August 2025 by Tess Nowell
We popped up from our mooring on the canal nearby looking for a meal and were not disappointed. The menu was quite small, but food was freshly cooked and very nice pub fare.
Service was great and the place was buzzing with locals in for a chat/drink/meal (it was a Friday evening). Outside space as well as indoors.
A good and friendly local, nothing fancy but I wasn't looking for fancy so suited us very well.
July 2025 by paul rasteiro
Good beer and spacious garden.
June 2025 by Deena Ingham
What a delightful pub. Good beer. Friendly locals and lovely staff. Went out of their way to sort food for us on a night the kitchen wasn't open and we were incredibly grateful. Also glad the route back to the canal is downhill!
June 2025 by Steve Ingham
Very good pub. Great beer. No food, but the very kind staff offered to do us scampi and chips. Superb chips, thank you!
June 2025 by Kevin Howells
Called in as we were staying close by, really enjoyed the pub ?
June 2025 by Laura Jacobs
Lovely pub with great beer, great food and great locals. Thank you Chris for making us welcome and for the fab pies!
May 2025 by Bigu Tubefan
The best kept traditional ale in all England.
May 2025 by Michael Tyler
Could not have asked for a worse experience from a pub owner and landlord for many years.
This pub used to be a focus point for the village. Today, I felt afraid to walk in.
Those fears were justified.
The thoughts of frank and open conversation in this pub are very much dead, and this landlord has made it so.
This is not somewhere you would visit when the Sainsbury's less than a mile up the road does much better service and for 1/3 of the price for food and alcohol.
It's not a good pub and it's not a good atmosphere.
April 2025 by Arthur N
Pretty typical English country village pub, complete with stern looking landlord (turned out to be perfectly nice), and homemade pork scratchings. Beer selection good.
Really pleased to have seen the folk night which is apparently the second Monday of every month - everyone welcome to join in singing popular folk songs and a core of decent folk musicians.
August 2024 by Stanislava Obermajerova
Great experience every time I went. Service is always first class. I am looking forward to my next visit.
Kid-friendliness: Great area for children to play
July 2024 by K S
Nice spot for a drink and snack
July 2024 by Mike Dowling
Great pint of beer - new one for me and a good plate of ham, eggs & chips! ?
April 2024 by Tania ONEILL
Amazing hospitality. Great food. Would recommend highly . Thank you to Tracey and Chris .
March 2024 by Edgecumbe Vanbeck
Having left the M40 with the intention of finding a pub for my Sunday lunch rather than stopping at yet another indistinguishably mediocre 'Services' I was relieved to find the Barley Mow in Upper Heyford as the previous 2 pubs had been permanently closed ! I was even more relieved to learn that, as a solo diner, I should actually be able to have lunch ! As a pre-booked only service ad hoc arrivals would normally be turned away ! I was offered a choice of a beef or a pork roast meal and chose the pork and was provided with a generous portion of pork with a Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, carrots, cabbage and cauliflower with gravy, stuff in and apple sauce. As expected, a marked improvement on Motorway 'Services.' Surprisingly neither coffee nor tea are served but fortunately I was very happy with water. Thank you !Wheelchair accessibility: The path from the car park to the bar was accessible to me on crutches but would be quite difficult for a wheelchair user though I suspect that entry through the street entrance would possible.
March 2024 by brynley swift
Great landlady. Knows how to generate a good lucrative and fun atmosphere. Typical country type pub guests, friendly and respectable.
