| Pub name | Turf Tavern |
| Location | Oxfordshire |
| Town | Oxford |
| Streetmap URL | Available here |
| Description | One of Oxford's oldest and finest pub, with a great range of good beer and a decent meal. Favoured by serious drinking goths and Terry Pratchett fans. |
| Submitted by | grimoire |
| Submitted on: | 2000-09-08 |
| User comments |
| Submitted by: | Tom Sulston
/ 2001-01-05 |
Comment:
| He's not wrong y'know! :)
Excellent beer, coal braziers in the garden during the winter. Regular beer / zoider festivals.
Gets rather full in termtime though. Best to go when the students have gone home. |
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| Submitted by: | Ritchie S
/ 2001-01-22 |
Comment:
| The coal braziers seem to have been replaced with naaasty gas powered affairs. Pity. Does tend to be rammed with students, so don't bother on a Friday or Saturday night in term time. Great beer. Food's good, too. |
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| Submitted by: | gothkate
/ 2001-01-30 |
Comment:
| Legend has it that back in the good ol' days (well, pre- my arrival in Oxford) when Oxford University actually had a gothsoc, and not just a rocksoc, that this is where they met. It's still ocasionally used by RPG-ers into "Vampyre", so not everyone you think s a goth is. They've just got fantastic clothes on. You are equally likely to hear arguments over the merits of Beborn Beton and whether Eton or Harrow was a better school to have gone to. |
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| Submitted by: | phenyl_fairy
/ 2003-05-19 |
Comment:
| Hmm, this is definitely a traditional pub, complete with very low ceilings! Although the coal braziers outside are a nice touch, the inside is all wood-pannelly, if I remember correctly... Not recommended for those of the cyber persuasion! |
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| Submitted by: | slayergirl
/ 2003-06-02 |
Comment:
| As good as the Turf used to be I really have to say that at the moment it has gone downhill. It is still a lovely place but the bar service is absolutely appalling - you have to wait at least 20 mins (no exaggeration!) and the other day I was told off for not being in the queue - who queues at a bar?!? |
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| Submitted by: | faeriegraver
/ 2003-12-15 |
Comment:
| If you don't want to get annoyed, pop in just as it opens, the place is actually quiet then. =) |
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| Submitted by: | Lord_Emperor
/ 2004-01-03 |
Comment:
| "Fire: giver of warmth; scourge of Prometheus; eradicator of dead wood...". The braziers are really pretty cool. A ready-salted crisp thrown on the fire survives a surprising length of time, before turning into what looks like a carbon slice. Mulled wine at Christmas is good, too; except (service-related) there's only a tiny little heated pot to keep it in, and they're always running out! |
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