The best restaurants serving British food in Vale of White Horse South East

First thing I noticed was how empty the carpark was. Not a good sign at 2pm on a Sunday. The pub itself was clean and spacious. Only 2 meals for Sunday lunch available, Pork and Beef. No starters! I went for pork and the others beef. The meals looked good, but when they brought out steak knives, that seemed to be standard to eat with, we were a little concerned. What can I say? The meat was awful, tough beef and it wasn't a pork joint but belly pork that I couldn't even cut with the steak knife! We all left most of the meat and thought the homemade puddings would fill us up. What could possibly go wrong? I had brownie with ice cream- brownie was dry as if it had been made a couple of days before at least the ice cream was fine, it probably came out of a tub. They excelled at ruining the apple pies! The topping should have been used to fill the potholes!! Inedible. We left disgruntled and our teeth worse for wear! Definitely not going back there and would advise others not even give it a try unless you have your teeth insured!!

Where to start….just go here! Warm welcome to this unique hub of this pretty village,breakfast was brilliant and very hot-sounds silly but I don’t do lukewarm! The owner and staff are great-so much so I bought some local produce and cake to give them more money! Will definitely be back and will recommend this business to everyone -they do everything really well-a great start to our weekend.

We had a delicious Afternoon Tea at The Grocer Chef today. A lovely selection of sandwiches, cakes and scones in a beautiful setting. Highly recommended.

Looking for a drink and a bite to eat on a day out, popped into Sadlers but found they'd just closed, Staff apologised but asked what we were after as they still had some pasties for take away, this suited us fine. Food was packed and labelled as different flavours and drinks from the fridge. We paid and left to eat said pasties and commented how helpful and pleasant the girls had been. Very helpful and pleasant customer experience, thank you.

Booked for a meal with friends mid week but arrived to find there was no reserved table and the pub was busy with drinkers and people playing pool. We had looked at the menu online and my friend who booked was told that the menu would be the same on the day. It was similar but the chicken bites did not appear to have a choice of sauces unlike the online menu and there were differences like the bites not being described as chicken thighs or the chips being homemade/rustic. Friends still decided on the chicken bites but when the food arrived we were very disappointed. The fries looked pale and appeared to be very similar to branded frozen oven chips you buy in supermarkets presented on their own in a white bowl. The breaded chicken bites, in a separate white bowl, arrived with no sauce whatsoever (menu said spicy sauce I believe) and looked very unappealing. We queried where the sauce was with the lad who was serving us and he seemed very perplexed by our request! He went back in to the kitchen and came back with some sauce drizzled over the top. The chicken bites/nuggets were dry and tasteless, my burger was ok but with pale fries and there was no care over the presentation. Plonked on to cheap white plates and bowls. I don’t know if it was because it was mid week but the photos on the website did not represent what we were served! We also had a dog jumping up when we were trying to eat. It is probably a good drinkers pub but the food was pretty poor. I wish I’d taken photos to show the difference in what we were served and what was advertised online!

Ate a lunch here and due to the fact it was January just after Christmas and horrible weather it was understandably very quiet. However, we had a nice cosy table in the bar area and the service and food was very good. We thoroughly enjoyed everything and will very happily be back for more.

We booked a special birthday lunch here, having seen some good reviews. We were shown to the ballroom, where the flowers on the table were dead!! We were then given a bar menu of small plates. When we asked for the lunch menu, we were told that they were not running lunch today, as they had a large booking in the evening. We booked in advance and the day before, we had an email asking us to reconfirm our booking, which we did. The restaurant didn’t bother to warn us in advance despite having told them it was a special birthday lunch. Appalling service, so we left and ate elsewhere, at the White Hart in Fyfield, where we had a wonderful meal

Visited for lunch, was impressed with the nice indoor and outdoor seating spaces, a range of different sized tables and good space between them not crammed in. We had a toastie and a sandwich, both came with chips & salad and were very nice. A bit of added interest to watch what’s going on outside on the lake whether people tackling the inflatable obstacles or the birds swooping over the water.

Was really my worst ever baguette was stale and hard to chew on . The sausage wasn’t fresh and cut in slices hardly any bacon and egg was like scrambled. 0 stars

We had a stop in Abingdon on our way to Oxford. A leg stretch and looking for a place to have just a light lunch and a drink. We stumbled upon the museum and in the course of checking out the Crossley Pumping Engine in the basement decided to have luch there. The cafe is only open till 2pm but with half an our to spare we managed to get an order in for 2 toastie cheese and ham sandwiches. Hardly a particularly exciting lunch you may think, but there are toasties and there are toasties. Ours were excellent and just hit the spot after a pleasant visit to the museum above. Sometimes you just stumble on these places and have to pass them on to thers. If you are a veggie get there earlier than 1.30 as apprently the veggie versions take a bit longer to prepare.

Unpleasant member of staff (or the owner?) takes the joy out of shopping here. Gives you the impression you the customer are a bit of a nuisance. Such a shame as it’s otherwise a good shop. I wish I’d just ordered my item online. Won’t bother trying them again next time.

An odd place - it look closed with door shut and curtains only half open but they were serving. Apart from a few surly locals stood at the bar it was deserted with a flat atmosphere. The landlord was friendly though.

Always first class in the Bay Tree, although I didn't have it today the large breakfast is superb.

Food excellent service excellent will return

Awful experience, principally because of the shocking service. Sadly, I cannot recommend it in any way and definitely won’t be going back. It took 70 mins from ordering to starters being served, then 40 mins between starters being cleared to mains arriving. In addition, a number of starters, mains and side orders were missing throughout resulting the significant delays for some individuals. We were a party of 16, but the restaurant was completely empty. I would love to say that the food made up for the poor service, but it didn’t. Despite what was a really nice looking menu, the food was distinctly average especially considering the price. I expected so much more. The room was also freezing; we sat in our coats for the entire meal. On the plus side, it is a genuinely impressive venue, the decor is on point. It is modern whilst complimenting the buildings amazing history. The manager did apologise, however I thought offering free coffee if we ordered desserts was a poor/cheeky offer considering the experience. We would have been there until midnight!!