Windmill - BURFORD

Our meal was good but not outstanding. A bit pricey for what it was. Could have done with more vegetables. The venue and the location are outstanding.

I had to wait over an hour for my food and there were no apologies. The food did not justify the price.

Upon arrival we were greeted with a muted hello from the man behind the bar, although the young lady that showed us to our table was polite and friendly. The restaurant was almost empty but must say the view out of the window of the rolling fields behind the Windmill was lovely. Once seated the young lady took our drinks order and the drinks arrived soon after via a young man who looked uncannily like Liam from Benidorm, all good so far. This is where the evening went downhill, there were 4 tables of people dining, one of about 6 with their children, ours of 7 and two tables of two(one of these left soon after we arrived). There were two young staff members serving all tables and another older man who stayed behind the bar all evening, so shouldn’t have been a problem on a very quiet night. We ordered two starters of prawn cocktail and mains of 3 scampi, two steak and Guinness pies and two supreme chicken, we also asked if it would be possible to swap the new potatoes for mashed on one of the supreme chicken dishes, the young man taking the food order was unsure and didn’t seem to understand what was being asked or offer to go to ask in the kitchen but he said it should be ok. The prawn cocktails took well over half an hour to arrive and looking at what was on the plate (not a lot for £9) this seemed a bit odd. The mains were another 45 mins (although both servers did come to apologise for the wait at different times) not sure why the what looked like a senior member of staff (behind the bar) was not the one to apologise and to be honest I felt sorry for the two serving as they both seemed to lack experience with something clearly out of their control. When the mains arrived they came out in drips and drabs and one dish was forgotten and a ramekin of mash was given as well as the chicken meal instead of replacing the potatoes as requested. All in all not a great night, food was fine, waiting time was a joke, unlikely we will return.

Fantastic , russel, vanessa and Matt truly great food

Excellent restaurant in an idyllic setting. Highly recommend a visit.