The Plough Inn, Finstock - pub details
Address: High St, Finstock, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 3BY [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 27333) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Finstock (1 mile), Charlbury (2.3 miles), Combe (4.1 miles)
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> Current user rating: 5.5/10 (rated by 13 users)
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Crown Inn, Finstock (0.3 miles), Royal Oak, Ramsden (0.6 miles), Bird in Hand, Hailey (1.6 miles)
user reviews of the Plough Inn, Finstock
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| We went this evening to The Plough. It was a quiet Saturday night but nevertheless we found hospitable and friendly landlords, a lovely log fire, good quality and well cooked food and well kept beer and a rather nice bottle of wine. In addition, our dog was made welcome as opposed to tolerated, and I would recommend a visit to anyone. We live in a national park, and could only hope of such a local. I find earlier comments inexplicable based n our experience tonight. yellowhammer - 3 Dec 2011 22:15 |
| This pub has been up and down over the past five years, and is now sadly down. The current owners started off well, with good food, good beer and comfortable, relaxed atmosphere. But now there is an atmosphere of stress and tension. Getting told to get out because the kids are making a bit of noise (really, they weren't too bad) was the last straw. These days village pubs need all the custom they can get, and I'm afraid that means families too. Won't go back until owners replaced. mrbuffy - 12 Oct 2011 11:02 |
| Three comments from "people" (alleged plural) who appear to have registered solely to post their opinion on this pub (with no other reviews posted), two of which magically appeared on the same day after just four reviews in five years. Exactly. Make your own mind up about how likely that is. (You'll see on another reviews site the other side of the curious story about "my elderly parents".) Still a terrific pub: the best pub food in West Oxfordshire and probably of any I've ever visited (there's one in mid-Wales that might rival it, but that's another story). Excellent cider, friendly atmosphere, and a good balance between locals' pub and food pub. Very heartily recommended. el_capitano - 24 Sep 2011 22:28 |
| I have sadly to agree with the previous two posts. Having been a regular and happy customer here I suddenly find a very unpleasant attitude from the management and a marked change of atmosphere for the worse. I do not intend to visit again and would advise others to stay away also. bandycamer - 24 Sep 2011 21:46 |
| As an occasional visitor to this pub and I have noticed a change of atmosphere. I know some locals, and many are absent from what is an excellent pub (i.e. building) but now has something of an unhappy atmosphere. The last post sums this up - for a pub which has no trouble so many people seem to be barred and it is telling that little or no custom has moved from the Crown since that closed in the village. The owners appear to have purchased the pub a few years ago as a life-style change, tried to sell it last year and couldn't, and now seem trapped there. It now has a reputation of closing early if there are only a few customers, turning them out. The food side still seems to be holding up and the female bar staff was fine when I last visited but to revive this a local needs a change of attitude from management or a change of management. I will await my next visit to see if things have improved but I fear so many locals have been upset that I doubt it. OldHookey - 24 Sep 2011 17:30 |
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