Rowing Club Bar & Cafe in Oxford

Hi so I was invited to my friends birthday on the 7th October was a 18th birthday party. My friend and his twin payed for 50 pizzas which were £400 and and that’s a lot of money to waste and the owner said they will not give a refund because he was adamant that there was 50 and said to my mate we can’t see the cameras. Truth to be told I did not drink and there was definitely not 50 there was no more then 20. Service was bad the staff that were running the bar were 17 and really undertrained and it was a busy capacity I was waiting 20 minutes for a drink. Truth to be told the pizzas were nice but there wasn’t enough. Also another problem why we think that the owner didn’t make all the pizzas my friend had a catering service there that made food at the same time. Sorry this is so long but the last problem was I brought my friend a £76 bottle of champagne and I knew he got a few more bottles to he asked the people behind the bar to look after them and he insisted they would he asked them if they were sure and they really insisted they got took to. So it wasn’t a good night and we are all fuming 😤

An unpretentious cafe and bar with an excellent view of the River Thames and lots of passing boats.. The menu is short (pizzas and burgers, no salads) but freshly cooked and tasty. Friendly staff and easy parking. We were there on a sunny Friday night in July and the place was strangely quiet given the prime location. We paid around £35 for two pizzas and drinks.,

One of the best places that I have been. Amazing food and splendid service. Come see for yourself. I will be back soon.

For the first moment who I went at the club I felt that every one is very friendly, the food service was fast and really professional! Always with a smile the manager (Antonio) make me feel nice and enjoy the time there! I can’t wait to be there again

Our favourite place to visit with our family. Service was super and got a nice free sangria with cinnamon to taste:) thank you!

We visited with our 2 daughters. We were made to feel very welcome. They even had some toys at one side which we were directed too to entertain the kids and they had board games on the side for older ones. We had some lovely pizzas and even freshly squeezed orange juice which my daughter loved. Lots of rowing memorabilia and lovely atmosphere. I could just imagine sitting on the balcony in the sun watching the world go by on the river. To make life a bit easier there is a large car park or it is walking distance just across Donnington bridge from the tow path. They do talks which we have been too. The one about hotel Chocolat and how their chocolate was made was great and lots of tasty chocolate to try.

If you want to take in the river and its famous rowing heritage then this place is worth the effort. Its the local rowing club, housed in a real 1960s architectural masterpiece on Donnington bridge road. They have opened the doors of their bar to the public and have a wood fired pizza oven out on the balcony. We were a group of 10 and grazed on a continous flow of pizzas for several hours, sitting out on the balcony enjoying watching the college eights practicing for bumps racing. The walls are covered in real rowing memorabilia: bits of old boats, photos of national champions, henley winners as well as drunken annual dinner snaps. Food good. Coffee good. Rowing ambience: excellent. Booze: good.

Fabulous evening in the early evening sun overlooking the river. The ambience in the club was excellent thanks to a great bar manager. Very reasonably priced meals, nicely prepared and enjoyable. Welcoming of everyone.