BITE user comments - LocalB
Comments by LocalB
Lovely setting, go for a drink in the summer but don't bother to eat unless it's crisps from the bar.
The food is bland, unappealing and overpriced and the service is terrible. I've paid a lot less elsewhere and eaten far better food. Even the bar is understaffed and offers sullen, shoddy service.
6 May 2007 16:14
I've been to the King William several times to eat as the food is great. The staff could do with being a little more professional though - grabbing each others' backsides, shrieking, chatting to the customers who are their mates and ignoring people requiring service was just some of the behaviour I saw the other night.
They also seem to allow and even encourage staff and other customers to crowd around tables to chat in the restaurant which is off-putting for people trying to eat next to them. The doorway was also completely blocked with people smoking.
I actually really like this place, especially during the summer, but please Mr KWIV Manager, get your staff to behave a little better and attend to the customers rather than just their friends who drink there.
15 Apr 2007 09:58
Shockingly poor service, it appears the bar staff ignore everyone in favour of fit girls. Has all the atmosphere of an airport departure lounge, terrible layout and hardly anywhere to sit, your feet stick to the carpet and every flat surface is awash with spilt beer and covered with empty glasses.
The doormen make patrons queue outside even when it's empty, presumably to make it look popular and to add insult to injury, you have to pay to get in after 9pm.
The only reason this place gets any custom at all is because it's one of two pubs in Bicester with a late licence and the other one is even worse.
24 Jun 2006 14:52
The Bull Hotel, Burford
Having read the previous reviews, I'm really disappointed that we didn't have the same good experience. We stopped here for lunch on a long drive back from a weekend away because it looked promising.
The atmosphere left something to be desired - it was almost totally silent which made us feel rather self-conscious - some music would have been good. The service was OK, nothing to write home about, but the food really let the place down. Rubber tuna, tagliatelle swimming in oil and the "seafood" on the menu was actually sliced crab sticks! At over �13, I thought this was a bit much.
Such a shame because it looks so nice. Very disappointing.
10 Dec 2007 10:27