Harden's survey result
Summary
Mike & Imogen North’s thatched inn set deep in the Oxfordshire countryside is the epitome of a “very good gastropub”, praised for its “superb food, attentive and discreet staff and lovely surroundings”. They do serve ‘Pub Classics’ as well as Sunday Lunch, but where it really comes into its own is in the multi-course meals that have established it as a regular feature in the Harden’s Top 100 Best UK Restaurants listing.
Summary
“Michael North delivers sublime food and Imogen North creates the perfect front-of-house ambience” according to the many fans of this well-known foodie destination, which occupies a thatched rural pub. “Mike and Imogen have maintained such high standards since the first day they opened” in 2006. You can go for the short ‘Pub Classics’ menu – which delivers superior steak or fish ’n’ chips in the bar – but our reporters are more generally interested in the seven-course tasting menu (plus bread) for £115 per person. In either case, it’s a “lovely setting” and you get “high quality every time”. (A plea from one regular though: “I hope they go back to a full à la carte menu some time soon”).
Summary
Mike (chef) & FOH Imogen North’s “stunning” historic venture is “always a treat”; “it’s a proper pub”, yes, but also doubles as an acclaimed restaurant, where Mike’s “simply sublime” food (seven-course tasting menus or à la carte at lunch, and tasting menus only by night) “cannot be recommended highly enough”.
Summary
“Lovely historic pub” that “never fails to delight” having “maintained an extremely high level of food and service” for more than 15 years under Mike & Imogen North, respectively chef and front of house. Even one diner who “doesn’t really like gastropubs as they seem to occupy a peculiar no-man’s-land that is neither one thing nor the other” says “this is an exception that delivers on all levels!”. Top Tip – “exceptional soufflés to die for!”.
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Main Street, Murcott, OX5 2RE
Restaurant details
The Nut Tree Inn Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Every morsel a pleasure. Relaxed and pleasant setting. Great service and overall in my top 2 of all time so far"
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £32.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
 Extras |
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| Service | 10.00% |
Main Street, Murcott, OX5 2RE
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑1:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑1:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑1:30 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑1:30 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Sunday | 11:30 am‑2:45 pm |
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