The Oxford Brasserie

Very delicious food! I loved their cauliflower soup of the day and the bread they gave us was absolutely amazing! The atmosphere was nice outside were I sat and the staff was very polite and considerate, asking if everything was fine. I highly recommend the place :)

The best mid week meal. 3 courses for £20 and the food was amazing. Great portions and the staff were lovely. Also have a whole 3 course vegan menu. Highly recommend and will be going back!

I visited this restaurant for dinner. All staffs were very kind. My ordered foods were also very good. The restaurant’s atmosphere was wry good. When I will come to Southampton, I want to come there again. Thank you.

The place is nice and the food was good. We all had soup as a starter which was quite meh. Zero salt and not very flavourful. However, the main dish I took was chicken breast with gnocchi and this incredibly tasty! I devoured it in all honesty. The music was good but it was a bit random, jumping from jazz to country and so… The service was nice but the poor girl serving did not know much about anything. She had to go back and forth to the kitchen to check about our questions. It is not like the questions were difficult (e.g. what types of teas do you have?). She must have been new and she was the only one serving that night.

Came here for lunch on Friday. I booked online about a week prior, was easy enough and was sent email confirmation, which gave some personality to the restaurant from the get-go. Arrived at 12:30 to an empty restaurant and two lovely members of staff who offered a very warm welcome, the restaurant was dimly lit, which was cosy but still comfortable to eat in. Offered a drink menu, a la carte menu and a specials menu. At no point during our two and a half hour lunch did we feel rushed to order, eat or leave. We were left alone for long enough, without feeling forgotten, to actually have long conversations, which seems to be overlooked by most restaurants. We didn't go for a starter, as we wanted a light lunch but the options seemed nice, especially if you're a fan of seafood. For our mains, I went for the lamb shank and my partner got the pork belly. We both decided to get something that we wouldn't usually get. My partner doesn't really ever enjoy pork, like myself, however this dish was outstanding and actually made us enjoy a pork dish for, possibly, the first time ever. The mash was buttery, smooth and salty. My partner is a, self described, connoisseur of mash and she stated that it was the best mash that she has ever had. This dish had a nice range of different flavours and textures that complimented each other perfectly. The lamb shank was tender but still nicely held its shape when cut, the fat was all rendered so there were no unpleasant chewy bits. The only criticism i would have about the entire experience would be to have a few less olives on the plate and one or two more pieces of potato, there seemed to be more olives than lamb and it was slightly off-putting, even though i do enjoy olives, i personally couldn't eat that many in one sitting. Our waiter, Tom, approached us regarding our food taking a 'long time', however we didn't think the wait was anything ridiculous, we never complained or asked for a checkup on our food, but we were still offered free coffees at the end of our meal, which was a nice gesture and they were good. I have been a barista in the past so i has a few questions about the coffee before ordering it, which were happily answered by him and turned into having a nice personal conversation with him. We aren't usually ones to go for a sweet at the end of a meal, usually due to being full from the starter and main, but we decided to treat ourselves. We got a brownie and the baklava. I didn't try the brownie but my partner said it was delicious, we hardly exchanged words whilst eating them, so that tells the entire story really. The baklava was delicious, along with the pistachio ice cream, the blueberries were a nice touch too as it definitely needed an acidic element. I personally have been lucky enough to travel to, both, Turkey & Greece and whilst there, trying multiple of the treats and i can strongly say that this one lived up to the traditional ones that i had in Turkey. The meal came to around £65 in total for the two of us, which had us scratching our heads as i was prepared to pay 50% on top of that prior to arriving. The bill came and i noticed a 10% discount for the wait time on the food, again, we didn't ask for a check on the wait for the food or complain, as the wait seemed reasonable for such a nice restaurant. However this was a very nice gesture, along with the free coffee. Definitely made our day. I had a nice conversation with the owner, once during the meal and once on our way out. Would definitely return, especially as the menu changes as the seasons change and availability to local produce. Thank you Tom & the team :) - Harrison and Aimee