The Eagle and Child, Oxford - pub details

Eagle and Child
[image 2] [image 3]

Address: 49 St Giles, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3LU [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 6214) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Nearest train stations Oxford (0.5 miles), Islip (5.1 miles)

Pub facilities/features:

  • Quiz machines
  • Food served, Real ale
Suggested by The Good Doctor on 10 Jan 2004.

Are you the Licensee? Click here.

> Current user rating: 6.6/10 (rated by 70 users)
> Hotels nearby: Search
> Log in to rate this pub or upload a picture of it.
> Post a comment > Mail a friend

other pubs nearby:

Lamb and Flag, Oxford (0.1 miles), Duke Of Cambridge, Oxford (0.1 miles), Morse Bar, Oxford (0.1 miles), Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford (0.2 miles), Gloucester Arms, Oxford (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs

 

user reviews of the Eagle and Child, Oxford

please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.

5 most recent reviews of 47 shown - see all reviews

If someone with a more serious literary reputation than that old bore JRR Tolkien like - say, Jordan or Piers Morgan - had once drunk here, I might be impressed but it's still an essential stop off on any Christminster pub crawl.

Which makes the series of open goals they miss all the more annoying. Not the beer, mind. That's good and varied. No, more the absurd conservatory area out the back that is chillier than a Highland Glen + the lack of seating + the dismal food. Could be a real gem.
BoehmBawerk - 31 Dec 2011 22:10
Not quite sure but was expecting this pub to be bad, but it's actually very nice with lots of character and a decent choice of ales at reasonable prices. Makes the most of it's Tolkien/C.S. Lewis connection, but who can blame them? Recommended.
baxterfish - 14 Nov 2011 19:12
As has been mentioned this is now a Nicholson's pub with a range of guest beers. Classic interior with al the connections to the literati. They do mini-meals for around £3.00 which are quite good if you just want a snack and a pint; but yes,it often suffers from lack of staff.
mcroyal - 1 Jun 2011 21:38
One of the most famous Oxford pubs, the Bird and Baby was the pub used by C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkein et al. for many years, and also a haunt of DCI. E. Morse (presumably more so in his disastrous days at St. John's). A Nicholsons pub with their usual poor service and short measure.
delpus - 1 Jun 2011 14:44
Enjoyed Butcombe Old Vic, a very nice chocolaty dark porter, and Brakspear Oxford Gold, both well kept, in the back room past the bar.

The front 2 rooms are small and heavily paneled and popular, beyond these on the right is the bar with a small seating area and beyond this is a back room with a further modern conservatory feel dining area.

The back rooms seem to be former outside back yards roofed in, judging by the small pointed roofs which seemed to trap the salt and vinegar fumes (the only criticism). The back was full mainly of students competing with each other at lively loud chatter whereas the front was a quieter chatty affair.

Wirral_RealAlians - 30 May 2011 11:59

see more reviews
 

got anything to say about this pub?

Please read our comments policy before posting.
Only registered users can post reviews. Please log in. If you don't have an account yet, register here.