King's Arms

Christianexoo

30th July 2008

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Built into the corner of Wadham College, founded in the early 1600s, The King's Arms offers average pints to average people. The ploughman's lunch is something of a novelty if one has never experienced a ploughman's lunch. A workhorse of a pub, The King's Arms offers a location convenient to towheaded Balliol sloans who don't know enough to stay in their own bar. Overall, an enjoyable little pub-- just mind your feet and don't trip over any scarves.

victoriachan

Squeaky bench and dry fish cakes 20th September 2007

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There is a bench that squeaks like it is really a quacentury years old (but we suspect the squeaking could be due to our friend's lovingly polished butt). The pub does claim to have been around since the 1600s though the bench seems to be the only remnant of this history. The rest of the pub is mostly renovated and newish.

I like the way it is divided into different 'rooms' like a house. And it is bigger than most traditional pubs in Oxford. These rooms are usually quite filled up, the pub does get quite popular even on week nights.

Food was so-so though. I had Fish Cake, and it was too flaky and dry for my taste. The whole portion (about £4++) was really just a tiny fish cake with tiny bits of pity greens, quite miserable. It was under the 'small plates' category in the menu, fair enough. But still quite pricey for the value.