Ye Olde Reindeer, Banbury

This should be the best pub in town...the decor, the layout, the history!! Sadly I can only describe it as knackered...the atmosphere is dreadful and the words "past glories" spring to mind. Beer is distinctly average and the staff are unsightly and surly. With an injection of personality and energy this pub could be transformed...

25 Feb 2011 12:20

The Wine Vaults, Banbury

This is what I would call a drinking hole...just going through the motions...it has the potential to be a very likeable pub (especially with the large garden)...let's hope someone steps in and revives it...beer was ok

25 Feb 2011 12:01

The Navigation, Stoke Bruerne

If you want a pub with an interesting range of beers, fresh, locally sourced, homemade food and oodles of character do not come here.
However, this pub is in a fantastic location next to the Grand Union Canal. Bring the kids, let them loose in the play area, feed them mass produced, value food (it won't kill you or them...let someone else take the strain) and drink well kept ale (Pedigree is good). The pub is clean, tidy and run by pleasant and hard working staff (please forgive them the stacks of empty plates and glasses...it's that kind of pub...the hordes descend and don't clean up). Put your food and ale snobbery aside and enjoy this great location with the kids...avoid school holidays...

25 Feb 2011 11:52