Historical version 4 of Old Tom (view current version)
- 243034
- 101 St. Aldate's
- OX1 1BT
- theoldtom.co.uk
- 10.00am-midnight (not on the Thursday we were there)
- Live Music, Pub Food, Pubs, Smoke-free
- South Central, St. Aldate's
The Old Tom is a narrow but deep Greene King pub on St. Aldate's. It's recently been renovated, and is now smoke free (yay! Though I think I saw a sign saying the garden permits smoking). Beer on offer includes IPA, Abbott Ale and a regular guest ale.
Wide range of pretty good food, served from lunchtime until 10pm on weekdays and 10am until 10pm weekends. Menu on their website; looks like £6–£7 for a main course.
They have a beer garden, with seating for 30 people at a combination of bench style and bistro tables. The back half of the bar is more like a tea-shop with glass tops to the tables. Not a very pub-like feel.
The pub had an old man with a cane nursing half a pint asleep at the bar: a real sign of quality. Whether he survived the renovation is, as yet, unrecorded.