Rowing Machine

Fabulous service from the Rowing Machine staff. Went for a meal with my partner here recently, could not fault them whatsoever! Anyone looking for a quick bite to eat with a budget, you will not be disappointed! Will be coming back soon!

Visiting Witney we took a quick pit stop at this lovely little pub, we were warmly welcomed in by Amy behind the bar. She has such a warm way with everyone she greets. She made us feel safe and well looked after during these unprecedented times. Really put our minds at ease thus helping us to enjoy our time spent there. Thank you to all of the team for your hospitality, but especially Amy. Will be back next time we're in town 😊

We had a lovely meal here. The food was fresh and cooked well. The app to order and pay is very simple to use. Every member of staff we came across were polite and friendly. The way they've laid the pub out in line with the current government regulations is great and they even had a member of staff who is a cleaning monitor cleaning all handles and surfaces etc that were touched as soon as they had been touched. Very positive experience and delicious food, we will return.

Had an amazing family dinner, very impressed with all of the recent changes at the pub. Very helpful, friendly staff and lovely food! :)

I am a carer and usually come into the Rowing Machine in Witney with people I support, this is because I've always been really pleased with the service by Louise and Hayley in particular. I have also previously reviewed on Google 5 for that reason and the food was nice. I went in recently with someone who is severely disabled and due to the current eat out to help out the place was booked up so we were offered the garden which I was happy with. The person I was supporting sat in their usual spot and didn't understand that we were having a change of seating today, so I explained to them that we are sitting outside today but because they are disabled sometimes change can be tough for this person to understand and on this day usually my kind and lovely person had a melt down and really got upset. To diffuse the situation I calmly told them that its okay and we will be having something to eat. I saw the duty manager walk past and thought this was an opportunity to explain the situation and ask if maybe there was a free table due to a cancellation. So I approached her and said hello and that I was a support worker and that the person I was supporting is a very regular customer and usually sits inside and shes sat in her usual spot and is refusing to move, could you possibly see if there is a free table inside. WELL.... she said something along the lines of " no, im not having you speak to me in that tone" I was quite flustered by the situation at hand already and this had completely confused me so as she walked away I said " excuse me, I wasn't speaking to you in any sort of rude tone." I tried to explain what I was asking and the duty manager walked off 😲. Completely shocked I said to the manager about it and she just said she was going through some stuff, i mean aren't we all !? I ended up outside with the person I support and the person I support got their lunch, I usually bring food with me because I can't afford to eat out every day. I asked if it was OK to eat my salad and the manager said no not really so I put it away 😳. Then low and behold it started to rain and the family next to us went in and sat at a table and me and my severely disabled client ended up sitting under an umbrella eating lunch for the manager to come out and sit next to my client not opposite because of covid ( their wasnt anyone in the garden except us because the other people were offered seats in doors, except us) . I am so disgusted that we were treated this way and will not be taking anyone there again. My client didn't understand, she just wanted something to eat and has limited verbal communication which was very obvious and that person visits sometimes twice a week so I'm confused at why the staff that day didn't at least try to accommodate this person. We usually see Louise and Hayley and they have ALWAYS said hello to this person despite there lack of communication and most importantly treated them like a human !