The Four Candles in Oxford

Needed a quick pitstop before catching a bus. Gents toilets not in a good state. Tables everywhere left uncleared. Drinks came quickly but food was slow and half cold. Trying not to be harsh but it wasn't exactly busy and there seemed to be plenty of staff.

If you are looking for a reasonably priced pub in Oxford (something truly rare here), this is the place to go. I liked the vibe here. Very lively and happening! Good location on George Street. Very easily accessible. It's quite a big place. Two-storeyed. And also has a few tables outdoors.

Nice atmosphere, prices are great, staff are polite and helpful.

Good food, rather cheap (except for the cheese fries). But dirty toilets were a letdown.... 🤢 And every few minutes very loud bangs from waitresses/waiters that throw cutlery or glasses in the dishwash bin.... 🙉

What is expected from a Wetherspoon's. Quick and polite experience from the staff, we were there at 10am on a Saturday and there were already 3 roudy tables! Not the bars fault but impacts the atmosphere

Good food for very acceptable prices

An usual wetherspoon pub. I visited around 12pm on a Sunday and it wasn't crowded. I got a jacket potatio with cheese and beans with some orange juice. Food and service was good.

Good central pub near the train and bus station. I assume they don't have a grill as there was no grilled section in the menu. Customers are loud but can't blame Spoons for that.

It's a spoons you get what you get.

Breakfast in this interesting and unusual pub. Varied menu, easy to order online, very quick service and good food at good prices. Happy customer.

Great service and friendly staff!!

It's a Wetherspoons, nothing more to add

Pleasant and drinks supprisingly cheap. Only a couple of minutes walk from historic center of Oxford. The bus station is just meters from the main door. The unique 'Psrk and Ride' bus service can be caught at stops located almost immediately outside the pub's main entrance, each side of the of George Street.

I've been to many Wetherspoons restaurants across the country. On the face of it, it should be a pleasant experience, but it lacked atmosphere and the normally very pleasant Wetherspoons service we are used to was not present, for us at least. It's also a good couple of quid more expensive per meal for the sheer fact that it was in Oxford. The food itself was as good as expected however.

First stop upon walking into Oxford from our accommodation and figured you can't go wrong with a Wetherspoons - wrong. Ordered 2 drinks and a garlic bread on the app. Food arrived promptly and was very tasty - this is what the 2 points are for. With nobody at the bar for large periods of time, after 15mins I went to ask about our drinks (2 canned Espresso Martinis) and was advised the manager had gone upstairs to see if they had any. Said manager appeared a few mins later to tell us there was only 1 available and would we like an alternative. The 1 EM arrived along with the alternative pint and it was a very sad looking drink - no frothy head at all. Refunded 36p which I can not figure out at all! Go to the other Wetherspoons across town.

Great Wetherspoons and tends to be the quieter one in Oxford but appears to be lacking investment for that reason. Staff are very friendly and the service is very prompt. Beer is well kept and food was of typical Wetherspoons standard.

Great local custom; polite customer service. Standard fayre, great drinks on tap and bottles. Cheaper by the bottle but house dry white economical and great to lose weight if on a strict regimen diet wise.

Guy behind the bar was so horrible made me want to leave he was in a foul mood and ruined my night

Just out for the day in Oxford , when we came across this sign on this town house , and now JD Wetherspoons , and made me laugh at The Four Candles , was the greatest comedy sketch ever by the two Ronnies Four Candles :)

You’ll be served toast (gluten) with a freedom breakfast (gluten free) which states no gluten on it’s allergy board, weird add on and really not coeliac friendly. Staff definitely need to be educated and not offer gluten vegan/vegetarian options as gluten free when they are definitely not. Pointing to the allergy board should never be the extent of someone’s knowledge when they are working with food. Really disappointed but not really shocked as gluten free is appalling when out and about especially as people view it as a fad diet.

We called into the Four Candles for breakfast, whilst we was in Oxford for the day. The staff were friendly and the breakfast was hot and plenty full, set us up for the day. We called in later on for a drink, on our way to catch the bus back to the Peartree Park and Ride, and the staff remembered us. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad think haha.

Nice place, decent service, more room upstairs, we enjoyed our visit whilst in Oxford

Good value for money, good service

Stopped by for my regular stop off in Wetherspoons while I was travelling home. I was a bit earlier than usual so ordered a full English breakfast, it turned up cold, sent it back and second one was cold too. Just ate it as I had a long day ahead of me and was hungry. Complained to the staff after, no real apology. Complained to one of the managers who said she'd have a word with the kitchen. I sat back down for about 45 minutes before I left. I thought someone might pop over with a proper apology or some explanation but nothing more was said. My son was a pub manager and I know he would have been mortified that a customer was unhappy and would have been straight over with an explanation or apology. Very poor customer service. Will not be returning.

Stopped by for my regular stop off in Wetherspoons while I was travelling home. I was a bit earlier than usual so ordered a full English breakfast, it turned up cold, sent it back and second one was cold too. Just ate it as I had a long day ahead of me and was hungry. Complained to the staff after, no real apology. Complained to one of the managers who said she'd have a word with the kitchen. I sat back down for about 45 minutes before I left. I thought someone might pop over with a proper apology or some explanation but nothing more was said. My son was a pub manager and I know he would have been mortified that a customer was unhappy and would have been straight over with an explanation or apology. Very poor customer service. Will not be returning.

Given the price you pay, can't complain about this place, will keep visiting.

Great for drinks, prices cant be beaten. Food is nothing special but mushy peas were nice

Clean and nice staff. Drinks OK and food as expected.

Great stop off for any time of day,

Good, clean, friendly Wetherspoons for breakfast!

Worst breakfast I've ever had in my life. Obviously yesterdays "reheated" junk. Warmish bread - toast. Ice cold plates. The "mushroom" had obviously been reheated a dozen times. Sausages, again been reheated for a few weeks. The bacon was from the neolithic period. And the beans /eggs were from another planet. This place will kill somebody with their lax food safety. Avoid - eat some gum from the pavement, it's safer.

Typical larger "spoon". Decent menu of your typical pub food is pretty good quality, especially considering the very reasonable prices. Rather loud and not much of an atmosphere. Staff is friendly, but struggling a bit.

The food was average at best, lacked flavour but at least was hot. The airconditioning inside was freezing cold and we couldn't wait to get back outside. Don't recommend.

Good food, speedy service, lovely environment, and buy low prices.

A decent Withies watering hole. Staff great. Pizza on the day was OK.

Making my first visit to Oxford since 1999. Jorvic and Paulicarus on first ever visit. On the way into town from the station we spotted this Spoons. A pleasant stop. Good real ale selection. Markedly more expensive than The Exchange Banbury but still good value. £2.49 for a pint of real ale. Named after a famous comedy sketch ( YouTube Ronnie Barker fork handles or four candles.) by Ronnie Barker who schooled two doors down. Two floors of seating plus a few front pavement seats.

We had a lovely breakfast helpful staff

The new Manager Perry is absolutely brilliant. The Ale quality is night and day compared to last month on my last visit. Can’t wait to make the Candles my regular again.

We had breakfast here several times and of course pints too. A little tip: there is a small breakfast (without sausage) for 2.XX pounds and that alone really fills your stomach! Nice service and coffee flat rate. Very authentic. We really enjoyed it here!

What you see is what you get. Went for a drink with several friends. Brilliant pricing. Friendly feel!

Chinese man very aggressive with his glass collection, i felt very intimated

New staff making an improvement. Quick and pleasant

Terrible pub staff really rude it all really unhygienic please don't go

Visited here for the first time on a day visit to Oxford while visiting the spoons in the city.

The staff were brilliant. Very friendly and helpful. Service was very quick and the food was lovely. It is nice to get excellent customer service. Thank you

A great cheap eat in expensive Oxford.

Service is abysmal...no welcome, and you're honoured if the staff do break off their chat to actually serve anyone. Tables are dirty even when cleared, which isn't often. It's a pity, because the food, standard Wetherspoon's, is ok, as is the atmosphere (unless you hit a football fan-day, in which case avoid like the plague!).

One of our favourite places. Excellent location, service and prices. Food is delicious, great deals including a drink. The only thing is when it's really busy it gets pretty noisy (no music makes you hear the conversation more). It's right opposite the Westgate and near the castle. Superb place.

Visited this place while visiting Oxford. We shared a ham and mushroom pizza. The place is a bit grotty. Staff are very average. Wouldn't use this place again. Stick with the plaza at rugeley.

Nicely located between the Station and the City Centre, hard to find a cheaper pint in Oxford.

Beautiful place to drink in a beautiful city

Dirtiest pub I have ever been to Tables sticky food left on tables empty glasses left on Table Ordered 2 cocktails could see then left on the end of the bar took 20 minutes I had to collect myself although the staff kept walking up the stairs and down and walking past empty glasses and plates (I was thinking please take some plates or glasses back down with you) it was actually winding me up. No leadership terrible service lazy staff

Great food with friendly staff. Pub needs a makeover, but then the hotel and ASDA at the same location both look run down. Staff seemed to have an issue with the computer ordering system and, despite there being plenty of staff and only 75% capacity food took 45 minutes to be brought to the table

Food was good, service was okay considering that it was busy. Just felt like a normal wetherspoons.

.Great service, helpful staff, throughout.

Exactly what you would expect from a spoons. At least the khazi was on the ground floor!

Always great service in here by the team. They bosh out the food and drinks with a constant stream of custom.. you never have to wait long

Grandchild disliked one member of staff Which was weird.

Really pleasant staff. Quick service and a reasonable price. Only issue is that there is no Guinness

Good pab. Fast service. Large and cheap portions. Our friends liked it. You can have a good time.

Good location to start and finish a pub crawl as it's pretty close to the station. Friendly atmosphere with a good selection of cheap beers, although the Guinness was off, which upset one of the lads in our group 😁 Around £18 for 6 pints 👍🏼

Reasonably quiet Spoons close to theatres

Classic Spoons, with downstairs toilets!!!

Food was what you expect from a weatherspoons. Staff looked like they wanted to be anywhere else. Set up of the place is Terrible, I know they are using old building but they have tables crammed together and other guests, and the staff, had to push past my chair to get into their seats

You can feel here the spirit of english pubs' lives. The fish and chips were delicious, we waited only 15 minutes for our order.

Bouncers were abusing their power and grabbing and throwing people who didn’t see them. They were also verbally abusive to my friend who asked him a question, calling her names and yelling.

Why does this place smell so off? Like yes, it's a Wetherspoons, so a good place to ho with your friends and get cheap food and drinks. But the smell when you into this Whetherspoons is so horrendous... please, please do something about it

Nice pub, good atmosphere, we didn't have food so I can't comment on that. The staff were more interested in chatting amongst themselves than serving customers though.

Food OK, service OK, untidiness around bar and eating area, menu board hard to navigate was looking for gluten free options but gave up

Nobody looked like they wanted to work… so we left. I preferred paying more for my breakfast than staying there

My partner and I came in just for a quick breakfast before he had to leave, of which I know is the best thing to order. However there were only a limited number of seats due to work being done. Unfortunately we ended up leaving because of the bad attitude we got from the bartender. If the service is rubbish why would I think the food would be better?

Can be very busy seating can be a challenge some chairs and tables are a jumble upstairs and down,but drink prices are very good by

The best thing is the cheap drinks. Didn't eat. Dirty tables and seats. Maybe we picked a 'bad' day.

Excellent service by friendly staff,good beer,..and very good value meals.

Very good beer Exeter darkness and mad squirrels I 🙂

A great Spoons nr the town center

Popped in for coffee , which is great as it's refillable at no extra charge .Place could do with a deep clean though.

Horrible service by samer. I went to four candles for drinks with my friends. He refused to give the drink to my friend bcoz of no id. When requested if we can have he said to take it later as there is no refund. When requested for a new one he said no and we didn’t agree as the drink was sitting out for 20 Min which we was not ok. He wasn’t polite and rude too. That’s y we refused to have that and he didn’t give any refunds

My only criticism was that I was there over 6 hours and did not see people wiping down tables often and people keen to take away used plates. The tables definitely looked grubby. The thought struck me when I visited another weatherspoons later where that was happening.

I went with my friends at four candles, but i had a horrible experience with the service provided by Samer. One of my friend didn't carry his id so he rejected to give the drink. We requested to have the drink but he said to collect that drink later. When we went and requested for a fresh drink he refused a new one and said no refunds available. The drink was sitting out for 20 min and he said he will only give this one. He wasn't very polite and rude to my friends when requested for a new drink. They can do much better with the service.

Honestly I think this is a great place me and my friend where in Oxford for the first time and I am glad we picked this place to eat at.We ate breakfast and lunch there and both times were satisfied. The only small thing was that there were few staff meaning the tables where quite dirty but I don't blame the staff that was there as they were great and worked incredibly. Would recommend

The location and interior is actually nice compared to other wetherspoons. However the smell of the interior and the quality of the beers is lacking. The worst thing about this pub is the toilets, the worst toilets I've ever been in. It constantly stinks of some horrid bodily fluid and is frequently flooded. If you're headed to this pub make sure to do your business anywhere else in the world beforehand.

It was great. It was a wetherspoons. Wetherspoons is always great. Always clean, always great prices, always fun

The new table service works well. Polite staff, helpful with suggestions and an overall pleasant dining experience 28th October 2023 Heaving crowds, fast service and a lively atmosphere. 27th January 2024 This place lives up to it's brand. Budget priced food and drink and always a good selection of beers and wines. This particular venue has it's own unique vibe as it attracts locals, students, workers, travellers and market goers and Traders. The atmosphere is always busy and buzzing! 2nd April 2024 Popped in for a pint, service was good and the atmosphere was very nice. All good 👍🏿

A bit disappointed with the real ale selection at the time of our visit. Nice pub though.

Food was awful and stale. We asked for a refund.

First she charge me 3 times i saw how i went through the transaction and even that she was so rude saying that she cant carry on serving people . And she charge me x3 times and we told her and she said its nothing that she cant do. Food it was missing parts from the dishes , they have to put again and be told to put on the dish . The team it was 3 of them very rude . I ask about the peas as well because it was missing from fish and chips and ( it says on the menu) and she said I didn't ask for . I don't need to ask to be put something that it does says on the menu if I don't want it I will tell them but If I'm okey with what I'm ordering why I should say it ? Terrible and awful staff of that shift . I had some visit from different country never again coming back and recommend this place

Lovely pub great drinks and food can't beat a good spoons for value quality and service!

Visited on our first day of a four day stay in Oxford. Food good,parking not available, service good and atmosphere okay. As regular users of Wetherspoons,we were a little disappointed by this one.

Best Greene King pub I have been to!

Basic spoons! Great if you like the 2 Ronnies, Corbett used to go to school in the building 2 doors up which is now the Faculty of History - hence the name. Great location for pre theatre drinks

Paid for a pint, had a tiny sip and knew it was off. Ask the bartender to check the tap. He called the manager, who tasted a teaspoon and said it was fine. I asked for it to be changed to anything else, but was told ‘no’. Left my full ‘off’ on the bar and joined my table without a drink.

Very busy when we were there, had a job to get a table. Very mixed crowd , good prompt service.

Toilets are a disgrace, food ok. Service is ok. Get a grip on cleanliness especially the toilets, bar tables and cutlery, try providing service with a genuine smile!!

Staff were really friendly and efficient. The food was ok and was served quickly. The chips were really hot but everything else was lukewarm which was disappointing. The tables were sticky and so were the menus. The loo’s also weren’t very clean. Ok for a quick lunch but cleanliness lets it down.

Beautiful place…amazing food and the cheapest drinks…really like Weatherspoon buildings…definitely worth visiting this area place

Popped in for a quick pint, nice cold Beers. Got served by a charming, handsome, chatty young man called Henry Lucas! (please tell him to get a better haircut though xx)

Had a great time, but a shame I missed the chair throwing incident which happened a few days earlier. An esteemed Oxford student dressed as a traffic cone had chucked a chair from the balcony onto the ground floor, hitting someone on the head and hospitalising them. Wish I had been there. I bought 7 units of alcohol for £5.90 (vintage pear ciders). They were fantastic.

Always a great place to go before the theatre

I reported that the locks on 2 of the 3 men’s toilet locks were broken to the staff behind the bar this morning. There was total disinterest in my comment. The young Middle Eastern manager smirked that he was aware but they could not get anyone to repair them. The 2 girls giggled. I commented this was unacceptable.