The best restaurants in Holywell, St Mary's Oxford South East

Exceptional food and great atmosphere. Fast service.

A cosy warm spot that serves delightful tapas and offers good drink selection. This was a place where spending money felt right. The food brings lightness and happiness. Flavours were clean and celebrates the ingredients’ integrity. Beautiful. I felt right where I needed to be. Beetroot borani, feta, walnuts: This was beautiful. Light, refreshing and crunchy. Topped with yellow beetroot that provides an extremely subtle sweetness with a good crunch. Pieces of walnut to elevate nuttiness and texture. The feta gives a gentle saltiness to contrast the sweetness of the beetroots. The beetroot borani is light and creamy. Beautiful dish to start. Sobrassada, thyme & honey tostada: This was exciting! There was spiciness, sweetness and herby tones to this piece. The tostada has a nice crunch to it. A bite brings you through a journey of melted honey with tones of spices that coats your tongue, then the flavourful spiciness from the sobrassada comes through. All that with the fragrant thyme accompanying your bite. By the end, the honey married with the oil from the sobrassada, and it is quite lovely to just clean the plate off with what’s left. What a fun dish to bring the meal together. Finished my meal with a glass of Pedro Ximenez. Let’s just say the rich sweetness of the sherry settles gradually with the after notes of the sobrassada that was left on my tongue. After note: My experience with the service was very lovely. It was both personal and warm. Much gratitude to Monica, Abel, Josh, and Hugo… Also the host, whose name I did not catch… A very cohesive, warm, and international team here. They work well and closely with one another, was enjoyable to watch. P.s. Glad this was the place I chose to have my last dinner in Oxford. The restrooms are maintained well and hygiene was in check.

Had a take away all the portions were small the duck was over cooked and missed some key items off the menu. Over priced for what we got unfortunately

The service attitude is very good and the tea is delicious

Good Shisha, comfortable seating. Music isn’t too loud. Everyone there came to chill and have a smoke.

This is SUCH a good place, my favourite of all the Asian places on the Cowley Road. It’s super tasty, fresh ingredients. I really recommend the aubergine pot (mouthwatering), the dry green beans oh my god, any the handmade noodles are like nothing else, they are so so so good. If you just order those things you will have an amazing meal, plenty for two big eaters or three smaller eaters.

Brilliant staff, great drinks and great owner. Definitely recommend! Best bar in Cowley!

First of all terrible customer service, simply called to ask how long my order was going to take, employee couldn’t even speak English and was extremely rude to me. Food came cold and I found a hair in the food. Avoid this restaurant at all times, would have rather ate a pot noodles.

They made such an effort to accommodate our party of 8 at an earlier time, they really went the extra mile. Beautiful food and experience, we will definitely be back here! Thank you

Unsurprisingly, this Oxford UK based coffee roaster makes great coffee! Jericho Coffee Traders has three locations currently in the studious city, and this is my favourite. It's very cozy and intimate! I appreciate the friendly service, and branded cups (loooove the kitschiness of a branded cup). There are also a few gluten free and vegan treats available (but sadly, as of this writing this post, none that are both). Go grab a cup of coffee!

Omg Food was delicious! Clams, Octopus, anchovies. Love d it!

We had a large group and the food service was patchy at time but the food was tasty and I would definitely return to eat there again ..

Wow, what a place! My first time last month with a friend and sat in the upstairs snug, looking out to the high street. Wonderful cocktails and amazing service! Can’t wait to visit again in a few weeks

I will keep this simple: a five star hotel should not have any mold, especially visible. Both rooms had ample mold in my windows (the first one large amount, the second one less but still). I stayed their the night of the 24th. I appreciated they moved me but really, like I said, 5 star hotels should not have mold.

Did.nt eat. But pub is lovely true british . Staff excellent good beer. Great landlord.