The Black Boy Inn, Milton - pub details
Address: Milton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 4HH [map] [gmap]
Tel: 01295 722111
Kings Sutton (3.1 miles), Banbury (3.6 miles)
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> Current user rating: 4.3/10 (rated by 7 users)
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user reviews of the Black Boy Inn, Milton
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
| We have been going to this pub for about 3 years and it has had 4 managers in that time! The second lot came as part of an extensive refurbishment. We liked it. Lovely ambience and great food. A great improvement on their predecessors. But, as someone else said, it was not really a real pub any more and the cost of a glass of wine was prohibitive. The landlady was a bit rough around the edges and was rude to customers in the "if you don't like it...' fashion. Her husband was charming and thoughtful to regulars there, though, and we went back often. The next lot lasted five minutes after having put the prices up and cut the portions. The fourth lot are, I think, on 'death row'. They don't mow the lawn, the tables in the garden are laid out willy nilly and they are so rough I cut my hand on them on two occasions. The owner wiped our table inside at our request (it was covered in dog hair and bits of food). She used a cloth dipped in vinegar! It stank! No-one came to ask us if we wanted anything or if the food was OK. The price of the beer now is astonishing. The attention to detail has all gone, along with the charm. All we do now is go for a beer now and then but the standards have really gone down. Last week when we went, truly hoping for some improvement, all the hanging baskets were full of dead pansies. What is it with the pubs in this area? When are breweries etc. going to realise that people want to go and have a pint in a good old-fashioned pub with good honest food that is clean and pleasant to visit with friendly staff. Is it too much to ask? LouloudeMonte - 28 Jul 2008 16:55 |
| Sudden change of Manager again last week! This pub isn't doing the business! The beer is drinkable, it's their prices that are hard to swallow. Informe - 12 Dec 2007 10:22 |
| I went to the Black Boy this evening, a week after it opened following an extensive refurbishment. I was a little apprehensive as this is one of my favourite pubs in the area and I had heard that the previous managers (who were lovely) had moved on. Thankfully, the pub is now even better than ever -- certainly for dinner. Now it really is a destination pub, but I still feel that it will be really nice to pop in for a pint and a ploughmans. louisey - 25 Apr 2007 22:42 |
| Just re-opened (April 2007) after having a lot of money spent on re-furbishment --- mainly a smart eating area. But the menu is pretentious and expensive. There is nothing to distinguish it from other similar so-called rural pubs which are, in effect, restaurants with a tiny public bar area. Maybe it's the meaningless phrase "pan-fried" applied to dishes that we find completely off-putting. Milton (near Banbury) is a lovely village, but the outdoor seats at the front overlook the car park. Braganca - 25 Apr 2007 21:43 |
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