Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford - pub details

Far From the Madding Crowd
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Address: 10-12 Friars Entry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2BY [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 5771)

Nearest train stations Oxford (0.5 miles), Radley (5.2 miles), Islip (5.3 miles)

Pub facilities/features:

  • Live music
  • Food served, Real ale

Pub suggested by Steven Green on 6 Dec 2003

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user reviews of Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford

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A curious place indeed as it has the feel of a local's bar and yet is tucked in behind a branch of Debenham's in Oxford city centre. The room is characterless, with indeterminate seventies carpeting and much beige and fawn. Thankfully, the beers - also beige and fawn - are startlingly good - so getting one major thing right elevates this pub to decent status - nice home made pizzas on the night of our visit too + friendly service.
BoehmBawerk - 3 Feb 2012 12:56
Very nice for a modern pub. Excellent choice of real ales which are generally on the expensive side (£3.40), but I think one is always available at a more reasonable £2.80. Recommended.
baxterfish - 14 Nov 2011 19:15
Have to strongly recommend this as the best real ale pub in Oxford which it has been for a long while.

Why?

Friendly staff, always smiling, chatty and freely offering samples.

A great range of beers, stouts, porters, best bitters, golden ales etc mostly from small/new micro- breweries. If you do your online research you discover that some of the ales aren't even listed on the breweries websites. A truly courageous sourcing strategy - nowhere else in Oxford comes close.

Great beers including local Brakspear and bottled Shotover beers.

Regular beer (and cider) festivals.

Given the range, reasonable prices especially with Dave's special beer at a reduced rate.

Wonderful food including Thursday pizzas.

Not a traditional pub in decor but certainly in atmosphere: a place for conversation or contemplation, a place where students, locals, commuters and visitors can mingle at ease in groups or on their own.

Loads more probably but suffice it to say it's all down to the staff make this a really special place, in my humble opinion. Thanks FFMC.

in_the_shed - 10 Nov 2011 18:27
Not the 'quaint' type of pub but I really enjoyed my visit here. The beer choice was excellent: Surreal Ale (Abbeydale Brewery) and Equinox (Great Heck?) were superb hoppy beers. The food was basic but very good and ample! BTW re other comments - I often note the beers because there are sooo many good beers provided by ever diminishing pubs like this ... and my memory deserted me at the turn of the century ... or did I ever have one?
uriahheep - 28 Apr 2011 18:57
a great big thanks to dave and lauren for arranging the supply of shirts for the ECLECTICS, and thanks to Brakspear for supplying them, we shall be wearing them with pride at Reading fest.
jonthehat - 15 Apr 2011 10:27

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