Greta’s guidebook
Greta's food recommendations for the Cowley Road
A great pan Asian informal restaurant, with long benches that everyone shares, I recommend the Chilli Chicken Ramen or try a bento box. They only take cash.
23 locals recommend
Red Star Noodle Bar
187 Cowley RdA great pan Asian informal restaurant, with long benches that everyone shares, I recommend the Chilli Chicken Ramen or try a bento box. They only take cash.
An authentic pizza place. This is where all the locals go for their pizza's. Delicious!
27 locals recommend
Pizzeria Trattoria Mario
103 Cowley RdAn authentic pizza place. This is where all the locals go for their pizza's. Delicious!
Rice Box Chinese restaurant and takeaway
178 Cowley RdAn informal good Chinese where you can eat in.
This place is an institution. The burgers are great and it's been a student favourite for ages.
35 locals recommend
Atomic Burger
92 Cowley RdThis place is an institution. The burgers are great and it's been a student favourite for ages.
Amazing Thai food. A lot of the time they are fully booked weeks in advance but give them a try to see if there is a cheeky space for you.
66 locals recommend
Oli's Thai
38 Magdalen RoadAmazing Thai food. A lot of the time they are fully booked weeks in advance but give them a try to see if there is a cheeky space for you.
A local ice cream parlour another Oxford Institution it has some sister parlours around Oxford, George and Danvers and George and Davis.
14 locals recommend
George & Delila
104 Cowley RdA local ice cream parlour another Oxford Institution it has some sister parlours around Oxford, George and Danvers and George and Davis.
The tapas is divine! Often really busy occasionally they have openings, the tapas is well worth squashing up on a bar stool for.
28 locals recommend
Arbequina
72-74 Cowley RdThe tapas is divine! Often really busy occasionally they have openings, the tapas is well worth squashing up on a bar stool for.
Nice pubs
A well thought of Gastro pub with a really good menu of thoughtful and well sourced meat cuts and vegetables.
100 locals recommend
Magdalen Arms Oxford
243 Iffley RdA well thought of Gastro pub with a really good menu of thoughtful and well sourced meat cuts and vegetables.
This is a lovely little chilled out pub with the best steak platter in the world. It is a sharing plate but boy is it delicious, I'm salivating just thinking about it. They don't do them every day so call to check before going there.
39 locals recommend
Chester Arms
19 Chester StreetThis is a lovely little chilled out pub with the best steak platter in the world. It is a sharing plate but boy is it delicious, I'm salivating just thinking about it. They don't do them every day so call to check before going there.
A nice pub frequented by a lot of students, it has a small outside area.
87 locals recommend
The Rusty Bicycle
28 Magdalen RdA nice pub frequented by a lot of students, it has a small outside area.
A bit pricey because of it's location but it's location is really nice for sitting outside on a sunny day, right next to the river, so you can watch the punters go by. Not worth it if is not sunny.
47 locals recommend
The Head of the River
Saint Aldate'sA bit pricey because of it's location but it's location is really nice for sitting outside on a sunny day, right next to the river, so you can watch the punters go by. Not worth it if is not sunny.
Go for a wander down the towpath of the river to this charming little pub. It feels like you're in the middle of nowhere.
61 locals recommend
Isis Farmhouse
The Towing PathGo for a wander down the towpath of the river to this charming little pub. It feels like you're in the middle of nowhere.
The Perch
Binsey LaneMore challenging to get to but a lovely pub with good food.
This pub is the pub in the Book by Phillip Pullman the Belle Sauvage. The pub is located on the other side of Oxford next to a river. They have peacocks wandering around there.
73 locals recommend
The Trout Inn
195 Godstow RdThis pub is the pub in the Book by Phillip Pullman the Belle Sauvage. The pub is located on the other side of Oxford next to a river. They have peacocks wandering around there.
A famous olde world pub in the centre of Oxford, hidden down some alleys. Tonnes of famous Oxford students have drunk there including Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Bill Clinton, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy and Stephen Hawkin to name a few.
65 locals recommend
Turf Tavern
Bath PlaceA famous olde world pub in the centre of Oxford, hidden down some alleys. Tonnes of famous Oxford students have drunk there including Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Bill Clinton, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy and Stephen Hawkin to name a few.