The Penny Black - JD Wetherspoon in Cherwell

Lovely food friendly staff good prices

Very good value for money brilliant selection bears loads of tables loads of food trappista always willing to help

Nice cheep place has a nice garden too.

The two guys working on behind the bar were awesome. Top professionals.

The managers here are absolutely disgusting. One of the managers specifically has been making up lies about me for over a year now and think that it's okay to be abusive towards me whenever I go in. I want in today (30/10/24) and was told that that manager has now barred me even though I have do nothing to necessitate it. I have always been polite to the staff and managers. I barely interact with them, I go in, find a seat and order on my phone. I went in today with my sister and 10 month old niece to get some lunch and have a catch up only to be told that the manager I've been having issues with has barred me and it's been in place for quite a while. I went in at the start of October and had zero issues, so how can I have been barred for a while when I was able to go in early this month?

I ordered the steak rare and jacket potato, and I have to say the steak was delicious exactly how I ordered it and the jacket potato was delicious too, I throughly enjoyed my meal . I would recommend the gourmet sirloin steak. Thank you

As usual, a great Breakfast and friendly staff

Horible, waiting for 60min for my breakfast

Nice place to have a drink and lunch. Narrow place but open, so it's a nice place in my opinion

First time in Bicester Wetherspoon's and went with my aunt and uncle, great atmosphere and the food was delicious and I really enjoyed the selection of meals available, having dietary issues was no problem, service was excellent asked to have the table wiped they came and were pleasant and friendly, would definitely come again and recommend anyone go try for yourself , it is great for couples, groups and families you will not be disappointed.

Very busy food was good for spoons

At time when was little people in so can't comment on the atmosphere. And just your standard witherspoon

Typical weatherspoons but lovely atmosphere and great service. Food was served quickly and hot.

Drinks only this time, but a great pub for reasonable price drinks. Lads day out often starts here with a breakfast and a pint before moving on.

Great weather spoons pub in the town centre of Bicester. Wasn't too busy, plenty of seating. Great prices compared to neighbouring venues.

Great way to share lunchtime with friends, friendly staff, nice and clean and good food

It used to be good but has gone down hill since new management and good staff have left

Loved the nonalcoholic selection and the staff were really friendly. I didn't have any food.

Great Wetherspoons, been here loads of times whilst working in biscester, quick service and food always great an piping hot when brought to Ya table 👌

One of the best I have been in , clean tidy, food was hot staff friendly

A pub in the shopping precinct. The outside seating is a nice touch. Black Dragon cider and Broadoak Moonshine in the fridge which was cool.

Good pub not exspensive and a nice cold pint

The best mixed grill I've had in any weatherspoons. And I've been in a few haha

Enjoyed stopping here for a few drinks and a light dinner. Prices are reasonable as we have found with Weatherspoon in other areas. Food is basic pub food. Staff are friendly and helpful

Good old wetherspoons, good value for money but slow serving

FELT UNWELCOME AND DISCRIMINATED I recently visited the Wetherspoon at Bicester Village with a group of friends, and unfortunately, our experience was far from satisfactory. I ordered food and drinks for the group, and when one of my friends couldn’t provide ID (we all are 25-30year old), we were told she couldn’t drink, if she drank we will be asked to leave, which we fully understood and respected. However, after taking a harmless photo with her drink (without consuming it), the staff member accused her of drinking it and abruptly took the drink away. Despite my offer to drink it myself, since I had paid for it, the staff member refused and cited a supposed warning that we didn’t even violate. And no refund for the drink too. Plus, we were banned from ordering food and drinks. It wasn’t the loss of the drink that bothered me, but the way the situation was handled. The staff’s behaviour felt discriminatory and unjustified, leaving us with a very negative impression of the establishment. The manager there was unhelpful. I hope this feedback is taken seriously to improve customer service in the future.

only one person serving need more bar staff

Haven't really got one as it's been years since I went there!

Decent atmosphere for the price.

Had stake, but it wasn't very good, mostly fat Beer is cheap, but it was very noisy I wouldn't recommend the stakes

Well cooked and presented meals. Happy and friendly service.

Very busy but usual fast Wetherspoon service. Food usual ping & pop, ok for what you pay.

One of the better pubs in the JD chain

Paulicarus happy to do his third new Spoons in three consecutive days. Decided to give Bicester a go.( pronounce Bis ter.) First two bars had no real ale so Spoons is always dependable. Jorvic spotted Keltek Miners Gold. A really good Cornish beer. With my 50p off CAMRA vourcher a pint and a pint of Strongbow dark fruits for £4.60. Happy days. There lovely rear beer terrace was too hot on this rare sunny day so sat in the air conditioned interior.

Came in ordered 3 breakfasts was served very quickly the breakfasts were cold!! Never again

Very good service, very good food, prices are excellent. Recommended 💯

An enjoyable breakfast before heading to the M40 & home. Staff very friendly & helpful 🤗

What to say? Typical Wetherspoon pub. worth popping in for a meal and accompanying drink. There is a beer garden in the rear.

Great place, not so huge you that you feel packed in but big enough to get a seat and have a catch up

Always the same cheap and cheerful, I had to try 3 chairs before I found one which wasn't broken.

Lovely conversion of an old post office building. Very spacious and comfortable, usual 'spoons menu but none the worse for that. Great value food and beers. Can get very busy at lunchtimes.

I am shocked at this place, today my mum went for breakfast as usual, when ordering she ordered the usual, when she asked for the egg to be replaced with toast (politely may I add) the chef then took it upon himself to leave the kitchen and approach my mum infront of many people. He then proceeded to say "is this her!" With a raised voice, he then complained about replacing the egg with toast embaressing my mother infront of many people, this sent her into tears unable to eat her breakfast and she left shortly after, I will be going down there this afternoon to speak with this chef and sort this very rude behaviour out! I am utterly disgusted in this behaviour! My mum is the sweetest loveliest woman there is and to be treated like this is an outrage !!

Great food and service even though short staffed. Staff are very friendly and helpful

Always have lovely food for a great price

Great place. Beer prices are ridiculously low- even for a Wetherspoons. I think I was paying more 20 years ago in other pubs!

Up to usual standard in a nice setting, also quiet noise wise for a Wetherspoons

We just had a quick pint, very cheap, loads of seating area, what else do you need from a pub

Good price and food pitty we don't have one in towcester or stoney Stratford

It's OK and located conveniently in the centre of Bicester.

Small Wearherspoons. Not much atmosphere, but good if you just want to go somewhere quite. Service was bad wanted an ale and was told that all the ales they had on were off and I had to wait until they spoke to a manager to change the barell. Wasn't given explanation on why all the ales were not on apart from they hadn't changed the barrel. Very poor

It's what it is ..cheap and cheerful..especially in todays economic climate.. Fair play wetherspoon. Meal and drinks for under 20 quid.. It's not The Ivy or Michelin starred establishment.. but well worth a visit anywhere in the UK will not be disappointed.

Imagine having a tray of drinks being thrown at you just because the manager has some personal grudge against you 😭😭

Another decent Whetherspoons. Clean and pleasant restaurant. Nice historic building retaining some lovely period features. I like the fireplace. Usual food at a reasonable price. Can't complain.

Pretty decent pub for a bite and a few beers. Local clientele and affordable prices. Normal, decent food, with the typical English pub variety. The beers are quite good and varied. The place has a pleasant terrace for when the weather permits.

went to Bicester Village outlet which is about 1 to 2 miles away instead of spending a fortune popped into Wetherspoons and had a nice bite to eat and a drink and saved a few bob

Usual Spoons fare. Right in the High Street so parking not possible, no nearby cycling rack either.

always rate a spoons out of 5 against other spoons. ya know what ya getting. its price or convenience. staff were good. overall nicer than most others I've visited and a world of local knowledge can be picked up while standing at a spoons bar for 5 mins.

Nice place, nice staff, good food, not a bad Spoons

Great place and great atmosphere

food is not bad but could be a little hotter, salt and vinegar not offered, busy place, good one for a multitude of ages. Menu is good but needs to itemised what is on the plate, I picked a burger that never had tomato itemised on it said lettuce and red onion, and it arrived with tomatoes on the burger 😖 ruined the meal, on checking the menu again some burgers had tomato stated some didn't needs to be more careful with this as people have allergies Ordered the tennesse burger

Ok place for snacks, coffee cheap but tasteless.

Midweek visit, not very busy but a typical Wetherspoons.

Really friendly staff and so are the other customers 🤣 Food came quickly. Good selection of coffee and water machines for self service. The bonus - the toilets are on the same floor, so no stairs to climb!

Great food, quick, friendly service. Come here often, always the same quality.

What you see is what you get at a typical Wetherspoons

Only go for a breakfast 😋 the rest of the food is microwave good price on a full English for only a 5er

Normal weatherspoons staff friendly and food came fast and hot

The place for the cheaper pint and other goodies.

Popped into the Penny Black for breakfast. The experience was everything I expected. A nice clean pub with a relaxed almost coffee shop kind of atmosphere, the food here is very well priced and nicely cooked. It certainly met with the standard that I would expect at this price point, indeed the prices are very good. I think this is a great place to stop for a quick informal breakfast or lunch whilst you are out and about, it is perhaps not somewhere I would think about if I was going out for an evening "meal" with family but for a quick eat this is perfect! Great value for money, nice polite staff. Highly recommend

Great meeting place. Cheap beer nice food

Staff not in a rush to serve, though very polite. Food dry and luke warm

Wetherspoons are wetherspoons right?? Bicester has it's own niche live action Jeremey Kyle script going on and some of the best seats in the house to watch this is in wetherspoons. The food is ok a semi decent standard and the staff are really sound too. (One of em is dead tidy too 🤫😉) But all in all it's another place for some quick bites and cheap pints 💪

The food was fantastic, very fast to the table too, very polite and helpful staff. probably the best Wetherspoons I have eaten in.

Always busy ,staff are always polite ,food is good and served in good time been here many times

Very nice, food was ok but luke warm!

All great. Ponini worked like a trooper .

Busy Saturday night but easy ordering with app

Probably the best JD Wetherspoon in Oxfordshire. Food is great in terms of both quality and the portion size and the staff members are friendly!

Never eat here but drinks are good value

It’s a Spoons - you know what you’re getting. It’s cheap and charmless but somehow still has the best range behind the bar of any pub around here.

Went for a drink pre dinner. Fairly typical wethers - cheap booze, lots of choice. A few interesting characters in there!

Like all Spoons with their huge footfall they struggle to be top notch. However all six of us had a drink and food for under £60. Staff friendly and helpful and other customers kindly gave up a large table for us. All in all a pleasent experience.

Slightly run down. The staff was nice, and the food was nice.

We've eaten in lots of spoons, but this one was great. The staff we also really friendly and our meals were pretty tasty. There's the normal great spoons menu with something for everyone.

It was a witherspoon meal, the service was as expected, atmosphere as expected, the fish and chips were excellent better than expected. Would visit again when a quick and simple meal needed 😌

It's a spoons - you know what you're getting!

This is our favourite local pub! The prices are good, the staff friendly and most times the pub feels like a great community get together. We love to come here for breakfast (muffin deals are our favourite) and club lunches when there is a special promotion going every day. The coffee refills are handy for when we gather for longer stays. And there is beer festival going every October so great tasting opportunity!

Really local pub for local people. Friendly atmosphere, good and quick service, very reasonable prices for cask ales. No complaints at all.

Came for lunch and a pint with my wife and assistance dog. Went straight through to the rear yard. Was told "ordinary" dogs not allowed, even outside, including in the street. Was told to leave! SOME DISABILITIES ARE NOT VISIBLE!! Teach your staff please!! At least I had not paid for my beer and food. Offense under the Disability Discrimination Act.

I have to admit that I am not a fan of Weatherspoons and only dropped in here as another eatery was fully booked. My friend and I ordered breakfast - he a full English and I the full vege. It was 9am on a Saturday. This is the second time I’ve eaten at a Weatherspoons in my lifetime and on both occasions the Quorn sausages are somehow weird. I have no idea how they cook for damn things, but there you go. Apart from that the food was ok. I was starving and it filled a hole, as they say. The black coffee was bland. However the main saving grace was the price. Mine was an incredible £4.99!!! Kids even get to eat free. For those on a low budget, it’s great. I would definitely go back for a cheap nosh up. The service was efficient and the food didn’t take too long even though it was fairly busy. As for the type of atmosphere one expects in a cheap pub, well it’s a great place if you like people watching. I was really unimpressed by a family next to us who had brought their kid out with a cough that sounded like the plague, but apart from that, all good. Another thing I really liked was that there were size options with calories. Very helpful expect I still couldn’t help myself by double up the portion for only 50p oops.

Everything was good just the syrup was cold

Good Pub with very friendly staff.

Great atmosphere, friendly service, place was clean and food was as expected.

Slow service, dirty tables and toilets were filthy. I would advise giving this spoons a wide berth

Great place and food is excellent.

Food was cold. Bread was not even toasted. Not impressed. Lady behind bar not very friendly.

Burger was small, I love the drinks, pasta was bland, place could do with a bit of Music, but it's a good vibe, I like the back garden

Normal Weatherspoons with good value menu. The staff never did a thing about a group acting poorly. The language, innuendos to female clients and annoying people at other tables. Didn't approach me but just listening to them made it awful. Know not to expect the Ritz but generally poor behaviour should be stamped on. Glad it was only a meal and left to another pub.

Very friendly staff lovely people with clean carpet! Some beer bugs but it's weather spoons so there is that? Good cheep beer well good for weather spoons

It's a wetherspoons!! Say no more!!