Browns

British, Traditional restaurant in Oxford

5-11 Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 6HA, 01865 511995 Website

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Restaurant details

Childrens Facilities Highchair, Menu, Portions

Outside Tables Yes

Dress Code No dress code

Covers 200

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

Daily Mail

Tom Parker Bowles took his daughter to a restaurant he remembered for “the sexy, sultry feel of the place” in the early 1990s. Both were disappointed. These days, he said, Browns has “all the ambience of a suburban morgue” – “nostalgia has rarely tasted so dull”.

The food ranged from the occasionally decent – a “splendidly ovine” shepherd’s pie with a crisp and golden top – to the “politely inedible” – an under-seasoned chicken skewer on a mess of kale. “Really, this is catering (albeit with a slightly aspirational edge), rather than cooking, and not exactly cheap either”, at £100 with two glasses of average wine.

Tom Parker Bowles - 2025-03-09