Horse & Jockey - Faringdon

Claudia P.

We had a roast dinner the food was terrible, food was very bland , Yorkshire puddings massively under cooked and doughy. Not much option for veg (soggy cabage and carrots) and gammon very thin. Gravy very watery.
No stuffing or cauliflower cheese

Paul M.

Worst Sunday Roast I’ve Ever Had!

Extremely disappointed with our first experience at The Horse And Jockey. Bad from start to finish sadly. Only 3 tables in at the time including ourselves. Staff got our drinks order wrong, table next to us ordered their mains after us but were served theirs first, ours arrived 20 minutes later!

We were told the options for food were either beef, pork, or nut roast. When checking if there were any other options we were told no - later on we saw another table being served a large pizza and chips to share!

Our mains were also wrong, 2 roasts arrived with small portions of beef and pork when they were meant to be just beef, so we had to wait for extra beef to be added to replace the pork.

Beef was dry, parsnips were completely shrivelled and tiny, carrots were barely even carrots - more like soggy peelings! Yorkshire pudding was burnt, gravy was thin and watery, the picture speaks for itself!

Went to the bar to pay at the end and they charged us the wrong tables bill by mistake, luckily we noticed!

Overall an extremely underwhelming and disappointing experience, will not be returning.

Andrew C.

This is a lovely country pub with lots of outdoor seating. We ate inside. The decor is nice, atmosphere was good and the staff were all very friendly.

Food is very nice and freshly cooked.

Highly recommended.

Lucy D.

Really lovely visit to the pub, amazing food all round & super lovely staff. Very child and dog friendly! Mother in law described her pizza as the best vegan pizza she had ever had!!

Darren M.

Decent pub lovely inside, didn't eat but the food on the menu is a decent price,worth a look

Davide F.

We went there for the monthly breakfast of our motorcycle riding club.
The fry up was excellent and good value, service was quick, pub is clean and with great atmosphere. Definitely recommend ☺️

Big D.

We came for the live music (by the band The Ukey Dukes) and decided to come for a meal before hand. It was a great evening, fantastic music. The staff were incredibly friendly, polite and helpful, we were very impressed. The lamb shoulder was delicious but the seafood linguini was disappointing, hardly any sauce or seafood and very dry.

Christopher F.

Went for a late Sunday afternoon lunch (arrived at 15:10) quickly informed that lunch finishes at 16:00 so options were limited.
Ordered the Sunday lunch as normal menu is suspended during that time.

Although we appreciated that it was coming close towards kitchen close the dinner was poor at best. Roast potatoes over done. Parsnips beyond caramelised. Beef was dry. Yorkshire pudding (if could call it that as Aunt Bessie's tidgie puds were bigger) was small.
Upside was the horseradish sauce as that tasted fine and was plenty of it.
Drinks were a good price considering.

Overall for £15ph for a Sunday dinner it wasn't worth it. Left both disappointed and hungry.

Not sure what the dress code was for serving staff as most were wearing the fosters t shirts but our server had some very unique choice of leggings but certainly didn't give the professional attire we'd have expected.

Overall a disappointing experience and won't be recommending, despite a significant amount of staff on duty (considering there were only 5 customers in the establishment) bathroom in gents needed attention.