The Victoria, Jericho, Oxford

Well described below, I'm fairly certain I came here once before in the easter of 1994 when it was full of RAF memorabilia. The pub's website claims that it eschews the typical brewery chain pub and is 'anti-gastro'. Quite plain from the outside, this is a two-level pub with circumferential gallery (function room?) above with mural to the ceiling. The floor is rough boarded and furniture is fairly ordinary. Music is muted but very worryingly, there's a giant projector screen for sport. There's a garden out back and large semi-covered raised patio at front. Behind the bar is an attractive mahogany and mirrored bar back. Décor is quite traditional with prints and walls are half wood panelled. Ales: Fuller's Summer Ale, Thwaites' Lancaster Bomber (£3.65 and good) and Black Sheep's Best Bitter, also at £3.65 a pint and also good; the prices are high, but this is Jericho. I liked this pub a lot and it makes for an excellent stop whilst on a Jericho crawl, especially when combined with the Rose & Crown and Gardeners Arms (Plantation Road, not North Parade Avenue)