Harden's survey result
Summary
“The food is delicious, the place is lovely, as are the people” who run this historic pub-with-rooms in a Cotswolds-fringe village – dating from 1637, it provided Winston Churchill with a handy lunchtime escape when staying at nearby Blenheim Palace in the 1930s. It’s been smartened up by owners Jim & Claire Alexander since they took over in 2012, with the kitchen run by chef Adam Brown. Feedback is somewhat limited, but all rate it consistently highly.
Summary
Since selling The Ebrington Arms a few years back, Jim & Claire Alexander have fully turned their focus to this historic pub in a picturesque Oxfordshire village, whose local and seasonal cooking is also overseen by ex-Ebrington chef Adam Brown. “After reading so many ‘outstanding’ reviews” (besides 3 AA Rosettes, ‘The Killy’ is on Estrella Damm’s Top 50 UK Gastropubs list), some reporters felt a little underwhelmed, but there was praise too for the “amazing” tasting menu and – if you opt for one of their nine bedrooms – the “breakfasts are super”.
Summary
In 2021, after selling The Ebrington Arms near Chipping Campden, which they’d run for 15 years, Jim & Claire Alexander were able to fully focus their attentions on this seventeenth-century inn, handy for Blenheim Palace; chef Adam Brown (a Ramsay alum) oversees the locally sourced food, which inspired solid marks this year, if little in the way of commentary (other than to say that it’s “good again at last” – perhaps a result of the Alexanders’ renewed focus).
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Have you eaten at The Killingworth Castle?
Glympton Road, Wootton, OX20 1EJ
Restaurant details
The Killingworth Castle Restaurant Diner Reviews
"All in all pretty good"
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Dinner | £75.00 |  |
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Traditional European menu
| Starter | Main | Veggies | Pudding |
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| £14.50 | £60.50 | £0.00 | £12.00 |
| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £0.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £0.00 |
| Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 15.00% |
Glympton Road, Wootton, OX20 1EJ
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Opening hours
| Monday | 3 pm‑11 pm |
| Tuesday | 9 am‑11 pm |
| Wednesday | 9 am‑11 pm |
| Thursday | 9 am‑11 pm |
| Friday | 9 am‑11 pm |
| Saturday | 9 am‑11 pm |
| Sunday | 9 am‑9 pm |
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