Reviews - The Trout
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Patrick G. • 1 review
25 January 2025
9.5/10Very good food, the "special of the days" are particularly good, fresh food, and perfectly cooked (the lamb shank as well as the pan-fried hake). A friendly and efficient service.
Brian O. • 1 review
2 September 2024
3/10The website is misleading, the actuality is nothing like as pleasant. I was kept waiting at reception. The ambient music was very loud. The food was at the poor end of pub food. The wine was pretty awful. Overall ..very poor value for the money. Would certainly never go back.
Mike B. • 1 review
21 August 2024
9/10Good location, pleasant atmosphere, helpful staff and well presented food.
Jacques S. • 3 reviews
17 June 2024
7.5/10Awesome setting. Food ok. Beer limited.
Andy P. • 14 reviews
16 June 2024
10/10Wonderful unique venue, great food and fabulous service.. the Trout never fails to deliver .. a must .. especially on a sunny day!!!!
Robert W. • 2 reviews
22 April 2024
7/10We have visited many times the Trout Inn and our last occasion was in October 23, and we have always found the food to be very good. However, on today's visit, the food was terrible. All four starters, main courses and crème Brulé were bad! It struck us that for the food to have deteriorated within a few months, we thought the chef must have changed. The location, ambience and service from Kerry and staff was excellent. Very disappointing lunch.
Alistair G. • 3 reviews
31 December 2023
10/10Great staff and good advice on menu. Some missing items as busy but understandable
Carl O. • 1 review
22 October 2023
6/10I ate the Roast Beef Duo. Nothing like the photo above. I ordered rare, it arrived over cooked. There were two small pieces of Rib Eye and 2 scrags of tough sirloin. Loads of veg, but very very light on good quality beef. Sorry, The Trout, but you need to do better than this and return to your standards of 8 tears ago.
Louise C. • 1 review
3 September 2023
10/10Lovely pub and amazing setting.Delicious Sunday roast
Wing S. • 11 reviews
30 August 2023
6/10+1Love the environment : by the river. It was nice the food was disappointing to though. Just really average pub food with high price tag.
Jackie D. • 1 review
16 June 2023
10/10Booked the day before in the off chance there was a table early Friday lunch. The lady in reception asked where we would prefer to sit.( it was a glorious hot day). We chose indoors. We had a Mezze platter for 2. It was excellent. We also had scallops which were cooked to perfection on a bed of delicious risotto. We took our coffee outside. The waitress was new but did a grand job. Her trainer was patient with her. The restaurant filled up but never seemed crowded. We used to go to the Trout when we lived in Oxfordshire. So it was great treat to go again. Excellent food, great location, great ambience. Staff helpful
Samantha H. • 1 review
13 June 2023
10/10Lovely food in a picturesque setting. Excellent service and always consistent. Worth booking as it get s extremely busy. Thank you to all the friendly staff
Stephanie m. • 1 review
14 May 2023
8/10this is a favourite of mine and has been for some years . The staff are polite and accommodating making sure that everyone is at ease . Both inside and outside offer comfortable dining. I have never seen it empty which in its self is proof of its popularity It's a shame that the car park gets so full of other than trout users particularly on a weekend where roads were closed. However having been unable to arrive on time our table was secured ungrudgingly . Thank you
Niel P. • 2 reviews
26 April 2023
7/10Food tasty & nicely presented. Waiter good but short-staffed overall - bit too bright & noisy environment
Lesley V. • 2 reviews
5 March 2023
8/10Excellent Sunday Roast Understaffed had to wait to be served at the bar for quite some time, but the staff that are there were really lovely. Fabulous location with ample parking
Ryan F. • 1 review
31 January 2023
10/10Great table/setting/food and service. Will be coming back soon!
Chris B. • 15 reviews
14 December 2022
4.5/10Nice location but a bit cold (draughty) and the food was cold and sadly relatively poor
Catherine D. • 1 review
22 June 2022
9.5/10We had a lovely meal out on the patio at The Trout in Wolvercote. Unfortunately the river bed is being reinforced at the moment so our outlook was was rather industrial. However the service was great. the food was good and not too pricey. All in all a memorable summer's evening.
Helen k. • 2 reviews
12 June 2022
8/10Friendly efficient helpful staff. Nice setting even with ongoing works on canal. Food quality good and generous portions. Could not really ask for more.
Tracy R. • 1 review
26 May 2022
10/10One of the best restaurants we’ve eaten in for a long time. The staff couldn’t do enough for us and the food was divine, can’t rate it enough! If you’re ever in the area, The Trout is highly recommended.
David S. • 1 review
22 May 2022
6/10The Trout has a QR code system for ordering, however having chosen to eat outside where this facility was offered we then found that it didn't work. As a result of there being no table service outside we had to queue at the bar for quite a long time to order food. To be balanced the location of the pub is excellent and the food was good.
Clive D. • 1 review
12 May 2022
7.5/10Always a beautiful restaurant to visit but not so nice with all the work taking place on the River Isis outside. Drainage and repair work affected the lovely view from the terrace. One of the waiters needed some help with people skills and looking as if he really wanted to help and serve his customers.
David J. • 5 reviews
16 April 2022
8/10A large pub that sits by the River and gained fame as a backdrop to many a Morse episode. Initially had my doubts as the table assigned us seemed too high and chairs too low. Also the latter were incredibly heavy and hard to move. But we survived and the service was swift and polite. The King Prawn started was tasty if the prawns were a little less than kingly. But tasted terrific. I went for the fish and chips option for the main and it ticked all to right boxes. The meal was topped off by a mini desert with coffee that was enough after the previous courses. I had one glass a decent Chardonnay that was not over chilled and so one could taste the wine and not just the 'cold'. All that for two came to £73, which I thought very reasonable. Would be happy to go again.
Sarah A. • 1 review
20 March 2022
6/10Terrible roast, lack of vegetables, packet gravy, no crackling wit the pork. I’ve eaten off the normal menu before and it was ok. Wouldn’t come back on a Sunday though. Very disappointed.
Jo S. • 1 review
9 February 2022
10/10Wonderful meal with family for a birthday lunch. Nice and busy but good service. Dog allowed inside. Excellent choice of menu and lovely tender steaks.
Adam H. • 81 reviews
22 December 2021
7.5/10Nice place and great menu. One problem was that some of the choices we had made were “off” so we had to have an alternative. The food was generally fine but the vegetables were poorly cooked. Potatoes were hard, roast veg tasteless and Brussels Sprouts were like bullets.
Moira b. • 1 review
3 November 2021
10/10Lovely old pub, great atmosphere and food. The staff were very attentive and we had a lovely birthday lunch, thank you
Phil M. • 2 reviews
16 October 2021
10/10Superb venue - very atmospheric; great service and really good food. We thoroughly enjoyed our evening - made especially good by the service we received. I am sure we will return.
Sally E. • 1 review
17 September 2021
10/10We had a lovely evening. Used to go to this pub a lot when we lived in Oxford in the 90’s. Still the same great atmosphere in a lovely riverside setting!
- -. • 1 review
16 December 2019
8.3/10Really easy to book a table at the Trout , food was lovely , service good . However barman our night was rude ....... maybe he had, had a long day!!!
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