Address: 8a M40, Thame Road, Oxford OX33 1LJ, United Kingdom
Phone: +441865877007
Rating: 4.1
based on 442 reviews.
Facilities and Amenities
Pros:
"A great service stop very clean with ample free parking (up to 2 hours)."
"The place also has decent outdoor and indoor sitting space with modern glass architecture and a small lake with ornamental fishes in it."
"There’s plentiful seating including an outdoor terrace with fountains a koi pond and picnic benches on the grass! 2 hours free parking."
"An excellent service station that is in a great location and is shared by both directions of the M40."
"The Ramada next door provides a good opportunity for those looking to take some rest."
"Nice place for a rest bite in between long journeys."
"These are the most amazing Motorway Services I have ever stopped at in the UK."
"One of the most calm service stations you could stop at. Decent loos, but not touch free apart from the brand new Dyson hand dryers."
Cons:
"But if you're a HGV driver you have a long walk to the main building."
"During the holidays the car park is defiantly too small for the number of visitors here."
"Hideously busy even on weekdays."
"Not good for truckers. You have to walk half a mile to get to the shops and if it’s raining it’s vile."
"Signage to electric car chargers would be good. Plus maybe more of these chargers as during school holidays I was in a queue of 10!!"
"I had a long wheelbase van with a long trailer and found it hard to navigate the parking arrangements."
"The usual facilities are present. This involves leaving the motorway and joining a service road. This is less convenient than many other service stations."
"It's okay. Parking can be a pain. Going to the loo is an assault course, having to negotiate other customers standing around by the two shops on route that jut out into the path you need to take."
Cleanliness
Pros:
"The staff are very good and the ablutions are cleaned regularly."
"The toilets were very clean and easily accessible."
"Clean and spacious facilities with a nice range of retailing and excellent food choices."
"The best service stop I have seen. Clean facilities and great selection of outlets."
"It's always clean and pleasant smelling, with the usual concessions inside, plus a few more."
"Tables and toilets were clean."
"A great services - with excellent toilets!"
"Toilets are large and well maintained."
Cons:
"The petrol stations toilets are the most disgusting I have ever witnessed."
"Toilets seemed clean but absolutely stank."
"The toilets are dirty too and there are no footpaths to the main area and the whole parking area stinks of urine."
"The food store is Waitrose. There is adequate parking and the service station and its surroundings are attractive."
"You pride yourself on having the cleanest toilets on the motorway, which in the main building they are... but the petrol stations toilets are real filth."
"The usual motorway service station. Exorbitant prices for all your high street names. There is plenty of choice here, nice clean toilets, plenty of parking."
"Toilets needed cleaning, but the food was great at Harry Ramsdens. Really enjoyed the fish and chips."
"Absolute shambles of a motorway service station. The Burger King food is sub par."
Food and Drink Options
Pros:
"I went to the noodles bar and had the large with 3 toppings and it was delicious."
"Amazing place just beside of M40 Motorway Service with KFC, Burger King, Subway, Starbucks, Pizzaexpress, The good breakfast, Waitrose."
"Great service area with good selection of eateries and coffee shops."
"Particularly enjoyed the range of seating available, especially outside (it was a glorious day); sat on the decking watching the innumerable fish in the 'moat'."
"Love these services, clean, modern, all that you expect from motorway services and much more, very relaxing outside seating area with a fabulous water feature full of fish."
"We also stayed at the hotel there and visited again when stayed at Oxford as liked it so much...."
"One of the good looking Services in the UK. Nice garden, rest area, and shops inside. Looks quite new. Good choice of food / coffee etc."
"It's always clean and pleasant smelling, with the usual concessions inside, plus a few more."
Cons:
"KFC staff need customer service training. We sat waiting for our order. No one informed us it was ready and the screen was not updated to inform us either."
"The meat free chicken style wrap was not very nice. I would not recommend it."
"Popped in on way back from The National for food and ablutions about 22.30. Clean and tidy and a good range of food options although felt violated when I saw how much the food costs compared to not being in a motorway services."
"Me and my partner ordered Burger King and it was disgusting. £20+ wasted. It was so expensive but we paid it as we wanted a treat."
"Weirdly nice for service station, I stopped here on a sunny day and had an unexpectedly pleasant time. Ordered KFC at the kiosk and turnaround was surprisingly quick, 2 minutes at most."
"Dreadful place if you need anything gluten free to eat."
"Food was as expected really as we used BK and KFC. What I was surprised by was the severe lack of cleanliness and upkeep of furniture."
"A roadside point beside M40, just before to enter Oxford, with a plenty of option for food, snacks, coffee etc as well as washroom to be fresh."
Customer Service
Pros:
"The staff were polite and efficient and their space was clean."
"The service is always good and the staff polite and helpful."
"The staff were all friendly, helpful, and eager to make my visit as pleasant as possible."
"Friendly staff. Gorgeous outdoor seating area (to enjoy a coffee and pastry) next to water fountains which make for a relaxing and chilled break to your journey."
"The food shop cover a variety of different foods to suit all tastes. A good service break for motorists."
"An excellent service station that is in a great location and is shared by both directions of the M40."
"This is a nicely located service are along the M40. It's not far off from Great Milton and Wormington."
"The service area had plenty of parking, which made it easy for me to park my car and explore the area."
Cons:
"KFC staff need customer service training. We sat waiting for our order. No one informed us it was ready and the screen was not updated to inform us either."
"I visited here today by bus and it was really nice and I really loved the fountain outside. Also a lot of food outlets to choose from including Subway,Burger King and others."
"Hideously busy even on weekdays. Toilets seemed clean but absolutely stank."
"Really nice facilaties. This was my first time stopping there."
"Very bad experience. We went in to use a reward for a drink and we were told we couldn't use one as the tills weren't set up yet for it."
"I paid £33 for parking. Shower (In petrol station) in terrible condition, door cannot be closed, must be replaced, stink and dirt."
"Visited the Costa here and I don't know if I caught the woman on a bad day or if this is common."
"Popped in to the Starbucks drive thru (but went in to sit down). Ordered food and coffee. Staff friendly enough."