Oxford, Italian Restaurant Guide

“A very welcome arrival on the Oxford map” – in Summertown – Pascal and Laura Wiedemann’s charcuterie, wine bar and dining room offers “beautiful” dishes, in a similar Gallic mould to Pascal’s former work at London’s Racine and Terroirs. Many reporters note that the lunch prix fixe is “an especially great deal”, while dinner is much less of a steal.

A Jericho stalwart for more than 15 years – this “local Italian is always buzzing and reliable” for light lunches as well as more substantial meals. It now has a deli next door, and a garden terrace for al fresco summer dining.

2018 Review: A “regular ’turn to’ restaurant for a tasty, enjoyable and relaxed Italian meal”, where the “pizza and pasta staples are supplemented by a range of daily changing specials”; even those who visited in opening week a decade back “are yet to be disappointed”.