The Hobgoblin, Oxford - pub details
Address: 172 Cowley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1UE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 28630) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Oxford (1.7 miles), Radley (4.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
Pub suggested by John on 4 Apr 2006
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> Current user rating: 5.2/10 (rated by 13 users)
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user reviews of the Hobgoblin, Oxford
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| Let down by smelly toilets with no locks on the doors and no toilet paper. delpus - 19 Nov 2011 13:22 |
| There were chalked-up signs outside on the day I went, one of which read something along the lines of mind where you put your wallett,the other read "Where Even Despair Dies". Intrigued I went in and ordered a pint of,ahem, Hobgoblin. You know, they weren't being ironic. I was there on the day of the royal wedding and what a shower were assembled in front of the huge screen like it was extra time during an England game. Couldn't get out quickly enough. Fair old pint though and a decent price too. Maybe I just came on a bad day. Oh yeah,it was the royal wedding! robinbrum - 3 May 2011 14:32 |
| The beer can be quite good in there, but pick your time carefully. On a recent visit on a Monday, the moronic drinking club who dress up in golfing gear came in and started engaging in hilarious student pranks like standing in a line in the bogs with their trousers and pants down. The fault of the pub? Perhaps not; but they seem endlessly tolerant of massed obnoxious student tossers. Guess it's where their income comes from. cheesyal - 3 Aug 2010 00:13 |
| Useful place to get a couple of jars in before the Zodiac, although the ale selection has always been fairly mainstream and limited when I go (usually end up with Abbott). Not bad for its location. Quinno - 7 Apr 2008 19:57 |
| This is a strange one. Sometimes it can be really good and at other times not. I guess it depends when you go and who else decides to go as well. There's usually a lot of students that go and it does have a bit of an indie feel to it (possibly due to the music they play perhaps) They sometimes have bands playing which can be a bit annoying if you are enjoying a conversation. In many ways this place is the younger brother of the Zodiac although it does do proper beer. This is probably the best thing about this pub that they are constantly changing the beers they serve. Just don't go there for Sunday lunch. The last time I did I had to wait about 2 hours for it to arrive and when it did it was seriously below par pintofpride - 16 Mar 2007 15:30 |
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