
Oxy Oriental
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Quick info
About Oxy Oriental
Oxy Oriental is a buffet restaurant at Unit 6 in Oxford, covering Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese and Malaysian dishes alongside a teppanyaki bar. The main buffet runs to pancake rolls with duck, sweet and sour pork or chicken, ribs, and fish in black bean sauce, served with prawn crackers, while the dessert section offers ice cream with sweets toppings, jelly, mini cakes and banana fritters. Waiters clear finished plates between rounds, and dishes that run low are restocked or made fresh on request. It is a walk-in restaurant, and the room gets busy and lively at weekends with a canteen-like atmosphere. On Sundays, entry is charged at a set adult price, with a lower child price applied by height for children under 150cm.
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Menu & Prices
36 dishes · mains £4–21- Full Price£11.00
- Kids Under 150cm£7.50
- Infant Price£3.50
- The Landings Colombard Chardonnay
- Volandas Sauvignon Blanc
- San Giorgio Pinot Grigio
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention ice cream and desserts, prawns and shrimps, teppanyaki bar and duck pancakes.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention ice cream and desserts, prawns and shrimps, teppanyaki bar and duck pancakes.
Customer Review Summary
Desserts draw the most mentions, especially ice cream, which one parent says their boys loved with sweets and another ate alongside banana fritters, though a few reviewers call the desserts and mini cakes stale or low quality. Prawns and mussels come close behind, described as delicious, and one reviewer found the teppanyaki bar fresh and hot. Several praise the variety and friendly staff, and one regular notes a dish occasionally runs out in a busy, lively room. The complaints centre on the savoury food. Reviewers describe lukewarm dishes, tasteless sweet and sour sauce, ribs that were all bone, hot and sour soup that was not sour, stale white prawn crackers, and duck for pancakes that ran low or did not look like duck. A few found staff rude, and one called a Saturday visit chaos with bland food. Still, one family's closing memory is the boys going back for ice cream with sweets.
Customer Review Summary
Desserts draw the most mentions, especially ice cream, which one parent says their boys loved with sweets and another ate alongside banana fritters, though a few reviewers call the desserts and mini cakes stale or low quality. Prawns and mussels come close behind, described as delicious, and one reviewer found the teppanyaki bar fresh and hot. Several praise the variety and friendly staff, and one regular notes a dish occasionally runs out in a busy, lively room. The complaints centre on the savoury food. Reviewers describe lukewarm dishes, tasteless sweet and sour sauce, ribs that were all bone, hot and sour soup that was not sour, stale white prawn crackers, and duck for pancakes that ran low or did not look like duck. A few found staff rude, and one called a Saturday visit chaos with bland food. Still, one family's closing memory is the boys going back for ice cream with sweets.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Went last night and i get its a saturday and its going to be busy. But if you cant handle that amount of guests cut it back! It was absolute chaos,no order , the food wasnt very good very bland . The cliental was awful. Full of greedy ,rude people. Birthday song that travels across the whole restaurant. They cant do it quietly? Dont go here for a relaxing meal . Left as quickly as possible and definatly wont be returning. Feel sorry for the servers as they have to put up with alot from these rude horrible guests. Unfortunatly it doesnt change our experience”
- Google user
“This place has become an absolute dive. The food here is disgusting. Everything is stale, nothings hot and the chicken wings PINK. Came here with friends & children, children would not touch the food, didn’t even like the ice cream which says it all for kids! Got charged £60 for 2 adults and 1 child and 3 drinks which is just appalling. Staff are also so so rude!! I wouldn’t eat here again if someone paid me it needs shutting down absolutely rank!!!!”
- Google user
“This place was terrible. The food was lacking in flavour. Sweet and sour sauce on the pork, chicken and as an extra sauce just tasted of nothing. Some of the pork - or chicken, impossible to tell - was slimy. Did not eat that. The pancake rolls were full but the duck was only enough left for 1 pancake. At 7pm. The brown prawn crackers were nice, the white ones were stale. Never tried the starters, there were hardly any on display. My wife requested some Bombay potatoes and chick peas, as there were none out. Fair play, waitress said she could get some made. Sadly the sauce was identical on both - some sort of tikka sauce. Chick peas were flavourless. Potatoes just boiled and cut in half, not Bombay potatoes at all. Deserts were plentiful but low quality. I liked the jelly and ice-cream, but the mini cakes were cheap things from a wholesalers. Drinks were ok. Worst thing was on a Sunday, they charge £20 per adult and £10 for a child under 150cm. Never been to a restaurant that wanted to measure the height of my daughter before today... Toilets were disgusting. 3 urinals, 2 working sinks and 1 broken. Sit down toilet was so disgusting, I went back to the hotel to use the toilet. Plus side. Lots of parking space. Plenty of staff and they are fairly helpful. Downside. It's supposed to be a buffet restaurant and you would think the food would be a higher priority... Worst buffet experience in 30 years visiting them around the UK. Sad really.”
- Google user
“We have been visiting Oxy Oriental for many years, both for dining in and takeaway. The staff and the owner are always friendly, welcoming and helpful. In recent months, due to our son's illness, we have often stopped by on our way home from the hospital. Their kindness and consistency have meant a lot to us during a difficult time. We have never left disappointed. The food is always fresh, tasty and there is a great variety to choose from. Occasionally a particular dish may have run out, but that is understandable in a busy buffet restaurant. If you are looking for a quiet and intimate dining experience, this may not be the place for you, as it is often busy and lively. We highly recommend Oxy Oriental to anyone looking for good food, excellent value and genuinely caring service. Thank you for always making us feel welcome.”
- Google user
“We got recommended this place by some family members and I'm so glad we went. For a oriental buffet it is exactly what you would want and didn't disappoint. I loved the variety of dishes and the desert selection was fab. I ate my body weight in banana fritters and ice cream I think! I'll definitely be going back.”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
“Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese and Malaysian buffet and takeaway, in a modern setting.”
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, parking lot, restroom, seating
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
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- Accessibility· 3
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
Location
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- Mighty Bite4.1600.4 mi£1–10Reservations
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- Polish Kitchen Oxford4.81,5350.9 mi£20–30Outdoor seatingVegetarian optionsWheelchair accessible
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- Oxford Factory4.41801 miWheelchair accessible
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| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxy OrientalWheelchair accessible | 3.91,232 | — | — | ice cream and desserts, prawns and shrimps, teppanyaki bar |
| Mighty BiteReservations | 4.160 | 0.4 mi | £1–10 | spicy wings, vegetable pizza, garlic dip sauce |
| Polish Kitchen OxfordOutdoor seating · Vegetarian options · Wheelchair accessible | 4.81,535 | 0.9 mi | £20–30 | pork goulash, chicken schnitzel, potato pancakes |
| Oxford FactoryWheelchair accessible | 4.4180 | 1 mi | — | fish and chips, coffee, breakfast and lunch |
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