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Review of The Rusty Bicycle
This review of The Rusty Bicycle originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Visited today for the first time. Discovered when I came to order that special offers (e.g. £5 lunchtime pizzas) on the menu aren’t actually honoured when you come to order unless you agree to install their “app”. Their app is appalling: currently averaging 1.7/5 on the app store, and I can see why!
By the time I’d looked at the app’s privacy policy, I decided it was better to pay full price rather than use it: the app requests permissions to access virtually all of your phone’s data and the privacy policy states that your use of it grants them the right to track your GPS location from then on (seriously!). No thank you!
Cocktails were okay. Food was pretty good, but not quite good enough to take away the sour taste left by the “app” experience. I’d visit again… but only if they moved towards honouring the special offers they advertise… WITHOUT the precondition that you agree to give all of your personal data to them first.
Review of Exeter Gardens
This review of Exeter Gardens originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Moderately well-tended but short walk between Oxford Road and Exeter Park, squeezed between Exeter Hall and The Key doctors practice. Nice decking and benches, but otherwise nothing to recommend it except as a route to the park itself.
Review of Grovelands Play Area
This review of Grovelands Play Area originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Small play area with the bare essentials for keeping a small child distracted: swingset, roundabout, small climbing frame with slide. All metal equipment, so gets cold in the winter! Might as well make the extra walk to nearby Exeter Park!
Review of Bowls Club Pavilion
This review of Bowls Club Pavilion originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Just another bowls club; nicely placed with convenient access to the rest of Kidlington. If bowls is your thing, you could do worse.
Review of Exeter Park Play Area
This review of Exeter Park Play Area originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Since the 2018 renovation of the play area and the surrounding park, this has gone from being a good to a great place to take small children. Play equipment includes a well-equipped sandpit, multiple climbing frames with monkey bars, firemans poles, and slides, “little ones” area with miniscule frames, musical instruments, see-saw, swings of various kinds including a large tyre swing, rope climbing frames, and a “racing” pair of ziplines. Exercise equipment is also available nearby, as are plenty of benches including picnic benches and a reasonable-sized (free) car park.
Review of Exeter Recreational Ground
This review of Exeter Recreational Ground originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Excellent, conveniently central play area for Kidlington. Renovated in 2018 with new play and exercise equipment including trampolines, not one but two ziplines, and a wonderfully imaginatively-imagined sandpit, it’s equipped to keep little ones entertained for hours. There’s also a large field for sports/dog-walking, a community space, and an adequate amount of (free) car parking.
Review of Grovelands Superstore Handy Stores
This review of Grovelands Superstore Handy Stores originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
A surprisingly wide selection of goods available at just about any time you might need it, served by friendly staff. Plenty of parking if coming by car, conveniently just off the main road through Grovelands estate.
Review of The Vine Inn
This review of The Vine Inn originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Perfectly good pub food served by friendly staff. Prices a little higher than I’d expect for what you get, but not completely unreasonable. Play equipment in the kid-friendly garden was a hit with my little ones.
Review of Oxy Oriental
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Review of Ben Nevis Inn & Bunkhouse
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Review of Malmaison Oxford
This review of Malmaison Oxford originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Delightful, although expensive, hotel. Theming is spot-on: you can really see the architecture that once made this place a prison, while simultaneously chilling out in a level of luxury that would have been completely unknown to its original inhabitants. Excellent service and good amenities – you could lock me up here any day… if the prices didn’t send me to the gallows first!
Review of Fairytale Farm
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A bit weird, but if you’re looking for an eccentric (but good value) outing with young children, it fits the bill. Very good disabled accessibility.
Review of Islip Village Shop
This review of Islip Village Shop originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Remarkably good prices and friendly staff. Often a selection of local produce as well as a wide variety of the usual convenience store essentials. Plenty of space to park cars and bikes, but equally accessible by foot.
Review of The Glebe Play Park
This review of The Glebe Play Park originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Excellent play area especially good for young children. Swings, slides, fort, mini hedge maze, musical instruments, exercise equipment, roundabout, trampoline, and climbing frame make this a well-equipped park, abs it’s kept in good condition. Convenient on-street parking and safe gates to prevent runaways and reassure parents! My little ones (4 and 2) love this compact but rich space.