The Fox and Hounds - Watlington
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Country pub and restaurant
- Restaurant
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BunnyGo Score: 0.0
Veggieness
Omnivore , vegan food with notice , vegan options better with notice
Discounts: None
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Contact details
- Tel: 01491 612599
- Web: http://www.foxandhoundschristmascommon.co.uk
- Opening times: n/a
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Description
A gastro pub with an excellent chef and nice atmosphere.
The name is a historical artifact, so don't let it put you
off ordering veggie food here. There's an imaginative selection
of home made dishes, with at least a couple being veggie (though
check the cheese where relevant). They are very happy to make
dishes for vegans too, so book in advance to be sure they can when
you go. Examples include Jerusalem artichoke soup or roasted
aubergine and cauliflower casserole on rice. They are low on
protein-rich ingredients so you need to encourage them hard with
good notice if you want beans or nuts included, and even then the
message doesn't always get through. Keep trying!
Kieren is still the main chef. He knows his vegan stuff, so ask
for him if you want something special for a group of you. Best to
call in the morning if you want to speak to him directly. However
they do forget that vegans need protein too, so serve you nice
vegetables rather than something hearty and filling with lentils or
chick peas or whatever, so one may feel a bit short changed.
If you want vegan food in a Chilterns pub with no notice, you
can't beat The Red Lion in
Peppard for fantastic choice on the permanent menu.
Christmas Common is in the Chiltern Hills, the designated area
of outstanding beauty to the north of Reading. Lovely walking and
mountain biking routes are all around (including the Ridgeway and
Icknield Way), and it's not far from the M40 for those of you
from further afield.
Access facilities: you can access the main
dining area of the pub on the level along a paved path from the car
park (which is a bit deeply gravelly in places). All toilets
including a dedicated disabled toilet are just off the dining area,
and there are no steps to negotiate.
The name is a historical artifact, so don't let it put you
off ordering veggie food here. There's an imaginative selection
of home made dishes, with at least a couple being veggie (though
check the cheese where relevant). They are very happy to make
dishes for vegans too, so book in advance to be sure they can when
you go. Examples include Jerusalem artichoke soup or roasted
aubergine and cauliflower casserole on rice. They are low on
protein-rich ingredients so you need to encourage them hard with
good notice if you want beans or nuts included, and even then the
message doesn't always get through. Keep trying!
Kieren is still the main chef. He knows his vegan stuff, so ask
for him if you want something special for a group of you. Best to
call in the morning if you want to speak to him directly. However
they do forget that vegans need protein too, so serve you nice
vegetables rather than something hearty and filling with lentils or
chick peas or whatever, so one may feel a bit short changed.
If you want vegan food in a Chilterns pub with no notice, you
can't beat The Red Lion in
Peppard for fantastic choice on the permanent menu.
Christmas Common is in the Chiltern Hills, the designated area
of outstanding beauty to the north of Reading. Lovely walking and
mountain biking routes are all around (including the Ridgeway and
Icknield Way), and it's not far from the M40 for those of you
from further afield.
Access facilities: you can access the main
dining area of the pub on the level along a paved path from the car
park (which is a bit deeply gravelly in places). All toilets
including a dedicated disabled toilet are just off the dining area,
and there are no steps to negotiate.
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Sophie Fenwick-Paul
on 4th Jan 2007 09:59
"We - me, a non vegetarian who doesn't like meat much and my vegetarian partner - had lunch at this Pub yesterday. There was one vegetarian Sandwich option (out of four) and four vegetarian main courses, all of which were very tempting! Service was great, definitely would visit again "
"Having the inlaws to stay is never easy, so after a great group trip to the Fox and Hounds we decided to try them out for a family outing where the disapproving inlaws are meat eaters and my daughter and I are vegan. It was fab, I called and booked a table and then confirmed I was Vegan. The options were so great my meat eating husband ate the vegan choices too! He was really disappointed when he went for a dessert that was not vegan, as that was just run of the mill and he kept trying to steal my fab baked apple. Boring you might say, but definitely not! The difference between a cook and a chef really showed up! The staff were friendly and jolly (even with my grumpy toddler...she was hungry when we arrived!!) and the chef was just great. When you book your table, tell them you're diet choices and they will be magnificent. As for the inlaws, who are amazingly difficult to please, they could only say that there was too much food! What can you do?!!!! "
"I must have had bad luck as the day I visited they didn't have anything vegetarian on the menu at all, apart from a few deserts! :) Seriously though, I'd definately recommend ringing ahead, if you are planning to go there. After I asked them about the cheese in some of their dishes and had explained to them the difference between vegetarian and non vegetarian cheese (the waitress didn't know at first)they were happy to provide me with a dish from the menu without the cheese. This made the meal pretty tasteless though. In short the staff were very friendly and the service and atmosphere of the place lovely. I just didn't enjoy the food, the waitress did tell me however that the menu changes twice a day. It could have lots of vegetarian or vegan meals on it or none at all. So just ring ahead "
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