The best restaurants serving British food in South East

Visited with my daughter and dog today for a light lunch after shopping at Bicester village. We had a wonderful friendly welcome to the pub and were able to choose where we sat. Food and drink service was quick and the food was hot and tasty - the lunch menu of a wrap, fries and a drink was well priced. Service was excellent and friendly. On top of all this the pub was really dog friendly with a “dog menu” with chicken breast, sausages and burger bites all v reasonably priced. My dog went for the chicken breast and she loved it! Would definitely return again when in the area. So nice to feel so welcome

Good pizza for a quick sit down meal.

Rubbish food, pork ribeye steak was a slice off a rolled piece of gammon. Hispi cabbage watery, dauphinoise potatoes tasteless. Plate looked very bland. No service whatsoever. We had to go to the bar for drinks, order our food and to get a jug of water. Wont be going again.

Great pub and great choices and spring is coming for the beer garden, can't wait. Good choices of drinks and ales and people are friendly and dog friendly too

Came for Mother’s Day lunch. Restaurant was busy but the service and food were great. We didn’t feel rushed and thoroughly enjoyed our meal.

Welcoming staff, friendly faces, polite floor team. Food very enjoyable and quick service. New chefs have made a difference.

Friendly and helpful staff, however we were very disappointed with the tasteless and mediocre food! We have memories of lovely evenings spent eating at The Firecrest, it is certainly not the same now.

Lovely people, always friendly and happy. Food is tasty and not expensive. They also make the best desserts! Will be back soon

All good, nice priced drinks..

Ordered two cocktail glasses, they came 25 minutes later, and one of the cocktails came in a pitcher size and without a glass to drink from. Servers wouldn't clear tables the entire time. Garlic bread was nice 👍

Large pub which is very popular with students from Surrey University. Busy, even though visited after lunchtime rush. Opted for service via the Wetherspoons app and food and drink arrived quickly and efficiently.

Uno de los mejores asados de domingo que he tenido. Sale amontonado en un enorme plato de compartir. Absolutamente fuera de este mundo. Volver con mi novia para el día de San Valentín.

The food was incredibly average. Tasteless and very much below par, especially considering the price. Crème brûlée was so shallow that it was inevitably overcooked. Didn’t taste of anything and the blackberry crème didn’t even taste slightly if blackberries. Every dish we ordered was underwhelming. The dining room had cobwebs and the tonic that accompanied the £9 G&T was a very cheap brand. The service was excellent; cheerful and efficient…which meant we could escape quickly. Won’t be returning. There are much, much better places to eat for the price.

On Thursday 10th April we took our young daughters to the carvery as we have done for many years before, however on this day the male manager left me in tears, however ridiculous is that. In the front of the restaurant there was around 20 tables that were all reserved (you could not see a table without a reserved table sticker, however they were all empty) I went over to the bar whilst holding my little baby and nicely asked the manager if it’s ok to sit on a small four table and his response was so rude, he said do you think we put the reserved paper out just for fun and I said no I just wanted to ask and then he told us to sit at the back of the restaurant where I began to get upset for how he spoke to me. The whole time we were there not a single reserved table was sat on. Such a horrible experience for a pub we’ve been to so many times before. The male manager shouldn’t work there.

We had a fantastic experience with the Sunday roast and exceptional service from start to finish. Despite arriving on a busy Sunday without a reservation, we were seated immediately, which was a pleasant surprise. Our host was incredibly welcoming and took the time to walk us through the menu. Our waiter, Riley, was brilliant—attentive, friendly, and made the experience even better. The Sunday roast was absolutely incredible, and the rest of the menu looked just as tempting. We’ll definitely be returning soon!