Oxford Restaurants

Bear & Ragged Staff, The

After a long absence from the pub and restaurant scene, The Bear and Ragged Staff made a recent comeback with much noise and fanfare. Peering into the fuss leads to pleasant surprises like the wonderfully refurbished interiors that gives the place a rather swanky look, the 'hearty, country style cooking' and the warm welcome extended to all guests especially the little ones.

• Address: 28 Appleton Road, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9QH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £22.00, Dinner: £30.00

Big Bang, The

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Some restaurants that take the wonderful English sausage, surely an ultimate in comfort food, as their theme, tend to lose the plot a bit on the way. Not so here at The Big Bang, where deviation from the party line is seen as something of a faux pas.

• Address: 124 Walton Street, Jericho, Oxford, OX2 6AH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £20.00

Bistro 20

• Address: 20 Magdalen Street, Oxford, OX1 3AE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): European, Mediterranean
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £28.00

Bombay Restaurant

A popular Indian in Oxford, with reasonable prices, a wide-ranging menu and a BYO policy on drinks with no corkage. To have won the Oxfordshire Curry Chef of the Year twice is some achievement and even if the menu does not contain a lot of originality what is there is the old favourites at prices people can afford.

• Address: 82 Walton Street, Oxford, OX2 6EA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Branca

Branca opened in 2000 to the sound of trumpets as it focussed on a wide gap in the university city's gastronomic provision, and has never looked back. Modern design and a mature approach to what they do certainly help.

• Address: 111 Walton Street, Oxford, OX2 6AJ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £39.00

Brasserie Blanc - Oxford

One of the greatest pleasures in life for celebrity chef Raymond Blanc is sharing a good meal with family and friends. He achieves this through Brasserie Blanc, where his team take great joy in serving authentic French cuisine in a modern, brasserie atmosphere.

• Address: 71-72 Walton Street, Oxford, OX2 6AG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Brasserie
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £30.00

Brookes

The Brookes Restaurant provides hospitality management students in the Oxford Brookes University Business School with resources to learn, develop and demonstrate their kitchen and restaurant skills.

• Address: Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, OX3 0BP (Map)
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £35.00

Cafe Coco

The somewhat quirky element of having a clown in a bathtub simply tots up the 'cool' quotient of this café that doubles up as a trendy cocktail bar in the evenings. Named after the clown, Café Coco is a study in contrasts where the eclectic and modish décor underscores the delectable dishes that you can savour there.

• Address: 23 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1HP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Pizza & Pasta, Mediterranean
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £26.00

Cafe Rouge - Oxford

Café Rouge has around one hundred branches throughout Britain all offering a wide range of dishes drawn from the French cuisine. Slightly less than half their branches are in or close to London. Almost inevitably the décor and design of each restaurant differs from the others, but there is a general curtsy towards La France.

• Address: 11 Little Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX1 2HP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £21.00, Dinner: £26.00

Café Sojo

• Address: 96 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1JE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Chinese, Japanese
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £18.00