Had a lovely time, food was nice and particularly liked the live music, range of food could be expanded a little more.

It really is a lovely place to eat especially now we have hot weather to sit outside and have live music was lovely . The staff are helpful and friendly , the food is delicious can’t fault it

We got there very early (ahead of the booking time)and they had no trouble giving us a place.
Wine and food were good quality and value with not a wide choice but adequate.
Would recommend it when visiting Oxford.

Brilliant location and excellent service. Food was good though the veggie choice was a bit limited - salad or gnocchi. Recommend the grilled apricots for dessert.

Lovely surroundings and well presented food. Friendly but busy staff

Fantastic location, the food was delicious and service was warm and welcoming.

Locoatipn great especially in the sun food ok nothing special expensive with small portions. Coffee also good but pricey as served in bone china cups 😬 service very good fast & polite- for location I’d come for drinks & view again but maybe skip food

A lovely place to eat after a visit to the museum, especially if the weather's good and you
can sit out on the roof terrace. Excellent food and lovely attentive staff.

Meeting a friend for lunch during day of shopping: rooftop outside in shade was offered and appreciated. Food looked and tasted great and service was attentive but not excessive. Delightful experience.

We had a lovely lunch before visiting an exhibition. The food was good and the service excellent.

Visited for afternoon tea on my birthday. Lovely sunny day and the tea was really nice.

The restaurant was under-staffed for the number of diners.
Summer menu not as good as that available last winter.

The food and service was great, but the booking system unfriendly and unhelpful.. I tried unsuccessfully for long periods (up to an hour) to get through on the phone. I had wished to follow up my booking with a specific request, difficult to do online.

A lovely location for a special occasion.
However, as a coeliac, I’d expect there to be gluten free bread available, especially as I’d pre-booked. The GF menu options were good but the food was a little bland. The service was friendly, relaxed and helpful.

We had a very enjoyable lunch here and would recommend it as a pleasant dining experience in central Oxford. The set menu was good value - not huge portions if that is what you want but in our opinion ample for lunch. There is a good atmosphere, busy, without being frantic and I was very grateful to the manageress for organising a quiet table as my husband has hearing issues. It helps that there is no deafening background. music! There was a little blip over our drinks order which didn't appear with the meal and had to be chased but this was speedily rectified with an apology. We would recommend this as a good place to eat in Oxford, especially if combined with a visit to the museum.

very pleased to see that you have changed from using plastic straws to paper straws - well done!


Need another lift! One lift for all the people with mobility difficulties, and pushchairs, is not enough - every time we have visited there has been a long wait - surely needs a second lift!

Charming, helpful and friendly staff; very attentive but not in-your-face. A birthday was mentioned when booking and a complementary prosecco was served and a happy bithday embellishment was on the dessert plate. The food was freshly cooked and attractively presented.
Particularly lovely to be sitting outside of a rooftop restaurant on the hottest weekend of the year!

Beautiful spot on sunny evening. Food was fine but not great. Waiters very friendly.

The roof of the Ashmolean is a very beautiful venue for dining and this rooftop solution could be better used across UK towns. There is the sense that diners are contributing to the upkeep of the Museum, which is worthy. For £90.00 for two I was comparing other European dining at 100 Euros. The wine was overpriced. Pinot Grigio Rose at £26 when it should have been about £16. £26 indicates a bottle with a cork. The menu was sort of everyday bistro; fish and guinea fowl in mid - modest size portions. No default selection of vegetables because everything carries an extra charge. With a table of this price it was depressing not to be offered at least 4 breads, water, ice and lime and home made grissini and cracker breads. There was the omission of local sourcing reference on the menu; were these guinea fowl from a local farm? Service was by classic British underpaid children or proud immigrants trying to get by. This tells us all we need to know that we are part of a skinflint business plan, not the world of dining pleasure. No live music on a Saturday night. This can be done well and not obtrusive. Recommend to a friend? We could return but I would need to be able to say that each part of the meal was "Ashmolean Terrace" unique, something that didn't seem to have the tone of the local supermarket about its sourcing. Corner cutting and not focussed on the food.

It’s a very nice place to eat when visiting the Ashmolean or close by. It’s light and fresh. And also a good place to meet friends for lunch.

Although the location is beautiful and the hostess was very accommodating, the food was very poorly seasoned, bland and utterly dull. We had a selection from the set menu and the main menu - what was consistent overall was the complete lack of flavour in all dishes, the squid was like eating rubber bands and the couscous was so tasteless my friend had to procure her hot sauce from her bag to liberally douse over said dish!!!
One would expect with the prices as they are and the quality of the restaurant that the food would have more love and care cooked/baked into it. We were supremely disappointed - an instance where eating out is such a let down one wonders why you ever leave the house because your food tastes much better and cleaner.

Visited Oxford with 4 friends to do walking tour and exhibition at the Ashmolean.
Lunch in between. We only had starters as it was too hot. Thought the menu a bit limited but what was delivered was delicious.

Last night in Oxford and wanted to celebrate with dessert and drinks while listening to jazz on their outside patio. Unfortunately service was negative upon arrival with notice of kitchen closing time, which was not posted anywhere online. Was being seated at last outside table and then moved to a second table so that a previously seated table could sit there -then seated at table immediately next to band. Waiter had much difficulty - didn’t understand our order, extremely slow and inattentive, uninterested in us altogether. Only plus was the band was very good, and we were able to make the most of our celebration together.

Our favourite restaurant after years of coming - cod in seared black squid ink was delicious

Staff most engaging, menu somewhat restricted , waiter suggested a non alcoholic drink which was a perfect choice on a hot day

Very hot day so the bottled water was warm, otherwise cannot fault. A bit noisy but restaurants always are.

I was lunching on my own and felt very much overlooked by the waiting staff. I waited at least 15 minutes after being seated before any of them offered me a drink and that was because I asked. I would have liked some bread when my lunch arrived but there was noone to ask. Equally I had to ask for my bill. The couple next to me asked after me, were brought their bill and paid it before mine even arrived. Eventually I had to get up and find someone, which felt like my experience from beginning to end. Very poor.

We’d just had a terrible train journey to Oxford, so sat out on the roof terrace on a gloriously hot day to relax and eat some nice food. Lovely menu and some pretty decent wines. We also had the added bonus of seeing a beautiful hawk hovering above the rooftops in a clear blue sky. Highly recommended, but worth sitting under a parasol in hot weather.

Our second visit but this was very disappointing. The Groupon voucher clearly does not work as they charge for the prosecco ,the starter and the main course separately before deducting the price of the Groupon. As a result it is impossible to achieve the purpose of the voucher. Two of the main courses arrived some time after the first two which is poor and one of the trout was swimming in a liquid which was neither pleasant to look at or taste!! The service was cursory and showed no enthusiasm for the job whatsoever. Why work in the hospitality area if it is clearly not what you want to do. As I said at the beginning this was our second visit and certainly our last. We will not be recommending it to our friends.

Very civilised place for lunch in central Oxford. Delicious food. Would have been better if we could have sat outside but no tables available in the shade

Very nice ambience, friendly staff, great food and great location.

Pleasant environment and price matched standard of food. Service was slow however they offered complimentary coffee and tea. Nice retreat in the heat of an Oxford summer.

Excellent service from Arcangelo gave the occasion a good European feel.

My friend had had the Sunday lunch there before and was impressed so invited me. It was great to sit outside but the sun moved round (as it does!) and we had to keep shifting to keep out of it which was tricky as my friend uses a wheelchair. No assistance was offered although we could possibly have been moved to a shadier table? The food was very good - way better than the normal pub type roast, but a bit more expensive: definitely worth it. Good service and quite friendly. My friend was slightly off-put by the luke warm coffee. I noticed this vaguely but didn't really mind...

I waited and waited by the entry desk, having been ignored by three people when I entered, then told to wait while the maitre d needed to "talk to someone else". Not asked if I had booked (I had) and refused an outside table because "they are all booked". Eventually got my outside table. If both I and my friend (waiting in another part of the restaurant) had been asked if we had booked we would have been quickly seated together rather than waiting for each other in different areas. Need more umbrellas on the roof terrace - quite a few people wanted to be seated in the shade but some tables were in full sun so they had to eat inside. Food ok but not remarkable, and somewhat expensive. Nice rooftop view.

My breast of guinea fowl was slightly overcooked and dry, but my companion was happy with his rump of lamb.

Pleasant friendly service
Spacious and airy
Convenient eating place when visiting the *Ashmolean
Menu and Pricing fine
Would recommend ... when visiting A*

The restaurant has a good selection of food, prompt service, engaging and professional staff and a superb location. I would recommend this to anyone visiting Oxford.

We both had the lamb and seasonal veggies - cooked to perfection

Tasty modest portions although the Beetroot jus was fairly tasteless!
Otherwise well presented and served.