The Rycote Restaurant at The Oxford Belfry in South Oxfordshire

Lindo lugar para comer y para poder pasar en familia o con amigos, es muy rica la comida y el ambiente igual

We ate in the Hotel restaurant 2 times and each night the food was very good. The ambience of the restaurant was relaxing. Keep the good work up guys.

We ate here for 3 nights. Service was generally good. Menu was almost the same every night. One night one special was changed. Food was well presented but lacked flavour. Steak was tough. Cabbage with 4 main courses. Fried Cabbage, Savoy in a creamy sauce that ruined the gravy with the meat. Wilted Cabbage. If Cabbage was not your thing, a problem. Duck was good but a very small portion. Having visited other Q Hotel Restaurants this one was not so good as others.

We ordered a sandwich from their menu. It was advertised as “split tin bread” whatever that is but when it arrived it was made from a standard whole meal loaf. The cress was missing from the “egg and watercress” and was in no way worth £7.50 a pop. Disgraceful, and we let them know that.

Had a weekend away for early May Bank Holiday. Good value with comfortable room. Excellent service for our party of over fifty. Food was good with a nice variety to suit all tastes.

We were there for a 2 night weekend stay. Saturday was great - very busy, but excellent food and service. But Sunday night was very quiet. So the B team in the kitchen, and dreadful service . Had to go walkabout to find someone to serve us. And the staff problem continues into Monday breakfast.

the menu is dull has very few exciting options, is predcated around a £28 spend and will win no awards. Frankln if it was not included in your taraff there is no incentive to stay.However having booked bed, breakfasta and evening meal we stayed and indulged. The food was ok, nothing special and probably not worth what it allegedly cost and the winelist list is very overpriced for bog standard wines.There is nowhere else near so that concentrates the mind!

Perhaps not strictly a restaurant review but will pass some comments on the food served at a friends wedding. Firstly the ordering process was electronic. We got sent emails when the wedding was being planned with a link to order the food. 3 choices per course I think. Needless to say everyone forgets what they ordered. But worry not my full order was printed on my name card at the wedding. Very good. All the guests on our table commented on how good the food was. Certainly better than most, if not all, weddings I have attended. A light chicken and chorizo starter. Perhaps the weakest link. The beef I had for mains was excellent. Very tender and served with good vegetables. The lemon tart was tasty. Perhaps a tiny bit on the dry side. Thinner pastry might have helped. But overall very good

The main course was white chicken, white cabbage and potatoes so the plate looked insipid and unappetising and had little taste. The braised beef was also uninspiring. There was no cheese course on the menu but when I asked for some, the kitchen did provide three kinds of cheese.

We ate in the Hotel restaurant on the 3 nights of our stay and each night the food and service were very good. The whole ambience in the Restaurant is nice and relaxing as it seems more like a `stand alone` restaurant rather than in an Hotel. Very enjoyable!

The salmon for dinner was pretty average and had been cooked for far too long. Service was good though. Breakfast was really poor - cold scrambled eggs, over cooked sausages, no offer of tea or coffee, over-concentrated fruit juice.... It turned in to a very quick pit-stop and then moving to the bar for proper coffee and a packet of biscuits. This really needs some attention to live up to the quality of the hotel.

Ate in the restaurant while attending friends wedding. Food was superb quality served and subsequently cleared with a smile. The serving staff were attentive and very friendly. Would recommend wholeheartedly.

We had a £28 allowance at the restaurant included with our one night spa break. The ambiance in the restaurant was perfect and we did not feel rushed by our waitress, who was polite, smiley and very efficient. We enjoyed a delicious steak meal each, with sides and a dessert and that was all covered in our £28 limit, so it was all really good value.

We ate here one night whilst staying at the hotel and opted for the full three courses. I found the menu choices plentiful for a one off meal but my partner who is vegetarian was more limited but unfortunately this is not unusual with many places only offering a single vegetarian choice. If anyone eats here for every night of an extended stay they will quickly run out of choices that interest them. The service was excellent and the staff were very helpful and attentive. The food was delivered quickly – maybe a little too quickly for my liking with no pause between courses and was cooked to perfection.

Met friends who were staying at the hotel for dinner. Good food and service! Enjoyed a garlic chicken terrine starter and a great steak.

Me and my wife stayed at the at the Oxford Belfry Hotel. The restaurant on site served some excellent food. It's not cheap but it's Definitely good quality food and you will love it. I would recommend you visit and I can guarantee you will not be disappointed. Service was also fantastic. Thanks again.

I met a colleague here for a lunch meeting and I must say the restaurant staff seem poorly trained! But the biggest issue was the food we were served, 2 x chicken burgers that were dreadful, the buns had clearly been frozen and the whole burger was a sweaty mess of grease and hard chicken which all tasted microwaved. We couldn't finish the meals and we we didn't have to pay after complaining, but we have both been quite ill for 2 days after! Something is very wrong with that kitchen! I would never eat in this hotel again.

Aconsejo no comer o alojarse en este hotel, que es lo peor. No estoy seguro de cómo logró 4 estrellas (mismos conceden?) tan decepcionante

El personal es agradable. Comida corriente aunque comestible y bien. Si se aloja en el hotel y no te apetece salir de su mal. No me molestaría que viajan especialmente para comer allí.

Stayed at the Belfry for three nights. Ate in restaurant for two nights, luckily I eat fish (pescatarian) as vegetarian option is limited. Limited menu but tasty.

es un gran restoo, comí de maravillas, buenas porciones, excelentes ingredientes una tormenta de sabor.

Firstly, the front of house staff in this restaurant are fantastic and couldn't be more helpful. The short, well balanced, set menu is well balanced and sounds interesting. Sadly it is not well executed by the kitchen. We were here for 2 nights on a DB&B basis so ate here on both nights. On the first night I had duck - described as pink, but certainly overcooked - on the second I had their "Gourmet" burger - an overcooked slab of tasteless meat presented with average chips and a very poor "pickled slaw". Starters were OK if somewhat small portions. The kitchen do, however seem to be able to produce good steaks as two of our party had them on the second night and were both very happy. The wine list is, as you would expect in most hotels, over priced and rather boring.

I will review our stay at the hotel later but if you intend to eat in the hotel, choose the bar. The restaurant itself is very pleasant but the food is average. The starters were pretty good but the main course disappointed. We didn't eat a dessert as I felt a bit bloated after two courses.

As hotel restaurants go it was very nice, not a massive menus choice but enough to find something, I had a pasta and it was very well presented and tasty, our waitress was friendly and helpful, the atmosphere was a bit bland nothing special. Priced well.

If you are staying in the hotel then it makes reasonable sense to eat here otherwise you will probably need a taxi into either Thame or Oxford. menu is OK and food was actually quite tasty but service a little hit and miss. Expensive for what it is but you are captive.

The menu offers a reasonable choice. The service was a bit slow even though it was fairly quiet. My duck breast was a bit tough and fatty but the vegetables were very good and plentiful.We were disappointed at the 30% surcharge added to the bill and complained as we had not been made aware of it. After some debate it was removed and we settled the bill for 8 of us in cash.

The Hotel Management could do not enough for our group, from the moment we arrived to our fond farewell all staff were courteous and helpful. Superior rooms are fantastic, huge and spotless. We have also spent two Christmas breaks at the Oxford Belfry and have booked in again with friends for Christmas this year. Hoping to make a return visit with Classic Cars in April 2016 - speaks for itself.

Excellent service. Good food. Open until 9pm. Also had breakfast there and that was very good standard.

Had a lovely evening meal here..The menu choice was good, but not extensive.. The service wads friendly and efficient..The food was nicely cooked and the portion size was just right for me, but someone who has a larger appetite may be left wanting more...

outstanding choice on the menu and generous portion sizes, we need another session in the gym to burn off all the cream

The looked exceptional and the food was lovely. Also a great assortment of bread and dessert/dessert cocktails! The atmosphere was also great however where we were sitting there was no windows at all! I'm sure the seating near the court yard was a lot better.

I was staying here on business and there were 14 of us, so had a good chance to see lots of the meals. The restaurant is very nice and had secluded parts if you wanted them, I was very dissapointed with my starter of hot smoked salmon as there was hardly any of it, I could have fit the salmon portion of it on a teaspoon about 6 lentils and a table spoon of salad, I also had the duck which was overcooked but the veg was good, some of the food was excellent around the table but it was hit and miss depending on what you ordered no consistency, having said that the service was very good.

Part of a DBB deal with Breakaway Club and the best food we've had at a Q Hotel - starters well presented and tasty (prawn & crayfish, ham hock terrine) followed by pork medallions in mustard sauce and top rump in red wine both excellent with al dente vegetables - perfect. Staff very friendly and welcoming and desserts did not disappoint. Overall 2 excellent dinners on both nights. Breakfast was fresh and well cooked even at end of service with good choice of cereals and fruit to start. Lots to see in Oxford so we will be back!

As a spa break customer both the lunch and evening menus are very very limited. There is a small set menu to make your choices from

An excellent atmosphere for a business dinner for a large table. We had good service and considered it to be fairly good value. The menu is not huge and the choices which sounded exotic on paper were a little plain on arrival however the quality was good and the service efficient. Breakfast looked like a huge spread but the hot food was a lottery if it had been under the light too long it was a bit broiled. Lovely staff throughout the hotel.

Average food and overpriced for the quality. Service was very good, and menu was quite inspiring - but let down by the actual food.

Excellent food and very attentive charming staff. The breakfasts are good with lots of different things to choose from.

Very disappointing food - the chef appears not to know how to cook fish or pasta but can do a steak....all the food is pretty bland with a very poor wine list...will not return....

After attending a meeting on 8th September we decided to have lunch what a mistake.No bread for the soup, poor selection of main course which looked to have been cooked hours before.Decided to have the chicken which was burnt on the outside and not cooked inside, vegetables dry and hard.In fact since Sunday I have been unwell due to that food.

We stayed here on a DBB break so the meals had a £25 budget .. Four of us ate with cocktails, good wine ,,baileys , etc for a £50 surcharge .. Absolutely stunning value .Great menu choice, we had steaks which were well cooked and good quality meat. We had a good dessert choice, great service , nice wine , and all with an unhurried , genuinely great service from the waiters and waitresses . I was so impressed with the Q hotel deal and would recommend them to anyone.

You will see from my last review that booking a meal in the hotel restaurant was far from easy. It doesn't appear that anything has changed since then as when we arrived for our Valentine's meal last week there was no record of our reservation, which was made two weeks previously. We were not given a very warm welcome after this and treated more like an inconvenience even though the restaurant was not very full at this time.The service after we were seated was good and quick. The food arrived promptly and was good quality. One point to make is that they have stopped serving vegetables as standard with the main meals (or certainly the steaks, anyway) and are now offering them as a chargeable extra.Desserts were lovely and the highlight of the meal! Cost is the same as my last couple of reviews - expensive so only for special occasions. Expect to pay approximately £60.00 for a three course meal with soft drinks for two.If they could get their booking system up to scratch and work on the welcome (it used to be 5*, now it's more like 3*), it would be a 5* review again. Shame as it used to be our favourite place for special occasion meals but can see it going downhill each time we visit.

As you will see from previous reviews, my husband and I have always enjoyed our meals here on special occasions and we recently visited for a family birthday.We were seated promptly, although there didn't seem to be any record of our booking on the table layout system - we were treated as if we were hotel guests rather than locals who had booked just for a meal. The restaurant was quiet, which was good, and our quick service reflected this.We were seated and given menus, which we had only just made our choice from when they were taken away from us and replaced by different ones. Apparently they now have different menus for different days. The prices were a little different for the same/similar dishes on each menu, too. These have risen since our last visit. Unfortunately there was not much of interest on the new menus and the meals that we had always previously had were not available. However I did ask if I could have a particular starter that was on the old menu and this was provided for me, which was good of the chef.When the food came it was nice, but not especially so. Unfortunately the quality of the meals this time did not match that of our previous visits. We did not order pudding as the puddings on the new menu were not very inspiring.When we left, we noticed a 10% service charge on our bill. We asked for this to be removed as it was optional. The prices of the drinks were shocking - £2.05 for a small glass of Coke (less volume than a can of Coke). The Coke also tasted very watered down.In the past we have not minded paying a bit more for our meal here due to the quality of the food and the quality of the experience. However this time, nearly £60.00 for a two course meal for two with two drinks was a bit galling due to the mediocrity of everything. The special touches - waiters pulling your chair out for you, treating you as a 'special customer', etc. weren't in evidence this time, which made us feel that we may as well have gone to a standard restaurant, had the same experience and saved a bit of money.

My partner is a real foodie and he was very impresssed. Simply excellent. Great choice of wines too.

My husband and I live locally and always visit this restaurant on special occasions. We visited last night for our fourth wedding anniversary and were not disappointed.We were greeted promptly and professionally by our waiter and shown to our table. Pulling out the chairs and placing our napkins on our laps our nice little touches that make the experience feel that little bit more special.The menu does not change from one visit to the next but this is good as there is a wide choice of food available and we like the available dishes. We were given water and bread rolls while we ordered and our order was taken promptly.Our starters were delivered to our table within 5 minutes of ordering and they were perfect, as usual. The melon fashioned into the shape of a rose is a lovely touch. Our main courses were delivered quickly as well and were as tasty as we have come to expect from the Belfry. Absolutely perfect!The staff are courteous and nothing is too much trouble for them. There are plenty of staff on hand should you need extra drinks or service. We always find the staff here to be five star both in terms of manner and standards of service.The cost is reasonable for a hotel restaurant of this standard - starts approx. £5.00, mains approx. £15.00 and puddings approx. £5.00 so allow £20-30 per person for a three course meal.Well done to everyone at the restaurant - we will certainly be back again soon!

The food was very pleasant and the staff are more than attentive but something was missing from the experience to give this 5 stars. The menu choices in the bar were more inspiring and in my opinion the carbonara in the bar meals was nice than the mains in the restaurant but there is a wide range of choice and the prices are reasonable for a hotel. You wouldn't be disappointed if you ate here and as we'd been snowed in it was ideal.

We ate in the restaurant on 30 Dec 11. We had a super three course meal and the food was excellent. Wine a bit pricy @ £22 per bottle but the ambiance was good.

After a long journey my family and I were ravenous. With a minimum of fuss two hotel guests and one other were booked into the restaurant and tucking into warm breads rolls. I ate Plaice stuffed with Salmon Mousse and my Mum and daughter had the Beef and the Sea Bass. Eyebrows were slightly raised when we declined starters but even our appetites would have been challenged by these. Vegetables were served in copious quantity and were fresh and tasty. Afterwards Mum enjoyed fruit platter with couli my daughter and I shared a plate of local cheeses which could have been a meal in itself. The wine list was tantalising varied and inexpensive ( I had more driving to do so couldn't partake!)

We recently ate at The Rycote Restaurant in the Belfry Hotel and were very pleased with the experience. We were dining for a special occasion so were looking for something pretty special and the restaurant delivered this. In fact two of our party have said that they would return in the future.The staff who greeted us were professional, polite and helpful and nothing seemed to be too much trouble for them. If you wander around looking lost (the toilets are not very well sign-posted), someone WILL ask if you need any help!The service was very good - we were not left waiting too long before our order was taken and all courses were delivered to us in a timely fashion. The food itself was reasonably priced for what you get and well presented.The toilets were spotless, in fact the whole hotel looked very clean. The atmosphere was quite lively while we were there as the hotel was busy, but the noise level was acceptable and we had a very comfortable evening.We would return again for a meal and would recommend it to friends and family who would like a nice night out and want to push the boat out once in a while.For a three course meal for two with drinks, allow approximately £30-35 per person.

Good food and friendly staff,nothing to much you could ask for any food and the staff will be happy to help you.

Fantastic food and excellent service. The waiters are friendly and very accommodating.

Twelve of us dined here for Sunday lunch on October 4th 2009 as part of an annual School Reunion gathering. The service from the staff was outstanding in every respect. They were polite, courteous yet unobtrusive while serving. The food was first class, as you would expect from a 4 star hotel and it was served efficiently with a suitable amount of time between courses. At every stage we were checked to make sure we were happy with everything, which we were. The restaurant was outstanding, lovely fresh flowers on the table. Every hotel should aspire to the standards set by the Oxford Belfry. We were so impressed that we have decided to go there every year for our get together .We could not praise this hotel restarurant more highly.

This is a good hotel in terms of accommodation, rooms are good, leisure facilities are good, staff on reception and in the leisure club are good. HOWEVER DON'T WHATEVER YOU DO BOTHER WITH THE RESTAURANT. I stayed for a week at the hotel with colleagues whilst on a course, we only ate in the restaurant once and that was enough. The prices are really expensive but the food is really really poor. I had a smoked salmon starter which was around £7 which was just some bits of smoked salmon with a bit of salad and a dip, I would have been gutted even in a pub with this. The main course I ordered sausage and mash (I think £14) was presented with a small amount of mash with 3 little cheap sausages. I sent this back and when I discussed this with the manager, I said that this is really poor the sausages are really cheap grisseley sausages he said "well thats just head office for you"A large group of women (Hen night) were also eating in the restaurant one of them had had weetabix as her main course having been so unhappy with the food.I left and got something to eat in oxford. There are plenty of nice places to eat in Thame, the italian and curry house are good.Its a shame the restaurant drags the whole place down, other than that it would be a good hotel. We did expect hear Gordon Ramsey yelling at the staff in the kitchen....