The only Butcher on cowley road, family run and great quality meat…read more I bought some Lamb chops here a few weeks ago. 4 of them, cut to my decides thickness, just over an inch. And it all came to 3 pounds. Compare this to sub quality tesco equivelent for 5 poundsand its doesnt take much thought about where you should get your meat.

I feel very lucky to have this old-fashioned, friendly local butcher nearby. Tasty sausages,…read morefree-range chicken, stewing lamb...I'm still working my way through their great selection.

Located in Oxford and we got a tour of Oxford and Covered Market. I will say many stores were…read moresomewhat closed towards the 5pm timeslot on a weekday but they have foods, restrooms, stores and other items in the market. They have knick knacks and multiple entrances/exits into the market.

Absolutely love the covered market! There are so many cute shops, restaurants, cafes all with a…read morelocal feel and intimate texture to them. The market is so uniquely decorated and has an amazing cozy feel to it! Perfect place to hang out with friends and/or family!

The Farmers' Market is a relatively new initiative which brings local produce to Oxford's shoppers…read more There's a great range of food such as free range meat and dairy produce, home-baked cakes and locally produced jams and honeys. There are burgers and other food items cooked on the sight, so you can eat while you wander, and it's ideal if you're looking for good, honest food without the stress of supermarket shopping. The stallholders are mostly friendly and keen to chat about their produce, and prices are reasonably compared to health food shops and similar. A great thing to support that adds to the traditional feel of the more independent aspects of Oxford shopping and makes the big town seem more like a local farming market.

A good event to wander around even if you're not going to buy anything. Large range of local stalls…read moreselling fruit and veg, meat, fish and bakery goods. If you go right at the end of the market you can also pick up great bargins on various products especially the fruit and veg when everything is being sold off cheap (eg 4 mangoes for a pound!)

The store mainly carries Indian and Middle Eastern foods (frozen, fresh, dried, halal meat…read morecounter), but also has fresh veg and herbs like: okra, Chinese okra, ginger, basil, etc. I've yet to find any one ethnic store that has everything I need in Oxford, so I always make more than one stop when I do my weekly grocery run down Cowley Rd. And this is often one of my stops for fresh veg and Arabic coffee. Minimum £5 for credit card purchases.

It's impossible to miss this butcher's stand in the middle of the Covered Market. I don't really…read morelike walking past lots of raw meat, but there is something fascinating about it, and it's good to know your meat is just coming from an animal and not mixed up with all sorts of things in a factory somewhere. My chef friend loves seeing the birds hanging up and tells me it all looks like good quality. I've never plucked up the courage to ask for a cut of something, but luckily they provide ready cut packages, some of which are already prepared with stuffings or glazes, so you can't really go wrong. I think you can really taste the difference between this and supermarket frozen meat, and the price difference isn't too great. The range is impressive as well, although it's hard to predict which of the more unusual meat will be available each time. If you want something in particular, it's worth asking at the counter, as they may be able to get it in for you.

This place is right in the heart of the covered market, central and convenient and most of all,…read moreorganic. Not all of the meat is organic, but its clearly marked what is and isn't and the guys (and girls) behind the counter will help you out if you have questions. They're open when the covered market is, i.e. mon-sat, but they do extend their opening hours around Christmas. They sell beef, pork, lamb, chicken, mutton, offal, game, suasages and eggs and more. Often they have game (birds or mammals) hanging outside the shop. At Christmas this place is understandably heaving, especially on Christmas Eve or christmas-order collection day, but it feels very festive while you're waiting as they have rows and rows of turkeys hanging up, I even saw a boar hanging outside once! The staff are super-friendly and knowledgable, like a butchers' is supposed to be. The meat is top-quality, traceable and can suit a variety of budgets. If you have a recipe but are not sure what cut you need, or if they've run out of what you needed they can advise you on what is a good substitute too. They can prep your meat for you too if you ask. We also buy organic eggs there too, they're a reasonable price for a really good egg - about £3.50/dozen as I recall.

Quality butcher. The real meat company, higher quality than organic. No herbicides, pesticides,…read moregrowth hormones or antibiotics. Fresh local produce, vegetables and bread, general groceries. Pop in and see Michael Cain.

I have been coming to Hedges ever since I arrived in Oxford in1973.For very many of these years I…read morehave been served by Mark Stoker who I have seen move from boy to middle age.I have always had outstanding service and as I frequently cook for large parties(100 plus)I have had incredible deals . The quality of the meat and game is excellent and there are frequently bargains.Just before Christmas I got a free range Peachcroft Farm turkey for half price as Mark felt it would not be at its best in the few days before the actual day. There is always excellent well hung beef and local lamb. I would urge everyone to use this wonderful butcher to reduce the risk of it joining the other Market facilities which have been forced out by rising rents. Mike Simm

This particular Marks and Spencer is really just a grocery store (not a big M&S like the one…read moredowntown that has clothes, etc.) - and has a lot of good, fresh food as well as some innovative sauces and kits. Their prices are not bad, even though I think they have a reputation for being the pricey option; but when doing my own informal price comparisons with Sainsbury and Tesco, they all seem to be pretty similar. M&S tends to have a pretty good selection of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think their weakness is in the fact that they mostly only have their own store brands of nonperishables, but they've started to incorporate other brands of cereal, etc. But generally, you can be sure you're going to find what you need here, with good quality, and at a decent price. I'm a fan of their Indian cooking sauces, some of their pasta sauces, and their house-brand cereals. Just a note: For anyone with experience with actual Mexican food, their enchilada kits will be a disappointment. But that's pretty typical for Britain, anyway... you don't really come here for Latin American food ;)

One of the things I've come to like about M&S is the food side of things, and this place in…read moreSummertown is a perfect example. The prepared foods available are wonderful and the selection is quite good. The fruit and veg looked fine, as did the meats. The staff was helpful and check out was quick w/ self-scan. Good to go!

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house,…read more Not a creature was stirring, except my dad who was incensed that Lidl had forgot to include giblets in our turkey. We called JE Pill, who kindly offered to save us a bag of giblets; no charge! Five stars for fantastic service and saving Christmas.

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Review for summer 2019:…read more You know that feeling of exhaustion from heat, endless walking, dodging too many tourists and you just want a piece of heaven... well, you can find it here! We had our sites on another eatery, however thankfully for us we found this gem instead! Do not expect aircon inside, however you will be greeted with friendly staff, pleasant tasting food and plenty of tables inside and out to dine. Cuisine took me back to some places I visited in Italy, and the staff's Italian between one another I think also influenced my experience! Their pizza is FAN-tis-tico!

Summer in Oxford feels like summer at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco -- tourist-ridden. While…read morerestaurants on the high street offered refuge from the crowds (and the unusual UK heat wave), I was craving something a bit more unique to Oxford. Alas, there's a location in London as well. But this cozy, homey pizza restaurant certainly stood out from the dozens of chain restaurants that we had walked past earlier. The restaurant's interior, with tasteful splashes of color, feels a bit like an Italian grandmother's kitchen -- imagine shelves full of pasta boxes. After an early morning visit to the Ashmolean Museum, we got there shortly after 12:30 p.m., which means that we had just missed the lunch rush. I doubt it would have been a problem had we decided to dine earlier, as there are plenty of tables in the restaurant. The pizzas are rectangular and come in both whole and half versions. (Buongiorno E Buonasera encourages you to order the latter so you can share.) There's a sign somewhere in the restaurant that derides untraditional pizza -- I can't remember what pizza blasphemy it cites, but pineapple on pizza, chicken on pizza... you know the drill. As I don't eat red meat (part of me wished that they served a pizza with chicken, but c'est la vie...), I mentally prepared myself to order a margherita pizza. Which, you know, is delicious in its own right, but I wanted something a bit more daring. I shouldn't have worried. Still authentic, the vivace pizza checked all of my boxes: tomato sauce, mozzarella, peppers, chili, and basil. An extremely filling lunch for less than £10!