely delicious food. I cannot wait to come back.

Visited on Saturday with another couple and a toddler. The staff was really friendly and made sure all of us had a great time. The food was great (steak was exquisite!) and the atmosphere was lovely.

Very impressed. Very professional set up. Food was excellent, staff were very attentive and friendly. A great experience, I would highly recommend this restaurant, and plan on booking a table here again when we are staying in the area.

First-time visit and will definitely be back. Cosy, welcoming atmosphere with exceptional food. The staff take pride in their service, and the owner was enthusiastic, suggesting his favourite dishes, which we loved. We visited on a Saturday lunchtime with a dog and had a wonderful dining experience from start to finish.

We visited on a Tuesday afternoon so the pub was quiet, but it still felt special as a destination. The food was super... The cheese souffle was stunning, really tasty. The risotto and burger options were very good. Great service too. Top stuff!!!

A lovely meal in a pleasant environment. Recommended.

Food was great value, busy but not loud pub. Staff very nice and friendly with time to talk. If we were local this we would be regulars

Absolutely delicious Sunday Lunch! We booked a large party of 10 for Sunday lunch and we were given a space upstairs which was perfect. We were able to preorder our meals and the staff were extremely helpful with our orders and suggestions for wines and additional sides to our meals on the day. They were super friendly and couldn’t do enough. The food was absolutely delicious, all came out together and on time. The Yorkshire pudding and veggies were so good. They were able to accommodate for two vegetarian options which was great. Will definitely be coming back

We were given a very warm and personal welcome by Vincent. The staff were all very friendly and attentive. We ate a delicious monkfish curry and a huge and tasty lamb chop. Definitely recommended.

Fantastic Sunday meal at The Chequers - will be making the trip to visit again!

Absolutely wonderful food and great drink selection! One of our all time favorites! Also possible with children.

Had a fantastic meal today with my Daughter, Grandson and Sister. Food amazing and service was first class.

Two old school friends each traveled 70 miles from different directions to meet for lunch. The welcome, service and food were all excellent. We’ll dine here again.

Best food we’ve had in ages. We both had the chicken kebabs with flatbread and sides of fries, coleslaw and salad. The manager was really helpful and hands on. Will definitely go again

Amazing place, went on Sunday for a roast and couldn’t be more satisfied. Staff was amazing and the food was to die for, will definitely return for the other dishes that looked amazing. Highly recommend reservation.

Really lovely restaurant and delicious food. I recommend the cheese souffle starter!!

Lovely old style pub worth a visit

Vincent and his team are absolutely amazing. We had a spotless dinner in a wonderful restaurant

Had a delicious lunch with good service in a really lovely restaurant

Lovely place to stop for food and drinks on our biking trip, staff were brilliant

Amazing food and drinks, brilliant service. I highly recommend making a trip out to this beautiful restaurant.

When to this beautiful pub at Churchill fantastic food and drinks lovely staff and it was happy hour which was a bonus,enjoyed every minute of our time thank you for a gem of a pub.

Food was a little underwhelming after various friends had said it would be so good.

If I could choose 0 stars I would. Staff is super unhelpful and refused to take any food orders. After being told the kitchen is at capacity and orders can only be placed after 45min, we waited to order just to be told we won’t be served. Absolutely ridiculous and unhelpful service.

Brilliant food, especially the Sunday roast. Good selection of beers too.

Great place. Manager runs it well. Friendly atmosphere.

First time eating here after several years of planning to but never being organised enough to book in advance. Food was delicious - we had the cheese soufflee (which got top marks for cheesiness from my daughter), mackrel and apple salad, the cod loin and wild garlic special (which was fantastic) and the banoffee pot for desert. Have eaten at dozens of pubs and restaurants in the area and this is one of the best for overall balance of food, relaxed atmosphere and service.

This was a special occasion lunch and it really fitted the bill. Everything was excellent, great food and great service served in a beautiful location.

Stopped for a drink - lager was good.

We visited for a family lunch, lovely food with myself being coeliac staff were very knowledgeable and abliging with gluten free menu they have a separate fryer which is always a tick from me! Thank you