No.1 Ship Street — Restaurant in Oxford

Have to change to a more detailed review further down due to a disappointing experience. Previously rated 5/5 with the following: Great British food, pricy but worth it. Nice atmosphere. Seems to have a good wine selection too. Good place to book for a celebratory meal when you're willing to splash out a bit to have something nice.

Updated review Aug 2023: Cocktails, corn n oil and pineapple daquirri were really good. Service for drinks and to take food orders was a little slow upstairs but friendly. Once ordered food came in good time.

Scallops starter was excellent. Burrata was served with picked tomatos. Interesting idea but isn't better than with just fresh tomatoes, the pickled tomatoes were too soft next to the burrata.

Mains weren't good overall. Triple cooked chips where delicious especially with the truffle mayo. However the actual main courses came out differently to what was expected from the menu in a negative way. Lamb shoulder was actually pulled lamb shoulder stuffed into a ramekin and cooked further which lead to it being really very dry. Cockles, courgette and sauce with it were nice enough. Potato cake with it was very nice but main part of the dish was no good.

Chicken confit as a main, came with an unexpected broth which completely washed away any sign of confit that the chicken may have had, and despite being in broth and confited the chicken itself was also dry.

The menu should better reflect what you'll actually be receiving and unfortunately these unexpected changes seemingly made the dishes worse.

Very disappointing overall experience as a result especially for the price, and having better...

I have lost count the times I passed and it was too busy for 1. Today is the day. Fresh mussels? Yes sir.....I'll know if their not. WELL, WELL, I ate my words they're Fresh and meaty. Cream and dry white wine. Home-made bread. A bowl of greens. Absolutely cooked to perfection. Water with lime. A medium dry glass of wine. HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR IRISH COFFE? I asked Holly. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT SIR? I rattled on.how I like the whiskey heated so I don't get a luke warm drink. They checked if I was happy with my whiskey. Irish only I replied. IT WAS PERFECT. JUST RIGHT. Throughout my visit I was treated as a VIP. Every member of staff took the time to listen to my idle chat making my solo experience not lonely at all. That's a first. I can not applaud the service enough.

They called me a taxi. They served me excellent food. They looked after me. They made me feel special .

The dessert was incredible. If the sugar doesn't break like ice and the creme ain't creamy and fresh , it can not be the real deal. Lucky me. Real deal.

Thank you very much for helping me celebrate back to work. May I make a special thanks to Holly. Very professional and friendly. Worthy of best person who's served me as long as I can remember. Should be...

We originally had a different place booked but the tour guide strongly recommeded it so we changed. We went to celebrate my partner's birthday and even noted it when booking but there was no mention of it by the staff, which tbh is not a big deal, but at least a happy bday would've been nice. The staff is the best part of the place, they are lovely, well informed, very polite and warm. The place is very clean and nicely decorated and it seem to follow all COVID regulations, which is great. We shared the mussles for a started and they were delicious, one of the recommendations from the staff and they did nail them. As a main we both ordered the sirloin, mine blue (which came rare) and one rare (which came medium), we don't like throwing food away so we ate them but informed the staff so they can improve it for other customers and they very kindly applied a discount to the final bill, which was not necessary but highly appreciate it. Other than overcooked (to our taste) the meat was excellent. We also ordered sides and dessert, which just as everything else was spot on. The portions are good in size and the timing wait seemed good. It is a very charming, good quality place and we would...