Regularly visit The Old Thatched Inn and absolutely love it service is great, food excellent, menu…read morechanges regularly and cosy atmosphere, very highly recommended.

The Old Thatched Inn is a lovely old building dating back to 1702, but lovingly restored after a…read moremuch more recent fire. The front of the building is the original old rooms which have been knocked through to give a more intimate atmosphere, at the back of the pub is more recent and has a large modern conservatory which is nice, but can be noisier. The pub has decent traditional ales, and the wine list is good. It has about a dozen each of whites and reds, a couple of rose wines from around £12 to £37. There are about eight champagnes from around £18 to £100. Most people don't come here to drink, they come to eat, and the menu is varied with more fish dishes available on Friday. Starters range from around £5 to £7, mains £12 to £17, deserts about £5 to £7. We had homemade fish cakes with Salad and Homemade Tartare Sauce for £6.90 which were excellent and Gravadlax with Smoked Salmon Pate, Toast & Cress Salad which was the same price and tasty, but a little too oily for my taste, it would have benefitted from a good-sized wedge of lemon. We followed this by Roast Aylesbury Duck Breast, Confit Leg with Gratin Potato, Plum & Ginger Compote for £14.95 and Roast Local Rare Breed Lamb with Crushed Jerseys Royals, Marsh Samphire & Tomato: both were excellent and very tasty. We were flagging a little now, so we shared a portion of cheese and biscuits at £6.50: it was nice, but I've had better. Overall the wine and food are excellent and the staff and service are both very good. There is a reasonable sized car park, but as the place gets very busy (so best to book a table) and parking can therefore be a challenge. Highly recommended.

A nice locals pub that does food, primarily in a rather cold conservatory extension…read more The bar is compact and cosy with avoid range of ales. The food is decent pub fare: relatively good value and fairly good size portions. The starters and mains were tasty, but ordinary. The vegetables in particular were dissapointing because they were very overcooked and the mash tasted odd. The puddings were the star of the show: huge portions, tasty and all home-made. The car park is small, service slow but friendly.

This is very quaint little pub with thatched roofing, oak beams and a real fire place. Situated in…read morea village just on the outskirts of Buckingham they serve good and fine ales and the food here is exceptional as is the service although the place is very small and can get a little cramped. Parking is very limited and can get a bit tight around the entrance. If you are tall you'll need to mind your head for sure. They have extended the restaurant into the conservatory which makes for a nice feel to it but still is a bit close for comfort when busy.

Amazing food and environment setting Cracking small village pub and restaurant. Cost with great…read moredecor. Outside seating is great, and seems popular with dog walkers. Service is excellent and could not fault it.

Nice village pub in the middle of Chackmore with a reasonable selection of home-cooked food…read more We called for a snack-lunch and shared a home-cooked ham ploughman's which was a large portion of salad, 2 thick slices of ham, home made chutney and a warm small baguette-style roll. Very tasty and, because of the size, not bad value for £7.95. We will have to try it again one evening and try the mains.

Nice pub set in steeple Claydon. Drinks are quite cheap compared to others…read more Nice atmosphere. Sometimes they hold a BBQ in the summer which is nice & refreshing.

An adorable pub, hidden off the main Marlowe pathway. On a picturesque day like today Two Brewers…read morewas idyllic. There were outside benches with an incredible view of the Thames, framed by two majestic large old homes. Their menu was quite formidable and all of the dishes which whizzed past us to other seated guests looked wonderful. I ordered the asparagus linguini. The sauce was a little too heavy for me and lacked some flavor, but my dining companions' chicken satay and ham sandwich both seemed to hit the spot and were made with care. Two Brewers is a charming spot for an afternoon or evening meal. I would definitely recommend stopping for a pint or bite here. Trust.

In principle, the King's Head could be a great pub. As one reviewer has already said, it has a…read moregreat location in the centre of Buckingham. It has real ale and a good selection of lagers. There's a very friendly and helpful young guy serving with a beard behind the bar - a great barman. I've only eaten there once, and the food was o.k., if not outstanding. However, one of the obstacles preventing this from being a great pub isn't just some of the rather undesirable clientele, but the senior landlady. She is, without doubt, one of the most ill-mannered and ignorant, individuals I have ever had the misfortune to encounter. Perhaps one of the reasons for the continued success of the place is that she appears so rarely in the evenings. She has an appearance to match her personality. Her daughter and co-owner doesn't have much of a personality, but at least she has better manners than her mother.

Great pub, great staff, great value food and always have local alesread more

The Crown at Great Horwood is a nice village pub with a small dining area with about 4 tables. The…read moremenu is fairly small, but quite varied with some additional menu items in the evening and a reasonable selection of wines. The food is quite good, but seems a little overpriced for the quality of food on offer, although the portion sizes are quite good. There was a group of us and we tried a selection of starters, all were around £4.50 each: Black Pudding stack with pancetta was nice, but there was an over abundance of onion relish; mushrooms with port and cream, quite tasty but served with half a bought-in Ciabatta bread which seemed an odd match; a huge portion of fairly ordinary pate served with a large pile of white toasty loaf. Mains ranged from around £8-15 each. Coq au vin was quite nice and good value at £8.25, but seemed to have been over cooked and perhaps bought-in; chicken with Brie and Pancetta for £11.95 was perhaps the best of the bunch, but was served with a few over cooked and very oily new potatoes; the £15 rib eye steaks did not appear to be rib eye and was ordered medium rare and arrived medium to well. On the up side the food wasn't bad, just below expectations. The service was rather slow all round, but the staff were friendly and helpful. The place gets busy so you should book in advance: so on this basis I'd try the place again, but I'd probably try the simpler dishes and see how they turn out. The pub is in the middle of the village, but has a reasonable amount of off-road parking.

Had Sunday lunch here. Beautiful village setting…read more Delicious food at a very reasonable price. Wonderful polite and helpful staff. Even the scary looking shaven headed bar man turned out to be a decent chap. Will definitely come again.

They have Staropramen! And their outdoor sitting area is good. Ok for a beer but would not…read morerecommend eating here.

After hearing that this Pub offers a Sunday Carvery our family decided to give it a try.. well this…read morewas the worst experience ever ,totaly cold food, meat was loosly covered in tin foil on a supposed hot plate that also supported 3 plastic containers holding yorkshire puddings , roast potaoes and stuffing balls...NOT so hot then! cutlery was unclean with residues of food visible ,Very depressed looking staff with an unhelpful attitude , broken parquet flooring ,part uplifted at front door to greet you as you enter and broken chairs to sit on, just to complete the morose atmosphere set by backround sounds are the Doom & Gloom front page pictures hanging all around the dining room area of every atrocity in the last century...Sadly lacking in everything that a well run Pub/restaurant should easily provide with minimum effort. Sadly Disappointment is the Best this pub has to offer.

I think the Blackbird is a great pub. It has an open fire, two dartsboards and real locals you can…read morehave real conversations with. It does not do food - which is, in my opinion, in Buckinghamshire, a great boon. I am tired of going into pubs where, as a drinker, you have to sit on the edge of a restaurant to have a pint. Long live the English pub - and this is a great one

The Blackbird Inn is one of two pubs in Padbury. It is on the right hand side of the road about…read morehalfway down the village on the main road from Padbury to Steeple Claydon. It is not my kind of place at all, as it has cherry machines, large screen televisions, pool tables and seems to attract the more rowdy football crowd. It has a reasonable selection of drinks on tap and is quite large, yet often still feels crowded. That said, it has a nice outdoor area with umbrellas in the summer and serves a quite plain but reasonably priced Sunday lunch albeit it in a tucked away back room.