Places to eat in Woodstock

Where to eat in Woodstock

Most of Woodstock's eating is on the High Street, Market Street and round the Market Place, a few minutes on foot from the gates of Blenheim Palace, so a meal fits easily before or after a day in the park.

Brothertons Brasserie, at 1 High Street in a Grade II house of 1760, is Italian: pizzas on bases made each morning, pasta and daily specials, at lunch and dinner every day. It says it buys its meat from the butcher in Woodstock and its vegetables from the town's greengrocer. The Star Inn, at 22 Market Place, serves pub classics, burgers and small plates from noon to 9pm, or 6pm on Sundays, and keeps cask ales.

Small plates and early coffee

For more ambitious cooking, the Back Lane Tavern on Park Lane, a street back from the main road, serves small plates to share, sent out as each is ready. It held two AA Rosettes in 2024 and 2025, and was named best gastro pub at the Oxinabox Oxfordshire food awards in 2025. For coffee before Blenheim opens, the Missing Bean on Oxford Street, an Oxford roaster's café, opens at 8am on weekdays and 9am at weekends, with pastries and cakes from its own bakery in East Oxford.

The Woodstock Arms at 6 to 8 Market Street is a bistro pub that opens every day, with breakfast and coffee from 9am and food until 9pm, and welcomes dogs and children; it was taking bookings for Christmas 2026 when we checked.

Booking, Sunday lunch and children

Book the Back Lane Tavern for an evening, especially on Fridays and Saturdays, and for Sunday lunch: the roast runs from noon to 4pm, and on Sunday evenings only small plates and burgers are served, until 8pm. Brothertons takes bookings online and walk-ins who wait at the bar; a booked table is held for two hours. The Star takes no bookings, so arrive before 12.30pm for a Saturday lunch. Brothertons and the Star both have children's menus, and Brothertons will make any of its pizzas to take away.

Prices, dogs and parking

On the Star's summer 2026 menu, scampi and chips cost £17, burgers £16 to £18 and children's dishes from £8. On the Back Lane Tavern's sample menu, most small plates cost £10 to £14. Brothertons takes dogs only at its pavement tables, not inside, while the Woodstock Arms welcomes them. Hensington Road car park is free, with 4-hour and 10-hour bays, and the S3 bus from Oxford stops in the town. For a bed, see where to stay in Woodstock.