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Lamb & Flag, Oxford
Oxford
OX1 3JS
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Reviews of Lamb & Flag (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Lamb & Flag
Venerable pub, with an light oak-panelled front room accessed from the side alleyway. The bar and another couple of smaller rooms can be found further back in (presumably older, and plainly furnished) parts of the building under low ceilings. A good selection of mostly local cask beers from the likes Oxford Brewery (Shotover Prospect, £4.50), Tap Social, XT and North Cotswold from six of the eight handpumps, together with a couple of draught ciders.
On 25th February 2024
- rating: 7
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Steve C left this review about Lamb & Flag
The Lamb & Flag has a rectangular front seating area with wood paneling and a few coat of arms for a splash of colour. A piano resides on a raised area across the left-hand wall, I didn’t see any live events advertised. The bar area is found towards the rear where a bar counter runs up the left, and to the right is a tiny cubby hole with a table, stool and lamp that must depict something. At the rear is a old exposed stone fireplace and to the left behind the bar counter is a raised seating area, looks a good spot to tuck into the advertised sausage rolls and scotch eggs from the Lamb & Flag Larder. The gents toilet at the rear has a baby changing facility, great to see. There is also a sanitary bin shoehorned down the side of the cubicles, not so great.
The bar supports two banks of four hand pumps that are split by 12 craft keg fonts. The cask available during my midweek evening visit was Little Ox Brew Co’s Ox Blood, XT Brewing’s Hop Kitty and Inklings Amber, Oxford Brewery’s Prospect, North Cotswold Brewery’s Freedom, Cotswold Cider Co’s Muscle Mary and Yellow Hammer and Carnival Cider. A real mix of cask ale and cider. I found the service to be polite, and the pub was decent enough, if maybe a little sparse of furnishings.
On 30th October 2023
- rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about Lamb & Flag
Re-opened after a period of closure and uncertainty. Not much discernible change beyond the removal of the shields and oars plus the addition of some craftykeg and the disappearance of Palmers from the bar. The left area with the wood panelling is still the best bet for a bit of character otherwise it's a dim and fairly bland affair. Nine pumps with four local cask and a cider available, my North Cotswold Shakespeare was fine (NBSS 3). I’ve always struggled to really enjoy this one and that remains the case – it’s always worth popping in as part of a crawl but I never feel inclined to stay past one beer.
June 2019
Nothing changes in here and whilst it has never been one of my preferred OX1 pubs, it certainly wins marks for consistency and having some unusual beers for this part of the country as regulars. My Theakstons Old Peculiar was OK but could have been better (throughput issues on a warm day for this sort of beer I guess) NBSS 2.5. Rated 7
April 2014
So it’s definitely open, as I found myself back in the other week. Seven ales on pump, alongside two ciders. The beer festival was on, with a plenty of barrels on stillage. I plumped for the house beer (Betty Stoggs) which came out well enough. Also noted a decent Belgian bottle selection. Still worth a visit though if you give it five minutes extra slipper up the road, there’s plenty on offer in Jericho – be adventurous! Rated 7
July 2011
Owned by the adjoining St John’s College (all beer money funnelled into studentships, talk about recycling!), this is a fairly spacious free house with an excellent range of ales available; usually six including (though not limited to) Betty Stoggs, Spitfire, Theakston OP, and Palmers, (Best and the house beer Lamb and Flag Gold which is Palmer's Dorset Gold). Olney and Rudgate made up the numbers last visit as well as a real cider (Weston’s, I think). Quality is usually good and the prices are more competitive than a number of nearby competitors. There are three main drinking areas split over two levels with an upper and lower bar – the lower area is the older and more interesting part of the pub, with a proper fire, panelling and wooden beams. The main part of the interior is a bit bland though (College shields and rowing oars excepted) and can sometimes lack atmosphere unless you bring your own. The service can also be a bit variable. Not necessarily my first choice in Oxford but well-worth putting on the crawl list. Rated 7
On 11th May 2023
- rating: 7
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- Accommodation : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
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- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes - Under 18s to leave by 6.00 pm. - last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes - Chamber. - last updated 15 December 2022 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 15 December 2022 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 11 May 2023 by Quinno _
