Orwells at Shiplake in South Oxfordshire

Birthday dinner meal: outstanding food and service, one of the best meals I've had for a very long time. We had a la carte, but the tasting menu looked great as well. Very subtle flavours and excellent combinations of texture. Highly recommended

Wonderful food and fantastic service, thank you for a lovely afternoon. A great way to celebrate a special occasion.

Now on my list of favourite places to eat.From the greeting upon arrival through to the thanks on departure everything was as it should be.The all female front of house staff were professional, attentive and very friendly.The food was fantastic with a good choice and beautiful flavours and textures cooked to absolute perfection.

Went here tonight for my brother in laws 50th and I have to say it’s one of the best places I have ever been. The food, the ambience and the service was absolutely excellent. A really great night. Will definitely be going again. Thank you to everyone

Fantastic food in a relaxed atmosphere, staff are warm and welcoming with great sense of humour, overall would give ten stars if I could

Amazing ambient with professional stuff an great menu👏

I went in a party of three and we all ordered turbot as neither of us is a massive meat-eater (and neither of us wanted to eat a deer). The menu was small and the mains were pricey. The fish was beautifully-cooked but not sure if it warranted the price as you do need to order sides to be satisfied and this will push the price up of your main to about £40. The sides were good and bigger in comparison to sides you'd get in other restaurants; they were also beautifully-cooked. The dessert had snippets of rhubarb and was more flan than brulee; I'd rather chunks of rhubarb with a good, fragant custard. The food was excellent albeit pricey for what you were given but I'd still rate this restaurant five stars because of the beautiful outdoor setting and good service without which I'd probably rate Orwells four stars.

Everything was just wonderful: chill atmosphere, bangin' food and excellent service. Had the tasting menu - would definitely recommend!

Excellent quality food with equality excellent service. Family run restaurant where you’ll feel warmly welcome. I’ve been coming to this restaurant for years and it never lets me down. Totally recommended.

Absolutely delicious British food. Went there with the family for a Sunday lunch and we were all really impressed with the cooking. Unpretentious and really well done. They also have an interesting selection of aromatic non-alcoholic cocktails. Yes it is quite far from London but we are really glad we made the trip out.