The Lamb Flag - West Oxfordshire

We keep comming back to the Lamb Flag for sunday lunch . You get a large plate of well cooked food the vegatables are fresh and plentiful in fact you get so much that we have'nt been able to have a sweet yet . the young friendly staff are helpful and courteous but not pushy so you can take your time and catch upwith friends as we do . we will soon be booking our treat for next month .

Thank you Matthew for a lovely atmosphere for a special evening. You and your staff) were very friendly and accommodating.

Beautiful dinner. Lots of fresh vegetables and an enormous home cooked Yorkshire pudding. Beef very tasty but a little chewy so would have pork next time. It didn’t ruin this tasty and huge dinner. Would recommend booking.

After a leisurely drive round the countryside from our Oxford caravan park one Sunday morning in mid June, we were ready for a Sunday Roast and kept our eyes open for a typical British pub. We happened upon The Lamb and Flag in Hailey. The pub looked inviting and as the notice board outside said, Sunday Roast we parked the car and duly went in. We were greeted very pleasantly by the owner 's sister who provided us with a Bill of Fare but we said that we knew what we wanted and that was the Sunday Roast. Whilst waiting I enjoyed a house red wine and my husband enjoyed a cider. The quality and quantity of the lunch itself could not be bettered, with the plentiful vegetable dishes overflowing. The beef was succulent and the cauliflower cheese was so moorish it was almost a meal in itself. We were too full for a pudding and finished off with a coffee. The service was efficient and friendly and it was good to enjoy the atmosphere of a great British pub well done to the new(ish) chef owner and his sister and we will definitely come again when we are in the Cotsolds.

The Lamb and Flag is an interesting conundrum. First impressions, which are so so important, are disappointing. The paint on the windows frames at the front is flaking in several places and both the website and answer phone message suggest that it is closed and only open for take away. If I hadn’t been there previously for a drink I would have assumed that they had not survived the pandemic. First impressions to one side, we did eventually manage to book Sunday lunch and it wasn’t bad at all. Plenty of good quality vegetables, delicious cauliflower cheese and a choice of three meats. If you’re a veggie you might be a little disappointed as, on the day we visited, the only non-meat option offered was vegetarian sausages (which were very nice . We weren’t offered a dessert (do they do them or was this a simple oversight? . This is a small pub and the economics of making this place pay (especially with socially distanced tables must be a real challenge. As far as I am aware this is the only pub in the village and therefore deserves to be supported. The hosts are friendly and attentive and it was encouraging to hear that they were fully booked for lunch. We will return to try the mid-week fayre and occasionally for Sunday lunch. I will also use it for the odd pint now and again.