Oxford Restaurants

  1. Aziz

    Feted as Oxford's best curry house, this award-winning Indian and Bangladeshi restaurant attracts vegans, vegetarians and curry lovers in hoards. There's an extensive menu, chilled surroundings and portions generous enough to ensure you'll be rolling out the door.

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  2. Bangkok House

    The food's delicious, the service impeccable, the prices affordable, and unsurprisingly, this little slice of Thailand is always packed. Elaborately carved tables, massive chairs and ornate wall hangings set the scene for the wonderfully aromatic Thai curries, sizzling meat dishes and delicately prepared dumplings.

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  3. Big Bang

    It's small, not much to look at and has a very simple menu, but deciding between the tasty sausages, choosing a speciality mash and selecting just the right gravy can be very difficult indeed. Come on a Wednesday and you'll even get live jazz thrown in.

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  4. Branca

    Floor-to-ceiling glass, dark woods, moody lighting and exposed pipework set the scene at this slick Italian restaurant in Jericho. The food is rustic, though, with stone-baked pizzas, simple pastas and hearty meats pulling in the crowds every night of the week.

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  5. Café Coco

    Chilled out, clued-in and serving a superb selection of Mediterranean food, Café Coco is a Cowley Rd institution, as popular for Sunday brunch as late-night cocktails. It's a sort of hip, bohemian hang-out, with classic posters on the walls and a bald clown in an ice-bath.

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  6. Edamame

    Small, simple and intimate, this tiny Japanese restaurant places a firm emphasis on the food rather than the fanfare and dishes up the best noodles, rice dishes and sushi (Thursday night only) in town. Don't let the queue put you off - it's well worth the wait.

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  7. Fishers

    Nautically themed and generally buzzing, Oxford's finest seafood restaurant serves up simple but heavenly plates of everything from traditional haddock and chips to Shetland mussels, yellow fin tuna and New England lobster.

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  8. G&D's

    Head for funky Little Clarendon St (55 Little Clarendon St); St Aldate's (94 St Aldate's), for the best ice cream, brownies and desserts in town. You'll also get copies of the Beano and Dandy and regular silly hat, cow-dunking and most-authentic-mooing competitions.

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  9. Georgina's

    Hidden up a scruffy staircase in the covered market and plastered with old cinema posters, this funky little café serves up a bumper crop of bulging salads, hearty soups, doorsteps of bread and such goodies as goats cheese quesadillas and scrumptious cakes.

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  10. Jericho Café

    Relaxed meals over the newspaper, long coffees with a crossword, and a choice of delectable meals with vaguely healthy ingredients make the quirky Jericho a favourite hang-out. Go for Moroccan lamb, fish pie, falafel, or wholesome salads; choose from the range of vegetarian dishes; or simply give in to those luscious cakes.

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  12. Mortons

    For a quick bite en route between colleges, look out for the ever-popular Covered Market (103 Covered Market); Broad St (22 Broad St); Little Clarendon St (36 Little Clarendon St); New Inn Hall St (22 New Inn Hall St) for its fine selection of innovatively filled baguettes.

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  13. Noodle Bar

    For hearty fare try the Noodle Bar for bowls of steaming noodles and generous rice dishes.

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  14. Quod

    Bright, buzzing and decked out with modern art and beautiful people, this designer joint dishes up Mediterranean brasserie-style food to the masses. It doesn't take reservations, is always heaving and at worst will tempt you to chill by the bar with a cocktail while you wait for a table.

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  15. Red Star

    Red Star boasts pan-Asian dishes and giant bento boxes.

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