Address: 40 High St, Oxford, OX1 4AP, United Kingdom
Phone: +441865240082
Rating: 4.0
based on 119 reviews.
Service
Pros:
"Great service."
"The service was excellent and very quick, I didn't wait for more than 10 minutes for my order."
"Service was quick and friendly and the food delicious."
"Service was good and attentive."
"Service was likewise good, swift, and on target, owing to attentive and helpful staffs."
"Fabian was smiling the whole time, delivering a very friendly and professional service."
"Historic and delicious with friendly, inexpensive, down-to-earth service in an extraordinary location."
Cons:
"The service was so slow, we waited over 20 minutes before someone took our order."
"The service was really bad."
"Our experience was ruined by a hostile waiter - he was entirely incompetent and unfriendly."
"The waiter was unwelcoming and we didn't feel ok being there."
"Service on a Saturday morning was extremely slow."
"Arrived Saturday afternoon (18th Feb) for a late lunch. Had to ask for a menu as we were ignored by waiters."
"The staff was quite unfriendly."
Food Quality
Pros:
"The food was truly fantastic, particularly the toast."
"The cheesecake was super creamy and smooth and the perfect amount."
"The porridge with cinnamon, honey and apple is splendid."
"The food and drinks are very good."
"The full English breakfast is really good."
"Fish was fresh crunchy and a good size."
"The cream was fresh, and adding the jam gave another dimension to the taste. It was simply heavenly."
Cons:
"I ordered a steak sandwich and I felt like chewing on a piece of an old shoe."
"Poor food, slow service and generally over priced."
"The fish and chips my friend selected, also very poor, shoggy on the outside, dry on the inside, tasteless, with undercooked chips."
"The food was far below the average and too overpriced for the quality and quantity."
"Crowded, poor quality food."
"The Turkish meat balls were supposed to be in a tomato sauce but came dry."
"The food tastes are plain. It's not worth the money."
Atmosphere & Location
Pros:
"It's a very well located, cute coffee shop."
"The ambience is cozy & friendly. Music is old and beautiful."
"Bright, clean, atmospheric, friendly, yummy, just where you want to be on a chilly day or hot afternoon after too much reading nearby."
"It's interesting to sit near the window and watch people on high street."
"One of my absolute favorite spots in Oxford. Service is always friendly and top-notch."
"Nice and chilled out environment."
"Cosy coffee house serving delicious food and very affordable."
Cons:
"Staff swatted them away, moved to 3 different tables until I simply couldn't eat my food, they were all over it!"
"This place was very pretty, but crammed, the food was only ok."
"It was a busy lunch time and it’s pretty crammed so quite noisy."
"They had both doors open, it was cold, we asked them to close one or both and they said they needed fresh air."
"It's a tight squeeze and you're in close proximity to people."
"The location is good but better places around."
"Interior is also fine, furniture is old and tired, pretty uncomfortable."
Value for Money
Pros:
"So welcoming and super value for money."
"Super value for money."
"Historic and delicious with friendly, inexpensive, down-to-earth service in an extraordinary location."
"Cosy coffee house serving delicious food and very affordable."
"Great food (full English breakfast and a vegetarian breakfast) nice and hot, just the right amount and reasonably priced."
"Cheery staff, great tea."
"Not bad food, not bad prices."
Cons:
"They charged me 50p extra for a little almond milk and 50p extra because I asked for Decaff!!!"
"Quite pricey!"
"I ended up paying £4.95 - that's expensive no matter who you are and where you're from."
"Americano large was £3.45."
"Overpriced, does not taste good and the service is pretty slow."
"The prices are slightly on the higher side, maybe due to the long standing history."
"Popped in for a hot chocolate. It was delicious though a little pricey."
Historical Significance
Pros:
"Each sip carried with it the legacy of 500 years, a reminder of the countless stories woven into the tapestry of this remarkable café."
"This is the oldest coffee house in Europe according to them."
"The Queens Lane Coffee House is reputed to be the oldest continually working coffee house – not only in Oxford but the whole of Europe."
"It's been going for centuries, and it's still great."
"The historic nature of this place cool to visit though, being the oldest coffee house in the world dating back to 1764."
"Love this coffee shop, it probably the oldest cafe in UK, 16xx since now, unbelievable."
"It's Europe's oldest coffee shop, even the better - but it'd be a great spot even if not."
Cons:
"Get this is for tourists but feel they're resting on their name a little too much."
"Worth going to only for the memory."
"Reckons it's the oldest coffee house in Europe."
"Been around since 1654 they obviously been doing the right things!"
"They clearly capitalize on their claim that they're the oldest coffeehouse in Europe, and that's not even true; the establishment across the street pre-dates them."
"On its website..it was shown that it is the 'Oldest established coffee house in Europe'."
"Decent cafe, but seems to play up the historical aspect by being more expensive for something that isn't really too much better than any other cafe."