please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Has been closed for more than a year and an application has been submitted to change its use to a B&B.
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After reading the reports here and seeing the sign on the side of the pub saying "Beijing Chinese" had misgivings, however it really does have a pub feel, much more so then the Barley Mow. There was a beer clip for Abingdon Bridge but was told that there was only "Bombshell". Drinker at the bar said it was OK, Loose Cannon Brewery I think, and it tasted fine.
No sign of dining on entry, just a very nice low beemed ceilinged room with black and red quarry tiled floor and all the tables were without condiments. It actually had a very nice traditional pub feel with a couple of locals at the bar. Not bad for a Tuesday night.
It is run by a chinese couple who were very friendly and there is a dining room set out round the back of the bar.
I noticed it is a hotel also as someone was checked in to their room at the bar. Dining wise not sure, beer in the evening wise OK despite the lack of range, but a better drinking experience than the Barley Mow would have been.
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now more a chinese restaurant rather than a pub. Friendly landlord and -lady, v. good food and still a very nice bar
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Hotel/Pub under new management.
Newly refurbished and now serving chinese food with a restaurant area. Opening early July 2009.
Number for order collection or hotel services : 01865 407699
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If ever a pub needed tlc it is this one.Skips full in the carpark over flowing.The place is a mess.The menu Joes greasy Burgers says it all.My god we are losing enough Pubs as it is.This once delightful inn is dying.I drove 60 miles to visit Pubs in this area.Someone please help this place as it is not going to last long.
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the restaurant and service were terrible the tables were sticky, the coffee machine was full of scale and the coffee had white floaty bits in it as a result - we didnt drink it and did not stay for our food
the menu was unpretentious - but the prices were - eg �6.50 for a fish finger burger
we asked for the table to be wiped and it remained sticky the sugar bowl had clumps in it and a dirty thing like a piece of soil
there were loads of flies inside - there was a roll of carpet standing against the wall and an wrapped picture leaning against one of the tables
the toilets were dirty - with urine stains around the toilet bowl and in the other toilet the seat was hanging off
too dirty to stay or pay!
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Thought this place was reasonable with half decent beer and quality, not too expensive food. They made two dirty-booted walkers (and an equally dirty dog) welcome, albeit at an outside table. Service was attentive and we were even offered water for the dog, which he declined in favour of one of the two excellent guest real ales on offer.
Thames Path walkers are well advised to skip the much-hyped Barley Mow in the same village trudge the extra few hundred yards here instead.
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