April 2025 by david kilcoyne
We visited just after the gold cup weekend so I can understand why they had very little of the menu available. There was a coach of other patrons that had obviously pre ordered whilst we were there, so having 1 member of staff to serve drinks, take orders and take meals out is poor planning. Fair play to the guy he did his best.
April 2025 by james Richards (jay)
Food good but service needs attention.
Place your orders at the bar .Double check your orders and check what you pay.
March 2025 by K.M MA
**Terrible experience!**
The food was awful and completely disappointing. The burgers were inedible?burnt and dry. The chicken in barbecue sauce had a strange, unpleasant taste, and the salad was far from fresh. Definitely not a place I would recommend or visit again. We spent 45£ for this awful food
March 2025 by alice biondani
We had a great time, good food, and the staff was really welcoming, especially James, who served us! Definitely recommended to go with friends.
March 2025 by Geoff Crowley
After deciding to stay an extra night in Bicester we thought we would dine at The Acorn before heading back to our hotel . The member of staff that was chatting away with us had such a wonderful warm personality. She also recommended the pie option which we went for & it was very nice . As for the older member of staff with the constant annoying whistle. Firstly he needs to be educated in pint measures. Both our pints were under measured. Secondly he needs to taught basic Personality skills. He was soo rude . When we were leaving we went to his till to pay to avoid missing our bus. He just ignored us forcing us to go to another till. We ended up missing our bus . Don?t think we will be frequenting The Acorn anytime soon.
February 2025 by Lesley Ryan
Barwoman was rude, there was loads of stuff missing off the menu and it was dirty
February 2025 by Mike O'kelly
Very pleasant experience
February 2025 by Kai pak Ng
Had dinner, very rich and delicious.
February 2025 by Daniella Price
My name is NOT Danielle
Carvery menu was not great 1 piece of broccoli no gammon for the option had to buy that seperately was not with the carvery menu, yorkshires looked absolutely amazing but tasted bland
desserts not much better
Not many options ,not much on the plate
Turkey just put me off the rest of the plate due to being very watery.
Obviously this wasn't the plan it was a back up due to other restaurants being fully booked . Others with me was not impressed cauliflower and gravy in a metal tin taking up half the plate could've got more veggies with it instead I would've preferred personally .
February 2025 by Adrian Garner
Exceeded expectations
Ordered food at 2:30pm on a Saturday afternoon and were warned that there might be quite a wait.
Food arrived in 20 minutes and was just as expected. Good hearty steak and ale pie.
February 2025 by Kira Dent
Lovely lovely staff. Food was fab. Experience was made better by the perfectly welcoming staff x
January 2025 by Tash Thomas
Lovely atmosphere - served by the funniest Welshman you will meet. Quick service and lush food. Thank you ??
January 2025 by Nick Nick
Service was friendly and warm
Food was okay, though the portion sizes were smaller as compared to their sister pubs.
January 2025 by ghalya alkout
the place has horrible ?employees? rude and disrespectful one of them accused us for a mess we clearly hadn?t made then proceeded to be disrespectful while cleaning it meanwhile we were sitting and it or whatever that human thing was walked away leaving us with a dirty table.. nobody came to clean or ask if we were ready to order and the food was highly priced for its horrible quality i don?t know why people are lying in the reviews
December 2024 by julie Fox
Our 1st visit, first impressions on passing by it looked inviting and suited our visit and budget.
On entry there was no welcome greeting dispite there only being a handful of other guests already seated. We approached the bar and entered our car reg and thought we would let someone know we were there for our reservation. There was the chef out the front trying to help an older gentleman with the till or booking computer I wasn't sure but it seemed like we were intruding. I don't feel the chef should be out front helping. We were instructed we could Pick were we wanted to sit seem as it was almost empty which was my initial concern a pub and restaurant in a prime location next to Bicester village. But we decided to stay. We took our drinks and picked a table then that was the end of what ever customer service there was we picked our choices went to find someone to take our order. Again the till proved to be the sticking point. Food came quickly. To be fair the food was OK a typical chain pub meal nothing fancy or to write home about. Very little interaction, untill we went to pay when I think it was the owner was then behind the bar he made it feel less clinical and more welcoming on leaving the restaurant.
Shame there was no atmosphere.
