66a - Oxford

4 of us met up for a family reunion and were very impressed with the standards and food quality. Prawn starters were beautfully cooked and presented, as were the mains where we all had different choices the lamb rump being my personal favourite was cooked to perfection. Wine fairly pricey. This was not a cheap meal but was well worth the cost and worth travelling a little out of the city centre and away from all the chain restaurants.

The experience at this restaurant was just okay. The food was decent but not exceptional, the service was attentive but there were some language barriers, and the prices were a bit high but acceptable.

It has been some time since our last visit to Restaurant 66. The three of us had an exceptional dining experience. Phillipo, the manager, was incredibly helpful and friendly, going above and beyond to make sure we were satisfied. He recommended the grilled sea bream, which we all ended up ordering. He even showed us the fish before it was cooked and expertly boned it at our table. I have high hopes for Phillipo's transformation of the restaurant and believe it will soon be known as one of the top dining spots in Oxford, all at an affordable price.

Pretty poor restaurant. One of the poorer restaurants I have eaten at in recent years. Very expensive and poor service I would suggest eating somewhere else

We spent the weekend at the Cotswold Lodge Hotel as a family of 4 couples. Our tariff included £25 towards our evening meal and breakfast. The restaurant is set in a pretty well organised comfortable environment, but the menu prices meant that it was almost impossible to have 2 courses for the allowed price. I only had the main course, others had to have the soup and a chicken dish to keep the price under our £25 allowance. My sister had a steak and had to return it uneaten because of the huge amount of fat and gristle. I do wonder why a chef could cook such meat and then serve it. Makes you wonder about quality control. Fortunately the hotel did not charge for this meal. We were each given a roll to start our meal; we were not asked to choose one, but it was selected for us by the waiter. Again disappointing. Breakfast was also sub par. Lots of choice of pastries fruit etc and of cooked offerings. But why should so many dishes have a supplement, when the cost of B and B is so high? The cooked breakfast was good, but if you asked for porridge and the cooked offering then they were brought to the table at the same time! Why, especially when we asked for a gap between? I’m afraid there were others problems too: wrong items, badly under cooked poached egg and so on. I really like the hotel, it’s ideally placed in this wonderful city. But I wouldn’t book dinner bed and breakfast again.