The Old Tom, Oxford - pub details
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Address: 101 St. Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BT [map] [gmap]
Tel: 01865 243034
Oxford (0.6 miles), Radley (4.9 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating, Credit cards accepted (except AmEx or Diners), Smoking area (entire pub)
NB: Information may be incomplete or out of date as this pub is not currently registered.
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> Current user rating: 5.7/10 (rated by 26 users)
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other pubs nearby:
St Aldates Tavern, Oxford (0.0 miles), Chequers Inn, Oxford (0.1 miles), Bear, Oxford (0.1 miles), Wheatsheaf, Oxford (0.1 miles), All Bar One, Oxford (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Old Tom, Oxford
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| My Wife and I visited here 12.7.2008 (day trip shopping s/seeing )had lunch.Food was very good as was the Beer and very very well priced , value for money. The Landlady / Manageress was most helpful and took time to explain a little local history.I could have stayed all day , however , women being women had to go. Will I return...........Oh yes ! bax46j - 14 Jul 2008 10:22 |
| Generally a sound night out (though occasionally have experienced erratic food serving times, and once had a long debate with the bar-tender over a sub-standard pint ... it was very cloudy, she said she thought it was always like that, I explained it wasn't, she explained I could buy another drink if I wanted one ... slightly aggravating when a large group of us had settled in for the evening). But normally the IPA and Abbot ales are well kept, and the guest beer - when available - is worth a go. In summertime, the garden out the back is splendid, and the pub manages to appeal to a nice mix of punters. A few years ago, it went through a really rough patch, and it's great to see it back on form. There was a brief "purple patch", when the very friendy Czech bar-tender attracted Czechophiles from all over Oxford, but she seems to have left. eddieman - 19 Nov 2007 00:13 |
| Hello My name is Jacqueline Paphitis and I am the licencee of The Old Tom. Would the gentleman/lady who posted the comment on the site be so kind as to contact me. I would like to offer apologies for the service you experienced on this day and can only say that this matter has been dealt with. I do listen to customer comments and act accordingly. If possible I would like to offer a re-visit on our expense as a gesture of goodwill. Once again I can only apologise for this experience. Tel 01865-204801 Jacqueline Paphitis Fellow MBII Jacquelinepaphitis - 1 Nov 2007 20:43 |
| I am not impressed with this pub. Signs are displayed EVERYWHERE (even in the loo) stating that food is served 12-10pm. So in we trundled at 3.45pm looking for a late lunch. I'm a vegetarian, so my choices were extremely limited with their menu, but luckily I love pasta, so went with that. After placing our order however, the barmaid told us that there was no pasta. So I had another cursory look at the menu, but there was nothing else I wanted (I don't eat eggs, so the quiche was out, and I would grudge paying £6.95 for a salad when I know I'd be hungry aterwards). My Mum (who was treating) put her money back in her purse and we said we'd go elsewhere. At that, the barmaid toddles into the kitchen again, only to reappear saying that I could have the pasta. Was the chef just lazy? Why did he not want to do the pasta? Next moan - my mum detests butter/marg/spread to the extent that the taste of it makes her physically sick. So when she ordered her BLT, the barmaid was told NO butter, in very clear, firm and polite tones. So when we sat back down with our drinks, I happened to notice (in tiny writing) on a blackboard facing the back of the pub, that the kitchen closes between 4-6pm. Ah ha! That explains the apparently lazy chef. Obviously (and understandably) he didn't want to do any meal that would make him too late in getting on his break (but he changed his mind when the cash disappeared!). Anyway, an American couple sitting opposite us had to send their meals back, because he'd messed them up, then my mum had to send her BLT back because it was spread thick with butter, the poor barmaid had to keep taking food back to the obviously impatient chef, and he didn't get finished until gone 4.30pm because of all the extra work he gave himself. The moral of this rant? ADVERTISE YOUR FOOD SERVING TIMES PROPERLY! If I'd known they stoppped at 4pm, I wouldn't have gone in and ordered at ten to. anonymous - 29 Oct 2007 17:07 |
| Had a good clean pint of Guinness here, staff are friendly and pleasant. The pub is oriented toward food, fairly extensive menu with daily specials. A good mix of clientele (locals, students and tourists), a small but pleasant courtyard at the back. Definitely one to visit. anonymous - 8 Mar 2007 08:05 |
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