The Great Western Arms

had a day off work and chose a country pub about 20 mins from us, as most of our village pubs were closed, so glad we chose this place, had the most amazing burger and my husbands chicken burger was also excellent, plesent service, nice atmosphere, really good food and drinks, will be back soon...

This is intended as a neutral, purely factual review. Good points - the one meal we had during our 2 day stay was excellent and the room was basic but comfortable. Bad points - closed for meals on Sunday evening even for residents, closed all day Wednesday and no cooked breakfast until 10am on any day. We were on a boating trip on the Oxford Canal, needing a room and meals on the Sunday and Tuesday evenings in that location, where there’s nowhere else to stay. Some things had gone wrong during our stay and we appreciated being offered in compensation wine and desserts free of charge with our evening meal on the Tuesday. However, we had to spend £37 in taxi fares to find a Sunday evening meal in Deddington, only 2 miles away and we were unable to have cooked breakfasts during our stays, as we had to depart before 10am on the Monday morning and the hotel was completely closed on the Wednesday morning. For us, cooked breakfasts are a big part of the pleasure of staying away, as we never have them at home. Overall we found this hotel unsatisfactory and we would not recommend it as somewhere to stay. When it’s open, the restaurant is good.

Staying in the area, so Googled and found this place, and gave it a try. Staff were pleasant and helpful, and the pub is a nice atmosphere. However, we order the sirloin steak. It was decent and the drink were ok too. But Very expensive, and certainly not worthy of what this establishment charges. Two drinks, one nachos - £79! And the cheeky sods put a 12 % service charge on. It was ok, but nothing more than pub food. Have to be honest. I felt like we were taken for a ride, so will not be visiting again.