The best restaurants serving British food in Summertown Oxford South East

Absolutely stunning meal ! If you want authentic Spanish tapas get yourself to thirty eight all staff members were very polite and explained every dish in front of you on how it was made . Top marks to the chef 👌 try the meatballs they are outrageous!! Five star !

We were looking forward to a Valentines Evening at Joe’s - we had even paid for it upfront after enjoying a number of evenings at Joes before. We booked well in advance as we wanted to ensure we had a nice booth. Yes, we were a bit later than originally booked, but I had phoned ahead to let the team know. However, when we arrived we found that our booth had been given to someone else. The maitre d showed us to a small table for 2, I pointed out that we booked a booth and noted on their table plan my name against a booth with our original time. He informed us that the guy in the other couple had the same name and that “they had already started eating”. Which frustratedly I informed him that I was afraid that was their issue, this was then rectified, but felt embarrassing as this was all played out in the middle of the restaurant. Throughout the evening the team seemed stressed and overwhelmed. Then with the menu, we were informed that the prawn and avocado cocktail was no longer available, this was a favourite of my wife’s. But the starters were ok when served. We had both gone for the pie option as main course, it wasn’t the most amazing choice available given it was Valentine’s Day. When the pie arrived, once you broke through the puff pastry and the steam cleared we found a small covering of filling in the bottom of the bowl. The handful of accompanying green beans were not much to go with anything, my wife had already been told that there was no mash to go with the pie (odd given there was sweet potato mash accompanying the venison). My wife had had enough. The pie was very disappointing and we asked for another main course - which we reverted back to what we know at Joes - Burger & Chips - not romantic, but a safe bet we thought. However, burger was very basic, not to the standard we had there before. Whether that was because it was a replacement order rather than a main order which would have had more time taken. All while this was going on, the band started, a tribute to The Sylistics - something we were looking forward to and the reason we booked it. But unfortunately again, disappointing, as singers they were mediocre and one was particularly poor. The music was enough to keep it going but we were very disappointed with the quality. We did take to the floor to try and make the most of it and there was a bit of a positive atmosphere building up as others started to dance on the impromptu small dancefloor. But then the band decided take a break, strange as it was picking up pace and going somewhere. This was when we decided to make our move and head home. Seemed to be the other couples also decided that this break was their opportunity to leave too. We had paid in full, in advance and overall had a very disappointing evening. It is not something we will be doing again at Joes, in fact we will not be going back at all. We believe that it was also overpriced for what was a mediocre evening and expected more based on how it was presented to us when we booked. Very Disappointed.

Three nights running, three good visits. Even if the homepage doesn't say it they have real ale. Landlord & Proper Job as regulars plus a guest ale which at the time of my visit was Ghost Ship. (You can also get Doom Bar) Food is nice, staff even nicer. Looks small from the outside, but a lot larger inside.