Address: Haystacks Corner, The Towing Path, Iffley, Iffley Lock, Oxford, OX4 4EL, United Kingdom
Phone: +441865243854
Rating: 4.0
based on 106 reviews.
Location
Pros:
"Lovely pub with great beer and situated right next to the river Thames."
"Great location and beer garden."
"Seriously the best pub in Oxford for people who like to be away from traffic and immersed in scenic surroundings next to the Thames."
"One of the most scenic and beautiful pubs in Oxford as far as location is concerned."
"Situated right on the banks of river Thames with stunning views, it is one of my favourite places in Oxford, especially during the summer months."
"The staff was friendly and the location right by the river is spacious and perfect for sitting outside on picnic tables."
"Lovely location, on the river Thames, lots of outside seating very nice for a pint on a sunny day."
Cons:
"Gorgeous location by the river but the actual pub is pretty terrible."
"As other have said, the location is amazing and entirely wasted on whoever is managing this place."
"The pub itself could do with a bit of work as it isn't in a particularly good state."
"A real missed opportunity; the gorgeous location is dramatically let down by an utterly indifferent staff and shabby, dirty furniture and decor."
"Great location let down by poor management more interested in moving furniture than actually serving customers queuing out the door."
Food
Pros:
"The Djangos smokehouse roast dinner with short rib was lovely. Tender and flavorful, perfectly complemented by greens & gravy which tied everything together."
"Delicious cakes."
"Had a bowl of chicken vegetable soup and fresh bread. Excellent flavour."
"The fish and chips were delicious!"
"Gorgeous and amazing tasting food."
"The food is excellent."
"The food was delicious and the music was great!"
Cons:
"Their new summer menu however is quite bland, with nothing 'jumping' out of the page."
"Terrible overpriced food that we waited nearly 2 hours for."
"Food inedible- obviously a burger in full American mode since the UK changed the rules on limiting certain chemicals in food."
"The food was verging on inedible - pricier and less tasty than your average Spoons."
"The food was pretty awful. The beetroot salad was just a big bag of whole beetroot, not cut up."
"The food was pretty disappointing; soup to start which had so much pepper in it I couldn't eat it and to follow a very bland fish pie."
"However, the salad was simply atrocious."
Service
Pros:
"It appeared to be staffed with an all girl crew - convivial and efficient."
"Very friendly staff in this picturesque Riverside pub."
"Saying that the service was good and we got the food pretty quickly."
"Really impressed with their social distancing measures, we had a lovely afternoon and felt totally safe and relaxed."
"Friendly service."
"All the waitressing staff were incredibly kind and professional, they really pulled off a perfect event."
"Great service, lovely friendly staff, beautiful relaxed environment I truly enjoyed the chilled Apple Cider."
Cons:
"Stopped in for a drink and something to eat when walking past today. Wasn't that busy when we arrived, was told 30 mins wait on food. This was at 1.30pm. Food arrived nearly 2 hours later."
"Unfortunately not enough staff working during a busy weekend."
"Lovely location, but food is very overpriced, meals are not large and they take so so long to arrive after ordering."
"Weird queuing system, a long line out of the pub into the garden, but only a few people at the bar being served."
"Service was INCREDIBLY slow. Just unbelievable."
"Extremely horrible place, the guy in the counter was doing shots and was waiting around 20 min to order. The food is bad and it arrived 2 hours later."
"Long queue at the bar. but main problem: it takes forever to get your food (1 hr 10 mins)."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"Love the atmosphere and often bring friends here."
"I went with a friend in late morning. The atmosphere was peaceful, relaxed and inviting."
"Then the folk music started. Wow well impressed. Improvisation at its best."
"Great atmosphere and food was fantastic!"
"Seating outside under the trees is wonderful and the atmosphere hard to beat."
"Lovely venue with lots of seating spaces and a calm, peaceful ambience."
"But the best bits are the music evenings. I went on a Sunday afternoon to foot stomping good fun."
Cons:
"So sad.. I've been witnessing the slow demise of this place for the past 15 years.."
"Dire, dirty and over priced."
"Used to be a lovely pub but may have overextended, not keeping up the basics, things aren't clean and feel unfinished in various places."
Drinks
Pros:
"They have a good range of local beers and ales at reasonable prices."
"The beer is really good."
"Interesting selection of local beers."
"The drinks are all great and the service was fantastic."
Cons:
"Drinks selection is dreadful, some really unpleasant ciders and lagers."
"Beers was rubbish and over priced."
"The beer very limited, there are typically one or two traditional ales on pump plus 2 of their unbranded lagers and a cider."
"I love this place, the location is unbeatable, but £7 for a 175ml of house wine seems well into rip off territory to me."
"Massively over priced £24 for the 4 drinks shown in the photo and 2 were soft drinks."
Management
Pros:
"We all had a fantastic time at Stuart and Debs' wedding last weekend."
"Isis Farmhouse hosted our wedding reception and we couldn't have been more pleased."
"100% recommended for wedding receptions!"
"We just had our wedding here. Noreen & Adrian the owners could not do enough, for us on our special day food was amazing, staff that took care off our guests done a great job."
Cons:
"Great location. Terrible management and organisation."
"Terrible management and organisation."
"Very poor service and food."
"The worst pub meal I’ve probably ever had."
"Great location let down by poor management more interested in moving furniture than actually serving customers queuing out the door."
"Do not go there! The waiter spat on my food and made me do weird things also the name is offensive cant wait for bush to bomb this place utterly ridiculous."
Cleanliness
Pros:
"Visited late October during rainy weather, very warm inside, good choice of drinks, lots of space."
Cons:
"Loo was beyond filthy, with soiled loo roll stuffed in the sink and floor."
"A real missed opportunity; the gorgeous location is dramatically let down by an utterly indifferent staff and shabby, dirty furniture and decor."
"Used to be a lovely pub but may have overextended, not keeping up the basics, things aren't clean and feel unfinished in various places."