Harden's survey result
Summary
With “marvellous art on its walls” and a “nice dining courtyard” (remodelled last summer in imitation of Yves Saint Laurent’s garden in Marrakech) – this inviting and luxurious, small hotel in a 17th-century former vicarage near the city centre is a good bet for a meal in the Grill, or a “good-value afternoon tea (one can be easily shared between two people)”.
Summary
With its “log fire and paintings on the walls” and “pleasant terrace outside for better weather”, this small hotel in a 17th-century “former rectory in central Oxford” makes for an atmospheric bolthole in the ‘City of Dreaming Spires’ – and the perfect setting for a “generous set tea” or relaxing lunch.
Summary
This very “attractive hotel” just north of the city centre makes good use of a “lovely” seventeenth-century building with an ambience redolent of “Oxford academic power and money”. Foodwise, the ratings are dragged down by the odd reporter who feels its “bog-standard brasserie food needs more competition”. The best bet might be its “very nice traditional tea – especially when served in the courtyard garden”.
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Old Parsonage Hotel, 1 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £27.50 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.30 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £5.50 |
| Service | 12.50% |
Old Parsonage Hotel, 1 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN
Opening hours
| Monday | 7 am‑11 pm |
| Tuesday | 7 am‑11 pm |
| Wednesday | 7 am‑11 pm |
| Thursday | 7 am‑11 pm |
| Friday | 7 am‑11 pm |
| Saturday | 7 am‑11 pm |
| Sunday | 7 am‑11 pm |
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