The Horseshoes in West Oxfordshire

When a business contact of mine from London told me he would be visiting Witney, of course I wanted to meet up with him. But also I wanted to impress him and show him the best that Witney ha to offer. When I booked dinner at The Three Horseshoes I was confident that my contact would have a great evening, and it was absolutely the right choice. As soon as he arrived he commented on how amazing the pub was, and how he loved the atmosphere and the log burner too. Our dinner was fantastic and even though the place was busy, the speed or service and the attentiveness of the team was brilliant. They were there when we needed them, and left us to get on with our business conversation the rest of the time. For impressing a really important contact from London - The Three Horseshoes was exactly the right choice and what is SO brilliant is that it is also the perfect choice for a quiet pint or to meet up with friends too.

Lovely menu to suit various tastes. Delicious food. Cocktails are made at the time & good choices. Unfortunately the service was very slow, although friendly.

Top quality service and great food definitely recommend

There with a crowd on a Friday night. Really good atmosphere with every table full. Great pub food and very friendly staff. A good selection of draft beer and lagers. And the obligatory super burger…

Lovely pub restaurant, great food, reasonable, friendly staff

Stunning pub that serves the most amazing food served by the bestest team Fantastic for a quick pint or a amazing meal Great for business entertaining Highly recommend

Friendly professional staff, well cooked selection of Sunday roasts!! Service was excellent and not rushed! Highly recommend and will visit again.

Warm welcome, delicious and very well priced food options. Fantastic service, lovely ambience and music. Not at all pretentious, top marks!

Fantastic date night and superb food all topped off with the atmosphere definitely going back

Fabulous Sunday roast today with my daughter and son. Great service and cattered for my 2 year old son. Will definitely come back.

Absolutely love coming here be it for a quick drink on walk into town or food and hang out with friends ❤️ great team who work there always so welcoming and such a friendly atmosphere of regulars x food is on point also 👌 Great work from the new owners bringing this fab place to life yet still feeling like home ❤️

Would say that this pub nice. Prices in my opinion are higher than what the foods worth. I’m sure I will get a reply talking about the cost of living ect. Staff were friendly and atmosphere was top tier with a nice ambiance and good vibes. I think they should drop the prices by 10% and the fact that they serve a service charge on top of this but are providing normal pub service through me off but we paid it nethertheless. Beyond this I would say it’s nice and worth a visit but the quality of food does not match the prices. Was not a huge fan of the cold chicken tikka sandwich filler. It wasn’t stated as cold or that it was going to be in mayo as apposed hot chicken tikka curry on a jacket. If I knew this I probably would have got something else and enjoyed my experience a little more and would have had nothing to complain about. Beyond this enjoyed this meal with my cousin.

I only stopped for a drink but it’s a really cute little pub. Food looked great and not too pricy.

Recently visited for an event, my first time. Really enjoyed the night, very friendly staff and the service was great I'll certainly be back soon.

Excellent Sunday lunch, great service and great atmosphere in a cosy pub, best Guinness in Witney. Highly recommend a visit.

Lovely pub, nice friendly staff, good beer, great food, not alot more to add!

Very disappointing. we arrived at 1.15 for lunch today and stood at the bar for 10mins waiting to enquire about whether there was a table available. The only member of staff was having a social chat with 2 customers about the NHS. After 10 mins we left and the member of staff seemed completely unaware of the fact that we had even been there.

Brilliant service food was lovely and hot and service quick treated with up most kindness and very my enjoyed the entire visit would definitely recommend

Attended a wedding party yesterday. The food was lovely and the service and staff were fantastic. Couldn't have been more helpful and accommodating

Fabulous Sunday Lunch very friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere, thank you

Had a family dinner, food was delicious, sevice was great and staff were polite .... whats not to like. Will eat here again.

Very good food, big portions and polite, friendly staff, will definitely be back again really enjoyed my time there

Firstly we were greated by a young lady named Jess, she made us very comfortable and was kind, happy and very welcoming. We come for the Sunday roast. We were gifted the lunches. I think it was extremely kind of the 3 horseshoes to do this for us. The meal was so so good, we went for the chicken and vegetables. It was amazing. Even the carrots were delicious, I don't know what the chef did, but again it was all so good. We also had dessert, Eaton mess and home made apple crumble with home made custard. It was fantastic. As my daughter was sick and couldn't make the meal, Jess made up a meal and and dessert to take away. Honestly we had proper 5 star treatment. On the way out a very kind lady gave my boy a second cup of sweets. He was already made up from the sweets he ate. More sweets he said outside, I want to cry I'm so happy. Thank you to all at the 3 horseshoes for your kindness and for a lovely meal in a fantastically beautiful setting.

A quick half on passing through, so not qualified to comment on the food, suffice to say it was very busy for a Tuesday evening... Footy on in the garden, covered by a large appropriate awning. Quirky building/labyrinth with bags of character.

First time in here. Took a chance to get a table for Sunday Lunch. Firstly, very decent pint of Guinness. 5 star Roast Beef lunch. Top class Yorkshire pudding. Staff very polite and slick. Definitely worth a visit. 27/06/24. Still serving the best Guinness in Witney. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Lovely venue and super friendly staff. Very hot day but the room for training course was cool airy and comfortable. Attentive service and delicious lunch made for an enjoyable meeting.

Amazing time with the family and service was brilliant, food was excellent

Delicious food which lived up to the mouth watering menu and better service. A classic friendly local pub with a gastropub experience. Will be back again.

Lovely place, great food and service.

Food was great service was lovely too but we sat under the speaker in the dining room to your left and it was so loud to hear each other talk! We did ask twice for it to be turned down but they didn’t! Everything else was lovely tho

Called in for a bite to eat.Had the burger and chips. It was cooked well and tasted great. The prices were reasonable and the staff very friendly and helpful. Thanks

A good Sunday lunch - portions were on the reasonable side..not too large. Good price and good flavours.

Note to oneself don't go for a special occasion.

Great pub, dog friendly and the food was nice and reasonably priced

It was the attention given by the staff to meet our needs that made the evening special, although the food was pretty good too.

Went mothers day Amazing roast 😋 Great atmosphere

It was a quiet Wednesday night but food was good (on a recommendation) and staff were friendly

Genuinely one of the best meals out I’ve had in ages. Excellent food, service and a buzzing atmosphere. Loads of veggie options. We shared sourdough and hummus to start, generous portion and plenty for the two of us. The pie filling changed before we’d had a chance to order but the steak, ale and Stilton pie with chips and veg was outstanding. My friend had the cauliflower fritters with dahl. Delicious. Everything was piping hot, straight from the kitchen. Our server Jess was fantastic. It was a busy Saturday night and we were so impressed with every aspect of the meal. Lovely wine options. And very reasonably priced. Can’t wait to come back with a larger group. Keep it up team!

Visited for dinner, pub was quite busy, staff were very friendly and welcoming. the table was in a smallish corridor type room and the locals kept walking through it, out and in the whole time also there was no separation between the sitting area behind which was full of loud and quite drunken men who kept burping, swearing and speaking so loudly that I couldn’t hear our conversation and being honest we just wanted to leave as soon as we ate the meal and not stay for pudding because it was very off putting. The food was okay, was quite disappointed really on the quality and over all taste. We did not get a steak knife nor any cutlery so we had to take some of the empty table behind us.

I've been to the Horseshoes semi-regs for the last three years. I have witnessed first hand the worker uprising that turned into a beautiful story of staff based ownership, and I live for it. The food took a little while to find it's legs under the new ownership but their persistence has paid off, and they've hit the sweet spot of reasonably priced and solid production. The staff are really the highlights, always willing to help and with some of the nattiest dress sense you'll see this side of Paris.

I was fairly disappointed with food served and the portions were less than generous. The choice of drinks was good as was the service.

This was the second time that I have been here this year and on both occasions (for Sunday lunch) the food and service were excellent. The price is very reasonable as well. The whole place has a very comforting and welcoming feel. Well done team!

Great spot for lunch. Chicken tikka sandwich was enormous, and the cheese and ham toastie was generously filled. Lunch was only marred by a couple complaining that the menu had changed and did not include what they had come in for. For clarity, this is stated on the website, as it's a seasonal menu. The full current menu is also posted by the front door, and there's plenty to choose from. But, this was all handled so well by the wait staff and manager, with patience and understanding. Lovely staff, genuinely dog friendly pub, and a nice pint. We'll see you again when we're next in Witney!

Service no existent. Got there at 2pm. Still waiting for starters at 3pm. Staff not helpful at all.

Quintessential English pub right in the heart of the market town of Witney.

Super pub playing great music provided by truly excellent staff, but most importantly the food, absolutely perfect, well prepared and cooked. Lots of fun and wonderful reception Thank you Roger Bath Somerset.

Just been for dinner with a friend on a Tuesday night, it’s the first time I’ve been since it changed hands and it did not disappoint. It was busy and atmospheric for a Tuesday. We had 3 courses and each meal was delicious. Everything was so reasonably priced and the service was top notch. Well done to the Team, we will definitely be back!

Food excellent, customer service excellent, went above and beyond. Great value. The only thing that we were a bit disappointed with is that we asked for a little extra gravy, which we got in a very small jug. Didn’t expect to be charged extra for this on the bill!! We think it’s a little mean.

Loved Sunday lunch! Busy & bustling pub. Friendly & welcoming. For a drink or light lunch great too !! Will be back !

Very friendly and value for money

lovely welcome. accommodated us at short notice for Sunday lunch, despite being packed. food great, service great, atmosphere lively.

I booked for a party of 18 last Sunday. When we arrived they had squeezed us onto tables so small that we only managed because one person was unwell (so didn’t turn up) and after we asked them to bring another chair to put on the end of the table as there was just no way six of us would fit into the space provided. As they serve Sunday lunch on a Sunday we did not pre-order. To save the challenge of sorting the bill I asked if they would take orders for families. We were told no, as food would come out per bill, instead we were advised to order by each table (we had two). I told them this would not work as families were split across two tables. As I wanted us all served together, I said “never mind, just bill as one and I will sort.” As we ordered the waiter told me that one table had not ordered starters. I said okay just please serve mains together. Well of course they ignored my instructions. They served the starter, cleared it way, and after a quite long wait served the table without starters their main. They did not serve the second table their mains until at least ten minutes after the first table had finished their main, despite several prompts from me and a small disagreement with the waiter who insisted he had told me that he would not serve us as one party, despite booking as one! We insisted they bring deserts to us all at the same time. We waited so long for these that the two children on the first table were getting so distressed that we had to ask that they at least bring their deserts. Total disaster. We usually mix family members at each course. One person had driven from Birmingham for a 12:30 meal. In the end he left at 3:30 (as soon as we’d finished) without being to speak to many of us. If you are booking for a larger group I would not recommend this restaurant. The food was actually very nice, although the vegetables served to the second table were barely warm. I think the meals had been standing for several minutes. The waiter apologised and told me the manager would come to speak to me He chose not to.

We arrived with a lovely welcome and very accommodating staff. Food was great, well priced and delicious. We picked this venue for our Christmas dinner because it was the only place in town for an evening meal that didn't make you have a set menu, aan innflated set price or pre order on small groups! A major plus for me! They had a full on busy service but nothing was too much trouble for any of the team. When we needed to move from the restaurant for their second sitting, Tommy found us a great spot in The Corridor seating area where we were able to continue our evening, giving us table service for our drinks. Keep up what you're doing at The Horseshoes, it's working great!

First year of having a Christmas Dinner here. Went along with my brother and we weren't disappointed. The starters were lovely and the turkey meal excellent. Such a friendly atmosphere and everyone was so welcoming. Would definitely recommend to anyone.

First visit with friends since the change of management. Great welcome on a very wet Sunday, but a lovely log burner in the bar area. Although very busy, the service was excellent given with a friendly smile. Three of us had the beef and one the turkey, all cooked to perfection, all in all an excellent experience. Just a small thing and not a complaint, our table was at the front adjacent to the bar area, which was a little noisy, maybe the side dining areas are a little quieter for conversation? Our friends enjoyed the visit and so did we.

Had a lovely lunch today with three good friends. The staff were very friendly and the food was delicious.

Superb service by really lovely friendly people. Lovely tasty food and nice vino. A definite place we'll return to, often. Thank you for the experience.

Great owners, good bar staff, good vibe and the beer tastes crisp and clean.

The best pub in Witney, Excellent staff, atmosphere and decor. Good price for drinks and food. We had the lamb chops and a brilliant burger. Thanks to Tommy and the team for the whole evening. Will definitely be returning.

Great service, great food, and great vibes

A really friendly pub, great staff and an interesting menu. The service was great with the staff being very informative and helpful. All of us enjoyed our meals, our vegetarian friend really liked her pumpkin risotto and I was impressed by the fresh horseradish The added bonus sauce (and I grow my own horseradish!) which accompanied the very tasty slow cooked shin beef. The added bonus was the pub was directly opposite to where we were staying.

Lovely food, excellent customer service

We were staying in Witney for one night and I liked the reviews for this Pub online. I had booked a table for my wife, myself and my 89 year old Mum on the Thursday evening and we were not let down. Very friendly staff from the start to finish with service and superb food. I would heavily recommend their pies and the banana fritters. Very popular pub too but deservedly so.

A group of us had a wonderful evening at this lovely Pub. We felt so welcomed, the food from a very good menu was beautifully cooked, and the service was great. I couldn't fault it and can highly recommend it!

We had a Sunday roast overall a decent roast, however the portions were a little off with the veg. A bit disappointed to only receive 2 roast potatoes, one carrot, a very small leaf of kale, and one very small bit of brocoli. It did, however, come with cauliflower cheese. Everything tasted lovley but just wasn't very filling.

What a great place! Friendly staff, attentive service, lovely food with extensive menu. We were a larger party and arrived a little early for our table, but no probem, we sat in the rear courtyard until it was ready. A great atmosphere, busy place and no wonder with the food being very good. Fully recommend this place.

I have had several meals here that have all been amazing but I organised a meal for my partner's 40th and I couldn't fault anything! The staff were helpful and friendly, the food was lovely, the atmosphere was great. All our family/friends really enjoyed it. I'd highly recommend for any occasion and the roasts are top notch! Thank you Tommy & Team x

What an amazing pub. Great food, good beer & excellent staff.Gerrard is an outstanding member of the team. Thank you for such an enjoyable experience.

Great food, great service, great vibe 😊

First time back having a meal in the 3 horse shoes for years, it was our go place but when I had to start using Google translate to understand the menu we stopped going.😁 But I'm so glad we went back, it's now how we liked it and what a lovely place to eat. The food is amazing, atmosphere was spot on, and the staff have it right, not in your face but there when you need them . A very enjoyable evening out. Thanks to all at the shoes. 👌

Walked past this place and very much got the wrong impression from the exterior. The Beavertown banners and parasols outside don’t do the place justice, we went in just for a drink (Beavertown actually so the ads worked!) and stayed to eat. Very impressed with the service and the food. Would definitely recommend!

This is an excellent place to eat out. The food was excellent, the staff courteous and professional and the drinks reasonably priced. Very good atmosphere as the place was busy. Will definitely be returning.

Visited here for a Saturday night meal. The greeting was lovely , nice atmosphere and a great buzz. The food I can't fault , I had the fish and chips my only change would of been mushy peas instead of garden peas but that's personal preference 😉. The waitress I could tell she was new , she didn't ask my husband how he liked his steak we had too chase her back , we were offered no further drinks than the one we got when seated . Within 20 seconds of receiving food we were asked how it was , barely had chance to have a mouth full , maybe a bit more time too get into the meal. I don't know his name but the guy with blonde curly hair is a credit too the place , great customer service by him made us feel welcome ☺️

We booked a very late table, so were not expecting much. What we did get was a very nice surprise. The service was friendly, and we did not feel rushed even though we were seated at 21:20 (our choice). The food (I had a home...

Nice pub, good atmosphere, now doing excellent jazz sessions monthly. Worth a visit.

5 of us ate Sunday Lunch. We between us we had the beef and also the veggie Wellington. All really nice, including a selection of starters and desserts.

Haven't eaten here yet but good to see it's busy again and serving fab wine selection and reasonably priced at last! Great bar service and lovely garden with outside bar... Sadly not open when we visited. Really nice atmosphere now.

Good food and gluten free options plus dogs are welcome….

Lovely atmosphere and great food.

Exceptional front of house in the dining area. I ordered the grilled salmon with new jersey royals and pickled cucumber salad. Simple but stunning! Thanks go out to the dark haired young woman waiting the tables and whoever cooked my dinner! Great work guys. Also...

Haven't been in for a while found atmosphere and staff so welcoming and friendly. Didn't have food but definitely going to next time.

This is the 2nd time we’ve eaten here since the new owners took over and we weren’t disappointed. Excellent food and service and a good selection of drinks. The staff were helpful and knowledgable about the menu. Ham hock, butter bean and cider pie, aubergine...

Booked a table for Sunday lunch on their new system, however when we arrived they had no record of our booking and stated that they could not accommodate us. I therefore cannot comment on the venue and may not return.....

Great spot to sit in the sun with a pint and chat with friendly pub goers. Love the vibe here. Suffers from overpriced menu, as all Oxfordshire pubs do. The burgers look very high end but the taste and meat quality was average. HOWEVER, I hear they may have updated their menu so worth another go.

I’ve always loved this pub but since the new owners took over, it’s gone from strength to strength! The staff are superb, the steaks are amazing and all in all, it’s a local pub looking out for the community!! If you haven’t been, you need...

Terrific food, drink and amazing service. Possibly the friendliest pub in the world.

What an excellent meal, and congratulations to the team at The Three Horseshoes, who clearly know what they are doing! We decided to go on the strength of previous good reviews, which proved to be justified. We can recommend the salmon (tasty fish, delicious perfectly...

Great dog friendly pub in witney with simple but tasty food and great gin selection

Good honest food and great service

So good to see this pub up and running in a friendly atmosphere. Our food was fantastic. Really friendly and attentive staff. We spoke to the new owners Michael and Tommy, the friendly atmosphere they wanted is certainly working. Definitely pay this place a visit.

Been meaning to try this place since it was recently taken over. It was quite busy so it was a good job we booked a table for 4. They have a good selection of drinks and quite a good menu. The food and service was excellent and quite reasonably priced. We had haddock and chips, a burger, pie and rocket and balsamic tart. It came out quickly and was well presented thank you for a lovely evening.

6 of us had an excellent meal at The Three Horseshoes. I had a very tasty Chicken, Chorizo & Olive Pie. Others had the Asparagus, Feta, Rocket & Chimiccurri Risotto & were not disappointed. Service was friendly & Real Ale at £4.00 a pint. A...

Worth a visit best burger I’ve had in a long time, pie was great too, great service and a friendly manger Tommy, who we had a great convo with, I wish you good luck in this venture and if it continues, I know you won’t disappoint the town 😊😊😊. Great service from the team too, so please send my thanks to chefs and bar :)

Lovely place to have something to eat and drink, very friendly staff

Great food, great prices, with the best hospitality possible. Couldn’t recommend this place more highly

Sunday roast, top service, still a lovely atmosphere....the gravy needed a little thickening, was tasty though

Popped in for lunch on spec today. Fantastic veggie Wellington with crisp spuds, perfectly cooked veg and a huge Yorkshire. Excellent value for money. Highly recommended.

Nice experience, nice staff and a lovely old pub.

Great meal, great service, relaxed and efficient staff, risotto was delicious

Lovely pub, great setting, great food and beer selection