The Chequers, Cotswolds Church Road, Churchill, Chipping Norton OX7 6NJ

"My partner and I agreed - the best gastropub we have ever been to, and a place we will happily be returning to next time we visit the Cotswolds. Booking online was easy and we were seated inside a lovely room by friendly helpful and informative staff (able to anger questions about the food and inform us of the specials). We split the off the nibbles to start and each was superb! We had the scotch egg with brown sauce (sauce was homemade and delicious) buttermilk chicken with herby aioli and the crab arancini with squid ink aioli between the two of us (pictured) and they were superb, with the fish and the beer-battered haddock with chips, peas and tartare sauce for the main, which was absolutely huge. Too full to look at the dessert menu (this time) but couldn’t recommend this place enough. Exceptional."

"Really nice Sunday Lunch. Scotch Egg starter highly rated by the youngster who commented positively on the flavourful egg (he said prob organic and free range?!). Massive portion for buttermilk chicken burger, whilst the roasts were good. separate veg trimmings on side. Wife's roast pork melt in mouth. crackling proper hard a bit chewy. could not fit in dessert"

"One I’ve the best restaurants I’ve been too! My boyfriend and I stopped over here for a quick bite to eat. The interior was beautiful, lovely lit candles inside and fantastic staff. We were seated immediately and were served super quickly. I had a cheese soufflé & calamari for a quick snack… the cheese soufflé was the best I’ve ever had! I highly recommend booking this place, it was the perfect place to start off our trip to the Cotswolds. Thank you!"

"We have been to The Chequers twice now whilst visiting the Cotswolds. The first time was exceptional and we couldn't wait to go back. Unfortunately, this time we found the service to be very slow even though it wasn't very busy on a Wednesday and the food was okay, but nothing to shout home about. I had the padron peppers as a side and the ricotta gnudi main. The padron peppers were nice, but a little bitter probably from the grill. I think these would be so much better if they came with an aioli sauce or something similar. The gnudi was a pleasant surprise, very light and airy and paired well with the swiss chard and pea puree. As a vegetarian, there was an okay choice of mains with a salad, gnudi and gnocchi, but think it would be great if they offered something a little bit different especially considering how big the menu actually is."

"This has been one of my favourite locals for a few years now, especially after a muddy dog walk. Great staff, food and drinks. I can’t recommend enough."