The Royal Saracens Head in South Bucks

I've visited twice and I'd describe my experiences as "hit-and-miss" The 1st time was great - all food available, great service. The second time less so - items of the menu missing, waiting staff lacking in attentiveness, long time to be asked for drinks orders after we arrived, had to ask again for my second drink to be served. I like the pub but I need to visit again to my make my mind up on whether this is a two-star or a four-start place.

March 2022: Pretty good Mothers Day meal:Staff where busy, but good service once we where moved to a suitable sized table to accommodate our group. Enjoyed the set menu Duck Parfait, Roast Pork Belly. Though my partners Chocolate Brownie was 5/5 in comparison to the 4/5 for the Rum Baba. The bar area looks a nice comfy area, with open fire for a drink.

this place is nice but I'm not sure about the foodI ordered a chicken carvery roast from here about 2 weeks ago and I think they left my plate under a heat lamp for a whilemy Yorkshire pudding was cracking like a biscuit, my gravy was warm and my chicken was dried out. I can imagine that if I'd of got the food fresh it would have been lovely as my partners pork was cooked well and tasted so nice.

Had a fantastic Mother’s Day Lunch today. From the minute we entered the Restaurant the staff were all amazing. The food on the special menu was a great mix. The food was well presented and tasted great. Thank you to all the staff for making our lunch that much better.

Gorgeous and huge cocktails for a great price! Highly recommend and will definitely be back if in the area again. Great atmosphere too.

Midweek meal 10th Feb 22. Bad service. Staff lacked politeness and basic people skills. Less than average quality food. We were not offered dessert but when we asked for it we were told the kitchen was closed. So bad.No peppercorn sauce so we were offered another type and then told they were out of that too. A total shambles. Waiter dropped a tray and shouted f*** at the top of his voice. Staff more occupied with entertaining each other than providing any kind of service. Really dreadful experience. If anyone there had vaguely resembled a manager we would have asked for our money back.

My family and I went out to this restaurant for my mums birthday today and had booked in advance for a table of 9. Including one toddler. I was appalled at the lack of service and communication from staff at this restaurant.I felt like we were bothering staff by asking for extra drinks. And it wasn’t communicated after ordering food that certain foods weren’t available until food arrived. Food took such a long time to arrive, and with a toddler this was extremely stressful. When questioning one of the staff about this he had such awful customer service skills and had attitude about all of this. The saving Grace was a staff member who came on the evening shift who had fantastic skills and was very apologetic. I’m not sure what happened in the restaurant tonight but it was very disappointing and frustrating for the long wait but also the lack of attentiveness from staff. I’m not sure I would ever eat here again after this experience.

Sunday dinner. Restaurant was moderately busy then quiet, we changed between four different servers and our orders of basic tap water were always forgotten, had to ask three times just to get a jug!The restaurant was very quiet towards the end of the meal and the servers were sat on the computer and ignoring us.I found the roast beef to be over cooked and tough.

Celebrating a recent birthday, we were so impressed with Jack and Flo on their attention to us and the amazing help we received on making our lunch choices. Fantastic atmosphere, excellent service and delicious food. The lamb platter was cooked to perfection.

Went here for dinner as it was my brother's birthday. The staff was very good and we arrived just before the dinner rush. So make sure you book in advance. They have got a wide selection of food, incl vegan menu. Food arrived very quickly and it was delicious. Would definitely come here more often