THE COCK INN, Witney - Menu, Prices & Restaurant Reviews

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CUISINES

Bar, Pub

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly

Meals

Lunch, Dinner

FEATURES

Reservations, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Table Service

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KinlochRos

Topsham8 contributions

Great place to relax with friends for lunch

May 2021 • none

After a lovely walk round Blenheim Palace Grounds, The Cock Inn provided the perfect place for a drink and lunch with our friends. Simple but delicious fayre, (very tasty toasties and sweet potato chips in my case), the setting outside overlooking the village green I. This charming village, was just perfect. Highly recommend.

Written May 15, 2021

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JuliaHA

4 contributions

An excellent sandwich and beer overlooking the village green

Jun 2021 • couples

Myself and my husband arrived at The Cock hungry and thirsty two thirds of our way through our bike ride. We were late for lunch but the chef made us a couple of very hearty honest sandwiches which totally hit the spot. The Cock is a wonderful authentic pub family run without pretention. Coombe is a pretty village and the pub looks across the green. Visit before it's ' discovered'. Julia

Written June 20, 2021

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Tony01UK

London257 contributions

Wonderful Pub, Looking Forward To Going More Often

Mar 2022 • none

A really lovely traditional pub, with a (probably) insane family running it. Never seen such an ability to be in such chaos and yet deliver the most delicious home made soup, and toasties with what I think was home made bread. Their nachos are good too, on a previous visit! I wish them well, with CV19 it's been a tough life running a pub, and I hope they are loved and supported into a full recovery. We will certainly be back.

Written March 14, 2022

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Robbin Gaven

1 contribution

A sad excuse for a pub.

Jul 2022 • friends

Unfortunately this pubs proprietors have zero interest in running a village pub or making any attempt to make it an inviting venue for the villagers. We went for a drink and we’re refused entry and served reluctantly through a window as though still in full lock down. You couldn’t wish for a more idyllic location in a quintessential English village - how could they get it so wrong. Time to move on and let someone who cares have a go.

Written July 19, 2022

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PrelcoConsulting

Reading31 contributions

What a wonderful, unexpected find

Aug 2021 • none

Halfway round our 9 mile walk from New Yatt, we arrived at exactly midday only to find the doors shut! Not many minutes later however, we were enjoying very tasty toasties, served with salad and crisps, and delicious sweet potato chips, washed down with some fine beverages, all with a wonderful view across the green. Really set us up for a very wet return leg to New Yatt!

Written August 12, 2021

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jo H

7 contributions

Great pub food

May 2021 • none

The best toastie I have ever eaten followed by delicious sticky toffee pudding . A wonderful find when walking in the beautiful Oxfordshire country side

Written May 9, 2021

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Vic F

Thank you for the lovely review.

Written June 1, 2021

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EonsOfZaphod

West Wickham740 contributions

Good food, reasonably priced

Aug 2019 • family

Stopped in here whilst on a longer trip. The service was great, and the food was reasonable. For four of us the bill was only £35

Written August 19, 2019

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Chrisbmx

Oxford12 contributions

A great find!

Apr 2019 • friends

A group of 11 of us booked a table inside but sat outside as weather gorgeous. Small menu, we had scampi, chicken and leek pie and lentil curry which were all excellent. Friendly landlords. Not at all busy on a bank holiday. We did a circular walk into Blenheim grounds from the pub. Would definitely recommend!

Written April 19, 2019

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WitneyUKKiwi

32 contributions

Great lunch - proper pub food - tasty and fantastic value for money

Mar 2018 • friends

The pub helpfully accommodated a last minute table booking when everywhere else in Oxfordshire was booked for mothers day. Menu was really good - just enough variety but not so many options as to bamboozle you. All the plates of food I saw coming out looked like great portions, steaming hot and served with a smile. The prices were also really fair - its hard to get a roast for under 15 quid these days and alot of places charge you extra for vegetables and sauces. Not here - 12.50 all in .... and if you wanted to add other courses it was 18 or 22 for 2 or 3 courses respectively. The proper log burner was burning which added to the atmosphere. Its hard to find a pub that's between 'old man boozer' and 'gastropub' these days - the Cock Inn hits the note perfectly. Thank you very much for a lovely visit.

Written March 11, 2018

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andrewglenday

Stanford in the Vale64 contributions

Enjoyable lunch

Dec 2017 • friends

A group of us had a lovely lunch following a walk in the area with Vale and West Oxfordshire Ramblers. Having advised The Cock of our plans the landlord met us before our walk with memus to get an idea of what we would like. Table was ready on arrival at this great tradional country pub. Beer was very well kept too. Will definately look to get here asap.

Written December 7, 2017

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kelterman

50 contributions

Perfect pub, with great food and Brilliant staff

Nov 2017 • couples

We found this place by accident when we were driving around Oxfordshire last week.It looked very inviting from the outside and was in a great location, just opposite the village green, and in the heart of a chocolate box village. We were greeted by the owners, who made us feel really welcome, and they had good beers on tap too.I had a half of Dark ale that was like Porter and very delicious. Lovely pub cat called Ziggy, was really friendly and kept us company. The food on offer was not like the usual pub grub- some thought had gone into designing the menu, and it was speedily served, though they were quite busy.We shared the charcuterie meat board, which was very generous, and we only had room to share a warm chocolate brownie! The décor is nice and cosy, and has a great feel to it. Outside there is a seating area with a real grape vine growing, with real grapes! (Thought they were fake at first, but my partner tried one!) I am sure if we are ever in this part of the world again, we would pop in.

Written November 15, 2017

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Veronica H

Dartford615 contributions

Great lunch stop for our ramble!

May 2017 • friends

Combe is a real 'chocolate box village', complete with a beautiful green which the pub looks out on. A bit strange - and unhelpful - of the staff to give just a landline contact number, then admitting they go out for the whole of Saturday morning. Meant the walk leader being unable to contact them with the number of us walkers needing lunch. However, friendly and helpful once we got in. Modernised enough to give good spacious seating, but with a good bar scene too. Good choice of food to suit various appetites. Bit miffed that they offered pancakes, but hadn't got round to preparing for orders when we arrived soon after they opened. Went for 'plan B', i.e. the cheese and plum chutney sandwiches. Possibly a bit over-priced, especially as the brown bread was very 'bog standard'. However, the chutney made up for it by being delicious. My group had various different lunches and they all looked good.

Written May 14, 2017

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RCCOxford

Eynsham63 contributions

Lovely pub, good beer, food below par

Apr 2017 • friends

Stopped for lunch whilst walking. This is a lovely low key village pub - not in Witney at all. The staff and service was good, good range of well kept ales. The three of us mae different meal choices. The food was ok but very over-priced for what it was - "gastro" in price but not quality. Portion size was ok except for the toasted sandwich which seemed a very modest plateful. The one dessert we had was good. Up the quality of the food and/or lower prices and this place could be a real destination. Otherwise, only go for the charming location and beer and crisps!

Written May 1, 2017

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GlinysW

Witney963 contributions

Great potential: chocolate box location and good staff

Jan 2017 • couples

Overlooking a village green- not in Witney at all! The Cock has many original features and very good beer. The staff were friendly, helpful and efficient. Due to unforeseen circumstances the usual lunch menu was not available. The food we ate was disappointing. I had an over sweetened, sweet potato soup with plastic bread and my husbands panini was ok but nothing to write home about. Just up the game on food and the place will fly.

Written January 21, 2017

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darrenah

Banbury302 contributions

Friendly pub!

Oct 2016 • couples

Called in for a quick pint on a Sunday and ended up staying for Sunday lunch! Staff were very friendly with good hospitality skills! Very nice selection of local ales, including some superb bottled beers from the next village. Well, after a couple of pints, we had worked up A hunger so stayed and ordered a Sunday lunch. Food was served quickly, very tasty and nicely presented, I followed it with a pudding, I have to say that it was quite possibly the best sticky toffee pudding I've tasted, and believe me you, I eat a lot of sticky toffee pudding!!!!! Well worth a visit and a nice place I will visit again very soon!

Written October 27, 2016

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