Vaults & Garden Cafe ★★

The Vaults & Garden Cafe from above (Photo © Reid Bramblett)
The Vaults & Garden Cafe from above
The Vaults & Garden Cafe from above, Vaults & Garden Cafe, Oxford (Photo © Reid Bramblett)
Lunch at The Vaults & Garden Cafe, Vaults & Garden Cafe, Oxford (Photo © Reid Bramblett)
The Vaults & Garden Cafe from above, with tombstones, Vaults & Garden Cafe, Oxford (Photo © Reid Bramblett)

A lovely outdoor venue for light meals overlooking the Radcliffe Camera

This lovely little cafe is tucked into the church of St Mary the Virgin

There's a vaulted dining room inside (converted from the 1320 Old Congregation House) and small tables on the grassy garden just outside with stunning views of the Radcliffe Camera opposite (and, for a few, a seat atop a mossy gravestone).

They offer four or five main dishes daily along the lines of free range chicken Basque with chorizo, fennel, white wine, and saffron; or a goat's cheese and puy lentil gratin with zucchini, portobellos, tomatoes, and beets; cheese rarebit on artisan bread; or tempeh randang with coconut milk, mung beans, tamarind, and Indonesian spices.

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