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The Eagle & Child, Oxford

49 St Giles
Oxford
OX1 3LU

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Helen Iwanczuk left this review about The Eagle & Child

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On 14^th January 2025 - no rating submitted
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Tris C left this review about The Eagle & Child

Sold by St. John's College to the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), founded by tech billionaire (and former world's richest person) Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle with a refurbishment to be carried out by Foster + Partners, architects behind London's Gherkin and Berlin's Reichstag; I kid you not.

On 19^th December 2023 - no rating submitted
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Quinno _ left this review about The Eagle & Child

A place that feels like it has lost its way a bit. The front bar is still a delight but the rear area is beginning to feel quite shabby. A pretty dull range on the pumps, my Old Hooky was reflective of the pub itself, an NBSS 2.5 job. It’s always going to be on the crawl list ‘because’ but the magic isn’t there at the moment.

January 2014
This pub has improved steadily since my inaugural visit almost six years ago. My latest trip found a decent set of ales on the pumps and my Stewarts Zymic was in good nick, served by friendly staff. The only remaining table was out back in the conservatory which was freezing cold, not helped by the teeny plug-in radiator being shoved behind a load of stuff which served to stifle the warm air flow. It’s worth putting on the crawl list, but I wouldn’t go for session unless I bagged a seat in the snugs (virtually impossible). It is what it is. Rated 7

July 2011
The pub is now owned by Nicholsons, which explains the better beer range and quality this trip – the Moor and Black Beauty Porter were both on form. As mentioned elsewhere, your experience of this pub will depend heavily on where you get a seat. Things are improving a from the under-performing laziness a few years back though. Rated 7

March 2008
Ancient pub known locally as the 'Bird and Baby', upon entering you hit the classic front bar – dark wood panelling, snug drinking areas etc. It’s inevitably tiny but is nice to sit in if you're lucky enough to find a space. The bar is in this area, serving a very mainstream selection of ale, three including Brakspear, Pride and a guest; condition is hit and miss. There is a more modern Everest double-glazing catalogue conservatory area out the back - incongruous, but it does at least offer some extra seats. The toilets in that area stink and are terrible in the summer, which makes the back room smell nauseously of urine and grease. Worth a stop on an Oxford crawl for the heritage factor (did I manage not to mention J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis?) but currently that’s about it – could and should do much better. Rated 5

On 1^st June 2019 - rating: 6
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