The Crown in Vale of White Horse

Attentive and thoughtful waiting staff made this a pleasant evening

Best pub in Woodstock for drinks and nibbles. The small plates are gorgeous. Staff are always lovely and welcoming.

Lovely staff and great food, especially the roast. We’d definitely go back.

We visited the Crown on Sunday . We felt customer service was poor, we waited 20 mins before we had to go and ask if anyone was able to take our order only to realise the table behind us who came in before us had also not ordered food either. We were never asked if everything ok . Other than the fact we were hungry we may have been more critical re food but it was typical pub food . We also ordered drinks and had one completely wrong . Then bill was wrong and 12% service charge which we didn’t feel was justified so had that taken off . Would we re visit? Based on our experience and possibly when other places could be tried. No. Better staff training could have made this experience more positive as clearly staff were not working as a team .

Such a tasty breakfast. Lovely coffee too. Will return and try the rest of the menu.

The service, food and drink were all terrific. As usual.

Always have had good food and service, however yesterday evening we were seated next to a hen party. No problem with the party but would have appreciated a table in an adjacent room.

We've come here a few times for dinner and it's always been so lovely! Last night we went for a birthday and the service was great - we were greeted really cheerily and the people were so kind. The food is always so tasty here, too - we ordered the steak tagliatta and chicken caesar salad and both were so fresh and tasted great. We also ordered the squid and focaccia for starters which were really nice! Will always go here when we're in Woodstock :)

The restaurant was buzzing with covers on all tables. It was so popular that one of the ‘starters’ was not available. Lots of people but one could hear one’s self talk, just. Friendly mine hoste and staff

Always lovely food great service very friendly and attentive

The food was excellent, lovely fresh, thin stone baked pizza. But what made the experience was the lovely service, the team were friendly, knowledgeable, warm and engaging, making dinner an absolute pleasure

Lovely staff, great pizza & nice atmosphere. Was just what we wanted. We are at 8.15 on a weekday but were not made to feel rushed in any way.

The Crown is a fantastic venue for eating or drinking and meeting friends and family. Immaculately trained staff, attentive without ever being intrusive. There is a wonderful ambience there which encourages you to stay and entices you back. Fabulous food; not cheap but worth every penny. My favourite public house.

We had a perfect evening, welcomed and seated in the conservatory which was light, airy and relaxing. We had the loveliest waitress and our food was delicious - chicken & gnocchi - accompanied by lovely wine. Our halloumi shared starter, bread with oil and shared cheesecake also delicious. Relaxing after dinner drinks in the bar before home..we need to make sure we return more often!

What a find! We chose it for the location and menu, and were delighted in the quality of the food and drinks. My Cosmo was delicious, and a nice change from my usual G&T. This pub has a real bartender. We ordered croquettes--superb. Etherially light but fully flavored. Ditto the meatballs--light but very flavorful, with a delicious tomato and garlic sauce. The server told us the chef is Spanish--which explains the lovely crema Catalana dessert. Go, go!

Good quality food freshly cooked to order and very attentive service which was greatly appreciated

Seated in the restaurant area at the back - plants on the windowsill looked very unloved, spotted some ants around. Ordered roast (1 x veggie wellington, 1 x chicken). Initial chicken was severely undercooked. Sent back, received fresh plate quite quickly, with apology. Alarm going off in nearby storage area, wasn't dealt with. Overall, seems overpriced for the quality offered. Was not offered a discount or any further follow-up apology despite the undercooked chicken.

Service was really slow and no one came to tell us there would be a wait on food. Generally just felt disorganised - they brought us a jug of water straight away but we had to wait for glasses as they didn’t have any. A bit disappointing that they only do roasts for children on Sundays. The roasts were decent - the roast chicken was lovely but for the price they need to have something to make them special e.g. the chicken didn’t come with stuffing or bread sauce.

We went on a Sunday for the lunch menu- ordered the lamb roast and the vegetable wellington which were both incredible. The atmosphere was great, very family friendly location with lovely decor and a warming fire.

We had dinner at The Crown. The setting is nice, the food is pretty average and overall a bit disappointing. Staff is friendly and always available.

Excellent food and service. Complimentary anniversary drink was a real nice touch.

Very good food and service from a mercifully small menu. One of the best Old Fashions I've had in the UK. The prices are reasonable and the service is very friendly. I'll definitely be back.

We had to wait for 50 mins for our food from ordering. Only once prompted, did the waitress state that they were having a food safety inspection (which was fair) but completely failed to state this in the 50 mins earlier! Once food arrived, the fries were completely undercooked (obviously rushed through) and the strips of steak in my 'burger' were completely overcooked and chewy! The rest of the food was fine and the waitress, to be fair, gave us a very generous discount.

Attended a wake here recently. We were well looked after with a good selection of finger buffet food.

It was fine, service was good but food wasn’t great

Great helpful service, food was delicious and reasonably priced. Will definitely return

Poor service and average food. Won't be returning.

The service, staff and food were amazing. We would 100% go back

Fabulous, lovely place, people and food.

All good apart from the longer than expected wait.

The service is invariably efficient and friendly. The food, overall, is good quality. However, the hummus was too garlicky and over salted. The chips and zucchini fritti were delicious, as were the pizzas. My gnocchi, however, were a little under flavoured. We will return but the food felt somewhat underpowered this time around. A lovely place to visit and highly recommended.

Food promised a lot but was disappointing and not as described on the menu

Great-tasting food with excellent service from the waitress. Well-made cocktails to finish the meal. Highly recommended.

Boxing Day and the service wasn’t great. Limited menu but really tasty food. We wanted to sit by the fire on a free table but the waiter was adamant he wanted us to sit across the restaurant on a chilly table by the window. I didn’t understand why people were being turned away from nice tables as it was so quiet! We had to ask for a menu which was a shame. Food was nice though.

Great food, great service. Will come again when next in area

One sandwich came without the prawns and had a hair in it. Poor selection on children’s menu. A very lacklustre meal.

Great atmosphere! Excellent service! I left my bag behind and the kind waitress called me and kept it safe for me to collect.

Sunday lunch at The Crown, Woodstock on 17th December 2023. Wasnt helped by the fact we - as a couple- were seated right next to a rather loud and merry table for 12+ kids- depite the other seats available. Bar humbug you may think but literally couldnt hold a conversation at some points. £22 each for a roast dinner: beef, lamb or pork with carrots, cabbage, parsnips and a couple of roast potatoes was very pricey in my view - food was warm though and meat well cooked - but nothing better than my local £10 sunday carvery - perhaps being close to Blenheim Palace has upped their prices - if not the delivery. Add on dessert - a nice stickey toffee pudding ( best part of the meal) and icecream - was a hefty £77 for 2 for Sunday lunch. Staff were ok - efficient enough - in short - was ok but didnt make me want to rebook

Perfect family meal for my birthday before the Blenheim Christmas lights

Think we had a new waitress, lovely person but didn't have good knowledge of the menu or available drinks. Otherwise the food, surroundings and prices all good. Would definitely go back.

The food was good, however the toilets were disgusting in both the men's & ladies.

Waiting staff were lovely and courteous. Food wasn’t great for the place we were in and the ambience. Main items were pizza which we were looking forward too… very bland with no herbs, garlic or flavour to them leaving the toppings and cheese tasteless. We ordered a starter of focaccia bread, which was just a bit of bread nothing to it, very overpriced for a slice of bread. Also starter of meatballs didn’t define the meat, granted we should have checked but still no consideration for whether we eat pork or not would not recommend anything we ordered.

Waitress and barman were lovely. Food fair, nothing special, bit disappointing. The cost of a mulled wine was meant to be deducted but it wasn’t until I mentioned it.

Breakfast whilst in the area great staff fully recommended it

I checked the online Menu for my kids before booking to ensure there was good enough choices for them. This was a futile exercise as the menu was “out of date online”..the exact words of the waitress. The only option they had for kids was 2 variants of pizza. It was my daughters birthday, they had been for pizza with their mother in the afternoon. I asked if the kitchen could do something else for the kids (plain chicken with chips etc) but was told they would not do this. This lazy attitude was seen throughout the venue, the Loos were filthy and the food we had was basic and under seasoned. Not good at all.

Menu was super limited and we were not told ahead of time. Also super obnoxious guy at the bar listening to his phone on speaker. I had to ask him to stop which got confrontational and honestly the bar tender or restaurant should have handled it.

Fast friendly service, nothing was problem. Good quality food, would return when passing.

Always a good experience and food is great. My daughter said her double burgers was amazing, my husband really enjoyed his pigeon and my shredded lamb shoulder was a good size portion but sadly the lamb lacked flavour it needed to have more red wine gravy but potatoes were really nice. My squid starter was excellent.

Great food and great service, walking distance to to Blenheim. Accommodated 11 easily. They do put a 12.5% service charge on though.

We had previously stayed at the Crown a few years ago and really enjoyed it so decided to call in for dinner as we were in the area. Food and service were excellent.

Great food, friendly staff, lovely ambience and family!

Had a lovely stay overnight and really enjoyed the atmosphere, the friendly staff and lovely food. Will visit again soon.

For reasons beyond the pub’s control, the full menu wasn’t available. This was a shame as I was in the mood for one of their hearty Spanish-style stew-type dishes, but the celeriac steak I had instead was delicious, and my friend enjoyed his pizza too. He said the base was softer and tastier than most, and that the cheese, spicy sausage and peppers were good too. The staff were excellent - friendly, thoughtful and attentive. We will be going back.

Had a family meal out here and had a lovely time. The food was really nice, the servers are very welcoming and came over to check we were happy several times. The atmosphere is lovely and there is free parking along the road that can be used.

Good friendly service and good small plates .the menu was not overly extensive .

The pizzas were delicious, great service and a nice atmosphere.

Helpful staff who were very flexible about us changing the time at last minute but the food, which was largely pizzas, took a very very long time to come - a good hour - we had clients with us so that made it a little tricky. on that basis not sure I would recommend for business use but yes to a friend with a caveat

The food was good and the staff were very friendly and helpful.

Great awareness of coeliac. Staff were aware of gluten free and coeliac and showed me what I could have on the menu. They also informed me that their dishwasher was broken incase I was concerned about plates being washed with water that may have gluten in. I found this very thoughtful to inform me. Great experience overall and delicious food. Will be returning. The blonde lady that worked as a waitress was very polite and well informed!!

Matt who looked after us was immensely personable & professional. In terms of the food, I particularly enjoyed the calamari

Lovely lunch. Few too many dogs for my liking. They were very well behaved but I’m not keen on dogs being around while you’re eating. Otherwise very nice indeed.

Had high expectations! But very overpriced and very little value for money. We picked this place for good location and reasonable children’s menu. The fish fingers were simply frozen bog standard fish fingers from a supermarket. The pizza a chicken, sweetcorn and onion had huge chunks of chicken many bits having to be removed as they had fat and uneditable bits of chicken. The steak sandwich was sent back the first time as the bun was burnt to a crisp. The second one was better but still not good value. The waiter did say they would remove the cost of drinks for the inconvenience however they did not. The toilets were dirty. The restaurant was full of flies. It just generally felt like there was little effort to be a higher end pub but just settling for mediocre at best. Such a shame will not be visiting again.

Food was great, was a bit surprised about service charge on top. Would have thought it would be customers choice. Must be honest it has put us off going again because of this. The salads were quite pricey on their own. Which I do not mind paying (compliments to the chef) but charge on top was a bit much.

Very nice meal Staff were great as always. Nice to see a changed menu.

Fantastic food and faultless service. Wonderful meal, couldn’t have asked for better.

Pleasant spacious interior. Three local real ales on handpull. Menu reduced on Tuesday but still reasonable choices. Tasty pizza shared with a salad... Seems preferable to ploughing through a whole pizza (or leaving some). Service was very good.

The food took a very long time to arrive and the quality of the pizzas was poor. Very basic toppings for expensive pizzas.

We really enjoyed our meal at The Crown. Good selection of delicious food. Easy to book and polite, prompt service.

Love having lunch at the Crown. The food is divine, caters so well to vegan/vegetarian and the house lager is great. Staff are always so friendly and welcoming. It’s a favourite place for the locals.

very average overall with restricted choice on the menu. Good location , nice chips. Basic seating.

Friendly welcome, had to reduce numbers but they were great, excellent service and good food

It was an unusually quiet Saturday evening in Woodstock, pretty much everywhere. But that made it a very chilled evening, and at The Crown, we experienced a warm welcome and lovely service, which we always do. I wish they had continued with their pea & rocket (?) pizza, it was delicious, so I'm hoping it might make a return!.. Lovely wine, warm and helpful service, good table, there's nothing not to like when we visit. Thank you :))

Gave some feedback when there which I hope was taken onboard…

Lovely pre-concert meal - managed to get a shaded table in courtyard so lovely cool meal and cocktails

They accepted my reservation but when we arrived, we were told that only had seating for us in the bar. The bar doesn’t serve food after 8pm, so what was the point of our dinner reservation?! Luckily we were able to find dinner somewhere else, but really disappointed with this place. We had heard good things.

Nice food, friendly staff and pleasant surroundings

Lovely welcome, excellent service, delicious food, lovely table position, what’s not to like?! Thank you for another lovely dinner experience :))

The food was fantastic, so was the service. I would highly recommend it.

The atmosphere and service were very very good but I was slightly disappointed by the food quality and lack of options. Gone were the trademark veal meatballs that had been one of the reasons we kept on going back to the crown over the past decade. The focaccia which used to be fragrant and crusty lacked flavour and the burger didn’t include any greens. The hummus and flatbread were very good and my husband’s pizza was nice so overall still a good experience.

Four of us went on a lovely sunny Saturday evening. The place is located in the centre of the town, ample on street parking around. We were meet as soon as we entered and shown to our pre booked table. Drinks order taken and delivered swiftly food order followed. Menu has a reasonable choice. Drinks and food about what you would expect. Our waitress was friendly, smiled, seemed to enjoy her work, she certainly had plenty to do, she even came out with a couple of funny responses. The place had families and groups of young en and women. The place was clean and as soon as a table was emptied it was cleared for re use. I wouldn't hesitate in returning.

Great food, lovely relaxed atmosphere, really nice staff

Delicious food Dog friendly Perfect for our chilled Saturday lunch catching up with a friend

The Pizzas are really good, the staff and friendly and helpful.

Good service but terribly overpriced food. Cold burgers with hardly any meat and watery tomato sauce ok pasta.

Always good food and great service. They are also child friendly.

The presentation of the breakfast - avocado on toast with a poached egg/ and ditto but with chorizo was the crudest I can ever recall. Some quality control in the kitchen is urgently required.

The chef started clearing up about 8.45 by carrying big plastic rubbish bins through the middle of the main restaurant! He then sprayed some chemical in the pizza ovens to clean them filling the air with stinking chemical smoke and leaving my clothes smelling awful! To top it off, the waitress forgot to tell the kitchen we’d finished our main so we then proceeded to wait for over an hour for our main?! Good food but would never go back. And tell the chef to hang fire while we at least finish our dinner before he scarpers out the door!

Always a great meal and nice ambience. Local pub to me and will be visiting often.

Menu over represented portions and content. Main courses were minimal in the extreme and accoutrements such as olive oil very low quality (pomade oil). Staff were charming and the waitress handled the complaint but a very disappointing and expensive experience.

As I said in previous questions it is the best pub in Woodstock. Both inside and outdoors.

Really enjoyed our visit. Was a business lunch/catch up and great food, atmosphere and service. Very relaxed.

Fantastic food, very busy but staff handled it well. Rose wine was amazing. We will definitely book again - definitely advise booking as very popular. Only suggestion is ice cream instead of clotted cream on treacle sponge 😊😊😊

Really good service and food - good atmosphere and friendly staff

Excellent food with good service. The atmosphere is great with a lovely open fire.

Excellent food and service for Sunday breakfast at the Crown! Coffee was amazing too. Highly recommend.

Food and service were excellent. Quite a lot of dogs, which is fine but was quite hard to get to our table or get into chairs as there were 5 around our table.

Served beer that was off and menu was very limited. Not much for a vegie, too much bread and didnt see anything that was gluten free.

A good place to go in Woodstock. Light & airy with friendly staff and good service. It would be nice if they refreshed the lunch menu as it seems to have been the same choices for quite a while now. If you don’t want a meal it’s a great place for coffee or tea & cake.

Good food in a busy pleasant atmosphere. Limited menu mid-week, may be different at weekends. Staff recovered situation well and were very apologetic when main course service was overlooked and needed chasing. Otherwise, would probably have given 5 stars.

The food was excellent and very tasty, the staff were really friendly and the service was great too, so much so we returned the following day to repeat the experience and it didn’t disappoint.