Ashmolean Dining Room - Oxford

Visited on a Sunday and greeted by very friendly staff, menu looked promising and this is where it ended for the food. Sadly the fish cake and asparagus tart were both under seasoned and underwhelming. The place has the potential to be fantastic, just needs the right chef.

This is a charming restaurant at the top of the oldest museum in Englanf. Entry to the museum is free well worth a visit. I really liked the decor all the many herbs growing on the roof terrace. There was plenty of staff who were polite smiling. Their g t was a triumph. Beautifully presented with a sprig of rosemary. What lets this place down is the lack of seasoning in the food. It is frankly bland. We chose the fish cake the asparagus tartlet with a side of fries ciabatta bread with balsamic in oil. Bland bland bland. The bread oil was tasty. Sort the food out this restaurant could be 5

Had a lovely high tea at the Ashmolean with wonderful service from Matheus. Extremely warm and friendly! :

Matheus was a very good and friendly host. He made us feel welcome and took care of us very well!

On our last visit to the Ashmolean we found that the basement café was under refurbishment and a member of the staff said that the restaurant was serving coffee and cakes . The only cake available at the time was scone. It turned out that they only had cheese scone and these came with jam and cream!!! We said this was odd so gave back the jam and cream and asked for more butter. The waitress was surprised, she obviously had an odd palate. So we had this and was drinking our coffee when a waiter came along and took our plates immediately we had each finished our scone and then the cup almost before we had drunk the last drop. Obviously hustling us to leave. He was then surprised when I refused to pay the service charge!! As a regular to the Ashmolean I suggest that some serious staff training should be carried out.