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The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers

The Oarsman

82/100
  • Marlow, Buckinghamshire
  • Modern British bistropub and wine bar
  • By the glass
  • Mid-range
  • Beta
  • Assessed July 2026
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These are confidence labels. They show how sure we are that what we publish still reflects the restaurant's current practice. They are not a judgement on the restaurant; the wine and cooking are scored separately, out of 100.

  • Beta means assessed and scored, but we are still confirming some details (such as the current wine list) and the restaurant has not yet had the chance to correct any factual inaccuracy, so it is published with that caveat.
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  • In development means not yet a review. It appears so you can see where coverage is coming.

Restaurants often change their menus. The date beside the label says when we last reviewed.

We assessed The Oarsman in July 2026 and this review is based on the food menu and wine list at the time of the review. As menus and wine lists change, we name styles in order for the information to remain more useful as menus change. If things have slipped you can use the Vinealto Dining app including accessing an up to date reading using 'At the Table' from the wine list in front of you in the restaurant. How we assess

The Oarsman is a Thames-side bistropub and wine bar in Marlow where casual British cooking is built around a list of real seriousness. The wine programme earns its standing on breadth, a merchant's eye for grower wines and an unusually deep sweet and fortified shelf, all arranged by mood so that a long list stays easy to explore, held back from the very top only by the absence of any printed pairing to spell the integration out. It will most reward the curious drinker who likes to browse a characterful list and does not mind leading the pairing themselves, with a knowledgeable floor on hand to help.

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