The Merry Miller in Vale of White Horse

Lovely Sunday lunch. Very friendly staff, great atmosphere. Lots of choice with the carvery meats and vegetables.

First time here but will definitely visit more regularly! Superb!

Sunday carvery. The meat was great but sadly the rest of it was underwhelming. Most of the vegetables were on the cold side and the broccoli and cauliflower slightly undercooked. Expensive as well. The seating is not comfortable for the taller person. That said, I can't fault the service and the mostly young staff are attentive and keen to help.

Lovely roast all very tasty and piping hot! Service excellent. Recommend!

Our first visit, and very impressed. A lovely atmosphere, delicious food, and great customer service - particularly accomodating with our balloons and surprise cake for an ambushed guest! Would definitely recommend. Unfortunately not local but hope to visit again.

Stopped for quick round of drinks (no food) after a walk around the nature reserve. Very cozy traditional pub with oak beams and open fireplace, comfortable leather couches or tables . Good service (midday so not overly busy) and standard (non chain) drinks prices. Looks like they had good food, set buffet (different pies etc. £19 a head) menus

Lovely food. Polite, friendly, nice staff. It may not matter to some, but the changing facilities for a baby, I have to say having it very warm was great for a baby, whether that's intentional or just because of the time of year, but a warm changing room for a baby is great.

Lovely pub great food, love the Sunday carvery but also had a great sausage and mash here recently too!

Food and drinks is always nice and tasty especially after having done a lovely walk with our dog, who is always more than welcome

Just called in for a tasty coffee and lovely chat, what a great country pub! Very friendly staff and warm welcoming atmosphere, brilliant! The menu looks amazing too. See you again very soon! 😊

The Sunday lunch at the Merry Miller is superb, plenty of choice of meats,roast beef, lamb, pork, turkey and gammon. All beautifully cooked.The vegetables are varied and plentiful with roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings to die for. A very good selection of deserts complete the menu. The staff are all pleasant and efficient with a special mention of Matthew who went over and above to ensure we had a very pleasant experience.We fully recommend a visit to the Merry Miller, you will not be disappointed.

Went for Sunday roast. It's ok. Definitely quantity over quality. Staff were very friendly.

We came for a Sunday carvery. Food was great and mostly good service, however we arrived on time to our booking and were asked by the server ‘Olly’ to wait at the bar as the table wasn’t ready. We waited nearly 20 minutes when we had to ask how long the table was. The same server said sorry and must have forgotten us, then we were seated straight away. We were asked if we were having carvery where we said yes. We assumed that we needed to wait to be told to get the food (we weren’t told) and 20 minutes later we had to ask another server who said sorry and that we could go up for food. After this point the service was great from the female servers who were attentive and asked how the food was. Disappointed in how long we had to wait and were forgotten twice, but the rest of the experience was great

Very good food and a varied menu which worked well for children, with pizzas and burgers, and adults alike.

Still, great food and service, as usual 😊

Lovely pub. Carvery was spot on, roasties were unbelievable! Bar/waiting staff attentive but not annoying. Tasteful decor.

Is my 2 year visiting this pub for our company Christmas meal, good food, nice atmosphere ♥️

Loved it, thanks fir a fab Christmas Day!

The most amazing food and service! Jackie & Rob are fantastic and couldn’t be any more amazing if they tried. Have been coming for years and couldn’t recommend enough ❤️ carvery to die for!

Great food and service, had a really enjoyable team Christmas lunch

Nice food and people worth a visit,especially in summer

2nd year running we’ve been here for our annual family get together.. A very warm cosy, Christmassy atmosphere greets you 🎄 20 of us this year and the food was as fabulous as it was last year! we had a mixture of carvery and off menu and most of us had some extremely scrummy puddings, wine & beer were excellent , staff couldn’t do enough for us very efficient and a lovely landlord and landlady who made us feel very welcome indeed …. Thank you so much for making our Christmas get together special ! We will be back next year …

Arrived at the merry miller for a Christmas lunch with my girlfriends family (a party of 20 people), as soon as I stepped in the door way I was greeted with an incredibly friendly atmosphere, I had a great chat with Jackie (the lovely lady behind the bar) while we waited for our table. We then got seated as the rest of the group of 20 arrived (they were greeted with the same warm and friendly smile that I was greeted with from Jackie), we were sat quickly by the staff (very attentive, smiley and happy), we got our order put through which arrived quickly, it was timed perfectly so that all the people who were having carvery (the carvery was run by Rob who cracked a few good jokes) went up and sat with their food just as we got our food, I myself ordered the char siu pork which was delicious and flavourful, the sauce was incredible and the prawn crackers were a great touch, my girlfriend went for the meatballs, however she changed her mind to the rodeo burger after we had ordered, luckily Jackie was nice enough to change our order, the burger was just incredible, it looked immense and I had a taste of it, trust me on this, it tasted as good as it looked, mouthwatering. After our mains we ordered some deserts which I went for the brownie. Outstanding! The chocolate was rich and creamy which pared beautifully with the vanilla ice cream, I additionally got a chance to try the treacle tart, it was just perfect, unlike other treacle tarts it wasn’t too sweet, just the correct level of sweetness which was beautifully complimented by the custard, they allowed us to stay on the table for an extra 30 mins which we were very thankful for. Overall the meal and the service was incredible, I can’t recommend the merry miller enough, definitely worth a visit if you’re looking for a beautiful meal or even if you’re in the area. 11/10 would visit again.

Came here for a work Christmas dinner and I could not fault the food quality and portions, the service was very fast even though we were a big group. Very recomended.

Cattle Sunday lunch food cold staff pushey

Great place for a family Sunday roast

Wonderful Jackie and her great team hosted the wakes for both my parents and on both occasions went above and beyond. The first a carvery and the second a hot and cold buffet. Couldn’t fault a thing with either the food or the service received. What could have been a sad occasion turned into celebrations of lives well lived and both mum and dad would have thoroughly enjoyed both. Thank you very much.

Excellent throughout, would recommend the venue to everyone.

Excellent buffet, good service, merry Xmas. 🎅

Had the best Sunday carvery today. Amazing and generous selection of food, cooked to perfection. Highly recommend. A real hidden gem. Yorkshire Pudding was amazing!

The food was well presented and mouth watering delicious.

I have ordered a pizza and a pint. That was the worst pizza I ate for last 10 years. Hard to call It pizza. Ready made base from Lidl with bolognese sauce and enormous amount of milk cheap fat cheese. I was so hungry that I forced myself to eat this. Good points are nice and kind staff and general good atmosphere. Despite the fact there was 10% optional tip added to the bill not showing the original amount I left £20 and this review for free.

Very very busy too many people and not relaxing. Queued for too long for carvery and was squeezed onto a table and didn't see the waitress for ages

Very good carvery and pudding to die for. Despite being very busy service was good. Thoroughly recommend

Nice food. Desert a bit too sweet : own fault for choosing treacle tart I guess🙂

Some veg not cooked right stilll hard colly and brussels

Had an excellent carvery and the pudding was to die for. Although they were very busy the service was good. Would definitely go again.

We went in with a big booking was left and forgot about in the corner then our waiter came over ordered drinks then the drinks got delivered then a girl approached who looked like she was in gym wear quite rudely asked if we had ordered food we relayed no so she took our order, after waiting a long time they come over and said our food was almost ready for those that ordered Carvery we could go and get it now, the man who served the carvery was very pleasant and friendly. The food however was tastey but very cold the gravy wasn’t even hot. The rest of our food got delivered with side orders missing which just never arrived then after we finished there was a young chap come over to clear our plates and he reluctantly offered desserts basically said they was closing soon so didn’t really want us to have dessert. I felt like we wasn’t really welcome or cared for during our visit and won’t be returning anytime soon, which is a-shame coz the food was was nice just not very hot, the service just let them down.

Always a top notch carvery, good variation in meat, veg and sauce. The staff are fantastic and a nice cosy environment

Phoned when passing, kept carvery open just passed closing so we could eat there and were extremely polite and courteous. Food was delicious, 5 meats all tender and veg fresh even as they were closing. Very impressed.

We held our 50th wedding anniversary at the Merry Miller Cothill last week. We chose a buffet. It was superb, sandwiches, quiche, pizza salads. Scotch Eggs, cornish pasties, sausage rolls, chicken wings. Desserts including Kit Kat cheesecake, pavlova, sticky toffee pudding, lemon tart, and cheese board. Plenty of delicious food. The hospitality was wonderful, very welcoming, cosy, a super service. Thank you Jackie, Steve and the team.

Carvery was tasty and fresh. Good variety of meats and vegetables to choose from. Staff were friendly and helpful. Building was cosy and clean.

Delicious food, great service . Tremendous drinks menu . We loved it !

Very disappointed with the Sunday lunch. The only good thing was the choice of meats and the Yorkshire puddings. The roast potatoes were awful, no taste whatsoever and all the vegetables were hard with no taste. Shame as we were looking forward to it. Won’t be visiting any time soon. It was very busy but I do wonder about whether the kitchen staff or bosses try any of the food before it leaves the kitchen. Positive note - the waitress was lovely

Came for the carvery - it was the only sunday lunch in the area still available at 18.30. Huge portions, 5 different meats, everything was delicious, dishes of fresh roasties and parsnips kept coming out even as late as we were there. It was a very cosy, low ceilinged old world kind of pub. Beers were a bit expensive but the food was good value so we didn't mind. Staff were attentive, it was busy when we were there, would come again!

It is honestly the best place we have visited for Sunday dinner. Will definitely be back .

An absolutely amazing carvery! Plenty of choice and all cooked fresh. The staff were all very happy, polite and helpful which helped set a wonderful atmosphere! Will definitely be going back and would highly recommend!

Had a fantastic meal! The staff were brilliant and the atmosphere was great. Would highly recommend and will definitely be going back.

Had the carvery today and it was very good indeed. Nice thick gravy, good roast potatoes and massive Yorkshire puddings with a good selection of meats and vegetables too! Definitely worth a visit, especially if you're hungry! 😋🔥

Lovely staff and great food, good portion sizes, massive car park. Easy to get to and well worth a visit. Dog friendly too

Had a lovely meal after dog walk. Food very nice, service great 👍

We decided to try The Merry Miller for a Sunday carvery, well priced but was slightly disappointed in the food....meats were cooked well with decent portions, but the same can't be said for the vegetables, they were very dry! Been out too long under hot lights sadly. Also £7 for a pint of Guinness! Ouch

Amazing carvery but terrible service. The good: big portions and all the trimmings with every choice you can imagine. There is private parking and the building is quite nice. The bad: When the place is half empty, we wouldn't expect to be seated in a corner at the back of the room where the sun hits our faces while eating. Drinks were very slow and we needed to remind our server about them, so who knows what his notepad was for. We were handed menus but not told to stand up for the carvery buffet until another server (maybe the manager/owner) saw us. Getting the bill took ages since we were not looked after and after 10 mins I just stood up and paid at the bar because the server did not come back. Of course, they added a service charge which was a joke. I did not expect that and did not realise until later.

Had a great meal on a Saturday evening, the pub was fairly quiet but we couldn’t fault the food or the service or the friendliness of the staff, we will return.

The food was lovely, simple pub classics. The place did seem a touch on the tired side both interior, exterior and staff. We came early evening and the staff just seemed distracted and tired. I hope they're OK, and getting a decent sound of rest.

Friston class food and service the same, very friendly and helpful, recommend to eat 👌

I would say, by far, the best roast I've had in a pub or restaurant! The meat is really good quality, the Yorkshire's are huge, the potatoes are crispy and the selection of vegetables vast. The kids menu has a really good choice of foods (my kids went for the pizza, which was demolished really quickly!). Add in fantastic, really friendly staff and it all makes for a really wonderful experience. We'll definitely be back!

Got to the pub, parked - it’s a big car park well laid out, but we’re ushered to a faraway corner where all the window blinds were down making it gloomy. Had to raise them. Food and drinks service ok, and relatively quick. The menu is pretty varied but not great for vegetarians. As we met friends we spent a lot of time talking but come 1515 we’re invited to leave by the landlord so he could close and go out. Didn’t feel like they appreciated us being there at all. This on a Saturday which is a day it’s reasonable to expect them to be open in the afternoon.

Found this pub via google as we were visiting the local area. So glad we did. All the staff were so friendly and helpful. Dog friendly with their own menu. Food was amazing, and the Yorkshire puddings in the words of a 6 year old, ‘Holy Moly’ they were delicious. Thank you so much, will definitely visit again if we’re in the area.

Lovely friendly service , great food massive Yorkshire PUDS , even get biscuits with your coffee ☕ 😋 and dogs allowed 👍

With the mx family racing nearby. Great little country pub. Food was amazing at a realistic price fantastic service and lovely staff

Classic old English pub with interesting menu.

Good service and a nice environment but in this particular case our party was unable to have their menu choices as they were unavailable which was disappointing. The food that we did have was nice. As it was the day before Father's Day one would have expected the chefs ordering to have been more accurate.

Update June 2023: It's been about 6 years since I've been but I went again with 3 friends for lunch this afternoon and it was just as I remembered. Wonderful food, lovely old fashioned interior (with lovely toilets too!) And the service was excellent. Highly recommended!

We booked Sunday lunch for my sister in law's birthday as she lives nearby. Fabulous service and lovely meal - especially delighted as the whole carvery (minus the stuffing) was gluten free!

Went specially for their Tapas and Paella Evening to say I was disappointed is an understatement. Went with my wife’s parents and had to wait nearly an hour before their meal was served, so when I went to get my Tapas and Paella they had...

Meat at carvery was cold, vegetables undercooked and tasteless. Expensive.

Would not recommend meat very cold potatoes cold vegetables only half cooked will never go back again

Was here last year it was very good came on holiday this year and was very disappointed Meat at Carvery was cold veg was cold gravy was greasy would not go back

Food was lovely good varied memu doen well. Staff really friendly. Maybe could do with a larger selection of beer. Good size carpark as we were in a notorhome.

Good food, service and atmosphere. Will definitely visit again.

I don’t think it as as good as most nights I’ve been. I don’t think I’ll have pie night again as I found the options to be a little tasteless apart from the lamb and the quality of the veg was a little on the poor side too. I would also like to see someone there to dish the pie up, yea it’s great to have the choice to get as much as you want but then others before you just grab everything and leave you with the bland options. Staff were great though and replaced the gfs dessert as she didn’t like it. The lemon roulade though was bloody brilliant.

We came yesterday with a couple of our friends and all four of us went for the carvery. The owner of the pub was absolutely lovely. As soon as 2pm hit, he looked over, smiled and said ‘are you hungry?’ and urged us to come...

A fantastic meal Sunday Carvery... atmosphere spot on, team excellent and the carvery was second to none.. superb and highly recommended

We enjoyed a fantastic late birthday family meal, thanks to a generous monetary gift from my in-laws. Jackie, Rob and their wonderful staff served us up a fabulous two course meal, for which the four of us enjoyed a main course and a pudding, in...

Very nice food. I had a very good carvery. Stuffing is my only criticism. The young blond clothing is to be questioned in terms of a professional look.

Lovely carvery indeed. Fresh and hot plus loads to choice from. Only comment was it is very echoey in the building so chatting with friends was hard work, plus the chairs a hard. However food we perfect and a good selection of drinks, plus made a big deal with the children which we like. Dog friendly is always a tick for us Good luck team. Can't wait to come back.

Nice place. Good food and value. Dog friendly. Highly recomended.

Great reataurant spot on place for food after long walk. Wery tasty food and good price. Waitress service on top level. And most important for us dog friendly. Would highly recomend.

Lovely carvery. Hot fresh and delicious. They change the serving spoons to prevent cross contamination. Friendly staff. Highly recommended

Very good carvery Sunday lunch with plenty of meat and variety of vegetables, the gravy was a little on the sweet side for my liking. The waiting staff were attentive but not intrusive.

Lovely food, excellent service.

Best carvery by far,food is amazing,well priced,great set up,good selection of drinks

Nice place to have a meal and the weekly specials are excellent 👍

Just had a family meal in the pub as I have been there many times for the Sunday roast and always been impressed. We placed the order for our food and when it started arriving my 2 year old was left without his meal. A few minutes later a burger (adults meal) was brought out which was not part of our order we responded by saying we ordered our son pizza. Again a few minutes later the waitress returned and said that the pizza had been burnt and they were cooking another one. At this point we asked for some sauces. Another 5 minutes passed and our pizza and saves had still not arrived. We went up to find out what was going on and low and devils the sauces arrived still no pizza for my 2 year old. A few minutes later it arrived and when we complained we were told that if we wanted the kids food out before the adults we should have asked. We were not expecting it before ours but would expect it at the same time and not to be challenged by the staff who made the mistake. Please bear in mind there we 3 tables I. The restaurant at the time so they were not busy at the time. No adjustment on the bill at the end and no real apology, not really good enough.

Visited with some friends for lunch, nice menu, very reasonably priced. We all have the lunchtime baguettes which were served with salad and chips. Very tasty, well presented and good value for money. The staff were friendly and welcoming. I will definitely be returning.

Went to the all you can eat pie night with friends from work! Warm cosy atmosphere and a good selection of pie for everyone (including a vegetarian option). Very good value for money for £16.95 per person (drinks extra). Highly recommended.

Just had a meal at merry miller. It was curry night the men had the curry which they said was lovely. Us ladies had the belly pork that was awesome well presented and flavoursome. Will definitely be back we did the pie night last month...

Fantastic ,food,service ,would defiantly recomed for functions

Went for the carvery lunch, looking really forward to it whilst waiting in the que to get food, got a plate full and sat down, the cauliflower cheese was undercooked in places, same with the broccoli and also some of the potatoes, meat was very...

Verg good carvery with a good choice of food. Staff were excellent, helpful, polite and always available to help. Would recommend that people try the merry Miller.

Lovely food, great service and fantastic place

Popped in midweek and was surprised at how busy it was. However, it turned out it was a large collection of mum’s who had dropped off at the nearby school all hogging the bar for coffee. But once you fought your way through you got...

TL,DR: Excellent food let down by poor service and extremely rude owner. We went for a late 6pm carvery sitting and I will say the food is excellent with a fantastic selection of veg, massive Yorkshire puddings and great meat and roast potatoes on offer, can't fault the food. The burger also was very good with a good helping of chips and side salad. However; we asked for some mayo and ketchup for the burger and again after 10 minutes I went to ask one of the staff if they could get some for us. I should point out the boiler has broken at the pub so it was very cold there (to the point where we offered blankets) so the burger was getting cold very quickly. Another few minutes went by and still no mayo or ketchup so we asked a 3rd member of staff who said 'they were too busy'! We then asked for the burger to be returned to the kitchen to be kept warm whilst we waited for the mayo/ketchup. About 3 minutes later the mayo and ketchup arrive without a burger! A few minutes after that a new burger did arrive so that was good service, albeit to a problem that shouldn't have existed. I should mention that the girl who originally forgot the mayo/ketchup apologised and said 'the burger had been removed from our bill and that she would pay for it', generous but again slightly unnecessary. After our meal we got the bill and indeed there was no charge for the burger (but service charge was on the bill) and we felt bad for the girl paying for the burger so went to the bar to get it added back on our bill only to have the owner refuse to add it on stating 'we shouldn't be chasing staff around the restaurant'. We were shocked at such a response and we will not be returning. Great food, very poor service.

Having had to say goodbye to both my mother and father within 8 months of each other, and having asked Jackie and her team to cater for us on both occasions I have been simply blown away. On both occasions the food was exceptional and...

Booked our seating for carvery lots of vegetables,unhappy there was a few bits of cauliflower cheese had none left considering they had just opened for carvery at 6pm very blunt reply (none left ) cold roast potatoes ,cold in the corner area sat with coats...

What a lovely place. Arranged to meet family here and had the Sunday carvery. Loved the food and the service was excellent. Definitely would travel to come here again. Could now be my regular go to list for food and drinks

Really good experience for a group Christmas meal. Staff were very welcoming, food was excellent, and service was efficient. Lovely warm atmosphere helped.

It's all about the roast at the mm... lovely choice of five meats plus great variety of veg...only 4/5 as the veg could have been warmer...

Tried the take away roast dinner for the the first time and it was brilliant, saves washing up and cooking for one.