Reviews - Shoryu Oxford
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8.8of 10
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Robert P. • 4 reviews
5 March 2025
9.5/10Excellent service and tasty dishes. It would be nice to be offered a jug of tap water.
Lucy C. • 1 review
15 February 2025
10/10This is our favourite place to eat in Oxford. We love the Ramen which is so tasty. The staff are always lovely too.
Caroline L. • 3 reviews
17 February 2025
9.5/10attentive staff who explained menu well, food was tasty and good value
Ken U. • 1 review
14 February 2025
8/10Lovely food and pleasant polite staff. Surprisingly good upbeat atmosphere. Highly recommended
Alice W. • 1 review
27 December 2024
10/10Lovely food, friendly staff and great atmosphere. Been here many times and definitely intend on making another visit ☺️
Jingyuan D. • 20 reviews
18 November 2024
6/10The ramen is always just OK. However the management has been steadily declining to the point of being scammy. The early bird ramen program for example was implemented extremely arbitrarily - they can decide the program is just suddenly ended
paradee c. • 2 reviews
2 November 2024
9.5/10All staff members so nice . Excellent services.
Chris V. • 1 review
20 July 2024
9.5/10The food and service are amazing!
robin y. • 9 reviews
1 July 2024
7/10harish the head waiter was smooth, but we had to wait 40 mins after ordering before food arrived. it was more annoying that guests who ordered after us were served first, even though we were only a party of 3
Jingyuan D. • 20 reviews
5 February 2024
7.5/10A lot of streamlining could be done to service. This is one aspect of Japanese management they sorely need to adopt
Andrea G. • 1 review
27 January 2024
10/10Best Japanese ramen in Oxford. The staff is always welcoming, friendly and ready to help. I definitely recommend it!
Chris D. • 1 review
20 January 2024
9.5/10I thought I had to travel to Japan to get miso tonkotsu ramen as good as this.
Neil H. • 1 review
3 January 2024
10/10Food and service great, been going here for a few years and never disappoints.
Lou C. • 3 reviews
2 January 2024
4.5/10Possibly the rudest service ever received. No thank yous, no smiles nor friendly welcome. But happy to charge 12.5% service charge. Food was ok, but not worth the cost.
Anthony B. • 19 reviews
23 October 2023
7/10Service friendly but slow. Food reasonably good.
Charlie Y. • 2 reviews
8 October 2023
8.5/10Food is excellent but service has room for improvement. We booked a table and arrived on time, and saw a few tables available, but we were asked to sit on counter. I requested a table and noticed no bookings at other table at all . It was 2:30pm Sunday at Oxford. Finally i and my wife got a table very close to the next table of two. This is clearly not the best table we could get with booking
Paul M. • 6 reviews
7 August 2023
8/10Early evening dinner for 2 at 5pm. Both ramen and Katsu curry were both tasty and reasonable sized portions. As were our Bao bun and octopus starters. Despite booking with Yums, the restaurant initially told us they were only accepted in their London restaurants, so II settled our bill in full. After speaking with the manager, he agreed to refund our 2000 yums in the form of a £50 note. All goid in the end and would re-visit if in Oxford in the future. The restaurant was surprisingly busy for 5pm on a Monday.
Susen A. • 89 reviews
22 July 2023
9.5/10
Just got back from an early dinner at this place and had to write this review. This was my first time eating Japanese cuisine and so I went with a friend and an open mind. What a great first experience! The service staff were attentive and so polite and courteous… rushed off their feet as it was pretty full but still smiling and always approachable. The food exceeded my expectations - we both had the vegetarian sweet potato croquette curry with rice and it really was so tasty and satisfying. We also had the cucumber starter and it was fresh and flavourful. The raspberry mocktail I ordered was the only thing with which I was unimpressed. It was nothing more than a normal glass of some cordial with sparkling water which for £6 was quite extortionate. I’ll be back for the food again for sure!
Brygida P. • 24 reviews
14 July 2023
9.5/10
We booked a table via The Fork. We were welcomed promptly and shown to our table, the waiter explained the menu and left. No one came to take our order for quite long time. We thought we have to do it by scanning the code on the table… eventually husband went to see a member of staff and placed an order. The restaurant became very busy hence waiting time for food was longer than expected. Starters very tasty, ramen too however the waiter mixed up the bowls… no room for dessert.
Longtang Z. • 1 review
31 May 2023
10/10
Amazing cuisine! A friend of mine recommended me this restaurant. I look forward to seeing more chains open elsewhere~
Nicola T. • 5 reviews
10 May 2023
7/10Food was good, not excellent but a decent ramen. There’s not much to say about the service, it’s adequate for this type of establishment. They do keep you waiting an extraordinarily long time to acknowledge you’ve arrived, which, is a little disconcerting.
Yoneko S. • 1 review
7 May 2023
10/10Lovely food, super lovely staff. Highly recommend it! I loved that the staff say “Irasshaimase” like the restaurants do in Japan, and my husband loved their signature dish. Five stars!
Jonathan M. • 1 review
4 April 2023
7.5/10Lovely food, but service is often slow. It’s easy to feel forgotten while the servers focus on clearing tables. Maybe they just need more staff during the busy times?
Andrew D. • 1 review
19 March 2023
10/10Absolutely banging Ramen! 10/10 Whacked a load of chilli oil on … coming again ????????????
Helen P. • 1 review
10 March 2023
8/10Food was really good. Staff were inattentive, rude. We had to ask twice for water. It took 40 minutes for two scoops of ice cream to be served. Once it arrived there was no apology for the delay.
Zenda D. • 1 review
24 December 2022
10/10Absolutely best Raman in Oxford!
Tsz Wo S. • 1 review
26 December 2022
8/10Lack of staff as always, not only because this time is boxing day, but it happens to us every time. We had to wait for 1.5 hour from being led to our seat to arrival of food, when the tables are only 30% full. Hope the management acknowledges the situation and improve, as this will increase your overturn too. However, the food quality is really good, so I would say, still worth the wait for me.
Katherine L. • 7 reviews
12 November 2022
8/10The food was excellent, as usual, but there were 2 mistakes with our order, and service was slow even though we were eating relatively early at 5.30pm.
Federica M. • 1 review
28 August 2022
10/10
I am allergic to shrimps and the manager came to help me choose my ramen - great service and very kind people working there!
Katy A. • 1 review
1 July 2022
9/10The staff were great, the food was excellent and great location and decor. Only thing I didn’t like was how noisy and echoey it was. Quite difficult to hear each other at the table.
Z L. • 1 review
15 April 2022
6/10Reserved a table but was asked to sit at the bar place for the whole time, and the staff didn’t bother making an effort to rearrange. Have been to this shop many times, and this time got the worst experience. Very disappointed.
Katherine L. • 7 reviews
28 November 2021
7/10Disappointed to find the Christmas menu not on offer yet despite the website saying it was available. Otherwise food was lovely, and although we were warned the kitchen was a bit slow and we ay have to wait, the food came out in good time.
Dave S. • 2 reviews
27 November 2021
9.5/10Excellent tasting food and great staff, advised to book ahead as very popular. ..................................................... .
Katherine L. • 7 reviews
21 November 2021
8.5/10Great food and warm atmosphere. Service staff could be a little more attentive, we had to catch someone's eye to make an order then go up to the till to ask for the bill.
Lara S. • 15 reviews
25 September 2021
7/10Food was great as usual, but this time the service was not good. There was a lack of waiters, we had a booking for 8pm and managed to get seated 45 minutes later. Food took very long too. Beer was not cold… I hope it was just a bad day as I’ve always had a very good experience at Shoryu Oxford
Andrew B. • 1 review
26 September 2021
6/10On this occasion 2 of the 3 meals were over salty. Also service was very slow - it looked like there were too few staff to serve . When the service came it was very professional and staff were helpful.
Volker K. • 15 reviews
26 June 2021
9/10Excellent food. Sercice was overwhelmed. Very friendly and helpful when available.
Nicola T. • 5 reviews
26 August 2020
9.5/10Our table host was excellent. The menu was limited and not all our favourite dishes were available. With a lot of help from our table host and a little manipulating of dishes available we were all able to enjoy the Shoryu dishes we love.
Alfredo C. • 3 reviews
9 December 2019
7.8/10The ramen and yakisoba were very good!!!
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