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Visited this pub for a friend's 50th Birthday party meal so we were booked in to stay the night.
We found the staff to be very friendly and efficient and I enjoyed a couple of pints of Hook Norton which was well kept.
I understand the pub gets very booked up for meals so a tribute to the standard of cooking.
They offer bed and breakfast; there are thre bedrooms - two ensuite and one with the bathroom across a small corridor. Our room was very comfortable although a little noisy the next morning as the staff started the clearing up quite early. A continental breakfast was served in the pub and had a wide choice on offer. All in all we enjoyed our visit very much

On our recent lunchtime visit to this creeper clad, golden stoned pub in the delightful sleepy Cotswold village of Lower Oddington, we were greeted by our Antipodean host with the words 'have you booked?' This could have been a little disconcerting especially if one only required a drink. As circumstances would have it, we were hungry, and they did manage to accommodate us. Service was prompt and the food delicious (smoked creamy fish pot and gruyere and red onion tart) and reasonably priced. However, maximising the covers they can serve, they have placed 2 tables for two in front of the inglenook which blocks, not only the view of the fire, but also the heat it might give off. Booking is essential and there seems to be no recession here. The car park was packed and most of the lane outside jammed with vehicles.The pub is now given over completely to dining. It would have been impossible to stand at the bar to enjoy a drink. They have extended at the back since our last stay here. Gone the wine merchants, in its place brand new kitchens (there's a surprise) and the old kitchen has been converted into a small dining room used for breakfasts for residents and overflow from the more atmospheric 'bar'. The back room can now used as a private dining room. High standards remain the norm here.

Food good, ordered moules which came with lots of delicious soup. HOWEVER, served without bread and we had to ask for it - and got charged extra! Didn't order water but jug appeared on table and only discovered later we were also charged for that! Ungenerous or what?

True, it is not really a good old pub but, being in the Cotswold area, it serves the area well as it is a bit gastro. . Clean and well furnished, it is recommended

We were with a walking group and they managed to serve all of us in good time

A very, very good restaurant - although there really is little to fulfil the notion of a 'pub' anymore - to the extent that one wonders if there ought to be a seperate category of restaurants that used to be a pub. Thoroughly recommended for its seasonal cuisine - advisable to book. Not cheap, so it is a shame that there is no seperate lunchtime menu.