"Welcoming staff, brilliant environment, fantastic set of games to play and a great shop."
"Helpful, friendly staff who certainly know their games really make this place tick over."
"Very knowledgeable and friendly staff, and nice hot beverages."
"The staff were very friendly and helpful, Mark our gaming specialist was also very helpful and helped us with our game selection and was also on hand to help us with the setup, awesome 👏."
"Staff are great and friendly, huge selection of board games, lots of options on the menu."
"Staff are really knowledgeable about the games and are super friendly."
"The staff have great knowledge of their game selection and are able to select the games you'll find easy to learn as well as those which are fun to play."
Cons:
"Another waitress at the till laughed when I mentioned the incident."
"Games were missing pieces, we were neglected often as staff preferred to look grumpy behind the till, one staff member in a white tee and hat was particularly rude to my friend on several occasions."
"The person that took our orders was friendly at first but then became more rude as the time went on."
"Bummer was how rude the tall guy was when we checked in."
"Rude and unhelpful staff, unpleasant atmosphere and overpriced."
"Setup was good, games were good, food was ok, drinks were great. But our service (tall chap, beard) was disinterested to the point of being hostile."
"Each member of staff I came across was rude."
Games and Entertainment
Pros:
"Fantastic set of games to play and a great shop."
"The game selection is great."
"Prices and wide range of games lured me in."
"Great selection of tea's and beer's."
"Large library of games that is updated very frequently."
"Really good selection of games."
"They also sell loads of games here at great value!"
Cons:
"Games were missing pieces."
"Games were missing pieces, we were neglected often as staff preferred to look grumpy behind the till."
"The website isn’t updated so you can still book slots that end after 10pm - meaning we paid for 3 hours but only got 2."
"Additionally, there is a fundamental issue with the 3 hour limit when considering the weight of the games in their library."
"Half of the games we chose were missing pieces."
"Great selection of games but need to improve on those people who can teach you to play games."
"The majority of tables could not accommodate a medium weight euro as a group of 4."
Atmosphere and Location
Pros:
"One of my favourite places in Oxford and I can easily recommend it to all."
"A truly amazing place right in the heart of Oxford and the perfect place to spend a rainy afternoon and evening."
"Highly recommend booking a table as this place is busy, great access very clean and well maintained."
"Unique place to go. Great for all ages."
"A seriously fantastic place, grab a drink, grab a game and hunker down for a few hours."
"This place has the most beautiful atmosphere and feels really inclusive."
"Most original and fun board games café - they really know their stuff and have a wide selection of games."
Cons:
"Felt unwelcome the moment we walked in."
"It's only a shame that it's not a bigger space as it's always fairly busy and it needs another toilet."
"Woefully inadequate ventilation, my wife could barely breathe."
"Also there is no ventilation and it can get quite stuffy."
"They recently relocated a couple of doors down from the original store. It's very busy and noisy."
"It is a shame we were made to feel unwelcome for more than half of our visit."