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Oxford's longest-running Lebanese restaurant — three decades of mezze on a quiet Jericho crescent.

Authentic Italian gelato in the Covered Market.

Entirely plant-based street food — bold flavours drawn from global traditions.

Cocktails and pizza on the Cowley Road — a good-time bar that takes both seriously enough.

Jericho's Italian anchor — reliable pizza, proper cocktails, and a terrace that makes you forget you're in England.

Specialty coffee and pour-overs on Banbury Road — Oxford's serious coffee destination since 2013.

Specialty coffee in a medieval courtyard.

Social enterprise cafe and co-working space in Jericho.

Tiny, no-frills Japanese canteen on Holywell Street — ramen, donburi, gyoza, and bento boxes.

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

Seasonal British cooking in a Victorian glasshouse — an unusual and distinctive dining room.

Independent coffee from a horsebox outside the Natural History Museum.

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

Moorish-style tapas bar on the Cowley Road — lanterns, cocktails, and sharing plates.

Rooftop cocktails with a view of the Bodleian spires — Oxford's closest thing to a sky bar.

Well-regarded Thai food in a tiny room with a BYOB policy — no corkage, no fuss.

Fine dining on the Banbury Road — tasting menus with ambition and precision.

Old-school French bistro on Little Clarendon Street — steak frites, carafes of wine, and no apologies.

Grand brasserie in the Old Bank Hotel — High Street people-watching with a menu that covers all bases.

No-frills Thai cooking on the Cowley Road — big flavours, tiny prices, zero pretension.

Cantonese dim sum and Chinese cooking on St Aldates — popular with Oxford's Chinese students.

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

Proper Caribbean food on the Cowley Road — jerk chicken with soul, plantain with crunch, and rice and peas done right.

Sri Lankan street food tapas — fiery, fragrant, and well priced.

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

A serious kitchen in a proper pub — nose-to-tail cooking, popular Sunday roasts, and not a gastro cliche in sight.

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

Indian street food and cocktails on Hythe Bridge Street — chaat, grills, thalis, and a full bar.

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

A social enterprise restaurant on Turl Street — closed in May 2025. Oxford Hub has relocated to Little Clarendon Street.

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

Chinese-Malaysian cooking in Jericho — refined flavours, a proper wine list, and neighbourhood atmosphere.

The real shop that inspired Tenniel's illustration in Through the Looking-Glass — now selling all things Alice.

The original Ben's Cookies — baked fresh in the Covered Market since 1984, famous far beyond Oxford.

An Oxford institution since 1879 — Broad Street bookshop with the cavernous Norrington Room below.

Broad Street's independent art supplies shop — paints, papers, and materials for working artists and students.

Loose-leaf teas and freshly roasted coffees in the Covered Market — the smell alone is worth the detour.

A proper traditional butcher in the Covered Market — locally sourced meat, hand-cut to order.

A civilised wine bar hidden down Friars Entry — the name is accurate, the escape from the crowds is real.

Mid-century furniture, vintage homeware, and salvaged curiosities on the Cowley Road.

Formerly the Angel & Greyhound — relaunched under Morgan Pub Collective with craft beer and a strong beer garden.

The retail home of the world's largest university press — dictionaries, academic texts, and OUP's full catalogue on the High Street.

Antique maps, prints, and engravings on the High Street — established 1967.

Fine pens, handmade papers, and writing instruments on Turl Street.

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

The Covered Market's organic grocer — wholefood staples, fresh produce, and zero-waste refills before it was fashionable.

A well-stocked museum shop — jewellery, prints, and design objects inspired by the Ashmolean's collection.

Every type of brush imaginable — a Covered Market institution.

An independent bakery in the Covered Market — honest cakes, pastries, and bakes without the artisan price tag.

A proper pub hiding in plain sight on the High Street — the 15th-century beams are the real deal.

A warm-hearted backstreet local between Cowley and Iffley Roads — the garden alone is worth the detour.

Oxford's beating heart since 1774 — over 50 independent stalls under one historic roof.

Where the Inklings met — Tolkien and Lewis's local on St Giles'.

A fully vegetarian pub on a Jericho backstreet — with a garden that lives up to the name.

A big riverside pub at Folly Bridge — the terrace over the Thames is the whole point.

Oxford's quintessential student pub — Young's ales on Holywell Street, opposite the Bodleian.

A proper village pub in Headington Quarry — the kind of place C.S. Lewis would have walked to, because he did.

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

A tiny Jericho backstreet bistro serving French-inflected food in an intimate setting.

A serious cheese counter in the Covered Market — British and European artisan cheeses, cut to order.

A thatched riverside pub reached via a walk across Port Meadow.

A village green pub in Wolvercote — proper ale, proper food, properly relaxed.

Jericho's brunch-to-cocktails pub — a Cranham Street all-day spot with craft beer and a courtyard.

North Parade's anchor pub — a proper local where the landlord knows every regular by name.

A Cowley Road all-rounder — good burgers, craft beer, and a garden that earns its keep.

Inspector Morse's local, perched over a weir on the Thames at Wolvercote — come for the view, stay for the atmosphere.

A well-hidden pub, tucked down a medieval alleyway behind the Bodleian.

A solid Jericho local — unpretentious, reliable, and always good for a quiet pint.

Oxford's board game cafe — over 2,500 games, a bar, and someone on hand to explain the rules.

Vintage clothing on the Cowley Road — rammed rails at student-friendly prices.