The Tandem — Restaurant in Vale of White Horse

The Tandem Kennington, 27th of March.

We arrived at the Tandem and went into the bar. There were only two other tables in use. We went up to the bar to order drinks. I asked for a pint of Abbott. The lady serving said it wasn’t available. When I asked if it was normal. I was told no, it’s because the manager had gone on holiday for two weeks and no one else knew how to connect the pump up!

We then ordered two lots of fish and chips, but no fish and chips were available!

I ordered gammon. The chips had been warmed up once before and they were shrivelled up. It would’ve been easier if it had been given a steak knife because it wasn’t the tenderest of gammon. Would we go again?

Over the years we have enjoyed many good meals at the Tandem. What a shame its declined.

So many beer pumps are out of use, non the excellent Greene king beers were available on draught.

Over the years we have enjoyed many good meals here, but sadly this seems to have finished.Over the years we have No, this is another Greene King pub in decline.

THE car park seems more popular than the pub, as there were far more cars in the car park and there is...

So I booked the breakfast with Santa for this morning Christmas Eve for my two kids and me and my partner. It was rubbish they only had two options to have for breakfast because there was something wrong in the kitchen. Nothing for us adults to have apart from scrambled egg of yucky toast! No option to have brown or white toast. And waffles which didn’t even look that nice. I was told that the breakfast with Santa was amazing great, worth the money you pay. Well I don’t think it was. I’m really dissatisfied and disappointed. I won’t be booking it here again. Think I would rather spend more money on taking them elsewhere. Or to where I have been told it’s brilliant. I’d rather drive that extra for my kids to have a better breakfast with Santa next time!! No impressed. Not a great start to Christmas. I was expecting a bit more or to...

There were 6 of us for lunch we all ordered 3 courses. The pub was very sparcely decorated for Christmas basically like they couldn't be bothered.

2 of us had Christmas menu. I had peppered mushrooms on brioche which was lovely, followed by Christmas dinner, roast turkey etc, vegetables tasted terrible like soap powder, turkey not much better and pig in blanket hard. I had christmas pudding bakewell for pudding that was good

My husband had pigs in blankets to start, good portion about 8. Then steak with shrimps, tough as old boots, cheesecake for pudding good.

The others had tortillas which were homemade and looked amazing as were the burgers.

Shame as this was a very hit and miss meal, price was good but quality...