Oxfordshire Restaurant Guide

Aziz

A popular and quite expensive curry house, but in the view of most it's worth every penny, including presumably those who have adjudicated towards the impressive array of awards displayed at the entrance.

• Address: 228-230 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1UH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bangladeshi, Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00

Bangkok House

Another popular Oxford ethnic eatery in Central Oxford and responsible for reducing many a good grant by a few quids over the years. The setting is homely and the furniture particularly impressive with that sturdy sort of furniture which somehow always manages to retain an elegance.

• Address: 42a High Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2EP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Thai
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £27.00

Bar Meze

• Address: 146 London Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9ED (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Greek, Turkish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £32.00

Bear & Ragged Staff, The

Quite why the restaurant should have a nautical theme to its ceiling is a bit of a mystery - perhaps the landlocked sailors of Oxfordshire come here to feel at home? It matters not, what is important is the wide range of above average pub grub which is to be found here amidst cheerful and atmospheric surroundings.

• Address: 28 Appleton Road, Cumnor, nr Oxford, OX2 9QH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British UK, International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00

Beetle & Wedge Boathouse, The

A splendid hotel alongside the river Thames, with a confident philosophy embracing an elegant dining room that has some of the best river views. A haven for romantics who, even if they are living off the food of love, have little hesitation in taking advantage of Richard Smith's inspired English cooking with the strong cross-Channel influence that has become his hallmark.

• Address: Ferry Lane, Moulsford, nr Wallingford, OX10 9JF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £43.00

Bell, The

• Address: 21 High Street, Standlake, Witney, OX29 7RH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, 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

Bird in Hand, The

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Of the many inns of this name throughout Britain, the one near Witney has to be the one that springs to mind for many folk, tucked away in the rolling folds of the Cotswold countryside, and possessing tremendous warmth and character.

• Address: Whiteoak Green, Witney, OX29 9XP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International, Modern British, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £19.00, Dinner: £28.00

Bistro 20

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

Bistro at Hotel du Vin - Henley

Alas, Brakspears Brewery at Henley-on-Thames is no more. The good news is that behind its impressive Georgian façade a brand spanking new Hotel du Vin has emerged, cleverly incorporating some parts of the old Brewery, now absorbed in to the Wychwood Brewery, in Witney.

• Address: New Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: £48.00