O'neill's Oxford Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Spent two afternoons and evenings at O’Neils and the team were fantastic from start to finish."
• "We were served by a young lady called Hope, she was attentive, helpful and friendly."
• "O Neill's bar Staff are brilliant. Very polite friendly and helpful."
• "As I walked in I felt very welcomed by the staff, especially Eamon who was top in charisma and was so great with running drinks."
• "The service is top-notch, with friendly staff."
• "Elisha looked after us amazingly. We are a big group and despite all the covid restrictions she was so attentive and personable."
• "Chantel and Mia are no exception as they went above and beyond in making us feel welcome."

Cons:

• "The minute I walked in I've noticed the waitress (dark hair with highlights)with her nose really high up in the sky no welcome, hi, anything.."
• "The security man was so rude, shouting from the door to the barmaid to ask for IDs."
• "2 out of 4 lads got accused of doing drugs and kicked out when we had just brought a pint."
• "The bar staff actually managed to be both patronising and sarcastic."
• "The bar staff were not helpful and they were out of straws."
• "Could have been a bit better to be acknowledged by the staff as we were tourists and we struggled to understand what we were supposed to do."
• "FELLOW CANADIANS AVOID THIS PLACE IF YOU CAN: Staff does not know what they are doing or they do not really care."

Food and Drink

Pros:

• "The breakfast here is amazing the sausages was absolutely beautiful."
• "Absolutely an amazing place, always great live music to enjoy and dance too."
• "Amazing selection of food to indulge yourself from."
• "Me and my partner came in here tonight for some starters and mains absolutely incredible food and the burgers are amazing, good flavours!"
• "Excellent Hearty Irish breakfast for £7.50. Really good quality product and plenty of it."
• "Was nice to receive brilliantly made veggie food with a smile."
• "The food is fantastic—flavorful and served hot."

Cons:

• "Only holding back one star as last time I went I wasn't allowed in for wearing tracksuit style shorts."
• "Standard selection of beers for this chain, waiting time on food can be terribly long when it's busier at night (we've experienced 50+ minutes) but it's decent during the day."
• "However i had ordered a gammon meal today in which sadly the chips were served pretty cold and the eggs were also hard and cold."
• "Lunch burger deal is terrible. The burger is warmed up, the meat is like dry and tastes awful."
• "Absolutely terrible food. Godawful and bland tasting burger with skins and pizza was totally greasy."
• "The food was poor quality, not fully cooked or done correctly."
• "Ordered a starter that never arrived. Once I told staff, they brought it out quickly, however it was frozen."

Atmosphere and Entertainment

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere on Fridays and Saturdays, lots of sports on TV and good service."
• "It's the perfect spot to catch the game with friends."
• "Was busy with a great atmosphere."
• "It’s a great sports bar to watch the games whether it is GAA football, Rugby or the Premier League."
• "Great night watching the rugby with an amazing band after."
• "Vibrant pub/bar that showcases live sports and space to move and mingle."
• "Great live music was on last night on acoustic guitar."

Cons:

• "We were a group of 8 and the bouncers didn't let our disabled friend in, they advised because he was walking with a limp he looked like he had already had enough to drink."
• "A friend of us was not allowed in it because he was in track bottoms, while we were already inside O’Neill’s."
• "I left because they served only English and none of us foreigners in the group."
• "Eammon you need to sort the bands out ... last nights choice of entertainment was shockingly dull ...."
• "If you don't have an international passport or UK driving licence, they won't let you in sometimes."
• "The place was very crowded. Good atmosphere to watch the Formula 1, but not much space if you want to eat and chat with friends."
• "Lots of screens showing American football! We asked for our local rugby match to be shown to be told no!"

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "Been in there today for a late lunch, well what a brilliant place to go, reasonably priced, brilliant service, can ever order via an app and they bring it to your table."
• "You can also get a free drink by signing up to the newsletter with your email which is great."
• "Best value for money we had during our trip."
• "It’s delicious and very reasonably priced."
• "Would 100% recommend O’neils for a fun afternoon of pizza and drink 😃"
• "Good food at a reasonable price, a nice selection of drinks."
• "Nice ambience, good service and excellent value for money."

Cons:

• "Drink prices are quite steep, if they were less I would come here much more often."
• "However £6.15 is the most I've ever paid for a pint of IPA Punk."
• "Website doesn't work. The meal deal says from £8.45 lunch and a drink but there's nothing for that price listed in the deal section."
• "Don’t go to this place. They refused to take in one of my friends as he was in a track bottom and they also told that he will not be allowed to any other pub also in Oxford."
• "Lunch burger deal is terrible. The burger is warmed up, the meat is like dry and tastes awful."