Reviews in Oxford

Four of us had a meal on Saturday lunchtime. The pub was busy, but we were dealt with very efficiently. Our meals were excellent and the catering staff were able to cope with my wife’s gluten free requirements without any trouble. There was a lovely atmosphere and I would certainly recommend it.

Brilliant Sunday lunch - the staff could not have been more welcoming - we had four unexpected friends want to join us and somehow they managed to find a way to seat us altogether. It was so lovely! And the food was excellent!

A great experience as ever. I’ve brought many visitors here over the years, and they always ask for a return visit. Sunday lunch this time, delicious meal beautifully presented, and with the space and time to really enjoy it.

Had another lovely pizza night! Fabulous pizzas, great choices available. Lovely atmosphere. Delightfully timed one pizza night well with an acoustic night, a lovely buzzy evening with a fabulous music background. All in all a fantastic community run local pub!

Really excellent service, food, atmosphere. Would highly recommend.

It is so very refreshing to go to a quiet village pub (or gastro pub) where the staff are utterly charming and thoughtful, and who keep an eye out for what is going on (or not). I have not been here for a few years, but the food was very good and imaginative - there's a really good country pub chef (Eva) in charge of the ovens ! Our meal was very reasonably priced, along with a fairly modest and unpretentious wine list which was really very fairly priced. (A professional ' wine adviser' could add dramatically to the variety/quality of wines on offer, without necessarily increasing prices. ) New lavatories (now inside the pub at obvious great cost - the 21st century intrudes) add important updating to an old building, but curiously they seem a bit unbalanced in style, starting with the medium-oak doors. This lovely community-owned country pub is a great local asset, but its style is a bit confused: lovely old building, but with a risk of harming its charm and character by the style of its modernisation. All in all, one day it could become Oxford's best rival to the 'Sir Charles Napier' at Chinnor.

Very friendly and accommodating, especially as we were late, having lost a dog! The food was also good. Thank you.

5 star!

This is my favourite country pub near Oxford. It's cosy in the main bar area, and there's a fabulous view from the terrace. Food is reasonably priced (by local standards!) and exceptionally good. And they look after their beer very well. Warmly recommended!

Service was wonderful. She sat us next to the fire and was really attentive and friendly. Food was tasty and atmosphere at 12.15 on a Friday was buzzing. Thank you.

We had a lovely lunch at the Abingdon Arms. Thank you for the warm welcome and our very tasty food.

Excellent food and service! They were very accommodating of our large group and equally flexible with changes of plans/timings!

Absolutely divine, breast of goose and pheasant were our 2 dishes, would have cost twice as much in a fancy restaurant. Fabulous beer (4XT) and apparently the wine was fantastic. We didn't have a pudding but the coffee was so good we ordered another.

A great atmosphere as always lovely staff and really good food what more can you ask for/ brill

Excellent all round. Will return

We popped in unexpectedly on a Friday evening. Warm, welcoming pub with a very cosy atmosphere. Four of us had four separate main courses and each one was well presented really tasty. I particularly enjoyed my venison.....locally sourced. Lovely evening had by all

The food and service was perfect eventually. Unfortunately served luke warm but the staff sorted it for us and we ended up eating a hot meal 5 minutes later .

Always enjoy coming here but this time the barn was COLD(!) and the haddock/chips only so/so (chips very stodgy) Very busy day so maybe not enough staff to cope? Will be back again but hope for better.. PS EV charging point not working!