The Four Candles (JD Wetherspoon), Oxford

The Four Candles is a relatively small Wetherspoons with a bar counter along the rear wall that supports two banks of five hand pumps that were drawing the usual suspects plus Elland Brewery’s 1872 Porter, Daleside’s Monkey Wrench and Salopian’s Darwins Original. After experience of the high % Porter putting a spanner into a recent crawl I went for the Daleside, which was OK. I didn’t venture upstairs to the mezzanine, but for some reason I did think it important to note that it has a balcony that overlooks the bar counter.

A mediocre Spoons, not very large on the ground floor (we didn't venture upstairs) and the wedged-in collection of tables in the gloomy interior were all in use. Not great on the beer front either, with only two festival ales on plus the trio of doom. Much better nearby.

Popped into here as I had limited time before my train - standard issue Spoons barn on two levels, tourists queuing shop-style at the bar didn’t help initial impressions. Some nice decorative features and some good information about the Two Ronnies on the wall. The usual Greene King and Doom Bar casks plus two from White Horse and a Loddon Ferrymans. Not the most impressive choice for a city centre and the pub had no atmosphere on a sunday afternoon, even by Wetherspoons standards. Staff were okay and the place is inoffensive but there must be much better in Oxford.

Official site of The Four Candles (JD Wetherspoon) - www.jdwetherspoon.com

Official site of The Four Candles (JD Wetherspoon) - www.jdwetherspoon.com