Jee Saheb

Jee Saheb sits at #15 North Parade Avenue, behind a deep-green painted shopfront with the name picked out in fine gold lettering above the window. It is the more discreet of the eating options on the strip — no pavement boards, no front-of-house pull — and the room behind the glass is typically half-full of regulars rather than tourists. Inside is small and quiet, set up for proper dinner service with linen on the tables and the bar visible at the back.

The kitchen serves Bangladeshi and Indian cooking from a family that has been running restaurants in Oxford for a long time. The menu is the standard Anglo-Indian and Bangladeshi repertoire — biryanis, balti, jalfrezi, korma — done at the careful end of the spectrum rather than the fast-and-cheap end. Spice levels are taken seriously: ask the kitchen if you want it dialled up.

What to order

The lamb dishes are the kitchen's strongest section, with the rogan josh and the slow-cooked lamb biryani the regulars' picks. Vegetarian options are well represented — the tarka dhal and the bhindi bhaji are both reliable. Breads come fresh from the tandoor: the peshwari naan is the sweetest of the range, the garlic and chilli a perennial reorder. The set lunch menu (Tuesday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday) is a good-value way to try a wider spread.

Good to know

Closed Mondays. Lunch service runs Tuesday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday only — Friday is dinner-only. Takeaway is available on the same number and the kitchen will hold the order if you ring ahead. The room is small, so booking is wise on a Friday or Saturday evening.

Frontage and street number observed on 2026-05-09; hours and phone number from the Jee Saheb website.