RestaurantsOxfordshireOxfordOX2

survey result

Summary

£80
 ££££
3
Good
3
Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

With its “log fire and paintings on the walls” and “pleasant terrace outside for better weather”, this small hotel in a 17th-century “former rectory in central Oxford” makes for an atmospheric bolthole in the ‘City of Dreaming Spires’ – and the perfect setting for a “generous set tea” or relaxing lunch.

Summary

£79
 ££££
2
Average
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This very “attractive hotel” just north of the city centre makes good use of a “lovely” seventeenth-century building with an ambience redolent of “Oxford academic power and money”. Foodwise, the ratings are dragged down by the odd reporter who feels its “bog-standard brasserie food needs more competition”. The best bet might be its “very nice traditional tea – especially when served in the courtyard garden”.

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Old Parsonage Hotel, 1 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN

Restaurant details

Highchair,Portions
Yes
16
No dress code
40

Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£13.00 £30.50 £10.50
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £26.00
Filter Coffee £3.95
Extras  
Service 12.50%
Old Parsonage Hotel, 1 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN
Opening hours
Monday7 am‑10:30 pm
Tuesday7 am‑10:30 pm
Wednesday7 am‑10:30 pm
Thursday7 am‑10:30 pm
Friday7 am‑10:30 pm
Saturday7 am‑10:30 pm
Sunday7 am‑10:30 pm

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