Oxenford Tavern aka The Ox
Pubs & Bars, Gold Coast September 29th, 2007We went to the Oxenford Tavern last night to catch up with some friends. Apparently this used to be a bikie hangout but now this unassuming pub is more family friendly and has a kids playroom.
It’s a cosy, rustic feel pub and although it isn’t one of the biggest the food they serve up makes it one of the best. The meal prices are also very reasonable and averaged around $22. They also serve up some decent steaks and it’s nice to find a venue on the Gold Coast that has friendly smiling staff!
Our group ordered chicken parmagiana’s which were approx $17 (or is it parmigiana?), fish and chips and a vegetarian pizza which was $17.50.
Everyone was happy with their meals and the serving sizes were really huge. The parmagiana’s were chicken breast meat so they were tender with no fatty bits and the vegetarian pizza had fetta, sundried tomato and other veggies. I couldn’t get through all my pizza so I had to give a few slices away to the hungrier guys at our table.
The only gripes I had was that our table wasn’t wiped down after the previous customers had left and two of our mains came out about 10 minutes after the first two were delivered (they were ordered on seperate dockets but the couple who ordered after us received their meals first) although when we asked how long they’d be the waitress was prompt in getting straight back to us to say it was on it’s way out.
Recommended for a casual cheap dinner and it’s lovely in winter as they have a fireplace going. It’s a nice down to earth cosy pub.
Location: 179 Old Pacific Hwy, Oxenford. Ph: (07) 5573 1224
The chicken parmagiana
The vegetarian pizza
Fish and chips
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January 2nd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
We recently visited the ox tavern after hearing some good things about it, I was quite let down with our meals. The steak was nice and cooked perfect that my husband had, but I had a special of pork medellions on potato with a serve of vegetables. well medellions were correct 3 small bit s of meat and the vegies were made up of 3 beans 2 brocoli head and the rest were bits of cabbage and brocoli stems.
February 20th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
My husband and two children recently attempted to have lunch at the Ox. It was a Sunday and yes they were busy but we waited over an hour for our meals. Our childrens’ kids meals were served in that time and they enjoyed them however us adults were left high and dry. What’s worse is that after 40 mins my husband went and enquired if our meals would be much longer and they assured us that they were just coming. However, after another 30 mins and our kids having well and truly finished theirs and by now getting very restless, he asked again and they hadn’t even started making them. So, we asked for a refund and left very disappointed as we had been looking forward to what sounded like very nice food. The staff didn’t even offer an apology.