Eat and drink · Woodstock
Brothertons Brasserie
An Italian restaurant at 1 High Street, Woodstock, a few minutes from the gates of Blenheim Palace, serving pizza, pasta and daily specials at lunch and dinner every day.
Family-friendly
An easy Italian meal after a day at Blenheim, open for lunch and dinner every day of the week. The pizzas are large and can be taken away, and you can walk in, though booking is safer on a weekend evening.
- Good: Lunch and dinner seven days a week
- Good: Pavement tables on the High Street
- Good: Children's menu and takeaway pizza
- Good: A guitarist on Wednesday evenings from 6pm
- Worth knowing: Dogs only at the outside tables
- Worth knowing: Tables are held for two hours from the booked time
About
Brothertons Brasserie is an Italian restaurant at 1 High Street in Woodstock, a few minutes on foot from the gates of Blenheim Palace. It is in a Grade II house of 1760, and it has spread into the building next door, which was La Galleria until that restaurant's owners retired. The two now work as one restaurant in several small rooms: the ground floor on the High Street, a room upstairs, a vaulted cellar that seats up to 16 at one table, and tables on the pavement outside.
The cooking is Italian bistro food made in the kitchen: pizzas on bases made each morning, pasta, and daily specials from whatever the fishmonger and the butcher have that day. The restaurant says it buys its meat from the butcher in Woodstock and its vegetables from the town's greengrocer. The pizzas are large, and the whole pizza menu can be taken away. There are vegetarian dishes at both services and a children's menu, and the kitchen will adapt dishes for other diets if you say so as you order.
Lunch runs from noon, with last orders at 2.30pm, and dinner from 6pm, with last orders at 9.30pm, every day. You can book online, or walk in and wait at the bar for a table. A guitarist plays on Wednesday evenings from 6pm. Dogs are welcome only at the outside tables.
Opening hours and season
Food served
| Monday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:30 |
Lunch from noon, last food orders 2.30pm; dinner from 6pm, last food orders 9.30pm, every day. Drinks without a meal are welcome.
The details
- Food
- Italian · Pizza
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Gluten-free dishes · Children's menu
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Private dining · Live music
- History
- In a Grade II house of 1760 on the High Street
- Parking
- Street parking outside, and a public car park nearby at postcode OX20 1JQ, the restaurant says.
- Without a car
- Stagecoach’s S3 from Oxford stops in Woodstock, a short walk away, about hourly in the day. Hanborough station is about 3 miles (5km) off.
Photos
The dining room 
The bar 
Inside, towards the street 
Bruschetta
Location
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