The Boxing Hare

4.3

154 Reviews

£26 to £40

Modern European

Good for special occasions
Innovative
Romantic

A picturesque stone built Inn and restaurant in the beautiful Cotswolds. The Boxing Hare is located a few miles outside Chipping Norton on the Banbury Road. A former Masonic Lodge, it is now a privately owned pub/restaurant serving high quality food with integrity in a relaxed, welcoming environment. Wherever possible, our food is locally sourced with Long Horn beef aged on the premises, a ﬁrm favourite. With stone built walls, wood beams and a glorious lawned garden for al fresco dining. The Boxing Hare has a modern rustic charm, where everyone is welcome. Re-united after 30 years, Antony Grifﬁth Harris (London Restaurateur) and Nick Anderson , (2 Michelin stars) along with their partners and manager Sebastian (Seabass) Speke have bought new life to this Cotswold favourite.

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Dining style
Casual Elegant
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Modern European, Contemporary British, Country kitchen
Hours of Operation
Lunch Tue–Sat 11:00 am–2:30 pm Sun 12:00 pm–4:30 pm Dinner Tue–Fri 6:00 pm–9:00 pm Sat 6:30 pm–9:30 pm
Phone number
01608 683212
Website
http://www.theboxinghare.co.uk/
Payment Options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive Chef
Nick Anderson
Catering
Our cuisine is best described as modern european. We haved an extensive specails board which changes regularly.
Private party facilities
We welcome private parties, business meetings and weddings. Our Garden Room can sit 40 as a private dining option or more of the restaurant can be give over to host larger functions. The Garden Room is ideal for business meeting with superb catering on hand! The Garden Room has derect assess to our large garden which can house a marquee.
Private party contact
Antony Harrias: 01608 683212

Location
Banbury Road, Swerford, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 4AP
Area
Chipping Norton
Parking details
A large car park that can cater for up to 80 cars
Entertainment
The Boxing Hare's garden room offer a great facility for private parties for up to 40 seated and we have a large garden ideal for weddings and private parties
Additional
Patio/Outdoor Dining

Parsley Soup£6.00
with poached quail egg
Tamworth Pork & Prune Terrine£7.50
celeriac remoulade, toasted sourdough
Fowey Estuary Mussels£7.50
white wine, shallots, cream & parsley
Cured Sea Trout£8.00
cucumber salad, sweet dill & mustard dressing
Baked Crottin£7.50
puff pastry biscuit, apple, honey, toasted pine nuts
Cornish Squid & Chorizo£8.50
frisée & aioli
Iberico Ham£9.00
shaved Pecorino, rocket & lemon oil
Creedy Carver Duck Breast£21.50
potato pancake, rainbow chard, baby beets, bramble jus
Cod Loin£18.00
Puy lentils, pancetta, tomato & capers
Girolle & Golden Onion Tart£15.00
lamb's lettuce, sherry dressing
Spinach£16.00
ricotta & Peccorino gnocchi, crispy sage & roast pistachio
40 day Dry Aged Beef, 30oz Cote de Boeuf
Served plain or with béarnaise, peppercorn sauce or our house butter and your choice of two sides
- For Two to Share£60.00
- 10oz Rib-eye£28.00
Dry Aged 8oz Steak Burger£14.00
brioche bun, red slaw, cheddar, fries
Local Venison loin£19.50
Guinness, root vegetable & spelt risotto
Looe Bay Brill£19.50
Clams & Crab, fennel, sweet pepper, chives & Yukon gold potatoes
Hooky Battered or Grilled Day Boat Fish£14.00
tartare sauce, minted peas & thrice cooked chips

Side orders

£3.50

Fries
Thrice Cooked Chips
Buttered Spinach
Heirloom Tomato Salad

Puddings

Warm Dark Chocolate Brownie£7.00
toasted almonds, hazelnut & chocolate ice cream
Sticky Toffee Medjool Date Pudding£7.00
vanilla ice cream
Cherry & Almond Tart£7.00
with clotted cream
Iced Peanut Butter Parfait£7.00
honeycomb & caramelised banana
Kate's Ice Creams & Sorbets
- per scoop£2.00
Affogato£5.00
Vin Santo£8.00
Espresso & homemade biscotti
British and Continental Cheeses
with quince & crackers
- For One£4.00
- For Three£9.00
- For Five£13.00
Homemade Chocolates
- per person£2.50
Illy Coffee and Selection of Novus Teas and Infusions
- Starting at£2.50

What 154 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

4.3

4.3 based on all time ratings

4.3Food
4.3Service
4.1Ambience
4.2Value

Noise • Moderate

154 Reviews

BB
BeverleyB
Warwickshire
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 30 May 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The Boxing Hare was very friendly with friendly locals lovely helpful staff who explained certain aspects of the menu, helped my very fussy 84 year old Dad and according to my Dad kept a good pint...... what more can you want the food was hot tasty and plentiful, they served amazing bread cooked n their premises so fresh so tasty "lovely"
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OT
OpenTable Diner
Oxford
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on 12 May 2018
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
The food was excellent but we probably won’t go back unless we hear the service has improved. Our table was booked for 7.15pm and we waited an hour before our order was taken and then another hour before our food arrived. To be fair, some of our party arrived 15 minutes late and we apologised as we know this can cause problems for the staff. However, we would have appreciated an explanation or apology for the delay. By the time our dessert menu came we all felt it was too late to eat one so we didn’t order any. It was a shame as we all agreed the food was excellent.
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JohnC
Oxford
3 reviews
vip
3.0
3 reviews
Dined on 15 April 2018
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
Food was really good. Front of house was in a bit of a mess on the day unfortunately. Assuming they were just a bit short on staff though.
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NicolaW
Oxford
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 13 April 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Very enjoyable meal the twice cooked cheese soufflé was amazing as was the fish soup- it’s hard to impress my husband and he said he would go back just for the soup ! Loved the Chilean merlot very mellow.
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JohnS
Baltimore
6 reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Dined on 12 April 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 5
Exceptional food...everything we tried over the course of two dinners was memorable.
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TrishL
Oxford
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 11 April 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Finally a place to eat near Banbury that is fit for my parents who are used to fine dinning!
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LCP13
Oxford
14 reviews
4.0
14 reviews
Dined on 7 April 2018
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Lovely pub, great atmosphere, delicious food. What’s not to like?
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B
Bluw28
Oxford
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on 6 April 2018
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
The service was exceptional and there were some interesting items on the menu that tempted us to order something new and different. The quality and presentation of the food was very good and pretty quick considering it was a busy Friday night. It was quite noisy at times due to a party of men on the next table but we would definitely recommend the Boxing Hare and will be going again for a special occasion.
1 person found this helpful
OT
OpenTable Diner
Oxford
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 6 April 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Great food, great service
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c
coca
Oxford
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 4 April 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
Very good, nice warm welcome, food was fantastic booked to go again,
1 person found this helpful

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Banbury Road, Swerford, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 4AP

Additional information

Area
Chipping Norton
Hours of Operation
Lunch Tue–Sat 11:00 am–2:30 pm Sun 12:00 pm–4:30 pm Dinner Tue–Fri 6:00 pm–9:00 pm Sat 6:30 pm–9:30 pm
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Modern European, Contemporary British, Country kitchen
Dining style
Casual Elegant
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
A large car park that can cater for up to 80 cars
Payment Options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Executive Chef
Nick Anderson
Entertainment
The Boxing Hare's garden room offer a great facility for private parties for up to 40 seated and we have a large garden ideal for weddings and private parties
Additional
Patio/Outdoor Dining

Website
http://www.theboxinghare.co.uk/
Phone number
01608 683212
Catering
Our cuisine is best described as modern european. We haved an extensive specails board which changes regularly.
Private party facilities
We welcome private parties, business meetings and weddings. Our Garden Room can sit 40 as a private dining option or more of the restaurant can be give over to host larger functions. The Garden Room is ideal for business meeting with superb catering on hand! The Garden Room has derect assess to our large garden which can house a marquee.
Private party contact
Antony Harrias: 01608 683212

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Main

Parsley Soup£6.00

Tamworth Pork & Prune Terrine£7.50

Fowey Estuary Mussels£7.50

Cured Sea Trout£8.00

Baked Crottin£7.50

Cornish Squid & Chorizo£8.50

Iberico Ham£9.00

Creedy Carver Duck Breast£21.50

Cod Loin£18.00

Girolle & Golden Onion Tart£15.00

Spinach£16.00

40 day Dry Aged Beef, 30oz Cote de Boeuf

Dry Aged 8oz Steak Burger£14.00

Local Venison loin£19.50

Looe Bay Brill£19.50

Hooky Battered or Grilled Day Boat Fish£14.00

Side orders

Fries

Thrice Cooked Chips

Buttered Spinach

Heirloom Tomato Salad

Puddings

Warm Dark Chocolate Brownie£7.00

Sticky Toffee Medjool Date Pudding£7.00

Cherry & Almond Tart£7.00

Iced Peanut Butter Parfait£7.00

Kate's Ice Creams & Sorbets

Affogato£5.00

Vin Santo£8.00

British and Continental Cheeses

Homemade Chocolates

Illy Coffee and Selection of Novus Teas and Infusions

Overall ratings and reviews

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