Steventon Restaurants

Took my dad here for his birthday on Saturday, there were four in our party. The starters and main course were delicious. We had the salt and pepper squid, mussels with some bacon and cider sauce, boubillaise; chicken confit cassoulet, pumpkin and sage tortellini, smoked haddock, and ham and eggs. Only small criticism is the tortellini was a bit dry and would have benefited from a sauce of some kind, but it was really tasty. Unfortunately, once our main courses had been served, service deteriorated and became quite slow., leaving us with dirty plates for a prolonged period. Eventually we were able to order desserts and three of us had the hollygog pudding. It was slow arriving and when it did, the custard (orange and bay) was cold, and the pudding was burnt and had the texture of something warmed up in the microwave, and for slightly too long, so it was rubbery rather than spongey. I understand they were having issues with power cuts in the kitchen, which might have accounted for the slower service, but the dessert was really disappointing. Car parking is a bit of an issue because there's a recreation ground next to the pub, so it's busy and there's not really anywhere nearby to park instead. However, all that said, overall this was a really nice experience and I would return. Based on the quality of the starters and main courses, I would recommend.

We had one of the best evenings we’ve ever had. Great and generous range of unusual, delicate, flavoursome dishes. Passionate and creative chef who made it a very personal experience. Extremely ambient atmosphere and unique. Would highly recommend.

Very tasty food and excellent service. Lily our waitress was very professional and even when we asked ‘tongue in cheek’ questions about ‘wild farmed’ sourdough she took it well and actually went and asked the kitchen do that she could actually give us the correct information. Nice touch with the birthday chocolate brownies too!

Food here is very good, well cooked, well presented, and different from most restaurants that serve this type of food. My one criticism is I would have like more lamb in my dish, it seemed a bit sparse. Aside from that it’s very good here, we will be back. Service is good here too, as is the room.