The Queen's Lane Coffee house is, according to the signs painted on its peachy-coloured walls, the oldest coffee house in Europe. It certainly doesn't look it - the owners have done a good job making it brightly-coloured and vaguely contemporary looking, if neither trendy nor glamorous. The food is reasonably good, pitched somewhere between bistro and greasy spoon, with lots of variety (loads of different sandwiches and cakes, as well as Greek and Italian platters and an assortment of hot dishes). The service is also quick and reliable, and prices are good for the area. However, if you've a little more time and money you'll get a more relaxed, and slightly fancier, lunch at Cafe Boheme across the road. Queen's Lane is superlative for breakfast - it opens earlier than most students and tourists get up, and has a complete breakfast menu. It also feels quite lively and buzzy - it's full of people chattering and looking out at the High Street through the slightly steamed up windows. The atmosphere is very conducive to gossip for some reason. Its position makes it a perfect place to recover from exams in the Exam Schools (just over the road) or wait for the Oxford Tube to London (which stops almost right outside).
Queen's Lane is a great place to grab coffee, but if you want sandwiches walk 1 min further down the road to Harvey's, the best sandwich shop in the whole world. really. and, queen's lane tip: after 6pm they knock all their food prices down to get rid of it. students, form an orderly queue...
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Feb 2nd, 2001
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