The Oxfordshire restaurants in The Good Food Guide
The Good Food Guide is a popular and comprehensive restaurant guide in the UK, with over 1,000 restaurant reviews. We’ve picked out the Oxfordshire restaurants in the Good Food Guide to give you the inside track on some of the best places to eat in the county.
The Good Food Guide is a popular and comprehensive restaurant guide in the UK, with over 1,000 restaurant reviews. We’ve picked out the Oxfordshire restaurants in the guide and give you the inside track on some of the best places to eat in the county.
Founded by Raymond Postgate in 1951, the guide still remains the longest-standing and best selling guide to dining out in Great Britain.
To cover the best establishments across the country, they look to discerning readers for tip-offs and suggestions. Whether there’s a promising new chef in town or a remote country pub that’s upped its game, they’ll send one of 30 inspectors to give their expert assessment on the food, hospitality and whether it’s worth making a trip for.
All inspections are paid for by the guide, and are conducted anonymously to ensure no preferential treatment is received. No establishment can pay for inclusion to the guide, and they do not accept free meals, so you can be confident our recommendations are offered with the utmost impartiality. For consistency, they allow a new restaurant, cafe or pub to settle in for three to six months before sending an inspector to review.
Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons
Set in the picturesque Oxfordshire countryside, in a 15th-century manor, Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons is a contemporary classic hotel with a two Michelin-starred restaurant with a reputation as one of Britain’s best restaurants …
Cuisine:
French
Price:
££££
The Swan Inn, Islip
The Swan Inn is a 17th-century Cotswold stone pub in the historic village of Islip near Oxford serving food that can be categorised as Modern British with a twist… the Chef Patron, Paul Welburn, has his own style! …
Cuisine:
Modern British
Price:
£££
The Punter, Oxford
This pub has undergone a thorough overhaul recently, including a change of name, and is now much more food-orientated with a completely vegetarian and vegan menu …
Cuisine:
Modern Cuisines
Price:
££
The Lamb Inn, Shipton-under-Wychwood
The Lamb is a historic Cotswolds pub situated in the beautiful village of Shipton-under-Wychwood between Burford and Chipping Norton with a cosy bar area, a separate restaurant, a private dining room, a large beer garden, and 10 newly renovated rooms …
Cuisine:
Modern British
Price:
££
The Double Red Duke, Clanfield
The Double Red Duke is a picturesque 17th-century coaching inn in the Cotswold village of Clanfield, close to Oxford and only minutes away from William Morris’s Kelmscott Manor, with cosy log fires, good food using local produce, and a garden with a terrace for al fresco dining …
Cuisine:
Modern British
Price:
££
Greyhound Inn, Letcombe Regis
The Greyhound Inn is an 18th-century free house offering delicious fresh food, a selection of real ales and wines and luxurious B&B accommodation. Expect top quality freshly cooked food, with an a la carte menu, specials board with pub classics, and soups and sandwiches at lunchtime …
Cuisine:
Traditional British
Price:
££
Nut Tree Inn, Murcott
Opened in 2006, The Nut Tree Inn is a Michelin pub in Murcott serving refined seasonal modern British food in a 15th-century thatched building beside a village pond, with heavy stone walls and lots of exposed woodwork, as well as a productive kitchen garden …
Cuisine:
Modern British
Price:
££££
Branca Restaurant and Bar
Branca is a contemporary restaurant and brasserie located in the cosmopolitan Jericho in North Oxford. Since opening over 15 years ago, it has established itself as a bustling, vibrant bar and restaurant with a destination deli next door and an extensive garden terrace for alfresco summer dining …
Cuisine:
Modern Cuisines
Price:
££
The White Hart, Fyfield
With great food, great company and great hospitality, The White Hart is an award-winning restaurant, offering seasonal modern British dining with charming service, whether it’s indulging your passion for fine food and wine, or simply relaxing and unwinding …
Cuisine:
Traditional British
Price:
££
The Sir Charles Napier
The Sir Charles Napier is an idyllic, family-run, quirky country restaurant with beautiful gardens and beechwood walks as well as sculptures by Michael Cooper. The food is considered wonderful – reflecting the seasons, the setting and the craftsmanship of the kitchen …
Cuisine:
Modern British
Price:
££
The Lamb Inn, Crawley
The Lamb Inn is a beautifully stylish country pub set in the heart of the village of Crawley, just outside Witney, dating back to the 18th Century, focussing on excellent locally sourced ingredients and a straightforward eclectic wine list delivered with a big welcome …
Cuisine:
Modern British
Price:
££
Eagle Tavern, Faringdon
A small restaurant with rooms where local seasonal dishes are prepared with passion and served with a smile …
Cuisine:
Modern British
Price:
££
The Bell Inn, Langford
The Bell Inn is a modern country pub with eight newly renovated rooms, a cosy bar area with lots of seating to have a quiet drink, a separate restaurant with an open fire and pizza oven offering a seasonal British menu, and a beer garden overlooking the open countryside …
Cuisine:
Traditional British
Price:
££
Orwells Restaurant, Henley-on-Thames
Rural provenance with a modern approach, Orwells is an award-winning restaurant housed within an old 18th Century pub building in the rural location of Binfield Heath just 5 minutes from the town centre of Henley-on-Thames, serving contemporary British food …
Cuisine:
Modern British
Price:
£££
Pompette Restaurant
Pompette – the charming French word for tipsy – is a stylish charcuterie wine bar and restaurant in Summertown, Oxford, opened by husband and wife duo Pascal and Laura Wiedemann in 2018 with a daily changing menu that draws inspiration from across Europe and concise yet varied wine list …
Cuisine:
French
Price:
££
Cherwell Boathouse, Oxford
The restaurant was started in an authentic Victorian working Boathouse, alongside the punt station (established in 1904), on the banks of the River Cherwell. It is still family-owned and managed and offers seasonal menus prepared by Head chef Paul Bell and delivered by a friendly waiting staff …
Cuisine:
Modern British
Price:
££
The Magdalen Arms, Oxford
About The Magdalen Arms Located just outside the scholarly Oxford city centre – to the east in the bustling Iffley Road – The Magdalen Arms is a gastropub with a relaxed, scrubbed-wooden ambience and a hearty-but-interesting seasonal menu that often changes daily. The Magdalen Arms has a large dining room, an outdoor terrace with tables for catching the last rays …
Cuisine:
Modern Cuisines
Price:
££
Gees Restaurant & Bar
Gees Restaurant & Bar offers Mediterranean grills and sharing plates served up in an elegant glass conservatory in the heart of Victorian North Oxford. The restaurant recently underwent a major refurbishment and was expanded with the creation of two new dining spaces, Secret Garden and Gees Gallery …
Cuisine:
Mediterranean
Price:
££
The Star Inn, Sparsholt
A historic inn with beautifully cooked food and smartly presented rooms in the sleepy village of Sparsholt near Wantage …
Cuisine:
Modern British
Price:
££
