Quod Brasserie & Bar in Oxford

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."

All show no go --- food lacks flavour.We have been looking forward to a meal in Quod for a while now and the opportunity came last night. I read all these great reviews and think that is just not the experience we had last night.Things started well, with a really good professional waiter, can not fault him to be fair.I ordered the Tagliatelle with pork Lemon and sage for £16.95 my GF Wild Mushroom & Mascarpone Ravioli, sage and chestnut butter £15.50, with a shared side of Buttered Spinach £4.95The flavour of the dished was just not there, the lemon in my dish was definitely missing in action, with the dish over all just lacking flavour. My GF found her sauce watery and bit bland, as if they had transferred to much water with the Ravioli when plating up.Certainly not the standard you expect at this price!We stayed for deserts I had the Salted Caramel Cheesecake, salted caramel ice cream 8.95, although the texture of the cheesecake was great where was the salted caramel in it? The cheesecake was over powered by the Salted Caramel Ice-cream which good, but suspect not made in house. Helen had Sticky Toffee Pudding, banana ice cream 7.95, once again the main event lacked flavour, the banana ice cream lovely, but that pudding just failed to delivery the rich sticky sweet taste you expect, and far from sticky if anything it was little dry.The deserts were delivered by a very busy, "runner". It can only be described "dumped on table" in fact so hurriedly i think she had turned and was going away before the plates had even hit table.Very disappointed as I think some else has said, you can get more flavorsome food in any number of much less expense pubs.This is just not what i expected at the Quod.

Really nice place, perfect atmosphere for a date. Delicious steaks, and were really lucky to catch the oyster day 😋 bar recommendations - basil daiquiri 🌿

Had a fabulous afternoon tea today with one of my friends for her birthday. The afternoon tea was lovely hot scones and a great waitress called Natasha looked after us. I would thoroughly recommend this place. I will also be back again.

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.

Excellent food, good cocktails available. Reasonable prices if you attended before 6pm

Fabulous service. My partner and I stopped here today for afternoon tea after a *very* long drive. I think it's fair to say we looked fairly bedraggled (or, at least I did!)We were made to feel like royalty. The lady who served us kept our tea topped up and even offered us a tourist map as she knew we were going to do a little sight seeing.The tea was delicious, the service was exceptional. Highly recommended!

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!

Visited the Quod for lunch with my daughter. Great ambience, not rushed, very attentive pleasant staff. The food was delicious, generous portions, of which I feel has been lacking post covid in so many restaurants. We plan to make this a yearly Christmas visit, in the meantime, hope to visit again soon. Thank you x

Probably the best hotel restaurant in Oxford; welcoming staff, many people 😀visiting, which is the best recommendation. We had the chicken chops with salad 🥗 and egg, also red beetroot risotto with mascarpone and they were delicious 😋. Garden area available as a terrace under the roof. Nice and modern interior 👌.