The Oxford Hotel — Restaurant in Leederville

The evening started off promising we were seated in a lovely section of the hotel with a fireplace which was welcome on such a cold night.

Service was prompt at the beginning but varied greatly depending on which of the three servers came by.

The starters were amazing. We had cheesy garlic bread, jalapeño balls, squid, sausage rolls and the plate with dip, cheese, chorizo and Turkish bread.

Unfortunately that was the highlight of the night and if we had of left then everyone would have been happy.

When the mains came everything looked ok but taste wise left a lot to be desired.

Out of the table of 7 only 2 people were happy with their meal. The lamb shank and crab and prawn linguine were both hits. Everything else was a miss. It would seem the concept of flavour which was so prevalent in the starters didn’t translate to the mains.

The pork belly salad while large didn’t have a lot of meat and what was in there was over cooked.

The beef and Guiness pie was bland.

The porterhouse steak was not seasoned at all and more raw than medium and still managed to be dry. The tiny portion of chips had probably never had the pleasure of meeting seasoning. When the server who looked like she’d rather be anywhere else but at work was requested to bring salt and pepper she never came back. Meaning the food went cold in the meantime when one of the helpful servers came past and managed to bring the requested salt and pepper back in less than a minute.

The real disappointment was the chicken parmigiana. It’s a sad day when a pub can’t get a parmi right. The chips again were unseasoned. The chicken was cooked but that’s probably the only good thing about it. The crumb coating was soggy, there was hardly any sauce or cheese and the ham, oh the ham, was pizza diced ham which wasn’t even warm and unless that is cooked in someway tastes below average.

Most of the mains were lukewarm at best and after finishing no one cleared the table until we were leaving. Needless to say we didn’t linger and went home disappointed.

Tldr: Great for a drink and some small plates to share but do both your palate and your wallet a favour and don’t bother with...

If it was only the rude girl taking my order, I would have let it pass, but after the rude girl took my order and then said it’ll be half hour after I’d paid for it I then had to sit in the seat where no one was because the damn heater was on on a hot day! After half hour I then got my “medium” steak, which as far as I am aware is not burnt on the outside and raw on the inside (had to take a photo of the inside…) 🤦‍♂️ After it got delivered to me I thought it may be ok, but then how am I supposed to eat it without a fork! Do they want me to be like the other general bogans appear to be in here and eat it with my hands??? The “bowl” of salad on the side, what a waste of time and expense for the restaurant, just put the small amount of salad on the side and don’t bother filing up a bowl with damn lettuce to make it look like lots!! I walked home and wanted to throw up after this lunch, even though this place is less than 500m from my place, I’d rather walk an extra 500m down to the Mezz and get a cheaper and tastier fish n chips… which I’ll definitely do next time and NEVER return here.

Edit - you then get a pretty lame response from the owner, “I’ll pass this onto management “… 🙄 Not even a “sorry for your...

My friends and I attended the new Monday quiz that the Oxford hosts via quizmeisters. We all ordered the pizza specials ($9.90 great value) or the parmi, and had at least one drink per person, with an extra bottle of wine shared between us. Not a huge amount, but six meals plus drinks isn't bad intake for a pub on a Monday. Food was good and good value, but as we had to drive after quiz, we elected to get some soda water for the second round, being responsible and all. Now water at your typical pub is free, and I know that there is a slight cost to the business for co2 and the slices of lemon, but when I saw they charged me $11 for a carafe of soda water, I nearly fell out of my chair. Had it been a carafe of coke/pepsi I might be a bit more understanding as those at least have ingredients, but honestly $11 for water and co2 is just not ok. I don't see how you can charge anything for soda water, let alone for customers who've already purchased mutiple meals with sides and beers/wines in round 1. Will stick with tap water from here on, or maybe bring a soda stream water bottle...