Oxford, British, Traditional Restaurant Guide

“Close to the centre of Oxford but a million miles away in atmosphere, at the end of the rural Binsey Lane”, this “delightful riverside gastropub” surrounded by Port Meadow is “a very special place”, complete “with elegant indoor dining and outdoor terrace, and also pub benches in the large garden with simpler food served from the ‘shed’”. “A lovely place for special celebrations and an excellent choice of dishes to suit all tastes.”

2022 Review: “Some pubs in the Cotswolds really go above and beyond, and this is one of them” – Steven Sanderson’s 400-year-old thatched village boozer with rooms (and garden) offers “lots of interesting small dishes as well as the usual suspects” (notably grass-fed British steak).

2022 Review: This rural pub (complete with beams and roaring fire, and also accommodation) in a lovely Buckinghamshire village still achieves solid ratings, and – notwithstanding gripes from the occasional reporter about its takeover by Oakman Inns in late 2019 – most feedback rates the food as “very good”.