The Black Boy - Amber Valley

Great place to catch up with friends. Enough room to not hear next doors conversation. Friendly staff, quiet and efficient service.

We had made a booking post Christmas when we previously visited the Black Boy when we worked for Oxford Brookes in Headington and were always satisfied with the experience, Now we are restarted, we nrmaly meeting monthly and usually with little announcement and have frquently disappointed that it was fully booked. However, I had a dental appointment so had a good news and managed to get a lunch booking. Unfortunately, the tooth date was over and was more painful than expected, so I could only get the excellent soup and wine (not all bad! but my friend had a main course with which he was very satisfied, and a lush dessert. The service was fast, attentive and sympathetic! This visit confirmed our previous opinion that the Black Boy is a very plentiful and relaxing place to eat, the food and wine are alway very good and it has an excellent ambience; highly recommended

The food was really nice. But a few disappointing questions about the booking arrangements surprised what was otherwise a really pleasant lunch.

Very delicious food and beautifully decorated with good ambience.

We choose to come here as the menu looks good online. It was busy for Thursday night luckily we reserved a table. Food tasted good and was served very quickly. Food prices isn’t too either. Service could be a bit better, but overall we were happy.