Really nice staff. Food was good. Had the fish and chips. The batter on the bottom of the fish was soggy maybe from the wax paper instead of dry paper? Decent prices. Only real complaint they ran out of ice tea , for 4dollars let me know I'm only getting 1 and a half servings.
First visit to this new restaurant in Lodi. The establishment looks modern and hip with lots of space. Our server was welcoming and friendly. She was constantly checking in and the wait staff was quick to clear our plates.We started with the Scotch eggs based on recommendations from friends. These were absolute delicious bites of goodness... a must try. I also had the pineapple margarita cocktail. It's not your typical margarita; different, yet good.I had the beef wellington which came with mashed potatoes and zucchini. I found this dish to be tasty and satisfying. The beef was cooked to my liking and I loved the pastry surrounding the meat. The mashed potatoes were served decoratively as it was swirled into a mound in the center of a plate. The zucchini coins were then placed around the base of the potatoes. It was a beautiful presentation.Hubby had the chicken tikka masala. The rice and bread that came with it was a wonderful compliment to the rich, slightly spicy sauce. This dish was delightful and filling.This is a British-centric restaurant with typical dishes like fish and chips and bangers and mash, along with other unique entrees. We enjoyed our first visit and look forward to returning.
Had an amazing Sunday brunch. Great vibe, delicious food and excellent service. Must try!!
Loved the Industrial look and vibe of this place. My husband and I tried this place for brunch and we are very happy that we did. They have a lot of vegetarian and meat options. We tried their Beet Salad, French toast, Welsh Rarebit, Buck Rarebit, Grilled Cauliflower, and Porcini Mushroom Ravioli, Fish and Chips. They were all amazing. The server was knowledgeable on the menu options and was very accommodating. I would highly recommend the Oxford Kitchen. Try this place for its delicious food and the chill vibes.
Well I forgot all about a picture. The Oxford kitchen is amazing. Makes you feel like you walked out of the San Joaquin Valley for just a moment, not just to get a big breath of fresh air, but to get a wonderful and delicious meal and our awesome waitress was kind, helpful and a wonderful person to talk to. Outside eating area is beautiful. Thank you Oxford kitchen, we will Definitely be back. This time pics will be posted!
We've been here for both brunch and dinner. Dinner wait can be anywhere from 20 minutes to 45 minutes on a busy day like a Friday or a weekend. We haven't had a wait time for brunch yet. Get a reservation for dinner if you can.The food is wonderful, the drinks are strong. I was pleased with the quality of the service every time we've been there which as of now has been around 4 or 5 times since they opened.Will definitely be going back.
My experience here left me quite bewildered: I have watched this place open with great fanfare, I love the aesthetics of the space, and I enjoy greatly the fact that the menu is different than most other things around town.I also would like to revisit this place in the future as I suspect my experience may have been a rare off moment, but I remain skeptical and must report honestly, blindfolded to anything but the food itself. So, I will be returning here to give this place a second chance at some point, because I think that's only fair. I have heard from a few different people from very different spheres of my life things that do line up with my experience, though.So, what are the issues here? Let me start with what I like: the aforementioned aesthetics, the different dishes one may get here, and the beer selection skews European, and as someone who has just returned from a week in Germany, I very highly appreciate that. I felt the service was also excellent and the staff are very kind and on top of things.That being said, I was served cold food. A panini partially warm, partially cold served with half warm half cold fries is akin to playing Russian roulette in the food world. Was it bad? No, I would not use that word in any sense, but I would classify it as 'fine'. Fine isn't bad but isn't good or great either; the presentation was the most interesting thing about the dish.Everything on the menu looks and sounds great, so I picked at random, and this is what we got. The bread was not soggy, nor was it too dry and the cheese was beautifully melted, but if you asked me what else was supposed to be on this particular item aside from bread and cheese, I'd have to review the menu to tell you. To be fair, for these things it could just be my palate at the point in time in which I had the food, but that doesn't excuse lukewarm food.Further, at the price point it is at, one would expect that the food is lights out every time, from the simplest items on the menu to the most extravagant. I am a very firm believer that if you can' nail the simple things, then nothing else really matters. I have yet to find anyone who can make a compelling argument to dispel this idea.The cocktail I had sort of fell into this same realm of fine, but I'd say it was maybe a step above. On the contrary, the only lavender I experienced was the color, and the only mint involved was as a garnish. Both these items are listed in the description of the drink itself, though it does not explicitly state as flavors, so I guess technically its fine. The drink simply lacked any layering or blending and synthesis; just a vague sense of some sort of flavor being there.Like I stated at the beginning, I want to try this again and see if maybe something unusual was afoot. There were some other things happening that imbued a sort of muted chaos on the restaurant while I was there or maybe something odd was happening with my palate. I think it would be fair to do that and if things are truly different, update the review. But is also fair to judge things as they happened no matter the extenuating circumstances.Shepherd's Pie, Beef Wellington, and the Fish and Chips may be well done, but what I will come back to is, if you have something simple that you aren't going to be perfect at, why even put it on the menu, especially considering the price point of this restaurant, and what the positioning tells us about what sort of pedigree this restaurant wishes to be viewed with.There are places I like that other people perhaps don't as much from a perspective of taste and that, I believe is perfectly acceptable and I actually encourage that because it's honest. But being served well presented food that can't decide if it itself is warm, hot, or cold, is a technical issue, not one of taste.So, I would encourage people to go and try something here, but I wouldn't quite recommend it, or I would, cautiously, with the understanding that you may be left bewildered, wondering, "is this it?".
All the Cali feels with this one. Decadent spin on some of the dishes and drinks while perfectly balanced by the untouched originals. Gastropub meets homegrown fresh ingredients meets West-Coast-comfortable vibes. All this at a modest price. Throw in a well-balanced playlist with appropriate tempo and volume, friendly and attentive bartenders, and an owner who seems to jump in wherever needed (even on a Sunday)— the perfect home away from home for this traveler. Five stars and counting.
Read about this place and the chef and drove 40 miles to try it out. Overall, the place is great. The atmosphere has a great comfortable feel. The staff was friendly and tried to help create a good experience. The food was a little mixed, but mostly excellent. However, if they expect a Michelin Star or Recommendation, they have some work to do. The pear and avocado salad had no avocado. And the regular green salad was almost identical. When asking (because of an avocado allergy at the table) they said both salads had avocado (which they didn’t). And then “Would you like me to get you anything else.” No apology. No offer to remake. Made us feel awkward for bringing it up.Also, when asked to order we wanted to wait so we weren’t rushed. She assured us it wouldn’t come out until we were ready. The dinner came out 2 minutes after the salads, and we had to send it back. So with some better training of the kitchen and staff, this place will be 5 stars and on Michelen’s radar.
Husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary decided to have dinner there the atmosphere was great a British style restaurant wine beers and appetizers delicious true to England delicacies my husband had the shepherd's pie and I the fish and chips and for dessert cream cheese pudding....dont forget the flat bread..Shepard's pie served with lamb true to England's recipe magnificent!!!. Hostess and our waitress friendly and professional this restaurant is the perfect place for night out to business lunches and family..we are definitely recommending this beautiful welcoming place to our friends and family..we are looking forward to trying the entire menu of delicious cuisine!! Well done chef!!