Miller & Carter - Kidlington

Excellent evening

I booked via the online website. I was surprised to see that every quarter hour booking slot was available even though the time was already 12:30PM when I went online. We chose 1:30PM.
Upon arrival we found the restaurant almost empty.
I'd asked for a table near the front door as I have walking difficulties and cannot manage steps easily. On previous visits I've always been accommodated with this request. Today however we were taken further into the restaurant to a sectioned off area already occupied by a large party of diners and another table of four. I had to get down one step to access this area.
It appeared that they were keeping all of the diners together for the benefit of, the seemingly, sole waitress,
She seemed to be working alone; at least at the beginning of our meal although we did see two other waitresses appear later; service was slow. My Daughter wasn't hungry so she just ordered two starters.
We both had baked cheddar mushrooms. Her extra starter was sticky chilli-hoisin chicken wings served with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing. They were particularly nice.
I asked for a full rack of ribs as my main course but they'd run out of that item. I was also informed that their coffee machine was broken so there would be no hot drinks after the meal. Last time we visited this establishment the coffee machine was also out of commission.
Instead of the ribs I chose Tandoori marinated lamb rump served with dauphinoise potatoes, parsnip puree, glazed roasted roots, tender-stem broccoli and rich Bordelaise sauce. I was pleasantly surprised and would have it again.
Daughter had Banoffee Pie.
With soft drinks the total bill came to £48.10p.
We were pleased with the quality of the food but disappointed by slow service, having to negotiate steps further into the restaurant when tables were vacant nearer the entrance. Also running out of ribs in a steakhouse is remiss and a coffee machine which always seems to be broken is doubly frustrating.

No problems at all excellent service and food

Really enjoyed the meal steak was perfect.
Had we not been given a voucher/ gift card we would not go as very expensive.
3 courses and 4 drinks over £100
This is a nice venue and food was exceptional but a one off due to the price.

Terrible service and overpriced food ... won’t be returning

So over priced. We had 3 steak meals 1salmon. 1 bottle of wine and 2 beers. No sides starters or deserts and the bill was over £110!

restaurant clean, glasses sparkling! Service and food both very good! Will be coming back ......,.

This was my 3rd time here and as usual staff are lovely and very friendly-you are always greeted at the door with a smile and chitchat! That goes a long way! Service excellent and food amazing! My friend and I chose the fixed menus of 2 courses- fab value for money and excellently cooked-we thoroughly enjoyed all of it!

The food was excellent, as always. Service started off very well but then our waitress must have gone off duty and our order did not arrive. Thankfully someone must have wondered what was going on and asked and our cheeseboard Soon arrived but with no plates, which seemed a bit odd. Other than that a very pleasant evening out.

Good food, service and very clean. However a change of menu meant I was unable to have my favourite, mushroom tagliatelle