Head of the River
Hotel, Restaurant & Drinking Establishment
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Popular outdoor summer venue (right on the river, heatlamps available), much frequented by students. Warning: may get busy around times of rowing events!! Has 12 hotel rooms if you don't feel up to staggering home. Guide dogs only. |
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A great summer pub for location but this place is over-priced - both food & drink. Bar staff are friendly enough but the management are surly. Go here to enjoy a warm day outside and remember you are paying for the location. You'll get a nice feed here too but you'll pay over the odds for all of it and service is dubious.
Ben, 12/05/08 Great spot. Shame its overpriced! Their problem might be that they had 6 or 7 staff behind the bar on a relatively quite night. Mostly nice looking lasses which I'm sure is great 'eye candy', but you're paying for their wages. I'm an ex-Londoner and trust me they're charging tourist/London prices. The landlord would do well to invest in some quality barkeeps and fire the rest. Pass on the saving to the punters. Dac, 17/10/07 I stayed at the head of the river in September for one night. The pub itself was nice but rooms are very poorly decorated for the money you’re paying. £85.00 per night is too expensive for a pub. Every time I needed the car I would have to go the bar and ask if they would unlock the gate and the manager would take 20 mins each time. A lot more choice of accommodation down the Abingdon road. James, 23/12/06 My... time does fly! I was a regular sunday-nighter down at the Head Of The River, back in the early 80s. I walked into the old place för a touch of nostalga and pang! it hit me! The old girl is still quite the same, despite the umpteen or so face lifts. Some of the present punters are snobbier, than they were back in the old days. But despite all these people with noses pointed skywards, the place has retained its integrity. It`s worth the 5 minute walk from Carfax, if you fancy a pleasant summer evening drink. Enjoy a good pint on the outside balcony, which overlooks one of Oxford`s many rivers. If you think the bar staff are too slow, or just plain obnoxious, just throw your beer glasses into the river and depart with a revengeful look on your face. We did in the 80s! So just keep up the tradition. Ex. Oxford City Slicker, 29/06/06
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