Vine Inn, Cumnorback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
I've always loved this pub, going back years, good beer, happy locals, lovely garden, unpretentious, that's a good thing, met the new landlord on July 13th 2011, been dying to get back over there ever since
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A nice friendly pub with a log burning fireplace. We had some lovely food from their new fantastic but eccentric Spanish chef. would defiantly recommend it to families. WILL BE GOING BACK SOON.
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This is a friendly, fairly busy village pub on the edge of Oxford. They serve a fair selection of real ales, usually at least two, although I'm always driving when I come here, so I've not tasted them.
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It was my first visit. I parked in the ample carpark.
Every assistance was offered to me by the manager (whom I had interrupted writing up the menu of three starters and six main dishes) in taking my 96 year old friend down the steps into the bar/diner. This was well set out with some customers at the bar while ourselves and others lunched at very pleasant tables nicely spaced. We had bowls of a truly award-winning soup with hot crisp bread rolls followed by mushroom tarts with fresh salad and potatoes and large glasses of wine. The bill for two was �25. When we left after a couple of hours we were once more helped to negotiate the steps. In between the manager was assisted by his unobtrusive staff, I can't overpraise him for the attention he gave us and for the quality of his inn. He told me that he had gone to Germany to recruit the chef. He has made this a solid quality place for those who appreciate a level-headed conscientious professional service.
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We are new to the area and tried the Vine twice recently. On each occasion the greeting was very warm, the service very relaxed, informal and friendly and our guests insisted we take them here again. Food was good, the wine was well received and the beer was excellent. The only thing warmer than the welcome was the wood burner. We shall return.
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I went for a meal at this dump, wat a mistake!!!!
The food I managed to recieve after a 45min wait was cold, I had fishcakes to start they consisted of mash potato n no fish the sandwich my wife had had mould on the bread!!!
Wat has happened, it built up its reputation n now its gone down hill again for the second time!!!
Its a local thats it!!!
anonymous - 17 Sep 2007 11:27 |
Rather lacklustre place serving ok food. Not going to win any awards, but if it's your local you could do worse. Then again, if you're local you're probably one of those in the other half of the pub with the tatoos.
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I had a wonderfull meal on 14th of feb, the service and food was well above average!
We had a 3 course meal a bottle of wine and a rose for the lady for only 29.95 each.
I had monkfish with scallops for my main and my other half had fillet of beef wrapped in filo pastry with red wine sauce. The food was excellant and the service too, keep it up for the summer.
anonymous - 21 Feb 2007 16:57 |
Could do better. Lovely scenic village - picture postcard cottages, pond etc and this is a very ancient building that could be something very special. It promises "real food", and offers a reasonable choice of children's and adult fare. Visiting on a weekend lunchtime, we were served by a couple of young men who were barely friendly, and food arrived about half hour later. The gammon, chips and peas were "fine" according to my colleague, though no sauces were offered with this. The lasagne (sadly) was almost inedible - rock hard on the top, pasta cooked to death, meat slightly burned, tasted of nothing at all. It's very difficult to make a disaster out of lasange. Suspect they need to rethink things a little. Good garden at the back, plenty of space. See if you're any luckier?
anonymous - 28 Jan 2007 16:44 |
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