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St Aldates Tavern, Oxford
Oxford
OX1 1BU
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St Aldates Tavern
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Steve C left this review about St Aldates Tavern
The entrance of St Aldgates Tavern leads to a parquet floored front seating area where tables run up the left and right-hand walls. This is a small pub with a bar counter mid-way along the left-hand wall and a raised flagstone floored seating area at the rear. During my recent Tuesday evening visit the upstairs area was out of bounds due to hosting a private function, or maybe it was closed due to the low footfall. Downstairs are the toilets, and in the gents was an interesting scene in the cubicle where an empty ice cream pot with wooden spoon atop sat in the middle of the floor next to an empty Boots wrist support box… nothing to see here… move along.
Premium keg was available alongside a Beavertown lager and six of the seven hand pumps were in operation drawing XT Brewing’s Chameleon and Heron, White Horse Brewery’s Black Beauty and Village Idiot, TT Landlord and Oakham’s Citra. The service was friendly and the atmosphere welcoming so I’d pop back in if passing.
On 1st November 2023
- rating: 7
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Tris C left this review about St Aldates Tavern
This was originally the New Inn (the name can still be seen to a passage at the pub’s right) and amazingly dates back in some form to at least 1397.
Although I lived in Oxford for seven years, I only came here once before on our PuG Summer 2016 Oxford crawl and it’s largely as described below. There’s a Victorian-meets-hipster interior, with some details probably dating from the 1930s, along with bored games and TVs with the sound off, showing the tennis; piped music is a little loud for comfort. Probably due to its close proximity to an arterial bus stop, the pub seems to appeal as much to Town as it does to Gown but also to tourists.
The ale range varies depending on which day of the week you visit; visit early in the week (when footfall is lower), the range is limited. However, visit later in the week and you can experience a far larger range, including the likes of XT Animal, Hooky Gold, Tribute or Oakham Citra at a reasonable £2.40 the half and good, served by very friendly bar staff.
This is a worth inclusion on a crawl, but the dependence on TV sport is a bit of a minor deterrent; the Royal Blenheim down the road offers a more authentic pub experience with a superior ale range and is off the tourist and Town trail.
On 4th June 2022
- rating: 7
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Graham Coombs left this review about St Aldates Tavern
A pleasant old pub with a modern feel. There are high benches and stools tp one side, with lower tables the other and the bar beyond. A stone-floored room at the back leads to the kitchen, while a function room upstairs was signed as additional seating but was neither needed nor visited. Ales on were Tribute, Hooky Gold and Old Hooky, Animal Springbok and Oakham Citra. Quite respectable and would happily visit again.
On 2nd June 2022
- rating: 7
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10% - last updated 02 June 2022 by Graham Coombs
- Car Park : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 23 July 2016 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 12 March 2015 by E TA
- Function Room : Yes - From review - last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 04 June 2022 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes - BT Sport - last updated 08 March 2018 by Bucking Fastard
- Micropub : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : Yes - Mondays 20.00. - last updated 04 June 2022 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 07 March 2015 by Bucking Fastard
