The Green Man Inn

Service was ok. Food wasn’t bad quality but not much of it on the plate!

We stopped at the Green Man Inn during heavy snow before Christmas, it was a lovely pub, with real fires to warm us up, the staff couldn’t do enough to look after our needs, and we would wholeheartedly recommend this pub to anyone.

We’ve passed the place several times and decided to stop for the first time today.
Two adults, two children. Arrived 1:10, straight to a table, and final ate at 2:05!
My first choice main course wasn’t in stock, fair enough, but come the arrival of my replacement, my daughter’s child’s portion had more chips than mine did.
Come time for the bill, I get charged for the extras associated with the original main course.
Asked them to reassess, they run out of till roll to re print.
Waitress goes to find till role, another 5 minutes pass.
She returns, and I pay, cash; that till doesn’t take cash so off she goes to the bar to get some change, returns telling me someone else will bring me the change!
5 more mins pass, ask waitress who I should see for my charge, she takes me to the bar, only to be told by the bar man that the change had been returned by the diners as a tip!
Tantamount to theft
Oh, and only half the restaurant was open, and half the traveltavern on site burnt down, so I dread to think what it’ll be like if actually busy!
The staff don’t talk to each other, the front of house, don’t seem to know what the kitchen are doing, and the duty manager seems to think he’d be better clearing tables than organising his team to deliver for the customers.
I would give this place a wide, wide berth

This is a nice place to dine for an inpromptu meal when you don’t fancy one of the indian restaurants in Brackley! Good food, the portions are a nice size too.
we took our three children with us and they were accommadated well with the menu.

The Green Man at Brackley Hatch is part of the Chef & Brewer chain, on the A43 near Silverstone between the Brackley and Towcester. It shares the site with a Premier Inn.
A fairly Chef & Brewer chain offering, the pub is quite large with a number of different rooms and is family friendly. The menu is fairly formulaic with a specials board that isn’t very special. I had Surf & Turf, the prawns were over cooked and the steak was nothing special, but it was cheerfully served and arrived quite quickly.
Overall it was much better than a typical motorway services, so I am sure you could do a lot worse.