Dan Q

Day: 20 September 2017

Review of St Aldate’s Post Office

This review of St Aldate's Post Office originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.

St Aldate's Post Office, 102-104 St Aldate's, Oxford OX1 1ZZ, United Kingdom.

Rating: ⭐⭐

This Post Office used to be plagued by long queues for its service desks. Now they’ve replaced half the service desks with a greater number of self-service machines, and yet it somehow seems to have even longer queues as a result. The new system is unfathomable (Do you need self service or not? If not, you need to take a ticket for which you first need to go to a different kind of self-service machine…) and so they’ve had to give somebody the job of standing at the entrance and trying to direct people to the right tool for them.

If you manage to accidentally get past this helper then you’ll find yourself lost, with no idea where you’re supposed to go or what you’re supposed to do.

Use a different post office or, better yet, do as much as you can online. For your sanity.

Review of Bonn Square

This review of Bonn Square originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.

Bonn Square, Oxford OX1 1EU, United Kingdom.

Rating: ⭐⭐

Named for Oxford’s twin city in Germany, Bonn, and that – and the war memorial that acts mostly as a seat among the undersupply of benches – is the only interesting this about this plaza. You can’t sit and eat here because you’ll be mobbed by pigeons. You can’t hold a quiet conversation here because of the foot traffic that ploughs through during daylight hours and the buses that growl by into Queen Street.

It’s just: an empty space that could desperately have enjoyed more love than went into giving it a couple of sad-looking trees. Nothing more, nothing less.

Review of Gloucester Green Market

This review of Gloucester Green Market originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.

Gloucester Green Market, 78 The Heyes, Oxford OX1 2BU, United Kingdom.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The weekday market offers the best multi-cuisine street food experience you’ll get almost anywhere: stalls as far as the eye can see serving Italian, Japanese, Indian, Goan, Ethiopian, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese… the list goes on. Take an explore and try something new on a Wednesday or Thursday soon.

The non-food stalls are a mixed-bag. If you know what you’re looking for, you might find it. If you don’t, you might find something anyway, but don’t hold your breath.

Review of Not Dogs

This review of Not Dogs originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.

Not Dogs, LinkStreet, Birmingham B5 4BS, United Kingdom.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Veggie fast food done right! From the hippy attitude to the delicious and imaginative ‘dogs, this is my favourite vegetarian eatery anywhere.

Review of Alpha Bar

This review of Alpha Bar originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.

Alpha Bar, Covered Market, 89 Market St, Oxford OX1 3EE, United Kingdom.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Delicious salads made to order plus a mixture of different hot and cold foods served daily. Always includes a great vegetarian selection, so long as you get there before it sells out! Often incredibly long queues at lunchtime, and prices are a little high for what you get, but otherwise a great lunchtime venue.