The best restaurants in Bloxham and Bodicote Cherwell South East

Great village pub with lovely staff who truly care about their customers. We go fortnightly for trivia which fills the pub with laughter.

They need a lesson on how to make chips!

We’ve always enjoyed visiting the cafe, unfortunately today we made the mistake of booking a table for lunch. The cafe had plenty of free tables, but we were made to feel very uncomfortable when we asked if we could move to another table? We were told they get very busy over lunch and because we were a couple we couldn’t sit on a table of four? Interestingly no other customers were asked to move and subsequently couples entered the cafe sat wherever they wanted!? We were asked when we left if everything was okay, we raised the situation with the member of staff, she just tapped her wrist? Totally spoilt our visit, made us feel undervalued, unwelcome and ruined our experience. Might benefit this particular staff member to undertake some customer service training? The food was exceptional, the environment is wonderful. Unless you are a larger group, don’t book a table just arrive early!

Good management means good results, Go there! 4pm opening times shame.

From start to finish, we had a very pleasant experience. After suddenly deciding we wanted a roast we went into town, after trying about 4 or 5 different places ( at 2pm may i add - so we knew it was going to be hard) and then after having no luck, we rang the joiners arms, the lady on the phone saved us a table straight away and we made our way over to bloxham & was greeted and seated straight away, service was fantastic - it wasn’t very busy when we was there, but sometimes that encourages less service as the people in the restaurant can be forgotten, this was not the case - but they wasn’t intrusive, kept a good eye and checked on us in good timing. Now the roast, oh my god, what a suprise, me and my partner both had the trio (chicken, pork & beef) all three meats were full of flavour; the chicken wasn’t dry & it was so so so yummy, can’t actually remember the last time I had a roast chicken and it was that good!, beef was cooked perfectly and was served nice and pink & warm. The pork was belly pork & the crackling still attached, melt in the mouth and extra crunchy. Me and my partner have both left feeling presently surprised at how good it was & we will be back.

Most of us know that post pandemic many country pubs are suffering due the decline in customers and the current cost of living and every rising water and energy bills. The Plough inn is no exception and times have been hard. Even so, the landlady and her partner have worked tirelessly to try and get back on track. A new Cooker has been installed at a considerable cost and the eating lounge has has a lovely refurb. I went for a Sunday dinner with my partner and the meal was very tasty and my beef was tender and cooked to a perfection. My partner ordered roast chicken which went down really well. For deserts we were presented with a choice of typical English Sunday deserts, served with fresh cream or custard. We also ordered a bottle of red that was complementary with both meats and deserts. " The landlady has just started "Breakfasts at the Plough" every Saturday from 08.00am -11.00 am. Great breakfasts and great prices, served with fresh coffee, teas and fruit juices. The Plough also has live music nights, bingo, and pub quizzes. Plan some tie to drop in and I feel sure you will not be disappointed.

Toilet (old, worn out portakains!) was absolutely filthy. Shocked to see a cat roaming around the cafe for at least half an hour. Not helpful if you had assistance dog with you Staff were incredibly slow, rude, with absolutely no customer service skills at all. Big queue due to lack of efficiency. Waited over 10 minutes to get to the servery counter. Roof was a disgrace. Literally black in parts but all over dirty. Chairs had food down the sides of cushions which had been there for a long time.. Table was dirty, wet and grimy. Atrocious. Won't be returning. A shame, because prior to Covid, it was a different place altogether.

This is a lovely coffee shop, food is good, and well priced, its just a shame the staff are unfriendly and miserable.