Oxford Cafes

The North Parade outpost of Barefoot — coffee and the cake counter from the Jericho bakery.

Specialty coffee and pour-overs on the corner of Banbury Road and North Parade — Oxford's serious coffee destination since 2013.

Bubble tea, waffles, smoothies and ice cream from a bright-green shopfront on North Parade.

Oxford-based specialty single-origin roaster with a cafe in the Covered Market — espresso, brunch, and bagged beans to take home.

Oxford's own ice cream since 1992 — handmade, inventive, and open past midnight.

Founded 1654 by Cirques Jobson and claimed as the oldest continuously serving coffee house in Europe — although the present site, a Grade II listed building at 40 High Street, has been its home only since 1970.

A no-frills sandwich cafe on North Parade — breakfast wraps, baguettes and paninis with bread baked through the day.

Authentic Italian gelato in the Covered Market.

The market traders' cafe — full English breakfasts and builder's tea since the early hours.

Coffee and college-baked pastries from a converted gardener's office in the St Edmund Hall churchyard.

Specialty coffee in a medieval courtyard.

Social enterprise cafe and co-working space in Jericho.

Independent coffee from a horsebox outside the Natural History Museum.

Ethically sourced, Oxford-roasted specialty coffee — direct-trade beans with full traceability.

Specialty coffee done with warmth and precision — pour-over and filter in central Oxford.

Bike-themed cafe-bar on St Michael's Street — good coffee by day, cocktails by night.

Oxford's original specialty coffee shop — own-roasted beans on Turl Street.

Coffee and vinyl on the Cowley Road — browse records with a flat white in hand.

A beloved Oxford cafe that relocated from its famous Radcliffe Square crypt to King Edward Street in late 2025.