Can anyone recommend a nice place to eat out in Oxford?

[XBenedict]

We are meeting friends there in a few weeks time but neither party knows Oxford that well. Can anyone recommend somewhere ?

[Mondrian]

Forgot about St Giles Cafe, remember popping in on a Sunday after a 6 am photo shoot ... It was the highlight of the event for me.

[TheDoctrineOfSnatch]

[ModernToss]

Another vote for Quod at the Old Bank. The staff are brilliant, and the food is very nice indeed.

[stealthsquiggle]

Less nostalgically, I too have recent good experience of quod with DC.

[Mondrian]

LRD ... Better to have lived above-ish DoC than Brew house.

[LRDtheFeministDragon]

Brew house?!

[berryfreeze]

Know the flat above Jericho cafe, was it staff accommodation above brewhouse? Say that would of been quite lively there, though preferred the Gloucester Arms(right now I am really really homesick

[Mondrian]

It was a popular city centre pub, name changed in 90's apparently.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/8781479.Very_last_orders_at_landmark_city_pub/

I must have a decade or so on you.

[LRDtheFeministDragon]

Ah, after my time I think. Sorry!

I have moved here as an adult, though, so you would have time on me - it sounds as if you were a student here.

berry - oh, bless you. Did you grow in Oxford then? You must have a lovely accent if so.

The glock is closed, sadly, and there's now a nice but not entirely exciting-looking Italian there.

[LRDtheFeministDragon]

after?! Before, even, sorry.

[Mondrian]

Yes but still visit pretty often as in-laws live there & we might be heading back in a couple of years pending DDs secondary school admission.

[toospottytofly]

Shanghai 30s? Lovely food and when yougo to the loo, you get a Chinese lesson ...

[LRDtheFeministDragon]

Oh, nice. It would be a nice place for secondary school from what little impression I get.

[GColdtimer]

Mondarin, you have taken me right back with talk of The Brewhouse. On a good night we would drink in the Brewhouse and then go and dance the night away at Boodles followed by chips in Bonn Square. Now I am really showing my age.

And sorry to hear brasserie blanc has gone down hill. Haven't been there for about 3 years to be fair.

[Blueskiesandbuttercups]

Nose bag used to be soooo cheap,used to meet friends from school there,bet it isn't so cheap now.

Bens Cookies is a blast from the past.

What was that cafe in the undercover market that did nachos?

[magnoliamom]

Another vote for Moya, glad to see someone else mentioned it! I also really like Qumin's which is also in St. Clement's. And Edamame. I am still looking for a good Thai for takeaway...

[YonisAreForever]

I always find Oxford a let down, it should be so much more.
I could only recommend trout for position and crazy bear!

[tigerdriverII]

Wow. Some memories here!

Brew house is now the Red Lion and is a nice eaterie but not super special. Very work lunch/ after work, but nice enough and nt too pricey.

My ExH used to work at Peppers Burgers a zillion years ago. He could bring free ones home at the end of his shift

Anyone old enough to remember Colonel Bogey's?

[Oxpops]

Yes Moya is fab and quite reasonable too(if I recall)

I remember the Brewhouse- dark, dingy, pinball machines- those were the days

I also remember seeing The Jennifers (now Supergrass) at the Venue(now Zodiac)

[Oxpops]

Oh and Oxford Thai on the Cowley road is good (and cheap), though it's more of a place to go with a bunch of your mates before heading off drinking.

[Oxpops]

The Excelsior is a must for a greasy spoon lunch. The Chef is about 80(true) and the guy on front of house who I think is the owner is in his 70s. Very friendly- haunt of Rick Stein (in his student days) and some very colourful characters today.

Though I think I heard a rumour the owner/chef was retiring.

[rootypig]

Blueskies Georginas!

we used to love Cafe Coco when we lived in Cowley. I remember you used to be able to smoke in there! seems incredible now.

[Mondrian]

Coco's ... Wonder if Simon &/or the bath tub are still there!

Twofalls Yes you have given your age away, you must be much younger than I as in my days (nights) Boodles was called Scamps and along with Down Town Manhattan were the only 2 clubs in town. I think the name change to boodles came later in early to mid 80's when Coven also came to the scene. I even remember eating banana splits at Wimpy and later took my first job there, only lasted 2 nights before I started working at Maxwells.

[Blueskiesandbuttercups]

Georgina's is still there!

Sooo taking the dc when we visit in the summer(got a loooong list now).

Nose bag would be too healthy,wonder if thy still have those earthenware cups.

Going to do Pitt Rivers,punting,Botanical Gardens- any other Oxford kid must dos?I see The Oxford Story has gone.