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The donuts from this place are horrible. More sugary than a bag of fruit pastilles.

If you dare to eat more than one, you are putting yourself at extreme risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Not to mention being really fat. And you’ll probably have sugar encrusted all over your face and little sprinkles stuck in your teeth.

Having sad all that, I did once eat 6 Krispy Kreme donuts in one afternoon after our boss bought them for us as a reward. My life flashed before my eyes and I think I spoke to Jesus. Ok I just changed my mind, 5 stars.

My absolute favourite restaurant in Oxford. The food is absolutely delicious, and the service is always great. I recommend the Kung Chup (battered king prawns) for starters, and the Gaeng Penang chicken for the main course, all washed down with a king sized Singa beer.

The only problem is the size of the place. It’s quite tiny, and we always seem to be left waiting on the stairs for ages before being seated.

Oh yeah, for some reason every time I’ve been there with my Dad, the food has been a bit crap. So just don’t go there with your Dad.

Oxfords most famous pub, despite the fact that it’s hidden away down a winding back alley. They serve a great selection of real ales coupled with the usual lagers & guinness.

Has one of the toughest pub quizzes in Oxford. It really seperates the town from the gown.

Is absolutely packed every single night. Mostly by students. But you might bump into the occasional local. Make sure you get there early.

Lots of fun happens in the outside areas, with barbecues in the summer and roasting marshmallows over braziers in the winter.

Overall, a great place. I just wish my workmates weren’t so lame about walking more than 10 minutes away for our after-work pints. Otherwise I’d be there a lot more often.

This place is massive and cheap. I used to come here all the time when I first came to Oxford, and the food was consistently OK.

The last few times I’ve been, the food has been extremely poor, the wine disguting, the service slow and rude.

They’ve clearly decided the best way to make money is by concentrating on cramming as many large groups of drunken university sports teams in as possible. That’s all well and good, but I’m not in a university sports team.

I’m probably drunk though.

As there’s two superior indian restaurants within 1 minutes walk of this place, I can’t see myself coming back.

The popularity of this place puzzles me. It’s slightly-above-KFC-quality chicken masquerading as a proper restaurant. Last time I came here I spent just under ten quid on not much chicken in a pitta bread and some pretty dismal chips. Sure, chicken and spicy sauce is always pretty tasty, but for these prices it just isn’t worth it.

I think I’d actually prefer to go to KFC. And you won’t hear me say THAT very often.

Yes this place is truly great. A massive selection of random unhealthy crap and a happy bunch of people who would just love to shove it in a blender and mix it up with milk and icecream. The result: awesomeness.

The only way this place could get any better would be if they made alcoholic milkshakes.

If I lived next door to this place then I’d definitely have a BMI in the mid-thirties and a serious case of type-2 diabetes. But I’d be all milky and happy.

Sorry guys but I really don’t quite understand why everyone raves about this place. The cookies they sell aren’t really cookies, more like overcooked cakes. They seem quite stingy with the chocolate chips, and I’ve always found them totally lacking in the critical area of “gooeyness”.

The cookies they do in the bakery at Marks and Spencer blow these away, and you get 5 of them for the price of 1 of Ben’s!!

Ok perhaps I’ve just gone at the wrong time? I’ll keep trying. Is there some special eating technique that I need to learn?

This place gets an instant 5 star rating as I got given free bangers 'n’ mash on my birthday. And very tasty they were too. Also I was there on a quiet sunday once and I was given about 6 pints of free beer and a free hot dog. Happy days. Don’t go thinking you’ll receive the same level of awesomeness though. Did I mention my friend used to work there?

The only bad thing about this place is the slightly minging downstairs room. It’s got mould everywhere and smells a bit like school changing rooms.

Can’t say I really like this place much. I can’t understand what my mates see in it. The cocktails are of average quality and overpriced, and quite often you have to pay 3 quid to get inside in the first place!!

Of course I haven’t actually been there for a couple of years, so things may have improved. I’ve heard there’s a new garden area out the back where all our nicotine addicted chums gather to blow smoke in each other’s faces.

If you want cocktails, get your arse to Raoul’s in Jericho instead.