The best restaurants in Woodstock and Bladon West Oxfordshire South East

a new menu and some new staff have not improved this cafe, but made it worse. The staff were not very friendly, the tea was weak and the cooked breakfast was stone cold. Quite expensive for a poor offering.

As we are in lockdown it was a real treat to have an Indian Takeaway, my husband has eaten here many times and assured that it was great food. The takeaway didn’t disappoint. It arrived on time and was not and delicious. Would thoroughly recommend end. Thank you .

Popped in for a pint with family tables are spaced far apart so felt safe cheap prices for members and non members would recommend to anyone visiting Woodstock, sports on tv (any sports that is on) Who could complain

Well done The Nest on a fabulous dining experience. The food taste and presentation was outstanding. This is definitely going on our top table of eating out.

We had intended going here for a meal during our stay, but after visiting for drink decided it wasn’t a good choice. The menu was extremely limited as they were running down stock as they were shortly closing down as the property had been sold. The property was tired and mismatched and seemed to be frequented by local drinkers. The location near the river could have been a great place and hopefully the new owners have capitalized on this. We would certainly look in again if we were visiting the area just to see how it had changed. There is stiff competition in the area with other fine eateries and pubs

Warm and welcoming pub with friendly staff. The food was great and the menu had a good variety of choices. If you are in the area it is well worth a visit!

I ordered a cheese and pickle bap for £9 including coleslaw. Another £3 for chips (a small portion) so £12 for a cheese and pickle bap and chips. Expensive I thought, but I really fancied it - I assumed it would be very nice for that price. A 'bap' I thought would be a large white floured bread roll, the cheese I thought would be sliced quality mature cheddar with (hopefully) Branston pickle. It was just awful! It was a small broiche burger bun that has been toasted, it was grated, tasteless cheese and the pickle was so runny it ran out of the bun and tasted really cheap, like catering pickle. And, to make matters worse there were 3 of us, I ordered and paid separately to the other two (but at the same time at the bar) and I asked for all 3 dishes to come together but they brought mine out well before the others. So, the toasted burger bun had become like cardboard as it went cold and I couldn't even cut it with a knife! Very, very poor quality ingredients for a £9 cheese and pickle bap. I left over half of it. Really disappointed by the rubbish, mass catering ingredients being served, felt really ripped off and would not go back there.

Lovely friendly staff warm and welcoming. Had the roast beef which was cooked perfectly and a nice plateful. Yorkshire puddings lovely too.

The restaurant was grubby and tea pots dirty. The cooked breakfast was good, but the continental was no different to a Premier Inn. The staff were slow and forgetful, and we had to remind them we were still waiting for our order to be taken and our tea to come. Refills of coffee were not offered. No courtesy shown on arrival at breakfast, just asked for room number.

After a grand walk in autumn sun we decided to treat ourselves to a cuppa and cake. Great selection of cakes at reasonable prices. It certainly rounded off a lovely afternoon

Arrived for pre-booked family gathering (8 of us). Closed !! No notice on window or entrance door. There was a town-wide gas outage so not very surprised but they had taken contact details of party leader and did not alert us that they were shut. Called them repeatedly but no-one answered. Some family members had driven for more that 1/2 he to meet up). Very angry - looking for at least an apology - or a free meal as recompense. What a shower you are!!

Went later than normal lunch so wasn't so packed and sat in the undercover corridoor just outside the giftshop entrance. It was quite cold out in the courtyard and indoors seemed a bit chaotic with lots of staff clearing tables and kids running around. The ordering line blocks the view of the cakes so you need to be in the line to see them, but it moves so slowly and you can't get a good look at everything all at once which made me bounce between decisions a lot. The location of the clean trays didn't make sense and I had to leave my spot in the line to pick one up. Others in the queue didn't mind though so I was able to jump back in, but not before another couple hijacked my empty space to get the till operator to fix their order which had something wrong with it, leaving me standing there a little awkwardly holding an empty tray for a while. With my poor eyesight I couldn't make out the small writing on the menu which was way back behind the till and everything turned out to be quite pricey but that was expected. Ordered a carrot and walnut cake, sausage roll, and a latte. My coffee was excellent, though I had to stand there with a loaded tray waiting for it as it was the slowest moving part of the process with only a single barista and machine. The susage roll was still hot and really tasty, and the cake was fantastic. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Based on positive experiences some years ago, we approached Barefoot Bakery again for a birthday cake for our seven-year-old's birthday party. When we asked about alternatives to white sugar, explaining about health issues, we were told, rather rudely "(...) in that case I suggest not buying her cakes then." Interesting approach to customer retention - the two-stars reviews seen on this forum mentioning terrible customer service finally make sense ...