Dinner options for the 10th?
Nick Burch
It's just over a month now until BarCampApacheOxford (Sunday 11th
September in case you'd forgotten!)
The plan is that we'll have a meal on the evening of Saturday 10th, the
night before the BarCamp. Like last year, we'll likely do this in the form
of meeting for drinks, going for a spot of dinner, then anyone not needing
to dash home can retire to a nearby pub. Nothing to late though, as we'll
want to be up bright and early for the BarCamp on the Sunday!
Does anyone have any thoughts on food styles, restaurants etc?
Ideally we'll probably want something central-ish. Based on previous
years, we'll probably have 30+-10 people, so we'll need a fairly friendly
restaurant to be able to cope with the variability in numbers.... :)
So, any thoughts / ideas / suggestions?
Nick
Ross Gardler
> Does anyone have any thoughts on food styles, restaurants etc?
My vote is to have Mohammad cook for us, he seems to be doing
everything else at the moment ;-)
(don't worry Mohammad - that is a smiley you see there)
We've had some good experience of large groups at Al Salam.
http://www.oxfordrestaurantguide.com/al_salam/
They have a set menu, in the past we've said "there will be 35 people
+/- 10. We want a mixed set menu with the starters on the table at
7:30. We'll arrive from 7:15 and we'll call you at 5:30 to give the
final numbers."
With drinks and tips a large group will come out at around £20 per head.
Ross
Nick Burch
> On 8 August 2011 20:28, Nick Burch <nick....@alfresco.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone have any thoughts on food styles, restaurants etc?
>
> http://www.oxfordrestaurantguide.com/al_salam/
>
> They have a set menu, in the past we've said "there will be 35 people
> +/- 10. We want a mixed set menu with the starters on the table at
> 7:30. We'll arrive from 7:15 and we'll call you at 5:30 to give the
> final numbers."
I seem to recall they were our second choice for last year. They certainly
seemed good when I went to speak to them
Would people be happy with Lebanese?
> With drinks and tips a large group will come out at around ￜ20 per head.
That seems a suitable price to me, I think perhaps even slightly less than
the previous two meals
Nick
Ross Gardler
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Ross Gardler wrote:
>>
>> On 8 August 2011 20:28, Nick Burch <nick....@alfresco.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any thoughts on food styles, restaurants etc?
>>
>> We've had some good experience of large groups at Al Salam.
>> http://www.oxfordrestaurantguide.com/al_salam/
...
> Would people be happy with Lebanese?
Great for veggies and vegans. Good range of food. Not hot/spicy (apart
from the very occasional dish which the staff highlight).
OSS Watch have used it for two events. So that's about 50 diners, not
one unhappy customer.
The only problem I've had with it is their inability to provide
multiple copies of a receipt that is useful for tax purposes. It's
worth ensuring that is sorted when booking. I asked the organiser to
do this last time we used it, I'm not sure if they did or not, but it
was not sorted on the night.
I'd say keep your life simple and go for it.
Ross
Steve Lee
+1
I agree with all Ross says. Good variety of food, good value, good
service. Bad receipts
Would be happy to go there again.
Steve
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J-P Stacey
vegetarian as the default.
I've had not-brilliant service at Al Salam in the past, but I'm
willing to go off more recent reviews people might have, as that was
something like eight years ago. I feel old now.
As a long-suffering S1 passenger (bus stop opposite), I'd also say:
bear in mind that Park End Street does turn into a kind of
post-apocalyptic waste ground at around 10pm every Friday and
Saturday. We might want to hustle people up to Jericho for post-meal
drinks sooner rather than later in that case, as it's actually quite a
nice journey if you nip along the canal to do it.
Speaking of which: anyone been to see the newly refurbished Old
Bookbinders? Is it a post-meal drinks option? How about the Rickety
Trumpet, or whatever the Radcliffe Arms is called now?
Cheers,
J-P
Nick Burch
> As a long-suffering S1 passenger (bus stop opposite), I'd also say: bear
> in mind that Park End Street does turn into a kind of post-apocalyptic
> waste ground at around 10pm every Friday and Saturday. We might want to
> hustle people up to Jericho for post-meal drinks sooner rather than
> later in that case, as it's actually quite a nice journey if you nip
> along the canal to do it.
We can probably meet in the Duke's Cut beforehand, I seem to recall they
do a decent pint of Brakespear and they're almost next door. Probably not
so good for later though, I think it gets a bit crowded.
> Speaking of which: anyone been to see the newly refurbished Old
> Bookbinders? Is it a post-meal drinks option? How about the Rickety
> Trumpet, or whatever the Radcliffe Arms is called now?
I think we need an organisers trip to try those two, and the Harcourt Arms
(assuming it's re-opened with the new landlord yet?). Any nights good for
people? :)
A 10 minute wander up the canal seems a better bet than almost-as-long to
the Blenheim or Jude The Obscure
Nick
Sander van der Waal
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> Subject: Re: Dinner options for the 10th?
>
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2011, J-P Stacey wrote:
> > As a long-suffering S1 passenger (bus stop opposite), I'd also say:
> bear
> > in mind that Park End Street does turn into a kind of post-
> apocalyptic
> > waste ground at around 10pm every Friday and Saturday. We might want
> to
> > hustle people up to Jericho for post-meal drinks sooner rather than
> > later in that case, as it's actually quite a nice journey if you nip
> > along the canal to do it.
>
> We can probably meet in the Duke's Cut beforehand, I seem to recall
> they
> do a decent pint of Brakespear and they're almost next door. Probably
> not
> so good for later though, I think it gets a bit crowded.
+1 for Duke's Cut beforehand but not after dinner.
> > Speaking of which: anyone been to see the newly refurbished Old
> > Bookbinders? Is it a post-meal drinks option? How about the Rickety
> > Trumpet, or whatever the Radcliffe Arms is called now?
>
> I think we need an organisers trip to try those two, and the Harcourt
> Arms
> (assuming it's re-opened with the new landlord yet?). Any nights good
> for
> people? :)
>
> A 10 minute wander up the canal seems a better bet than almost-as-long
> to
> the Blenheim or Jude The Obscure
+1 for the canal walk.
I really like the new/Old Bookbinders and I've heard the new Radcliffe
Arms is good as well but have not tried it yet. I'd be up for a test drive! :)
Some evening next week would be best .
As an alternative, I hear some good stories about Al-Shami, the Lebanese
place in Jericho, but also haven't tried this one myself. It would be
closer to the nice Jericho pubs.. anyone have any opinion on that one?
Sander
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Ross Gardler
> Al-Shami is excellent, and again really good at supporting large groups, but
> they generally get busier so would probably need a bit more notice. Although
> again I have had really good experience of them dealing with flexible
> groups. I would say the food and service are slightly better at Al-Shami
> than Al-Salam, but they are both great.
Personal experience trumps my (just posted ) -0 - feel free to ignore
my comments.
Ross
Ross Gardler
<sander.v...@oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
...
> As an alternative, I hear some good stories about Al-Shami, the Lebanese
> place in Jericho, but also haven't tried this one myself. It would be
> closer to the nice Jericho pubs.. anyone have any opinion on that one?
-0 for The one in Jericho. Not heared up for large groups and I've
heard bad reports (albeit third hand via the DailyInfo site)
Ross
Ross Gardler
> Im coming down from Glasgow, i was wondering if i could get some crash space
> on sat night?
Take a look at the reg list on
http://barcamp.org/w/page/400249/BarCampApacheOxford
Some people have indicated they have space available.
Ross
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Nick Burch
> http://www.oxfordrestaurantguide.com/al_salam/
>
> They have a set menu, in the past we've said "there will be 35 people
> +/- 10. We want a mixed set menu with the starters on the table at
> 7:30. We'll arrive from 7:15 and we'll call you at 5:30 to give the
> final numbers."
I popped in to Al-Salam earlier (it's handily close for me!), and they
seemed happy with the variable numbers of people, and currently have space
on the 10th. The set menu would be �15/head
Al-Salam is probably easier for people to find than Al-Shami. Al-Shami do
list their set menu as being �15/head too. I might try and pop in their
this weekend to have a chat with them about the variable numbers issue
Nick
Nick Burch
> Al-Salam is probably easier for people to find than Al-Shami. Al-Shami
> do list their set menu as being �15/head too. I might try and pop in
> their this weekend to have a chat with them about the variable numbers
> issue
I visited Al-Shami earlier to ask them. They do have space on the 10th,
and do have a suitable set menu. Unfortunately, the vague numbers is a
problem for them on a Saturday. Mid week they're happy with it, but for a
Saturday night they want fairly exact numbers in well in advance (+-2,
rather than the +-10 which we'll likely be able to manage). Given the way
the meal works, I don't think we can satisfy their weekend requirements.
So, I think we'll need to go for Al-Salam, who can cope with the variable
size even on a weekend.
Nick