Kings Arms in South Oxfordshire

Top notch restaurant. David was a great host with excellent recommendations on food.

Very nice Sunday lunch, good food, a very good roast beef and great friendly service, they were very busy and made us aware there would be a wait, but it was not bad at all.

Another great visit our waitress Hannah .S had loads of time to help and service us we had the chicken and bacon dish and Lamb shank pie both of which came quickly and Hot and very tasty Thanks again everyone See you for Xmas hope you can repeat service Cheers

Me and a friend came in for lunch at your Sandford Lane chef and brewer. We were served by Hannah. Very patient and friendly and all round enjoyable experience.

Dinner plates cold Roast new potatoes : dry Poor presentation.

10 of visited here today for my dads 80th birthday we all had Sunday dinner which was excellent with a great atmosphere,staff very friendly and attentive.would highly recommend

Our first meal out when we moved here was The Kings Arms, Sandford. It was great. It's taken us a year to come back for another superb Sunday roast. The staff are genuinely concerned with customer care, the prices are fair, the atmosphere warm and food delicious. If it wasn't for the wobbly table, which we soon fixed it would be five stars. We won't leave it so long next time.

Excellent service, 5 friends out for a meal, my seabass was ok one steak was delicious and 3 fish and chips were excellent once the chips had been replaced, they were hard and been sitting for a while, there were replaced immediately with no problem and with a smile, well done kings arms.

Our waitress Hannah was amazing and incredibly patient with our table. Amazing lunch and our grandparents want to go back already!

It's expensive and slow service when it's not particularly busy. Since they changed the menu, it's overpriced and not nearly as nice as it once was. I won't be wasting my money in there again.

Had a meal here served by Amina, very friendly and attentive service. Food was good, parking easy, nice ambience

Great location, good food and great service.

Nice place with excellent typical English food. Good service

Nice food, and very friendly and professional service by Emily. I have been a few times before and service was always just ok, but has vastly improved now

We went here to celebrate our 52nd wedding anniversary. We were not disappointed. A very friendly welcome and great food to boot. Amina our waitress was simply brilliant and helped us book a family celebration during the Xmas season.

Had an awesome meal here with my Father, food was amazing service was even better Amuina was attentive and very friendly. Will definitely be coming back!

I have been working away for a few weeks now and found this place from another colleague. The foods always been good and the service too. Dave has always been helpful and polite and got me booked in when he can

The food was awful. Fish pie had two pieces of fish in and 1 new potato and a peice of toast. Meet was cheap and gristly. Starters were frozen food all batter no squid. Food all came out at different times and one meal was forgotten about. Lovely waitress sorted us out the bill.

Thank you for a lovely evening tonight with great service from Hannah. Our compliments to the chef.We all thoroughly enjoyed our meal and evening 😀

I was served by a lovely girl called Hannah couldn't of thanked her enough!..what a attentive bubbly waitress..the food was amazing..a bit of river Zen was just what was needed. :)

We are regular visitors to the Kings Arms in Sandford and two members of staff here always give amazing service and go over and beyond to make every experience 5* with a smile! Thank you to Alex and Amina.😊

Went on a Wednesday afternoon so very quiet. Ordered some drinks and food (Venison Burgers and Chicken duo and some desserts). All very tasty. Hannah S. was providing the service and she was very prompt, courteous and happy! It's dog friendly and Hannah provided some doggy biscuits for the happy dawg! Nice location by the river. Will be in the Spring/Summer to explore the riverside.

Emily was very professional in her approach to the table. Her attitude to the table, which was a busy table, was cool and calm, managing us well.

Our server, Emily, was excellent. The food was great too. Quiz was great fun.

Served by Emily who was lovely and friendly, and very attentive throughout our visit. We'll certainly be back for another evening.

Great service by Amina last week when we visited, and well looked after by the team that greeted and seated us. Food was fresh, hot and delicious.

Amina was excellent and looked after us extremely well. The food was perfectly cooked. The atmosphere was very pleasant and friendly. Highly recommend this pub

Visited with friends for a Sunday roast, which was delicious. Slow cooked beef was amazing. They were very accommodating, changing our seating time to earlier than we had booked and then allowed us to change to a round table. Seemed very busy so I would recommend booking. Excellent, position on the edge of the river Thames. Perfect for eats and a walk.

Great meal for 4... All enjoyed our lunch!

Thankyou Amina for amazing service as always :-)

Made an online booking for 1pm but arriving was told they did not have my booking and i must have booked a different Kings Arms! Not a good start but we were seated but advised of the several non availablity menu items. Thankfully Hannah quickly arrived smiling and soon got a high chair. Hannah is an asset to the pub and was really pleasant and friendly. The Kings Arms is such a lovely pub situated by the river. Unfortunately the food served leaves a lot to be desired. We do go there quite often but never know what the food will be like, it really does need to be better.

This was a lovely surprise. I had not visited in a few years and was impressed by the new decor (the theme pattern extending from the menu through to the wallpaper of the lavatories), warm and welcoming ambience and indeed the warm and friendly welcome we received. Our visit was in response to reading about a breakfast deal for walkers in October and although the manager had not been updated on this deal, he was calm and nice about it and immediately settled us in. We really enjoyed the warm and very attractive interior, as well as the view onto the lovely lock. Our breakfast sandwiches were good and hot drinks appreciated after our chilly but gloriously sunny early walk. The promotion has done its work as we are now re-acquainted with this lovely eating pub and are sure to return. Even as we left, staff clearing the nice outside eating area politely thanked us for coming - all these little things make a great impression. Well done, Kings Arms!

Excellent service from a lovely lady called Hannah S.She was welcoming and was willing to go that extra mile to make our experience amazing! !Great location.Will definitely be coming back again.

Lovely Sunday roast! Good prices. Do book though as it gets very busy!

Lovely place, came for a sunday dinner with my girl and it was so nice. Hostess was lovely as well.

Went for breakfast, good service and Amina who served us couldn't have been more welcoming and helpful would recommend 👍👍👍

Excellent evening spent with a group of 8 friends. Very accommodating and friendly staff. Standard and select of food was great. Service also great

We had (and always do) a very good experience at the Kings Arms in Sandford. The food is good for the price, but what really elevated the experience was the service and waiting from the waitress Hannah.S. Always served with a smile, and prepared to always meet our needs. Made us feel extremely welcome and important (and we’re definitely not😁)

Very tasty Sunday evening meal. Great wine at decent price. Beer selection could be broader. Lovely staff who are clearly overstretched but attentive, friendly and helpful. I would implore management to have more people on shift to make it even better for patrons and more manageable for the hard working staff members. Great place to sit out on a nice day too and a stunning location.

Perfect experience, a great pint, great food and great location. Served by Amina who was great!

Lovely lunch. Very attentive staff. Especially Hannah.

I frequently visit the King's, always lovely friendly staff, great food and very reasonable prices. Highly recommend.

We were served by Amna who was great. Everything arrived fast. We ordered gammon and fish and chips. The fish and chips was a bit over priced and small. Peas were watery but all tasted nice. The service was so lovely and cheerful. All the staff were nice from the meet and greet to the mini out and coffee. It’s a chef and brewer it’s a pub with pub food.

Only one chef cooking so we waited 50 mins for our meal. But it was good eating when it arrived.

Drinks are standard but apparently they don't serve you sunday lunch if you don't make a booking. Which they don't mention anywhere on their google posting nor in the pub itself. We cycled 24 minutes to have a nice sunday roast today at 1.30pm only to be unceremoniously turned away because we had no booking. There were still lots of empty tables and they didn't look that busy so I don't get why they have this rule. We've been for drinks before but will not be returning to this pub anymore.

We booked a table last night and had a great time with our friends. They did experience problems in the kitchen which affected the food availability, due to an issue with the equipment. It did take a long time to get our meal and there was a bit of a muddle with our order. However, I am still giving it 5 stars due to how they dealt with this. The food was good, the service from all staff was friendly and they compensated us for the issues with our order. You could see how busy they were, yet we were spoken to with a smile and they were efficient with the service. Hannah was lovely and served us the majority of the evening - she must be exhausted with how much she was doing.

Our Waitress Amina was very hard working and efficient.

Hannah.w was lovely was very attentive and gave very good service , food was amazing best we have ever had !!! Was very impressed

We were greeted at the door by Hannah S. she was lovely and welcoming. We hadn’t booked but she seated us straight away. This was mid week at lunch time. There was a large party and several smaller tables of which Hannah appeared to be attending all. She was super, and the only reason I’ve given the visit 3 stars is due to her. The food was poor, cold and disappointing. I know they were short staffed, and hope that the food standard would improve if fully staffed. The only highlight was the standard of service by Hannah S. She was excellent.

Had a lovely meal this evening at the kings arms, David really made a fuss and went above and beyond, would recommend and we will be back again

Great pub. Delicious food. Amina was extremely helpful.

Spot of lunch at the King's arms with friends was lovely place to gather and have a catch up. The service from Alex was really on point and making us feel welcomed. And the food was delicious!

Called in to suss the pub one lunchtime for first time. Only had ice cream and shandy but really enjoyed it. Staff v friendly especially Hannah S who was most helpful. 4 star food because we only had ice cream and 4 star service because we called in right in middle of lunch and they were packed.

Lovely pub, Amina was very helpful! Would recommend for lunch. ☺️

Another great time at Kings arms. Always like to pop by here when I can. Amazing service by new guy Alex. Great food great service what more could you ask for. :)

Lovely place for a quick lunch stop. Server Amina very attentive, and always happy to help. Shared a Chefs Board, very filling, definitely recommend.

Came here with friends and had called great evening.even though it was busy, a lovely gentleman looked after us and made sure we were taken care of. The food was great. We were kept hydrated with lots of drinks!!! Thankyou for lovely evening. The kings arms we will definitely be back!!

Lovely food and lovely vibe! Served by Hannah W who was so kind and looked after us well from the moment we walked through the door. We will definitely be back!!

Great service from the barman mark he is such a lovely guy

We have visited on our walk with our dog and we had a wonderful time! The food was absolutely amazing! The staff was very friendly and attentive, they have brought water and treats for our dog. Even we could see they are busy, they have provided an excellent service and we just had the best time. Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much.

The food is not bad, and there are very nice gardens and river views around, BUT they really need to improve their customer service and hospitality, as they ruined my visit last time.

Rude staff long wait and overpriced terrible food

Setting is brilliant. Food is OK. The staff are friendly but just need more support from management.

Amina was friendly, efficient, and was able to advise us on allergens. Overall, a lovely lunch before getting back on the road.

Such a great meal and customer service at the Kings Arms. Emily P made us feel very welcome and her attention to detail and client focus made the whole experience superb. Will definately be back soon.

Visiting this lovely pub right next to a lovely river sat with friends and family with a spectaular river view on a lovely fine tuesday evening. Food was average. But customer service from our waitress Emily.A and it has turnt our visit from a 4 to a 10. She is very considerate. Kind and has tried to really advice and help and recommend different things from the menu as well as go out of her way to give us a wonderful experience

I visited here with my wife for a spot of dinner earlier in the week. Was seated by a lovely respectable well mannered waitress. This pub is in a beautiful setting. Lovely food but this can vary as not all occasions i have visited and the food was up to standard. Although the food wasn't the best what made us sure that we would visit again was our lovely waitress (Emily.A) very happy to communicate and make us feel welcome. Very friend and a real asset to this pub. And does not make anything to difficult for us. Very helpful and lovely. Will visit this pub again

Awful. Waited an hour on Sunday afternoon for a COLD roast beef dinner. Aunt Bessie's rank roast potatoes. Absolutely dire. Horrendous.

Went for dinner - gorgeous pub, really good menu with a balance of vegetarian, meat, fish dishes, nice range of non-alcoholic drinks as well as a good wine menu, and the service was excellent.

Pub by the river; great location. We ordered seabass, gammon, extra chips, beer and a bottle of white wine. No great expectations really as I had umpteen disappointing food experiences in British pubs. The food that we had that day was mediocre, eatable. The server, Charlotte, (if I remember her name right) was a star: well-mannered and did her job with enthusiasm and love. Such attitude is rarely experienced / witnessed nowadays by me when I go to the pubs. BUT we had an unforgettable awful experience on how the assistant manager on-duty on 19th Aug 2024 around 2pm treated us: rude, cold and racist. I so wanted to have pudding after our main course but my friends were so disappointed with his behaviour so they begged to just go to The Store Oxford instead to have pudding and hot drinks. I remember I even thanked the asst manager several times after my inquiry, after placing our order and when he served our beer and wine but he was colder than our drinks and Thames river; didn’t acknowledge my thanks. How unusual! Brits are usually nice, polite and friendly. I would still come back to this pub soon because of the lovely and well-mannered server, Charlotte. I would still try to give a chance and to support British pubs.

Popped in for lunch, Very good service, very good food,drinks,a tad pricey but scenery makes up for this,well worth a visit

Superb service and food as always. Served by David. Always make us feel welcome.

Lovely food absolutely wonderful service by David. Thank you for making my daughters birthday a lovely evening ☺️☺️☺️

I visited today on my lunch break and had the crispy chicken burger and it was a solid 8 out of 10 the waitress who served me Hannah S was amazing and made the experience 10x better even tho it was very busy nothing was a trouble.

Very busy lunch, Hannah who served us was very attentive and professional during a very busy time. Lovely lunch

We have been here a few times now and always been lovely. Food is well priced and good portion sizes. Menu provides a good range of options to suit different preferences. Service is always friendly and swift, special thanks to Hannah S for her brilliant service.

Went here with a friend for a late lunch on a Sunday afternoon and deeply enjoyed! We were served by Emad he did an incredible job making sure we have everything we needed. 5 stars! Especially great for dietary restrictions.

The staff were very friendly, helpful and extremely aware of the menu and how things were cooked. The food was impeccable and hot and served in a timely manner. We would definitely return and recommend to friends and family.

Staff were very helpful and friendly

An enjoyable meal last evening food was good, but 4 star not 5, we felt. Service was excellent, (despite being told, 45 min wait for food, food arrived in 20 mins!). Friendly efficient and helpful waiting staff plus host was courteous and helpful. A good experience. Thank you.

Came with my girlfriend, we were served by Emily A. The service was quick and she was lovely to us. Food wasn’t great however I would still come back thanks to lovely service and reasonable pricing!

Lovely location and attentive service from Hannah S who looked after us well and made us feel very welcome.

food was brilliant everyone loved it, service was fast even though alot of people were there, everyone was lovely and happy and the place is beautiful, woulf definitely come again!! Alex who served us was lovely and everyone was very kid-friendly!

Disappointed in the Sunday roast , very small portions and no roast potatoes just deep fried.

Way too expensive and won't seat you in a good area if you're not dining, hence not a great spot to get a pint after hefty walks or cycle. Food is great, when you actually get served.

Great spot by the water. Prompt service.

Being right beside Sandford Lock it is a great place to stop and take in the scenery. It has a pay car park which is free if having a drink or meal in the pub. The food has a good choice and is well cooked as a rule. Today however I had to mark it down one as the Smotheted Chicken was on the dry side. The service on a whole was good.

Lovely day out! Went to the King's arms for some meals and drinks and got to say the service and food was great. And they had lovely garden by the river. Thank you Alex for helping us out and giving us great service with a smile.

I was really happy with service I received thank you Charlotte I had really nice experience will be coming back again.

loved our first visit so much we came back again a day later! the staff are all so incredibly nice and helpful especially David who served us our drinks both nights.

What a beautiful pub amazing food really enjoyed it thank you for the great service Charlotte will be back again.

Amazing visit at the king arms! Family really enjoyed it here. It's by the river so was lovely to have drink by the river side then off inside to have some tasty food! Thanks to you Alex for looking after us and helping us out to enjoy our day here. Will surely be back!

Picturesque venue, lovely atmosphere, food as expected from a pub…. But time left the establishment behind, ordering can be so much easier with a simple QR code at the table. Service is friendly but slow.

Beautiful venue, food amazing, service amazing

Great location, food very poor for what you pay. Service was good.

Big up to Hannah w and David, for keeping our table and ringing make sure we were ok. As we had got stuck in traffic. Thank you . Lisa & Pat 😊😊👍👍👍

Very disappointed. We used to go frequently for dinner in the past and were very happy with the food and the service. It has changed in the past few months. Went there tonight for my birthday with friends for dinner. Nobody asked us if we wanted any drinks. It took them more than an hour to bring in the starters and we weren’t even half way through the starters when they brought 2 of our 3 mains. They forgot to bring mine main and we had to ask for it after 15 minutes. Parts of the main was missing. Very disappointing and won’t go there anymore.

Nice pub with good food options, nice view and parking spaces. Good lunch meal options in a reasonable price. Service, mainly outside could be improved in the summer.

Went here for a spot of lunch on the weekend lovely service from hannah Lovely welcome from the assistant manager Will be back Great food Great beers Even better location

It was a disappointing experience. We ordered 3 dishes which took more the 45 minutes to arrive. 2 of the dishes a fish cake and a vegetarian tart were frozen in the middle. We were offered a replacement. Unfortunately by this time we had no apatite left to wait another 45 minutes. The prices were similar to high end restaurant with poor service and worst to be served frozen food.