The Fox at Barrington in Cotswold

Beautiful location and great garden

A hidden gem. We came for lunch. We had an excellent meal. Special menu: scallops (starter). Pan fried trout (main) were well seasoned. Great flavours, crispy skin on the trout. Very much recommended. Establishment was clean - toilets too. Staff welcoming and friendly. Menu is small, but appropriate as it is fresh. Pizza, kids and sandwich menu also available. Specials board found inside at the main bar, which is updated each morning. Small stream at the back with an outside area. Very idyllic. No complaints. Very much recommended.

We had an absolutely perfect stay at The Fox in Barrington! From the moment we arrived, we knew we were in for a treat. Corrin's stunning photographs of my and my fiancées engagement truly didn't do justice to the beauty of the place - Corrin’s talent is undeniable! But what really made our stay stand out was the warm hospitality of Landlord Adam and his magnificent team. The kindness, attention to detail, and genuine care for guests made us feel right at home. The atmosphere was cozy and inviting, and every aspect of our stay was meticulously taken care of. We're already counting down the days until we can return. If you're looking for a truly special experience, look no further than The Fox in Barrington. We can't wait to come back and enjoy the team’s wonderful hosting abilities again. 5/5 stars.

We're grateful to the exceptional hospitality that was extended to our family for our unexpected dinner here when our car needed service. We're grateful to have stumbled upon an idyllic location with exceptional service and tasty food. There are ample seating options from dining room, bar, and outdoor picnic tables overlooking the beautiful landscape. Thanks to the entire staff for all their assistance and understanding - we really appreciate it!

Had a table booked here for lunch on Easter Monday but we were running late from our walk so called ahead to order our food and let them know. Staff were very accommodating and the food was delicious and particularly needed for 4 weary walkers and a hangry toddler. Would definitely recommend!

Visited on Easter Sunday with my family, was a very friendly and welcoming atmosphere, the food was outstanding with lots of options. Would love to return again if we are in the area.

Delicious food. Good humoured service. We really recommend this pub . Right next to the river Windrush. Beautiful location. Parking available but a bit limited. Very tight to get out if busy. (They ask for feedback but couldn't get the link sent to work properly!!)

Excellent pub, very friendly, food is outstanding all in all perfect base for visiting the cotswolds

Service was very very slow but food was nice. Rooms were lovely.

Good food. Good beer. Good service. Nice grounds alongside river Windrush. Will return with guests.

Stopped off here for a meal on our way home from a Cotswold weekend. Lovely friendly welcoming pub with super staff. Quite busy even on a Monday lunchtime so obviously popular. We thought our meal was extremely good. The butternut squash soup was sensational. For the mains, we both had the freshwater trout with samphire, capers and new potatoes. I'm interested that the two previous reviewers both had this, one seemed to be impressed while the other very unimpressed and thought the trout looked like supermarket packet fish. We thoroughly enjoyed ours but I must admit we did wonder at the time if the fish was really from a local chalk stream as advertised as it did look the same shape and size as a piece from a shop. However, it was beautifully cooked.

A very nice pub with great cuisine

Beautiful location! Will definitely

Delightful country pub. Wintery Sunday lunch for a party of 5 and all left delighted with the food and service. Interesting and varied menu, delicious. We'll be back for more.

Our only disappointment at the Fox was that we were not snowed in! Wonderful food, fantastic staff (shout out to Jenny!) A delightful room where all the little touches were done right.

First stay at The Fox Inn. The rooms were lovely and clean, warm and authentic. We ate in the pub, highly recommend the pork medallions and the pie. Breakfast was great. Open fire and the snow added to the quaint surroundings. Highly recommend

Ate in the restaurant only. Excellent service. Great food

Lovely Cotswolds pub with good food. Had a very good Sunday roast.

Quaint little country pub nestled in the Cotswolds. Food was delicious and very friendly staff. Nice for a stop off lunch if you’re passing through or staying in and around the Cotswolds.

Welcoming staff, nice surroundings - will be returning.

Great experience! Lovely, friendly and attentive team! Excellent food and the best scenery! Wonderful fireplace by the river!

Lovely pub, lovely meal & catered well for Coeliacs! Also good prices 👍🏻

Fantastic place, amazing food, and great staff. Beautiful surroundings. Sit by the river. Can’t fault it.

Great Sunday Lunch in a lovely setting

Fantastic service and experience…… I turned up late after a long day on the road working. I was greeted by 2 of the team who were very friendly and welcoming. I was asked if I was dining this evening!! And I was so glad I did…. Had the homemade pie of the day which was exceptional. Breakfast was 8:30am, however I would be leaving at 7:30am, so I was given a continental breakfast to take to my room so I could eat in the room. Very comfy bed and homely rooms! What a great experience

A wonderful find in the Cotswolds. Only wish we’d had time to stop for more than a quick bite to eat. The snack we had was wonderful.

Beautiful cotswolds gastro pub next to a river, stunning setting, outstanding service, and food was delicious. We had a group of of >15 and the evening went so smooth. We will be back again.

We had a wonderful lunch at The Fox on Saturday. Really warm welcome, excellent and very helpful service but all very relaxed. Food combination of pub classics and some excellent specials all cooked very well. Thoroughly recommend , well done 👍

Lovely country pub with a great location. Didn't eat there but the food looked good.

Stopped for a quick lunch and had some hot snacks. Really hut the spot. Great beer, well cooked food

Been coming to the Fox for 30 years so have a good handle on the service and food from previous owners. The location is fantastic and the pub is very nice with a great beer garden. The food however was sub-par and my burger was cold and the chips were sparse. My father ordered meatballs and they were luke warm. The pate and toast came out as a starter without any butter. The service was dreadfully slow - only 3 of us and the gap between courses was too long. Hopefully this isn’t a normal occurrence and it wasn’t massively busy compared to other times I’ve visited.

So disappointed to not be able to eat here. Arrived 7.20pm on Sunday and although it said food until 8pm the kitchen was already closed. Watching plates go out and still be delivered out was gutting as the place looks amazing with beautiful gardens and the stream running through.

Unreal find.. me and my wife stayed here last night and the staff are so so friendly… couldn’t recommend this place enough! Food is also top class! We will deffinetly be back!

Very pleased with the stay the rooms were very clean and comfortable, breakfast was very apatisin yummy 😋

Had a nice lunch next to the river. Great food and fab setting to top off a nice morning around the Cotswolds.

Good good good beer good service nice location but on our visit day the river was very cloudy but the pub could not have done anything about that

We didn't eat or stay the night so can only give 4 stars, but what a special find this pub is. The beautiful setting helps make The Fox. Superb inside and out. A relaxing place and gem of a Cotswold pub. Hope to return soon to sample the food.

Great stay. Friendly welcome and great breakfast.

Stayed the night and had a Sunday lunch - the staff are incredibly friendly and helpful, definitely hope to return

Absolutely womderful!!! Everything was perfect. Rooms. Hotel. Breakfast. Location and staff. Would love to come back soon!

Great location just off the A40 going into Burford. The food was good with quick service. We had a table outside next to a free flowing stream.

Great little hotel. The rooms are large and modern. Free parking is available. The breakfast is delicious. The view of the small river is very nice. It is very clean and well maintained.

We booked this for Sunday lunch to meet up with friends. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday ( believe it or not 😉 ) , so we had drinks outside by the river 1st. The waiter was friendly and knowledgeable. the waitress smiley. I had the squid for starter. It was crisp and tasty. Beautifully cooked. I had food envy once the rest of the table received their mains. I ordered a burger, no bread, but asked for extra salad. I got a small burger with some cheese on it and then just a piece of lettuce, gherkin, and tomato on the side. It was OK. My friends ceasar salad, it looked amazing lots of chicken and anchovies. The men had roasts , again looked amazing , lots of it and the gravy was rich and gorgeous. All was well presented. I had a scoop of coconut ice cream afterwards, oh that WAS nice!!

Smashing pub and food on the river

Absolutely idyllic location a beautiful-looking pub and friendly staff food is good, it would 5 star review if wasn't for a local in the beer garden constantly using foul degrading language!

Visited this lovely pub restaurant on a Saturday evening. We were a family group of 6 adults, a 7 year old and 2 toddlers.We were made to feel very welcome from the moment we arrived.Lovely cozy atmosphere and the waiting staff were all lovely. The food was beautiful, from the burgers, homemade pie , to the exceptional ribeye steak which was cooked to perfection. We had a lovely evening and would definitely recommend you pay a visit here. I would say you’d be better to book as it was very busy when we were there.

A very warm and welcoming pub, had a lovely coffee here this morning !

Having tried twice before, we were able, luckily, to get a table for dinner last night and we certainly felt the persistence paid off. Beautiful setting, cosy, clean restaurant, varied menu choices, friendly, attentive staff and AMAZING, perfectly cooked and presented food. We have eaten at a lot of restaurants in the Cotswolds since moving here 15 months ago. Some came highly recommended, some had waiting lists, and some owned by Celebraty chefs but in all honesty, The Fox held it's own against them and even outshone some. We have booked a table to return with friends in April.

A really warm welcome on a cold day. The food was lovely. We had a fish-finger sandwich & pork & apple sandwich and the food was lovely.

What an amazing find .... Good food Lovely clean room with a comfortable bed.... And......Andrea you are amazing what a great asset to the team 👏 people like you maketh the stay enjoyable..... We will be back x

Best chips ever! Nice location and plenty of parking. Dog friendly.

50th birthday dinner - beautiful setting on the river, lit up with lights. Excellent service from super friendly staff. Delicious food, attractively presented (definitely recommend the homemade steak & mushroom pie!). Highly recommended!

A cosy pub with a separate bar and restaurant area with lovely staff, polite locals and lovely rustic decor.

Excellent pub. We had lunch after a long walk. Lovely inside and dog friendly. Food was delicious and reasonably priced.

Nice country pub in a nice location. Service was ok and food was good but they're one of those arrogant places that likes to presume themselves good enough to assume a service tax on you without asking so watch out for that.

Amazing dinner tonight homemade pie of the day , room stunning enjoyable stay

First time we have visited the Fox for lunch with family and feel that I have to do a review as it was so good. Staff were very friendly and welcoming making us feel very much at home. Really good service, good food and a varied menu, lovely atmosphere and location, will certainly return.

Are you looking for an overpriced meal with a side order of rudeness and arrogance? Then look no further than the Fox at Barrington. Oh… and if you’re a vegan or vegetarian you will feel most welcome with the one and only option! Let’s hope you like it!! I’m not entirely convinced the landlord has attended the school of ‘the customer is always right’ but as they say, education is lifelong, so we live in hope . Unfortunately pubs like this feel they can charge the earth for very average food and awful service, just because they are in the Cotswolds. Think it’s safe to say we won’t be back….

Lovely Christmas meal. Highly recommended.

A big group of us went here last minute for coffee and the staff were really friendly and accommodating. Plus the atmosphere and coffee was really good. Loos were clean and everywhere was clean and tidy.

We stayed here for a couple of nights. Fantastic pub with the log fire burning! Great, friendly staff. Room was lovely and all the meals we had delicious. Well worth a visit!

Lovely interior, good food and ambience.

Delicious goats cheese and caramelised shallots sourdough bun with homemade coleslaw with a small bowl of chunky chips for £7. Perfect lunch after a country walk. Lovely pub, beautifully and tastefully done up,. Sat next to the fire at the bar and staff were very friendly. Looks like a great place to go in the summer as you can sit in the garden next to the river. Looks like dogs very welcome

Good food, nice location, but honestly sneaky service charges are just off-putting. Tipping should be the choice of the customer not forced upon them making it awkward to ask to remove it. Do you not pay the staff enough that you need to charge extra for their salary? This isn’t the USA. Up your prices if you can’t afford to pay wages.

We had an excellent 1 night stay for a friends wedding. Everything was superb. I will definitely be recommending the Fox Inn to friends and family.

Lovely location serving very good food and drinks. Our bed a bit hard.

Lovely pub olde de worlde huge garden great staff

Amazing food lovely people. I love the pub service and food wise much the pub standards.

Absolutely gorgeous setting by a river. Highly recommended. Food lovely too

Beautiful food and great service. Perfect roast and a fab place for a pint in the garden catching the last of the autumn sun. Highly recommend the espresso creme brulé

Very friendly staff, cosy room & tasty food! Thanks again guys 👍🏻

Had the homemade pie and chips. Full of flavour, texture. Would have again if in the local area!!!

One of the nicest country pub/restaurants there is !

We had a lovely lunch here today with very good intrusive service. Really lovely old pub, bet it's lovely when the open fire is going or it's dressed for Christmas 🎁

Lovely lunch, very good food and service

We wanted to stay in the Burford area and came across this little, inexpensive gem! Absolutely delightful setting, interior, staff and food...the menu had the traditional, but with a tasty twist. Will definitely stay here again when visiting this area.

Aanrader. Gezellig pub/hotel met vriendelijk personeel.

Lovely country pub with great food, a fantastic setting by the river and friendly staff.

Myself & my wife always come to the cotswolds,first time in the Barringtons We enjoyed and loved our stay at the Fox Loved the room,food,,drink Staff were friendly and helpful,front of house Brilliant,we will stay their again

Sat outside for a pint of lemonade. Lovely stop. Thanks

Great food at affordable price. Plenty of gluten-free options available. Tables at the back at the river are lovely

Great all round pub. Evening meal was great and breakfast was spot on. Only gripe was the service charge slapped on the meal bill, surely it's up to the customers if they want to leave a tip! I would have left more than 10% if it had been my choice!

Didn't stay overnight, but the layout of the place would make me want to. The only reason for 4 stars was just because the bar menu (we were too early for dinner) wasn't as good as I was expecting. Still really want to come back for dinner!!

Excellent food Very cozy Reasonable choice of beer

Great little pub sitting alongside the River Windrush in Great Barrington. Nice spacious garden area although the wasps were out in numbers during our visit. Donnington ales and a great menu will make you wishing to come back for more.

Under new control and a fine place it is too, decent food, comfortable rooms, good selection of wines and beer . Glorious Cotswold countryside and the Windrush runs down the side of the garden.

Stayed overnight in the campervan even though they said grey stopped doing it but let us anyway, friendly staff, lovely food , dog friendly and huge beer garden

We came with our friends for lunch along with our dog, staff were lovely food was delicious and we were made to feel very welcome. The waitresses praised our dog for being so well behaved, we will definitely be returning. This was also the first time our dog had been in a pub as he is a rescue dog from the blue cross @burford.

3 nachten verbleven in The Fox met vrienden. WOW, zo genoten van ons verblijf! Prachtige kamers, zeer proper. Goede service in de bar en lekker eten, de prachtige locatie en niet te vergeten, het super personeel die er alles aan doen om je verblijf aangenaam te maken! Kortom we komen zeker terug!

The food was fantastic and the staff who waited on me and my boyfriend was very attentive, our dog was very welcomed also. Will definitely visit again

Friendly staff who were very accommodating and loved our dogs. Food was great, we only had a few starters but really tasty. Looking forward to visiting again for the full menu.

Peaceful location, great view beer garden. A place to relax.

Beautiful Location, very good service and food.

Wir waren nur im Biergarten und der ist wunderschön. Tolles Ambiente zum relaxen und leckere Speisen. Wir waren 2x hier auf unserer Reise durch cotswolds.

Great place, spotlessly clean room and excellent food and service. What more could one ask for. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Delicious food, excellent service and perfect location for the circus we were going on to.

Absolutely stunning place to stay, and at a reasonable price too. Our stay included breakfast which was delicious, and we also ate for dinner one evening which was good. The WiFi was very fast and reliable across site. Our room was above the restaurant, and is a listed building, so sound insulation is minimal. However we were not disturbed as the restaurant closed early and had a great night’s sleep. Very friendly staff. Would stay again.

Lovely place. Food average for the price.

Lovely old building, tastefully modernised. Food good .

Only ate but lovely food and lush staff who went above and beyond.