Guidebook for Oxford
Drinks & Nightlife
The Marsh Harrier is a fantastic pub just 3 minutes walk away from our flat. It has a beautiful beer garden with weeping willows, does great ales and also serves good food. Highly reccommended!
19 locals recommend
The Marsh Harrier
40 Marsh RdThe Marsh Harrier is a fantastic pub just 3 minutes walk away from our flat. It has a beautiful beer garden with weeping willows, does great ales and also serves good food. Highly reccommended!
Famous cocktail bar on Cowley Rd. Serves great tapas too to soak up the Sangria. Lively on the weekends.
69 locals recommend
Kazbar Restaurant
25-27 Cowley RdFamous cocktail bar on Cowley Rd. Serves great tapas too to soak up the Sangria. Lively on the weekends.
Essentials
Kumars is a little convenience store yards from the flat door. It sells all the basics you'll need for breakfast (eggs, bread, bacon, beans, milk etc) along with snacks and it also sells alcohol.
Kumars at 39 Convenience store
39 Crescent RdKumars is a little convenience store yards from the flat door. It sells all the basics you'll need for breakfast (eggs, bread, bacon, beans, milk etc) along with snacks and it also sells alcohol.
My Local
381 Cowley RdClose-by supermarket. Small, but has plenty of fresh food and ingredients for cooking.
Food Scene
Yeti is a Nepalese restaurant with amazing biryanis and some great Nepalese dishes. Also serves Indian dishes, which are equally as good. Staff great. 15 minute walk, or jump on a bus from our flat!
17 locals recommend
Yeti Restaurant
237 Cowley RdYeti is a Nepalese restaurant with amazing biryanis and some great Nepalese dishes. Also serves Indian dishes, which are equally as good. Staff great. 15 minute walk, or jump on a bus from our flat!
A refined place to eat, with around only 10 tables. The food they serve is great, but menu can be small as it changes every single day. Always veggie options. Atmosphere romantic.
10 locals recommend
Door 74
74 Cowley RdA refined place to eat, with around only 10 tables. The food they serve is great, but menu can be small as it changes every single day. Always veggie options. Atmosphere romantic.
A well-known and extremely good brunch spot in East Ox. Eggs benedict is truly amazing, gets busy on weekends but worth the short wait for a table. 20 min stroll from the flat via streets of east Ox.
24 locals recommend
Gaf
39 Magdalen RdA well-known and extremely good brunch spot in East Ox. Eggs benedict is truly amazing, gets busy on weekends but worth the short wait for a table. 20 min stroll from the flat via streets of east Ox.
North African cuisine, excellent tagines, offers sharing platters, lovely staff. You can also smoke shisha in the covered garden outside. Lovely staff too.
8 locals recommend
Le Kesh
180 Cowley RdNorth African cuisine, excellent tagines, offers sharing platters, lovely staff. You can also smoke shisha in the covered garden outside. Lovely staff too.
No fuss Italian place with a real ‘café’ style feel. Pizzas are excellent, wine is good and the whole lot is great value for money.
27 locals recommend
Pizzeria Trattoria Mario
103 Cowley RdNo fuss Italian place with a real ‘café’ style feel. Pizzas are excellent, wine is good and the whole lot is great value for money.
Tiny Japanese place, excellent food. Sometimes there’s a small queue to get in but it's well worth the wait. Sushi only available on Thursdays.
16 locals recommend
Edamamé
15 Holywell StTiny Japanese place, excellent food. Sometimes there’s a small queue to get in but it's well worth the wait. Sushi only available on Thursdays.
Thai place in a traditional cottage which makes it an interesting place to eat in. The food is good, watch out for the prices of drinks though! If you book a table, ask for one upstairs.
19 locals recommend
Chiang Mai Kitchen
130A High StThai place in a traditional cottage which makes it an interesting place to eat in. The food is good, watch out for the prices of drinks though! If you book a table, ask for one upstairs.
Another great cafe on Cowley road. This one serves homemade macaroons.
9 locals recommend
Rick's Diner
88-90 Cowley RdAnother great cafe on Cowley road. This one serves homemade macaroons.
The number 1 restuarant in Oxford! Oli's Thai is incredible - booking advisable though they accept walk-ins at the bar area.
66 locals recommend
Oli's Thai
38 Magdalen RoadThe number 1 restuarant in Oxford! Oli's Thai is incredible - booking advisable though they accept walk-ins at the bar area.
Shopping
The closest pharmacy to our flat, 15 min walk or jump on a bus down Cowley Rd.
The Leys Pharmacy Cowley - Alphega Pharmacy
220 Cowley RoadThe closest pharmacy to our flat, 15 min walk or jump on a bus down Cowley Rd.
Sightseeing
Lovely little park with a good range of trees and green space to read/walk around. Mini golf available to play, tennis courts for hire for a minimal fee. About a 10 min walk from the flat.
Florence Park Road
Florence Park RoadLovely little park with a good range of trees and green space to read/walk around. Mini golf available to play, tennis courts for hire for a minimal fee. About a 10 min walk from the flat.
Magdalen Col has a deer park and a small river running through it, as well as being an impressive building. There’s a circular walk which takes around 30 minutes – the grounds are beautiful.
40 locals recommend
Magdalen College
Magdalen Col has a deer park and a small river running through it, as well as being an impressive building. There’s a circular walk which takes around 30 minutes – the grounds are beautiful.
This college has a very large garden to walk around, as well as being pretty much on the River. Christ Church dining hall was used as the Great Hall in Harry Potter. Can be busy, though.
45 locals recommend
Christ Church
Saint Aldate'sThis college has a very large garden to walk around, as well as being pretty much on the River. Christ Church dining hall was used as the Great Hall in Harry Potter. Can be busy, though.
Everything Else
Lovely little park with a good range of trees and green space to read/walk around. Mini golf available to play, sandpit, tennis courts for hire for a minimal fee. About a 10 min walk from the flat.
24 locals recommend
Florence Park
94 Cornwallis RdLovely little park with a good range of trees and green space to read/walk around. Mini golf available to play, sandpit, tennis courts for hire for a minimal fee. About a 10 min walk from the flat.
Golf course around a 10 min walk from the flat. This course also has a public right of way through it leading to the Lye Valley green space.
Oxford Golf Club
Hill Top RoadGolf course around a 10 min walk from the flat. This course also has a public right of way through it leading to the Lye Valley green space.
Fantastic views from the top of shotover hill! 25 minute walk from the flat. Offers a great climb if you're energetic.
41 locals recommend
Shotover Country Park
Old RoadFantastic views from the top of shotover hill! 25 minute walk from the flat. Offers a great climb if you're energetic.
Arts & Culture
If you see only one museum in Oxford, see this one! It is an incredible collection of anthropolgical items from around the world, including shrunken heads. It's packed to the rafters. Literally.
97 locals recommend
Pitt Rivers Museum
Parks RoadIf you see only one museum in Oxford, see this one! It is an incredible collection of anthropolgical items from around the world, including shrunken heads. It's packed to the rafters. Literally.
Beautifully old picture house that still retains some '60s charm. Serves tea and coffee, as well as wine, beer and snacks. Great cinema.
77 locals recommend
The Ultimate Picture Palace
Cowley RoadBeautifully old picture house that still retains some '60s charm. Serves tea and coffee, as well as wine, beer and snacks. Great cinema.