Harden's survey result
Summary
This “big old pub with a jolly, slightly bohemian atmosphere” is a well-known “gastro-pub (with the emphasis on gastro)”. It achieves solid and still-plentiful support in our annual diners’ poll, despite a feeling that “the food falls well short of the standards at its London siblings, Anchor & Hope and Canton Arms”. Top Menu Tip – “the suet crust steak-and-ale pie to share is a lovely, lovely thing”.
Summary
Now in its 15th year, this gastropub’s “reputation has perhaps fallen from its earliest days, when it was the best restaurant in Oxford, but it seems to have returned to form with tasty and reasonably priced dishes”. It’s a sibling to London’s stellar Anchor & Hope and Canton Arms.
Summary
From the illustrious stable of London’s Anchor & Hope and Canton Arms, this “cosy”, high-quality gastropub exploded onto the Oxford dining scene in 2010. It keeps a much lower profile nowadays, notwithstanding its “friendly” style and “fantastic” cooking.
Summary
“Atmospheric and busy” – this well-known and frequently rammed gastropub has not quite kept up with the gastronomic achievements of its illustrious London stablemates, the Anchor & Hope and Canton Arms. Thin feedback this year, to the effect that “it can get over stretched but is better than average”.
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243 Iffley Road, Oxford, OX4 1SJ
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £28.50 |
| Filter Coffee | £0.00 |
 Extras |
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|---|---|
| Bread | £5.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
243 Iffley Road, Oxford, OX4 1SJ
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑3:30 pm, 6 pm‑8 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑3:30 pm, 6 pm‑8 pm |
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