The best restaurants serving British food in Oxford South East

Difficult to know where to begin - a hub of effortless cool and unpretentious loveliness for so many years - host to great music and exhibitions - with a wonderful buzz and fab staff - and social hub for groups from armchair philosophy to scrabble. Will miss it hugely and only wish the landlord would rethink. Huge thanks and appreciation for many memorable times.

Este pub tiene una buena selección de cervezas; las que tuvimos estaban en buen estado. Había rugby en vivo, pero en el área que estábamos sentados nadie estaba mirando y el sonido era intrusivo y distorsionado. Dos clientes, incluida la persona con la que estaba, preguntaron si se podía desactivar el sonido. El empleado del pub respondió que no se podía apagar, y si a la gente no le gustaba debería irse a otro lugar.

Really nice atmosphere great food reasonable price

I had a lovely experience! Cassie was so friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend.

Mi compañero me trajo aquí como un regalo para el té de la tarde, hemos hecho muchos tés de la tarde a lo largo de los años y tengo que decir que es probablemente el mejor que he tenido, tanta comida por el precio, fue una delicia. El servicio fue impecable, creo que el servidor era polaco así que un saludo por hacernos sentir especiales. Sumado a esto el ambiente y ambiente del comedor lo hicieron más especial. Fue una tarde realmente encantadora, sin duda recomendaría. Gracias equipo de Parsonage.

Nice interior and nice service. However food portions are quite small comparing to the prices - I reckon owners can't decide if it's a pub or a bit of finest dining.

Traditional village pub. Good atmosphere.

We went for Valentine's Day and had a lovely time. Really good food. The wine list was nice.

We visited The Ivy in Oxford for a pre theatre dinner, having enjoyed meals in other branches. The restaurant is tastefully decorated and spacious, and there is a good choice of food and drinks, and there was a great atmosphere.. Our meal as tasty and well- presented, although perhaps not as good as we have had in other Ivy restaurants. As other reviewers have noted, service was very slow all the way through our meal.

Ain't been here for some years prices have gone up considerably compared to what they were years ago.. but sti the same great food

Lovely pastry, and beautiful tasty gravy. Delicious

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.

Lovely atmosphere and incredibly dog-friendly. Service was quite slow, so don't go there when you are in a rush, but the staff were so friendly, and the sticky toffee pudding was absolutely the best I've ever tasted. They have their own space in front of the pub to park but it fills up quickly"

Wonderful hotel which is well maintained and staffed. The staff are very friendly and helpful, had the good fortune of staying in their largest room which was huge, most importantly the beds are the most comfortable I've ever slept in. Parking can be expensive in the area so opted for the valet service at the hotel. You won't go wrong staying here, pretty central and walking distance to the sights.

Amazing service. Everyone was so lovely and helpful’!!