This review of Bytemark originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Excellent Internet hosting services backed by knowledgeable customer service and “real people” you can talk to, all at great prices.
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Review of Holland & Barrett
This review of Holland & Barrett originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Good, conveniently-placed health food shop frequently featuring buy-one-get-one-for-a-penny deals.
Review of Payphone
This review of Payphone originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Not just a regular payphone, this is an iconic K2 kiosk almost exactly to Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s original 1924 design, and in fact the only example of such a thing in Oxford (although this particular one wasn’t originally from here): the other ‘red telephone boxes’ in Oxford are all of the latter, smaller K6 design. This particular phone box is a piece of architectural history!
Review of The Tuck Shop
This review of The Tuck Shop originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Cheap drinks and sandwiches. Little space inside: becomes unnavigable when there’s a queue. Often run short or out of small denominations of coins (more often than you’d expect for a convenience store) and start accepting exact change only (although don’t expect to find that out until you reach the front of the queue).
Review of Oxford Print Centre
This review of Oxford Print Centre originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
A range of print services and reasonable prices, but somewhat disorganised: for my largest order, I was given a collection time and arrived only to find that they hadn’t yet started on it!
Review of Barclays ATM
This review of Barclays ATM originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Three cash machines, although more often than not one is broken. Very often run out of £10 notes and often out of cash entirely or receipt paper. No sensible queuing space, so when there are queues they often send up on the road. A common target for card skimmer thieves: I’ve been caught out once here!
Review of Cardews of Oxford
This review of Cardews of Oxford originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Spectacular selection of teas and coffees served by knowledgeable staff: if you’re looking for tea leaves or coffee beans, you can’t do better. Also sells various cookware, although sometimes a little pricey for what it is.
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.
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.
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.
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 Najar’s Place
This review of Najar's Place originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Delicious falafel wraps (and other hot food) at fair prices, served by friendly, cheery staff.
Review of Not Dogs
This review of Not Dogs originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
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.
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.
Review of The Oxford Sandwich Company
This review of The Oxford Sandwich Company originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Fresh sandwiches, panini and more made to order with a smile. Great value delicious food.
Review of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
This review of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan.
Beautiful craggy headlands and windswept beaches. The very essence of the beauty of the Welsh coastline.