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Party/Poncey?

You're in Oxford, but haven't got time to get to know it. Here's the 30 second guide:

George Street/Hythe Bridge Street Right in the middle) - Unsophisticated straightforward bars/drinking but gets rowdy on a weekend.

Cowley Road (East of the city) - Cosmopolitan, studenty but quite strung out. Gigs, restaurants and a few pubs. Lots of fried chicken.

Jericho (North) - Poncey. Upmarket bars and London prices. Think cocktails not beer. Friendly atmosphere, interesting mix of people.

Gee's Restaurant

great spot for fine dinner - not cheap but very good and a lovely location. Great details like chilled house Brouilly or the "plate" of 3 dessert wines make this one of my favourites in Oxford

Unusual Eats

- Rose Tea Room for organic breakfast (High Street btwn Queens Lane + Long Wall)

- Nadjar's for homemade, inexpensive falafel - under £3! (outside 1 St. Giles)

- Browns for 'a most unusual tea': afternoon tea with 2 gin & tonics made with Hendrick's Gin. (5 Woodstock Road opposite St. Giles church)

Café Loco

Lovely little café for eat-in or take-away. Opposite Christ Church College and looking across the Meadow. Lovely warm meals, not expensive, and some trendy drinks.

Anywhere on the Cowley Road is good. Choose from Indian, Chinese, Thai, Polish, Japanese (on St Clements), Italian, Jamaican, Spanish, maybe even English.

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My two favourite haunts in Oxford are: - Edamame on Holywell Street is excellent. Honest and delicious japanese food. - Branca in Jericho. Unbeatable lunch deals and early evening menus. Clean, tasty and fresh italian food. Excellent attentive service too.

Best Chinese food in Oxford. Giles Coren reckons it's perhaps the best in the UK. Go for the Szechuan dishes - their speciality.

Nice Indian restaurant. Somewhat hidden, as it's on the first floor and you need to find the entrance from the street.

This English pub was a place where J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis came for a pint after a day of teaching at the University.

We lived in Wolvercote for four years and spent a great deal of time at the Trout Inn. It is a very nice Inn in a beautiful setting. Our daughter liked to feed the fish in the lock and loved the Peacocks in the garden. She was very young and called the Inn the Peacocks.

Said to be the first coffee house in England. Very distinguished, very nice ambiente and a real unique experience.

Green's is a reasonable priced cafe providing good organic food ranging from breakfasts, sandwiches, baked potatoes, cakes and ice cream.