Rachel's — Restaurant in Oxford

I went in because I had some time before the coach back to London (which is right in front of it) and people kept coming and going so it's obviously popular. I can't give it more than three stars though and I'll explain why and hopefully they will see this. First of all I only got a banh mi, but they had a lot of stuff on the menu, so my review is based only on their char su banh mi. It was fine, I wouldn't tell anyone not to get it, but there were issues. It certainly is not as good a banh mi as Keu in London. To start with the bread was not warm and crunchy like it is at Keu or in Vietnam. It was a sort of bog standard baguette. The filling was good. The veggies and the meat were very tasty. Unfortunately there just wasn't enough of them, especially meat. Again, I only compare it to the many banh mi's I've had in the last couple of years. In closing, it is a perfectly fine banh mi but it wouldn't win any awards. You need to pack that baguette guys, most banh mi's I've ever eaten have the ingredients falling out of the bread. Also you need to up your bread game, that baguette needs to be warm and seriously crunchy if you want it to...

This is a great little cafe, and I am so happy that it has emerged from lockdown still in business. For years it has been my favourite place for a slightly elevated East Oxford lunch, a cut above the competition in terms of variety and tastiness.

The banh mi sandwiches are really nice, with a good choice of fillings - I like the satay chicken with sriracha. The pastries/dim sum things are good too - the pork buns are best, and the moon cakes are also good.

The coffee is also amazing, as good or better than most of the speciality coffee places around. A flat white and a few little butter cookies make for a perfect...

Very disappointing, stopped to grab something quick and saw they had vegan options. Ordered two tofu Bahn Mi Baguettes to eat in, £12 for two very small under-filled rolls. Found one ultra thin slice of cucumber, and a tiny sprinkling of grated carrot and Daikon radish, struggled to find the tofu as well. I have had bahn mi overseas and in the UK, which were full of filling, crunchy and fresh. Yes service was friendly but they should be embarrassed serving this up at these prices. We were visiting Oxford for the day, and this left a very bad taste with us....