Great venue for a private meal with friends. Beautifully decorated and the menu given to us was delicious and excellent value for money. Carlo also catered for people with specific dietary requirements but kept them included in the whole menu. A fantastic evening was had by all. Thank you.
Love this place - couldn't ask for a better local café! Food and service both amazing. Their bacon sandwiches are heaven.
Thank you for a wonderful meal last night. Great venue for a private function. The food was amazing. I would highly recommend a visit.
Such yummy food! Best pancakes and yummy scrambled eggs on (homemade!) Pesto bread. Definitely a great breakfast spot!
Victoria Louise Williams
+5
Had a private function in here on Friday; the chef Carlo created a beautiful, filling and tasty menu. Lovely setting, great service and highly recommended!
lovely friendly cafe with top quality produce! breakfasts are always a delight X
Great food and excellent service. The mushroom relish was fantastic.
A great, friendly cafe - best fry-up breakfast in the area, and the home-baked paninis are fantastic! Highly recommended
Great food!! Fresh, tasty and the most fantastic chips in Oxford! Good prices too!
Thank you so much Carlo for a wonderful evening! Fantastic food and great atmosphere! OLOL had a wonderful night x
Lovely place, really child friendly. Delicious cakes!
Fabulous place, super friendly service and delicious food & drinks! ! Thank you for opening today to feed us SUPers after our May Day paddle! ! Will definitely be back!
Not biased, but the food is amazing & great value for money!
Very popular with locals, great interpretation of the full English with a wide variety of other breakfast brunch dishes. Closes at 2 so get there before 1
What a find! Superb breakfast/brunch menu. Hearty plates of tasty home cooked style food with a bistro twist. I'd have breakfast there every Saturday if I lived nearby.
The only two gripes that slightly lowered my score for service was a brusque and disinterested waitress (one of two - the other was great), and a toilet that was not cleaned or well maintained . Fix those two issues and this is the perfect place for lunch and brunch.
Very good English breakfast, perfect portion size. Cosy atmosphere!
Lovely breakfast and nice lovely staff members. Had the vegetarian and vegan breakfast, which were really lovely! Especially loved the mushroom ketchup. Would love to buy it!! Haha the coffee was nice but having some filter coffee options will be even lovelier. The service was quite slow so it took a while to get our dishes but when it arrived it was really nice. Having some umbrella for outside seating and heating could be lovely!
Truly fantastic.
I come from Amsterdam, a city with a very strong brunch culture, but I dare say the Eggs Ben with salmon and avocado here at Bannisters were exceptional. It's all the small details - fresh rainbow-colored salmon that looks and tastes amazing thanks to the inventive beetroot and cumin combo, and that perfectly just-zesty-enough Hollandaise sauce. Plating is beautiful too. If that wasn't enough for a 5-star review, their coffee is good, and service is super friendly.
Will definitely make this place my go-to when in Oxford.
I absolutely loved my first visit here. My avocado on toast with poached eggs was simply delicious. Really good value for money and served by the lovely Skye.
I highly recommend this friendly, clean and bright establishment.
Ps ... the pic doesn't do my review justice, as I remembered two mouthfuls in!!
Néstor Manríquez Lozano
+5
This was a great surprise in Iffley Road. One of the best places in Oxford to have breakfast, it is delicious and offers options that are not very usual in the traditional places. The coffee is also outstanding and the service is very good.
Came her for a late breakfast. Wow. It was worth the wait. Full english was cooked perfectly. The home made beans were good and the mushroom ketchup was amazing. The home made ginger beer was refreshing. Service was great. Overall a lovely little cafe. We would definetly return to try more.
Awesome cafe in in Oxford. The atmosphere is great, friendly and helpful staff, beautiful decor and music. Had. Vegetarian breakfast. The mushroom ketchup was a tasty surprise.
Cannot recommend enough. Always take visiting friends here for Oxford's Best Pancakes™.
Friendly, reasonable, delicious. Homemade baked beans, mushroom ketchup and fresh breads (brown, white, walnut, sourdough and olive often all available). Quality ingredients well cooked and the coffee is flavourful and well made.
Shakshuka is the new must but save space for at least one serving of pancakes between you - they are fluffy yet substantial, soft with a crisp outside, and served with maple syrup.
The only improvement would be to deliver to my flat and let me enjoy the superlative breakfast of the well informed Oxfordian from the comfort of my own bed.
Had a fabulous breakfast here recently, lovely staff, delicious food, really lovely menu - was hard to choose just one thing, they all look delicious and were beautifully presented. Would highly recommend and hope to go back when I’m next in the area
Absolutely delicious Shakshouka! Pleasant decor and good service.
Best Pancakes in town full stop. Avo toast also significantly better than competitors.
Had breakfast at Bannisters this morning Really enjoyed it fresh ingredients and a proper mug of tea. And the lady who served us was really friendly and made you feel welcome, very unusual to find these days. Ps And she was stunning ☺
It's Sunday morning, I'm currently in Rome (a city not without great food options), and I find myself missing brunch at Bannister's. Can't wait to be back in town for that full English. Love the place so much!
Great food and staff as always. I've been here at least a dozen times now and have always had a good experience. Bannisters deserves 5 stars but loses 1 for running out of the little things regularly (coffee syrups, options for certain dishes) and for the toilet lock being non-existent.
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