We stopped in here for a pint after walking around Oxford. As pubs go, it was a pretty decent. Its quite a nice size, so they can get a fair few people in there. Lots of beers to choose from and a nice, comfortable environment.
Marios D.
Place rating: 3 Manhattan, NY
A nice pub with good quality food and great traditional atmosphere. Lunch was the fish and chips along with a salad and the tomato soup. The fish was a healthy portion and the fish flaky and well prepared. Chips were thick cut and tasted just right. Nice tartar sauce with it. The tomato soup was essentially pure tomato, rich and thick but a little salty. The salad was rich with a large piece of goat cheese and exceptionally fresh ingredients. Nice place to visit.
Hesseh S.
Place rating: 4 Tividale, United Kingdom
Well its a bit of a strange mix, feels a bit wine barish and, obviously they are aiming for a better class of pub food. Impressed by the beer selection, which is not the usual national ales and are well kept. As to décor lots of the dark wood and nice lighting. Has quite a cosy atmosphere. Though strangely I get an old school dining room impression it might be the parquet floor.
Impavi
Place rating: 4 Dublin, Republic of Ireland
The St Aldates Tavern is a welcome addition to the Oxford dining scene as it offers very reasonably priced bar meals in a very lively atmosphere. Perhaps a little too lively in fact if you would like to converse, as when I was there music was blaring out of the speakers making it difficult to talk to fellow diners. The menu is very limited and the cuisine tend to be rustic. Much to my regret when I visited many of the dishes were out too due to a large party; this made the choice even more limited Not many tables either, so if you would like to be sure to have one you are probably better off booking. Very moderately priced for Oxford and minor gripes excluded the staff is very polite too, so all in all a good place.
Laura G.
Place rating: 4 Wantage, United Kingdom
The recent transformation is very impressive! A group of us went there straight from work on a wednesday evening. The décor was calm, atmospheric, stylish and a bit ‘steampunk’ and I really liked it. We went for food and drinks. Food wasn’t available until 6.30pm and it would have been a bit better if it were available slightly earlier especially for after work visitors who wanted to eat early and catch trains etc. and not be too late home. The food was absolutely delicious. I had fish and chips but it was a great piece of fish and mouthwatering chips all very well presented and at only £9 was excellent value for money. I’ll give it a 4 star rating. It doesn’t quite get the 5 stars just because we’d have liked to have eaten slightly earlier and I think the person serving behind the bar couldn’t find the right button for one of the food orders and we ended up with the wrong meal but it was quickly rectified. I would recommend it and definitely go back.
Flic
Place rating: 4 Oxford, United Kingdom
This is another lovely Oxford pub — the best one down this end of town and a nice retreat from the hustle and bustle of big buses roaring past. There are plenty of better pubs in Oxford, but this doesn’t do a bad job, with real ale, occasional live music, a nice olde worlde feeling about it, and polite staff. It’s generally not too rowdy, but it does feel crowded because there are never enough seats. Probably a place to grab a drink before moving on, unless you’re lucky enough to find somewhere to sit. The inside is spoilt slightly by games machines, but this has come a fair way since its Hobgoblin days.
Eierfr
Place rating: 4 Cologne, Germany
This is one of the pleasant retreats after all this shopping hassle before you queue up in the bus lane. A very cosy watering hole offering real ales, most notably the exquisite Hobgoblin(now available as cider as well), with wood-panelled floorboards and wood generally all over the place. Nice music box with a good selection of tunes, too. And flags of Rugby teams England played against hanging from the walls and the ceiling. Friendly, very friendly staff behind the bar!