The best restaurants in Bampton and Clanfield West Oxfordshire South East

Great coffee, warm & friendly staff. Loved the Anzac biscuits! Lovely place to come & just wile away the time & warm up on a cold day.

Me and my partner had lunch and breakfast here over the span of a couple days. Each time, food was incredible. Good value for money and food was just incredible. We stayed in the Airbnb across the road which provided us with cinnamon buns from there and they were delicious. Would definitely come back for more. Food was lovely and fresh.

We very much enjoyed our 4 night stay at Fleur de Lys - the rooms were splendid - clean, comfortable, well equipped and spacious and the staff incredibly welcoming and helpful. Everything worked extremely well. We very much look forward to staying again most likely next summer if not before.

Amazing booking for 16 family members. Great friendly service, helpful attentive staff. Food was as usual a very high standard, looked and tasted fantastic.

This was a nice looking hotel in a lovely area. It is just scraping the 4 stars I have decided to rate it though because there were several points that were disappointing but none of them huge deals to me. However, one of the points should really have been a bigger deal to The Vines because, after booking, my details were clearly compromised somewhere along the line. I had booked via a third party site so it may have been their fault. I received SEVERAL emails and then WhatsApp messages from what was clearly a scam trying to get me to confirm my booking and payment via strange links. I called The Vines directly to confirm the booking and explain that I had received these communications but the lady who answered my call had no interest in the GDPR breach and simply confirmed my booking. To be honest, I couldn't be bothered to school her as to how that could have serious implications for the business. I had managed to get the messages to stop before I called. When we arrived at around 19:30 for our stay, we were informed that no food was being served because they were undergoing renovations. It wasn't the fault of the polite, young man who told us but we felt this should have been communicated prior to our arrival. Fortunately, we weren't that hungry and we did have snacks in our bag. Unfortunately, there wasn't a refrigerator in the room to keep them in despite the room description saying there was. There were many other things missing too- sugar for the tea making facilities, hand towels, TV remote for example. Also, when I booked it said I could bring my dog and this appeared to be at no extra cost. After I had paid for the booking I received a message telling me I had to pay more money on arrival to bring my dog. I wasn't asked to pay this when I got there thankfully. We were placed in an upstairs room and would've preferred a downstairs one since we had our dog with us but there was a decent green area to allow him to eliminate and a footpath opposite the hotel where we could give him a brief leg stretch before we set off the next day. The room was clean and spacious enough too, and the breakfast area was very nice, and our cooked breakfast was also good, and we appreciated it being included in the price. The location was great for us and made it easy to explore pretty Cotswolds villages and towns within a short drive as well as Jeremy Clarkson's pub. There's a lovely big garden centre for browsing in nearby in Burford but, if you're bringing your dog like us, it's not dog friendly sadly. I may consider staying at The Vines again in future, because I'm sure we'll revisit the area but it would depend on the prices.

Dear Masons Team, I’m writing to express my disappointment following a visit to your restaurant last night (Friday), where we dined as a group of six to celebrate a birthday. Unfortunately, the experience fell significantly short of expectations on multiple fronts, both in terms of food quality and service. To begin with, we ordered the tart, which we were told was unavailable — not an issue on its own, but the beginning of a string of letdowns. The fish and chips arrived with the fish visibly burnt. When I raised this with a member of staff, rather than replacing the dish or offering an apology, the response I received was: “Is it edible?” — not exactly the standard of customer service one would hope for. When I asked for clarification about the “half a kilo pot of prawns,” I was met with a dismissive and sarcastic tone from a waiter who thought he was being amusing, telling me they were “half peeled.” When the dish arrived, none of the prawns were peeled — neither fully nor partially. I sent the dish back and, to your credit, was offered a prawn cocktail as a replacement. The liver dish arrived cut into small pieces resembling bacon lardons — unexpected and unappealing in presentation. The half chicken served was far smaller than what one would reasonably expect for a dish described that way. The Caesar salad at £10 was underwhelming, consisting of little more than a small plate of lettuce. And the so-called bowl of chips? A plate with perhaps a dozen chips on it, if that. While I understand that it was a busy Friday evening over the Easter weekend, the service was noticeably slow, and overall the meal was a major letdown. I do appreciate that a bottle of wine was offered as a gesture, but this was cold comfort when most of the meals were either poorly executed or not as described. This was meant to be a celebratory evening, and instead it became an exercise in frustration. Sadly, we won’t be returning, and I felt it important to provide honest feedback so that you’re aware of how this experience was received. Kind regards, [Your Full Name] [Optional: Contact

A small and friendly coffee shop located quite centrally in Bampton. Typical café menu with soups, sandwiches and drinks. The interior was pleasantly decorated and not with excessive items of wall decorations.

My wife and I had called in here on Saturday 16th September to see if we could grab a bite to eat and a drink. Unfortunately at lunchtime they did not do any food but did kindly suggest another local place for us to eat at. After about an hour or so we returned to have a drink in the bar area and relax in what we thought was a superb traditional local pub which just had so much character. One of the locals made us feel very welcome and came over and had a chat with us both for about 10 minutes. He gave us some local history info and mentioned about the village and its links with the tv program Downton Abbey. All in all a very nice visit and if we were ever in the area again we would not hesitate in calling in. Thank you.