Restaurants Oxford

Battleship-grey pub that's a hit with the locals, boasting quirky standard lamps, eclectic 1920s posters, board games and a bar billiards table. Tasty, good value dishes rely on seasonal local produce. Delicious fresh juices and homemade lemonade.

Striking art deco pub with real community feel: host to a breakfast club and regular quiz nights. Chef promotes local, seasonal ingredients and creates tasty, gutsy, carefully presented dishes.

Popular pub with pleasant terrace and beautiful landscaped gardens. Appealing menu suits all tastes and appetites. Sourcing is taken seriously, so when ingredients are gone, they're gone.

Lively Italian-influenced brasserie with busy, buzzy vibe, set within a city centre hotel and once the banking hall of the area's first bank. Accessible menu and twice-daily blackboard specials.

Colonial-style restaurant in characterful 15C building; sit in more intimate wood panelled room. Menu focuses on fiery Sichuan and Shanghainese cooking. Friendly, eager staff.

Basement brasserie in a unique hotel that was once a prison. Private dining rooms are in the old cells and original metal staircases remain. Modern British cooking displays French influences.

Capacious restaurant with open kitchen and friendly staff. Fantastic choice includes sizzling Tandoori specialities, Tawa dishes from the Punjab and good vegetarian selection.

Well-established seafood restaurant on eastern side of city, with paper-topped tables, rustic décor and lively, informal atmosphere. Daily changing menus; friendly service.

Modern restaurant with casual, friendly feel and minimalist décor. Vibrant, simple, fresh Italian influenced dishes: antipasti taster plates, pasta and pizza are specialities.

Busy, informal brasserie; striking interior and sharp service; French regional recipes with the new-wave touch: John Dory with coriander or ribeye steak in béarnaise.

Lively, family-friendly pub with pretty riverside garden, perfect for picnics. Food is fresh, free range and available all day. Wednesday is steak night; Sunday means a roast.

Sizeable pub just off Headington village serving sensibly priced pub classics with a French edge. Homemade breads and pizzas; popular Sunday roasts. Thursday jazz night.

Idyllically set Cotswold stone inn with delightful riverside terrace. Menus display strong Italian influences, as well as more international dishes. Popular in summer, when booking is a must.

Almost Mediterranean in its style, with a very visual kitchen that includes a wood burning oven. Menu offers everything from mezze and charcuterie boards to pub staples and seafood. Bright, fresh bedrooms are located above the bar and in a cottage.

Wacky eatery with red London bus reception, smart glasshouse and huge toy bear in trendy bar. Flamboyant English restaurant serves British and French brasserie dishes. More intimate room offers authentic Thai cuisine. Glamorous, individually styled b..

15C former chantry house with cosy, open-fired bar and impressive flag-floored, vaulted dining room. Honest British cooking relies on produce from the vegetable plot; excellent desserts.