The best restaurants in Vale of White Horse South East

I visited the cafe 3 times during my 4 day visit to Abingdon. The customer service was excellent with lovely friendly staff who went out of their way to help other older customers even when busy. Very nice location on the square.

Best experience in Europe so far! We wandered in after seeing the sign describing the Tapas Lunch Special. Amina greeted us with such wonderful enthusiasm that set the mood for our entire experience. The Tapas were fabulous, we tried the Mushroom Croquettes and fell in love. We also ordered the Marinated Lamb dish that came with potatoes cooked with onions and chorizo... It was delightful. Amina was so happy we enjoyed the meal and suggested a dessert which was an almond cake with ice cream. We enjoyed it with an espresso to complete our wonderful experience. We highly recommend 'Que Pasa' so you too can experience 'what's up' in Abington UK. Thank you Amina for the wonderful time in your town😁

Anyone know how I contact the leaseholders? Is the cafe open? It was amazing when it was open but looking at reviews it isn’t at present

Always love it here, cannot go wrong with the meal deal at £3.95. I would pay that for the cake alone! Friend staff and good food, what more can you want.

Unfortunately we didn’t choose well that day. My soup was watery and tasteless, and my husband’s bacon toastie had a very small amount of bacon in it, which tasted microwaved. However, the cakes on the counter looked nice, and the chilli potato with cheese and coleslaw on the next table looked very good.

Carpenters have now sadly closed I think due to retirement but the new tenants Blake’s Kitchen are well worth a visit and serve decent food

We called in here as I’d never been and thought we’d try it out. We ordered two cheese scones with butter and two coffees and sat in the garden. Our very small scones arrived before the coffees, We thought as we buttered our not very cheesy cheese scones that the butter had a strange texture, the coffees were very small and not that hot. As we sat chattering I noticed on the butter wrapper, ‘use by 6/6/23’ The date of our visit being Monday 19th June!! My friend caught the attention of the waitress and told her we’d just eaten two weeks out of date butter, she just said ‘Oh sorry, I’ll tell the kitchen’ We sat for another 15 minutes half expecting maybe a further apology from the kitchen but nobody came near us, so we left having spent £12.30 on two small un-cheesy scones, stale butter and two small warm coffees. Obviously there won’t be a return visit.

Despite what stupid people troll, the venue is perfectly set up to cope with dog visits, it’s called being inclusive! Owner met a dog, gave it a treat then washed his hands. Keyboard warriors post nonsense. We had the most delicious smoothie and were impressed with all the craft pts available too

Amazing Staff, I will really miss you Nichola & Adam? + Staff You were always very nice and chatty and always knew what we wanted and always prepared on time and very yummy. And the mochas were amazing. If when I saw you last a few weeks ago was going to be the last I would of stayed a bit longer! Very sorry to see you go :( If you see this! reach out on FB/LinkedIn

We arranged a surprise birthday party for 2 of our colleagues (we work on Milton Park) and the Manager and staff could not have been more helpful. We gave them our list of food choices and drinks 24 hours prior to yesterdays party and there was not a single problem. They even cut the cake we brought in and served it to us, knowing that this is usually chargeable in many places they wanted to ensure us all of a great time. I cannot praise the staff highly enough in this Brasserie and likewise in the cafe (visit is daily) The menu choices catered to all 20 of us and no one had to limit what they wanted because the choice was varied. Again, thank you for a brilliant lunch time service and you are now our "go to restaurant" for work lunches etc.See you all soon. On behalf of all 20 us THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT A GREAT SURPRISE :)

We have been several time since they have been under new management. Excellent food and excellent service. They should be more widely known.

Sami's kebab is a wonderful local fast food joint offering a range of pizza and chicken treats, but known best to me for making the most delicious and fresh kebabs around. Gorgeous chunks of marinaded chicken served on rice or pitta (or without either if you're minding your carb intake!) with a wide range of fresh salad items, sauces and relishes to further heighten the taste. Wonderful service to me as a takeaway customer whereby I asked the delivery driver to drop the food inside the ground floor door (I'm 3rd floor and moving slowly due to a back issue) and instead, I'd just scooped myself up and out the door to go down and there was the smiling delivery driver already waiting with my food. 9 flights of stairs no issue to this guy. Top marks allround and heartily recommended by yours truly. 5/5

Despite the sign outside saying the last order for food from the kitchen was 1.45pm, we were told at 1.32pm that the kitchen was closed and no longer serving food. This was very disappointing and surely not the way to run a business. This was our first visit and probably the last.

Our regular morning coffee stop normally quite peaceful with outdoor seating in decent westher. Has a second hand book area, can be a little noisier on Saturday mornings when a lego session takes place

After his sailing, my son and I had Panini, chips and beans and a mug of tea, most welcome after a good sail. Out for a day on the water or just for a walk around the reservoir, Hackett's Harbour is a good place to stop for a hot drink or a filling snack.