Quod Restaurant & Bar

During our vacation to London, we planned a day-trip to Oxford to visit the Bodleian Library and University. We also wanted to check the box on "Afternoon Tea" as part of our itinerary. The Quod Restaurant Bar & Grill not only helped us check that box, but also happened to be conveniently located in the middle of the main attractions we wanted to tour.

I reserved a spot through OpenTable, but the reservation wasn't wholly necessary for the time of day (3:30), as there were seats available, both inside and on the terrace. Our waitress offered us a choice of seating and then provided us with a picturesque spot by the window, where we could see a lovely view of the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin (see image gallery). The restaurant interior carried a polished and high-end aura, but we felt very welcomed in smart-casual attire. The pace of service provided plenty of chatting time during dining, with no hurry to rush us out, lending a relaxed, almost café-style tone to the experience.

We selected from both the Afternoon Tea and Luncheon menus. My traveling companion enjoyed her cassoulet of Spring Vegetables, curly kale, and haricot beans, which arrived in a fresh-from-the-kitchen cast-iron skillet.

The real show-stopper, though, was the High Tea, which we shared. The tea itself was the perennial English Breakfast with milk. The tray included five finger sandwiches, ranging from cucumber, to egg and cress, to ham and mustard. Two savory scones, large enough to share, came next, along with a buttery-sweet serving of clotted cream and tart, juicy jam. The selection of desserts topping the tray represented the best of the Quod's variety, including a shortbread cookie, macaroon, mocha-frosted cupcake, lemon bar, fudge cake, and artistic cup of blood orange tart, crème fraiche pudding with a sprinkling of fruit seeds for texture.

I highly recommend the Quod for its great location, picturesque views, and, especially, its High Tea. I look forward to dining there again, next time I'm "across the pond."

Lovely atmosphere in here and great service. Fab location if you are looking around the town and want a nice meal. Our drinks were especially lovely with lots of choice (a great cocktail menu and wine list). I was impressed by the amount to choose from of the food menus too and ended up with the baked polenta starter, salmon filet main, and banana/salted caramel cheesecake dessert. It was all delicious, however my only remark would be is that it lacked a little flavor as has been mentioned by others! My family seemed to enjoy their meals though (especially the fish of the day special) and we had a great time

The 3 stars are for the exceptional Sunday roast, the best ever. The crispy duck breast is very disappointing because the skin is not at all crispy. The gravy should be much thicker! The meat is quite chewy yet not fully cooked. Yuck! 🤮 It’s better to come with some carbohydrates. I have tried much much better duck breast elsewhere. I would give myself an applause to manage to finish it.

The Quod is a nice restaurant to dress up and enjoy a nice meal paired with some good drinks. The service is excellent and the atmosphere really enjoyable. The pizza I ordered, however, was severely lacking, both in taste and texture and would not recommend it at all. The food my friends ordered did look very yummy and they seemed to be quite satisfied with it!

Have visited quod twice now and both times as a big group we waited over an hour to get our food and the service although the staff were lovely it just took too long. The starter which was crab and sourghdough had a hair in it and the bread was a bit burnt. The main was lovely and the coffee was nice. The atmosphere is lovely too but all the outside seatings should have some kind of heating since some of the cold days it was too cold. Also think some student discounts will be good and the wait time really needs to be changed.

Wonderful hotel restaurant in Oxford with full bar and table seating. Outdoor seating is also available though not available in winter. Fresh salads, soups, warm bread and mains they offer local fish and chips from time to time. Be sure to check board for their specials.

We got the lunch set menu which was around £18 per person for 2 courses. The slow cooked pork belly was soft and tender while the cod karahi was flavourful and fragrant.

Very good value for what you get and the outdoor terrace seating was a plus!

We have been here yesterday during a short visit to Oxford. The place is really nice, you can immediately understand it is a really good restaurant, there is a lot of attention to the details in the furnishings and many staff members to take care of the customers.
Overall our experience has beeb good, the highlight was definitely the octopus starter, which I cannot recommend enough. I also enjoyed the tagliatelle with pork ragù, prices are not on the cheap side but the portions are big and the food tastes good, so nothing to say about it.
The only thing that really disappointed me was the soft goat cheese starter, which was presented on the menu as accompanied by chicory, hazelnuts and watercress, but when it came to the table was mainly beetroot, which I don’t exactly love. I ate the goat cheese and the rest of the salad but ended up leaving almost half plate full of big chunks of beetroot and even if the waitress tried to play down saying it was a rich salad I was left a bit disappointed, you should definitely state it in the menu if there is that much of an ingredient.
The pizza was nice but I would say the Italian sausage looks more like a pepperoni.