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The Lighthouse, Oxford
Oxford
OX1 1HH
Reviews of The Lighthouse (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Tris C left this review about The Lighthouse
A first in here the other night and a welcome change from our experience in the Oxford Retreat over the road. This was originally built as the Navigation End, rebuilt as the Queen's Arms to become a branch of Rosie O'Grady's by the mid-'90s, later the Duke's Cut and recently the Lighthouse.
The pub is situated in Oxford's rather dreary Park End area overlooking a municipal car park with a long side wing with a beer garden looking out over the river.
Internally there's much stripped pine, a boarded floor and large oversized industrial lights. Furniture comprises some high stools and tables with raised brown leatherette banquettes and tables. The side wing has more conventional furniture and appears to be geared more towards dining. There's something of a seafaring theme going on here with a picture of a squid on the wall and mirrors fashioned from ship portholes. There's even the Beach Boys playing on the gramophone!
Ales: Wychwood's Hobgoblin and Brakspear's Oxford Gold which was fine but at £4.10 a pint is expensive for Oxford and certainly for Park End.
A better choice of ales at a more sensible price would gain a few extra marks but in short I'd some up this place up thus: Nautical but nice.
On 31st August 2017
- rating: 4
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Moby Duck left this review about The Lighthouse
Quite nicely done out inside but given the beers on offer ,Oxford Gold and Hobgoblin it didn't really do it for me here.
On 25th July 2016
- rating: 5
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Lighthouse
Refurbed into a comtemporary bar,to the right of the entrance is a room with a good looking curved window set in stone,much wooden cladding throughout the interior ,and two further sections to the left of the bar.Popular with younger drinkers ,the real ale options were only Brakspears Oxford Gold (boring but drinkable) and Hobgoblin.More a cocktail kind of place,the barman was friendly enough and showed us the menu.We sloped off in search of better real ale.
On 23rd July 2016
- rating: 6
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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 : Yes last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- 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 _
- Real Ale : Yes - Wychwood's. - last updated 30 August 2017 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 18 September 2015 by Quinno _
