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Eating and Drinking in Chinnor, Oxfordshire*

Chinnor, Oxfordshire Pubs, Cafes, Coffee Shops and Restaurants

Food

• the chip shop, the mayflower 2 chinese, the indian cuisine
• mayflower,indian
• The Crown is the best place that I have eaten in this village. Do not eat for a week before you go there because you will not need to eat for a week afterwards. The landlady is a bit tasty too
• For a small and seemingly parochial village there are two top resturants. An indian which I yet to find many better, and I've been to a few. There's also a right top Chinese and not your dodgy take away type thing. Don't forget the Kebab van outside the crown!

Pubs

• No no, the Red Lion is NOT good place to eat..I worked in the kitchen and all the food is reheated from frozen in the microwave. The kitchen is dirty and if you leave condiments (eg, mustard, ketchup) on your plate, it is recyled and scraped back into the mustard/ketchup bowl to be placed on the table of the next unfortunate customer. If you've already eaten there, i sincerely hope you enjoyed your food poisoning!
• the black boy, the red lion and the crown
• Wheatcheaf, kings head-if you can fit in it
• Again The Crown is a great meeting place on a Friday night, as there is a disco it is usually packed but there is still room for the vodka and the beer to flow. The regulars will now what I mean. Oh and the bar staff are very nice looking, particularly a girl called ..............
• Did you know the Kings Head is also known as 'The Hole in The Wall'? Not because its set back from the road. Apparently in 17th/18th century, the Crown (100 yards away) was used as the courthouse at quarterly assizes, and the cellar of the KH as gaol. A tunnel connected the two, so convicted felons were marched staight into the lockup. The tunnel was at some time bricked up, leaving a large hole in the cellar wall. Nice story, but does anyone know if its true?
• The Red Lion was always pretty nice...
• Some of these places have pool tables which I suppose is a bit of a plus. And lets not forget the Social Club, call me old fashioned but I can't resist a bar with plastic 'leather' seats and formica tables.
• Ha HA ha oh dear. There's 8 of them, I've got drunk in all of them regularly and I hate them and their clientle. apart from that the Crown does food.

Cafes and Coffee Shops

• community centre share a cup of t with the grannies
• The Village Centre provides a range of good value hot and cold snacks and main meals, and is open 9.30-5.00 mon-fri and Sat 9.30-2.00. Tel 01844 353733.
• Village centre - very good food apparently although not really a yoof hangout. One of the village success stories I belive.

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