Beaumont Street · Oxford
Afternoon Tea at the Randolph
Take afternoon tea in the hotel that's been Oxford's grandest address since 1866.
- ⏱ 75 min
- 💷 £££
- 🥾 Easy
The Randolph is Oxford's great Victorian Gothic hotel on Beaumont Street, all turrets and red carpet, opposite the Ashmolean. Its bar was renamed the Morse Bar after Inspector Morse drank there in nearly every episode, and the afternoon tea in the Drawing Room still runs to a full stand of finger sandwiches, scones and champagne if you want it.
What you’ll do
- 1Book a table
- 2Take your seats
- 3Prove it
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