The best restaurants in Thames Head Cotswold South West

Initially loved the look of this place. Room was fine apart from the toilet. If you flushed it once it would not flush again for at least an hour. Booked dinner with our dog. Seating very tired and stained and so dusty. I ordered sirloin my hubby ordered fish n chips. I did not receive sirloin. I received three ‘slices’ of fatty, tough cheap carvery beef. My veg couldn’t be cut it was so hard. My hubby’s batter had obviously been forgotten it was so overcooked. We hadn’t eaten in over eight hours so he ate his. Mine was inedible. I complained and I was offered a replacement meal. I was too tired as our journey had taken all day. Breakfast was a contrast and lovely. Hubby had full English, I had smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. Lovely. We came to pay. They were aware of the toilet. I was told there was a plumbing problem they were trying to rectify and they said the bill for food was void. Which was fair. Would I return. No.

Great place to go on a Saturday morning for coffee n cake with planes thrown in. Win win

Family visit for Sunday lunch. Service and food was excellent. No issues in recommending. Have been before for and will be returning.

Excellent Sunday lunch; staff friendly, helpful and efficient. Huge roast with superb range and variety of accompanying vegetables. Highly recommend.

Hugely disappointing visit to this cafe. It’s not worth the drive. It looks great, but the food is pre-made and given to you in cardboard packaging like you just bought it from the garage. I had a decidedly average £6.50 ham and mustard sandwich which was dry and had flavourless because it had came directly from the fridge. It had a label on saying it could be served until 8/8/24 but the lettuce was soggy and the crusts were hard on 2/8 so I dread to think what it would be like by then. The coffee was also in cardboard cups - average. The social media is good, but they seem unbothered about the customer experience or quality. A napkin, a plate, maybe even some appropriate recycling for all the packaging would elevate it. The young staff are having a nice time amongst themselves but seem disinterested - but then if you were handing out prepackaged sandwiches and bad coffee all day, I guess it’s hard to get invested. All four of us were disappointed in every aspect of this visit. We won’t bother going again and recommend that you lower your expectations, or don’t bother at all.