Restaurants in Oxford UK
My husband and I will be in Oxford for over two weeks. I searched on SE to find threads on restaurants there, but I didn't see much. Have any of you visited friends at Oxford, or studied there, and discovered great fish and chips, or Indian, or Thai, or British restaurants? Jamie Oliver opened an Italian restaurant here a year ago; have any of you eaten there?
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i was in oxford for the day once and remember really enjoying tea at brown's.
cybercita at 8:46AM on 07/11/09
Hello, I live in Oxford and can recommend a few places...
Al Shami (www.al-shami.co.uk), very good Lebanese
Chiang Mai Kitchen (www.chiangmaikitchen.co.uk), excellent Thai
The Big Bang (www.thebigbangrestaurants.co.uk), only does bangers & mash (sausages and mashed potatoes)
Las Iguanas (www.iguanas.co.uk), Latin American, decent food, really good drinks
Bangkok House (42A Hythe Bridge St, 01865 200705) has good Thai food
A lot of the touristy/famous pubs in the center of town do good pub food. Jamie Oliver's restaurant is good as well, but no reservation so unless you have a good timing you'll wait outside for a while. There are lots of chain restaurants (Wagamama, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Cafe Rouge, Strata, Pizza Express, etc.) if you feel so inclined.
If you're visiting during the summer all the undergraduate students would have gone home, which makes restaurants a lot more roomier!
Hope you have a great time!
honeybaby789 at 1:39PM on 07/11/09
It's been a couple of years, but here are some good ones that I remember:
Standard Tandoori (in Jericho)
Gardener's Arms Pub (amazing vegetarian food)
The Trout Pub (north of Oxford by about a mile - nice walk)
And tea at the Old Parsonage Inn.
Also, for late night foodstuffs, Hassan's on Broad Street - best kebabs EVER.
shoneyjoe at 2:29PM on 07/11/09
The Malmaison Hotel, located in a former prison next to Oxford Castle, is doing special deals at the moment...you can get a two-course dinner for two, plus a jug of Pimm's and two coffees, for £30. I think they're still doing Sunday dinner specials, with a full roast dinner plus half a bottle of wine for £15.
The hotel is gorgeous, very chic, and the food is excellent, and the service even better. If you get lucky, they sometimes do a deal where if you spend £75 in the restaurant, you can have a room for just £10 more. We did it for our anniversary, and it was magnificent. Pan-seared scallops wrapped in crispy pancetta, filet of swordfish with peppers marinated with pineapple, a beautiful bloody-rare flank steak with crisp frites, a chocolate 'soup' with berries, a few cocktails, and a nice bottle of wine. Still cost less than a room alone would have.
The Turf Tavern (hidden in a maze near the Bodleian, but all the locals know where it is) is a delightful pub with very good food, although it does get busy. It's also the place where Clinton 'didn't inhale'.
Visit the bar at Randolph's (the city's upmarket hotel) or the Eagle and Child (where C.S. Lewis and Tolkein used to meet for drinks and discuss writing). Both places were also featured heavily in Inspector Morse, if you're a murder mystery fan.
I don't know if it's still open, but I've had fantastic meals at Le Petit Blanc, Marco Pierre White's chain of fine-dining restaurants (although he's sold it on). It's in an interesting neighbourhood called Jericho. The food was very good, and the prices reasonable.
Also, the indoor market has lots of food stalls, including one that sells amazing cookies and ice cream.
NotAmerican at 3:08PM on 07/11/09