Got there too early. 5:40p.m. asked to wait till 6:00p.m. glad we did! Early bird was fantastic. Excellent bread board with olives and sundried tomatoes while waiting for starters. Hot, fresh, very tasty food served by professional people, (maybe a few smiles wouldn't go amiss though). Booking advisable as there is no waiting area really. Definitely an eating pub, albeit a very nice one.

Gerwyn Bryan

After lunching here a few years ago, I'd been looking for an opportunity to take my wife there. Her birthday on Saturday was the occasion. Overall impression? Definitely resting on its laurels. The gap between ordering, sitting down and receiving starters was about 10 mins. and then despite asking for a breather between courses, the main course was there within another 10 minutes - seriously we'd had 2 courses within 30 minutes. Now I don't know about you but on a Saturday night 8 pm booking, I'm not there to be rushed through my meal just so that the restaurant can squeeze some more covers in before 10 pm! The belly pork (one of their signature dishes) needed some more longer slower cooking and my wifes salmon was brought back so quickly after they'd accidentally coated in sauce that it was clear that these dishes are not freshly cooked to order but pre par cooked and then finished for speed. If I'd wanted fast food I'd have gone elsewhere. all in all a very rushed and slightly disappointed experience. Finally, my wife hit her head twice whilst going to the loo. Very low ceiling but no signs warning the unsuspecting customer. This place needs to sharpen up its act!

Sue Fawcett

I dined here for lunch with my father, sister and Aunt from new Zealand. We were doing a trip down memory lane of the area, as they grew up here. Though the pub has changed tremendously since my fathers day. The atmosphere and service was both friendly and professional. The quality of food was outstanding, I had Scallops which were exquisite and the Yorkshire Shepherds pie, with cuts of lamb which was outstanding in flavour. my family went the lunch menu, Beef stew which was excellent. The wine list has a good selection not overly priced. I would recommend this restaurant over most top restaurants, for its ambiance service and food.

S.taylor

We have visited the gray ox for years as a pub that is local to us and serves great food with a smile. however, this was not the case on our recent visit, the food has gone downhill in recent months, and the service or more the treatment we received was just appalling. The young girl left in charge since the owners stopped working just isn't up to the job, abrupt to the point of rude, the other staff made up for it and we enjoyed their chatty enthusiasm. Food has gone ott and specials distant from the pubby freshness we had previously enjoyed. a shame to say we won't be returning, as it was our favourite local restaurant. seems to have lost touch with the ethos somewhat.

Darren

food inside pub very nice - then into car park to discover sick in the car park covered up with a shovel of muck to try to disguise it making me and the wife feel sick too !

Mr Smith

we dined here on a surprisingly busy Monday evening and although in plenty of time for the early bird menu, we opted to dine from the main a la carte menu with the option of choosing from a specials board. i chose the fillet of beef which was outstanding! and something i would definitely opt for on our next visit! the wine list held a good selection of new world wines and i picked the Spanish rioja reserva reasonably priced at £20.95 which was recommended by the waiter. the staff here are great and an asset to the pub, polite, professional and with good knowledge of both the food and drinks. the gray ox is in an excellent location in the countryside and somewhere we will be visiting again in the not too distant future, - well recommended!

Diamond

It's a shame the restaurant doesn't live up to the quality their website tries to invoke. The presentation of the food was nice, but vegeatables seem to be kept to a minimum, a portion ofr two persons was realistically only enough for one. The service was very slow and we had at least 4 different waiters/waitresses for 2 courses and all but one seemed very sullen and miserable. We were charged wrongly for the meal and the waitress dealing with the bill didn't seem very sure of what we should have been charged. We certainly won't be rushing back. It was disappointing.

Jimmy Kranky

Joining our friends for a traditional Sunday lunch at the gray ox last weekend was our first visit and will most certainly not be our last, our portions were generous without being over faced and tasty, yes! We had a good look at the evening menu and as mentioned before on this site the early bird looks like a good deal, and with the selection of specials on offer we will certainly make a visit through the week or book a table for the weekend. A great country inn that still has heaps of character, didn't think there were any left!

Mr and Mrs Archer

We ate here last Friday and got there early so was able to get a table. I ordered a bacon and mushroom salad for starter and it was gorgeous - not too much, which was good as we had also requested bread which was home made and extremely unusual. Don't give this a miss, but remember when ordering your starter that the bread is tasty and filling. My husband ordered carrot and orange soup and was not disappointed. For our main meal we both ordered Salmon which was the best I have ever had. Both pieces were very large and came with an assortment of interesting vegetables - not the bog standard you get in most restaurants. We were too full to eat a pudding but they looked delicious. As we had got there early we had managed to eat of the early bird menu , so the whole bill came to £28.00 including a bottle of house white - excellent value for money. We will definitely be going here again but will book next time to ensure that we get a table.

killieboy

excellent well presented lunch only 5 mins from jn 25 m62 but sits out in the country with lovely views really enjoyed my smoked haddock and leek risotto served with some lovely homemade bread nice atmosphere open fires good beers a cracking pub

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