The Fat Dog, Shrivenham

Went there last night for my parents wedding anniversary, as had been there a few years ago and enjoyed the experience. Not this time, the service was slow and the member of staff was not friendly. I had the scallops for starters, 3 very small ones, and not really tasty, didnt warrant the cost. Overall we found the food bland, the lamb shank and pork medallions were tough. Cost of a glass of wine spritzer was £7.00. The decor bland and there was no atmosphere......would have had a better meal,service and value at a Harvester.

Neil and his team welcomed our party of 28 guests to the restaurant for a late Sunday lunch party in early July. Prior to the event we worked with Neil and his chef to come up with a mouthwatering and affordable menu with plenty of choices for all. The food served was excellent, portions were very large and satisfied our hungry guests!! Our "late lunch" went on until 8pm in the evening (by choice) and despite this overrun we were still made to feel welcome!! Nothing was too much trouble. A most enjoyable day to remember - very positive feedback received from all of our guests. Well done Neil and team. We will be back.

Had heard through friends that the Fat Dog was great and the new chef was good but they really undersold the place. Super food, spot on service and the atmosphere was wonderful.

Loved stopping for lunch and will return very soon, would highly recommend and also have a look at this venue for parties and celebrations too.

I recently stopped here with friends when heading back to Swindon. Had a lovely 2 course table d'hote meal - wonderfully prepared and served.

The outside of the building doesn't do justice to the internal decor orquality of food - please ignore the boring exterior and give it a try - I'm planning on taking my family soon!

The food was incredible. Didnt have a long wait and service was brilliant... The best food i have ever tasted. Well done to everyone at the Fat Dog.Amazing evening...will definately be back

I had a meal at the Fat Dog on Friday 8 April with a group of friends. It was my first visit and we had a lovely evening. The restaurant was very welcoming and tastefully decorated - we instantly felt at home.

I chose black pudding with soft boiled quail's egg to start with followed by roasted pepper stuffed with walnuts, couscous and sun-dried tomatoes in creamy spinach sauce, and finished up with lemon tart. Each course looked and tasted delicious and the portion sizes were just right. Timing between courses was perfect and the service was great - polite and attentive without being intrusive.

I thought the menu was very competitively priced with a good range of choice - something for everyone, without being overwhelming.

All in all, a great experience and one to be repeated..!!

I had meal here with a colleague. Very good quality food prepared just right. Plate had a variety of flavours and left me wanting more. Have booked a table for Friday night, taking some good friends out for a meal. Looking forward to a good night out - I am going for the lamb again!

Fondant was excellent and came with vanilla and almond ice cream made on site.

Based on today's meal, I can only recommend the Fat Dog.

Thank you guys!

how the dog got fat is a mystery given the portion sizes on offer. As someone of diminutive stature 5'6" & 10 stone i never expected to walk away from a restaurant hungry. The food was tasty but not enough of it. We were advised to order veg dishes adding to the cost and then we waitedover an hour for it to arrive. Not impressed by the consolation free bottle of wine because we'd been sat so long. It didn't make up for the lack of food. Over priced undersized and too long to arrive wouldn't recommend it

We had been to the Fat Dog once before but it was newly open and we had a 25% of voucher. I think this mat have clouded our judgement! We returned last night with two friends and we were all very disappointed. Over priced, small portions and slow service. We all agreed that when we left we felt completely ripped off!! We decided not to have a starter after the experience of our previous visit when we thought the starts were expensive for "not a lot". So we order main courses. We waited an hour and fifteen minutes for our main courses!! the restaurant was half full! When the food finally arrived (after I had asked when they would be arriving) we were hungry. The main courses were nice, nothing special but nice however the portion was tiny. You have pay extra for veg but again the veg portion was tiny. We didn't have desserts because quite frankly were we angry and didn't want to give them anymore of our money!! I'm not joking when I say that we stopped at Sainsbury's on the A420 to get so ethnic to eat because we were all still hungry, And all this cost £80 for 4 - 1.25 hour wait for 4 main couses that wouldn't feed a rabbit.

Would I return or recommend? NO

I visited the Fat Dog this month with great expectations but was very disappointed. The food from start to finish was pretty average and really only what you'd expect from any old pub. Definitely not a gastro-pub by any stretch of the imagination! The service was not exactly friendly and the place didn't seem to have any atmosphere at all. Overall poor and I would not recommend this to anyone.