Branca Restaurant (Oxford)

After hearing rave reviews of Branca from friends, I decided to recommend it to my family and we visited on a Saturday night. I was thoroughly disappointed and am unlikely to go again. The restaurant was very noisy, and while you have to expect a certain degree of noise in these places, spending an entire meal speaking at only a little bit less than a shout is simply exhausting. While the service was good, and the serving staff friendly and enthusiastic, the food took too long to arrive; the menu quotes 25 minutes, but it was closer to 45. The food itself was a mixed bag; the fried calamari were good, as were the goat's cheese salads, however, the pizza was ...  Read the complete review

Branca is a stylish and sophisticated Italian restaurant situated in the Jericho area of Oxford city. Jericho is the trendy place to be and with uber cool restaurants and bars, Branca is sat in a perfect position. I first heard about Branca a few months after I moved to Oxford from a university friend of mine and I was told that it served a fabulous lunch menu. Without hesitation on our next lunch out together my husband and I headed down to Jericho for a lunch for two. *The restaurant* Situated on Walton street, with its full length windows, Branca is hard to miss. From the outside, the restaurant looks clean, fresh and inviting. When entering ...  Read the complete review