The Hit or Miss in Chiltern

Lovely pub which accommodated our party of 16 walkers superbly for Sunday lunch. The vegetarian Sunday roast great value at £15 (you so often play over the odds for vegetarian meals). Nice al dente vegetables huge Yorkshire pudding and plenty of nice hot gravy if you asked for extra 🤗

1st off, definitely book in advance. I'm glad I did as it filled up very quickly on the day I went. We had roast beef, and I must say the meat was superb. It's not tough at all . Do order extra veg though, as not quite enough, to be honest. Open fire in the main area, which was very nice, Dog friendly in the eating area as we saw. The only letdown I found was that we ordered our food and other tables who arrived after we did were served before us . The menu does look very good with a good selection of dishes

Very good but with a really good menu. Our choice was excellent

Magnificent meal... just delivered hours too late, despite the table for 10 being pre-booked. The venue is lovely, but the service leaves much to be desired. It's a shame, really, because the venue could definitely be a destination worth making the trip for.

Didn't a really enjoyable afternoon there. Nice food nice wine and good Guinness

We had an excellent Sunday lunch here. The food was delicious and the service attentive but not intrusive

Well prepared, quality food in a pleasant country pub.

They couldn't accommodate us any more if they tried. We decided to have my mothers wake here 22nd October and the staff were brilliant, they helped arrange everything and were very kind. The food is lovely and it was so nice to be able to celebrate my mother where we had our last family meal.

Visited for a wake. Great little gem of a pub. Looking forward to returning

Long waiting time, too few staff so sevice very slow.Food not as good as expected.6

Went here for a family event. Lovely old pub without it belonging to a chain. Plenty of places to park, staff friendly. Only had finger buffet, but this wad nicely presented.

Excellent village pub that is kept immaculate inside and out. We enjoyed a really lovely meal that was perfectly cooked. Fresh to order. Dessert was amazing too. Cant wait to go back.

We happened to be a few miles away and thinking about lunch when I remembered the Hit Or Miss from when I was at college around 1980-81 so decided to pop in, have a pint and check the menu. We were very pleased we did. Philip was very welcoming and I was delighted to find that they had Badger Brewery beers. The menu looked interesting and we ordered the truffle arancini, home made foccacia and lamb bonbons as sharing starters, followed by mains of tomahawk pork chop and steak frites. The quality of the food exceeded our expectations and we will certainly return (not waiting another 40 years!). Highly recommended.

Lovely pub with great food with a beautiful environment. Best pub food we had in the UK so far. Definitely a hit!

Lovely food and friendly staff.Will definitely be back again .

Buffet for farewell to Dave. Staff wonderful and delighful light buffet. ...not like some under/over cooked or microwaved.

Staff are efficient and extremely efficient.

Definitely a hit. The food was delicious and well-portioned, leaving me satisfied without being overly full. The roasted chicken dish, in particular, was perfectly cooked, tender, and flavorful. The accompanying vegetables were fresh and complemented the dish wonderfully. The staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful, making the experience even more enjoyable. They were attentive without being intrusive and happy to accommodate any requests. The atmosphere was quiet but very charming, making it an ideal spot for a relaxing meal. The pub has a cozy, welcoming vibe that adds to the overall dining experience. Overall, I highly recommend the Hit and Miss Pub for anyone looking for great food, excellent service, and a pleasant atmosphere.

I recently visited the Hit or Miss pub in Penn Street, Buckinghamshire (near Beaconsfield), and I was thoroughly impressed. The food is reasonably priced and delicious, offering great value for the quality. The staff are incredibly friendly and attentive, making the experience even more enjoyable. Additionally, the convenience of parking right across the road is a huge plus. Overall, it's a fantastic spot for a meal and a relaxing time. Highly recommended!

Beautiful wisteria covered old style pub in Penn Street. Lovely garden with plenty of tables. Reasonably priced drinks. Staff are friendly. Great place to stop after a walk in the woods. Car park across the road.

Had a lovely lunch with friends for my hubby's birthday.

The food was tasty and very delicious. Their cocktail 😍as well. We went there not booking so they find a way to give as table and great service but the time we went there was a party so we wait longer than 40mn-1hour to get serve. And they forgot to let us know about this waiting time. But otherwise amazing place.

Worst roast ever, the veg was all dried up the cauliflower was brown the potatoes were dehydrated thru being kept warm to long and then reheated ,the gravy was bisto granules with rosemary sprinkled into it nasty ,such a shame .

Great food with friendly and attentive staff.

Had a great breakfast here this morning with our dog after a quick stroll. Really friendly service, beautiful ingredients and all swiftly done! Would definitely head back!

Organised a wake here and was pleased with the outcome.

Great service and food would go back

A wonderful long lunch French onion soup and whitebait Followed by haddock, moules, pork shoulder & chicken caesar With Malva pudding wine & coffee All really well presented seasoned and cooked Staff Eloise & Philip were friendly knowledgeable and helpful Priced better than most places in South Bucks

Great place to go have enjoy a lovely meal .

Great Sunday roast, half chicken, perfectly cooked roast beef or pork. Home made Yorkshire pudding and lovely Cauliflower cheese! Also dogs are welcome.

Went here for a Wake. Lovely old place, open fires, cozy atmosphere. Lovely!

The Hit or Miss is a very friendly pub with great service and lovely food

Lovely Sunday roast and great service!

What a lovely place. Had not been for years.it surpassed our expectations. Service exceptional. Food fresh and tasty. Thank you for all your help with our dietary needs. It was lovely to see that dogs can accompany their owners.

Love this place. Food is wonderful, and atmosphere is lovely.

Lovely food and great service. An open fire in the mix too 🔥

Unplanned Visit. Food great.... soup Gorgeous Few people having pre chrustmas get together Plan to revisited soon

Impeccable service. Fantastic food and a great real pun atmosphere. Dogs welcome. This was our first time here to try a local walk with our dog and we were made to feel very welcome. I recommend giving it a try. We were going to have a snack but on seeing the food decided to have a full meal.

Came to this pub for Sunday Lunch yesterday The food was amazing! I had the lamb which was absoloutly delisious!! Staff were lovely! And great service! Would highly reccomend! Will defo be returning soon! 🙂😍😍

One of our favourite places. Lovely staff.

Had a fantastic fish and chip dinner - fresh and very tasty. Lovely cosy pub would recommend.

Great pub. The best fishcake EVER! ...And an amazing Sunday roast.

Great “local” pub! Simple well executed food, great garden and service

Went for lunch with my cousins, very welcoming and the food was fantastic.

Had my sister's funeral party here. Great hosts, loveky venue

Used to be great but last couple of times Sunday lunch had been Cold and not to same standard As before ..we've been gang handed and still the food and service was great ..dont know what's happened new chef or been on hols not sure but I hope it changes for better soon As we loved coming here

Bery Pretty country pub. Very quiet when we visited during the week.

Very nice lunch at reasonable price. Recommend the seafood platter

A beautiful pub, enhanced by the local cricket on match days. A wonderful place for a drink, and the staff were absolutely lovely, very nice and friendly. BUT Unfortunately the food let the side down, avoid anything cooked. Sharing platters were great, but the burgers were horrendous, and it took over an hour and a half for food. Have a drink, but do not eat here if you want a nice meal.

Just been for a lovely meal with family, amazing staff and even better food

What a lovely experience to service and great food. Enjoyed it very much. Would recommend to anyone who wants a day out, to scenic views and a lovely roast. Thank you to the staff for being so kind and hospitable. Harbinder

Hard to judge, it was a funeral with a light buffet, sandwiches, finger food etc. All very nice but difficult to judge the pub on this experience. Good location and plenty of parking. Traditional old English pub.

Beautiful old English countryside pub, very pleasant and friendly staff.

Decent food, we're able to talk and a good evening was had. Would recommend.

The older gentleman was lovely but rest of the staff really seem off. Type of place where when you speak to one staff member the other stop talking and stare at you. The type of spot you feel judged for not being posh it feels. Also had to wait to order due to someone else waiting to order. Never had a place do that but to each their own, ideal if it takes you 30 minutes to pick something off the menu and then another 40 minutes to wait for the food.

Just to thank Philip and staff for making bobs wake special you went above and beyond for him nothing to much trouble thank you all just fab sue x

We were at a funeral reception.

We had fish and chips. Battered fish ok, but chips were overcooked dark brown instead of golden yellow. My daughter didn't like her burger as it was overcooked. Meal average. This pub used to be a good food for lunch. However, I think the chef had changed as it is not the standard it used to be and for the quality of pub food I think overpriced as charging restaurant prices for lower standard of food cooked. . Service was good and lovely friendly staff.

First visit after a 4k walk. Great food selection depending upon what you are looking for. Drinks, sandwiches, jacket potatoes and soup were consumed for lunch. It was a bit noisy for our table as there was a funeral wake immediately adjacent so difficult for conversation. Will visit again.

Went for a birthday dinner this week. My parents have had excellent meals here in the past. However sadly not this time. The landlord and staff were all lovely, but it was a wet night and it was cold in the dining room. The meals were not great. Over cooked Risotto was barely warm, and didn’t really taste like anything let alone seasoning. And the burger was apparently very over done/dry. The ham, duck egg and chips was ok, but there was no duck egg in sight. Great chips! Sorry to review like this, we were all pretty disappointed with the meals. But will try again I’m sure.

Very expensive potato for tiniest amount of beans. Staff were friendly. But £8.50 for a little jacket potato and it has about 4 teaspoons of beans on it, less than the worst spoons would ever give. Amount of cheese good though.

Great country pub, perfectly located close to the Penn Wood.

Lovely location and the outside space is great. Tables to the left of the bar are reminiscent of eating on an old people’s’ home. Very limited vegetarian/vegan options. Ended up with bag of salt and vinegar crisps and bag of peanuts. Will come here to drink again but not eat.

Good food and staff food was first class will go back

Friendly atmosphere good food although a trifle late. Good beer.

Easy to book and organise ( and then change! ) arrangements for a special birthday lunch. Lovely food. The highlight was the calves liver for my Mum and the vegetarian risotto was delicious. The desserts were fabulous especially the creme brulee and the sticky toffee pudding. Nicest cappuccino I have ever had in a pub. A proper taste of coffee. I have a very happy family now!! Yh

Friendly staff and great tasting food .

Went in for lunch, the menu looked great and it comes highly recommended. It has a decent sized car park across the road, and the pub is wheelchair accessible. The outside would be lovely in summer as it's a real sunspot, not to worry as they have a large shade as well. While the staff were fantastic, but the food was, well, hit and miss and took ages. The squid starter was very nice, although it might be too peppery for some. While the pork belly was an excellent sized portion and quality meat it was lukewarm at best and the beef burger was not particularly pleasant, but perhaps the seasoning was just not to our taste. The tea was nice, much better than the squirrel around the corner and the sticky toffee pudding was on par. We saw some nice looking sandwiches with chunky chips go to the neighbouring tables so maybe they are a better bet in the future.

Great pub, used to go there years ago, pleased to see it's as good now.

Overall really excellent meal. I had sausage and mash which was excellent, and my wife the calves liver, also very good. Service was very very friendly, and really good. Came up from Kent to see relatives and well worth the visit. Thank you.

Went here after a funeral, lovely pub, staff were lovely and very helpful, the food was nice especially the chocolate brownies 😋 Will go back one day to try the food.

Great place very friendly and good food. Recently held my mum's wake there they put on a lovely spread and provided a calm peaceful venue

Excellent roast dinner. Good quality produce and friendly staff, would highly recommend

Attended for a funeral. The staff were friendly and helpful and the food was tasty. Would come back to see what their meals are like.

Love the landlords attitude about customer service and he always tries to accommodate. There were four of us tried the door at about 11.15 one morning after a long walk, and although he was closed, he came to the door and welcomed us made us some fresh coffees. He believes in community and always tries to be helpful. A great place to meet friends for a drink, lunches and dinners. Thank you.

Friendly and helpful, enjoyed our visit. Thanks

Fabulous Host with great staff, plus the food was great.

Nice old country pub with friendly staff

Typischer Pub. Klasse Location. Absolut Empfehlenswert

We arranged a wake for a funeral here and it was very good, nice food and friendly staff the only issue was no one could show us how to get the speakers to play the music we had organised. But other than that everything went well.

Would highly recommend this lovely pub for its warm welcome from all the staff, great food and to suit me, a great selection of real ales too

Lovely venue. Staff very helpful for the private function. The man was great topping up teas coffees. Lovely clean and tidy

Wonderful experience. Dog living pub. Very friendly and charming staff

Fantastic meals great service with very good staff

Service was good, have to admit that I was disappointed with the buffet offered for our gathering. Just lacked flavor or seemed a little lack luster

Quaint little village pub. Friendly and helpful staff. Visited on a snowy day but definitely want to revisit in the summer to make use of the fabulous garden.

Good pub. Good prices and food was excellent.

Well what a shame, we decided to go somewhere new for a Sunday roast & was massively disappointed. We arrived on time for my booking received our first drinks very quickly and then had to wait around 1 hour 15 minutes for a cold roast with raw veg and rock solid Yorkshire puddings. We swiftly sent the roasts back and they were simply microwaved and given back as you could see where we had tried the meat, however where it was microwaved it had completed ruined the dinner we then had chewy meat, soggy potatoes & veg (still served with rock solid Yorkshire pudding). Upon receiving the second plate we refused to eat the roasts, a real shame for a beautiful pub in an ideal location.

Cosy and welcoming. Great food highly recommended

Give this place a miss! Went for Sunday lunch as they used to sell child size portions to OAPs. When the beef arrived it was sinewy and inedible, couldn't cut it even with a steak knife.

Great pub, great food, great beers, great staff. Family run pub in the heart of Penn street, had a chicken burger on the specials board with a crème brulé which was delicious. Would highly recommend

Consistently one of the best pubs in the area. The menu is excellent, and the choice of Sunday roasts are always great. Well located for walkers and people who want to engage in the traditional look walk round the woods with dinner afterwards.

Went at 4.30pm so not very busy. Nice pint and fantastic hanging baskets.

I went, with relatives, for a meal and chat after a family funeral at the nearby Chilterns Crematorium. Booked in advice, with special food requirements for some, it was a friendly, well-organised welcome. I very much hope to go back on a happier occasion and to do justice to their excellent range of real ales.

Very pleasant pub. Helpful and friendly staff.

Very friendly welcome when artived, the gentleman who greeted us was very sweet and patient with my daughter who was deciding on what fruit drink she wished, absolutely amazing chips!! Beautiful garden with the most gorgeous hanging baskets we will definitely be coming back!

Have been here for ages. Always great choice and quality. Good beers too. Staff very attentive

Had a great pint of Badger best bitter. Thanks

Friendly helpful staff. Sandwiches were nice

Lovely setting and nice bar staff