Good Food if you don't mind the rude waitstaff...
Absolutely delicious cuisine, but I was appalled by how rude some of the waiters were. Also, there is not enough space, and I felt as though I was talking to the whole restaurant.    [21 Feb 2002 01:03:38]

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Recommended Dishes: Shrimp N Grits

     ­Anonymous   

City Grocery remains excellent
Shrimp & grits remain a top item, but many of the fish entrees are excellent as well. Bread pudding approaches the Northeast versions and matches New Orleans versions. The staff is defintely not rude, but the customer must remember that Oxford is a town of few top quality establishments and that seating demands in this popular retirement and university sports town requires the customer to appreciate the efforts to serve many in limited seating capacity in the town as a whole, particularly in the space restricted old/historic areas (i.e. City Grocery)where new construction and space expansion is not possible.    [01 Nov 2003 23:26:07]

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Recommended Dishes: Specials have proven to consistently be above good.

     ­Terry B   

Good food, sometimes exceptional
City Grocery seldom disappoints, but it falls short when it overreaches.

Its bests are the things it does with farm-raised game like venison, plus lamb, and most seafoods. Pork is not exceptional; don't order their beef because it invariably is overcooked.

The salads and appetizers are creatively superb. The desserts are rich; it needs an always avalable selection of sorbets for tose who want dolce without huge quanties.

The coffee is fine. The wine list is reasonably good and rather pricey.

But it''s the best on The Sqaure, hands down. No other restauant comes close.

What City Grocery needs most is competition.    [14 May 2004 17:53:03]

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Recommended Dishes: New Zealand venison, fresh catches, and at lunch, the muffaletta sandwich ...

     ­Joe , Tupelo   

Amen! It's too bad one man owns most of the restaurants there. I lived in Oxford for three years. Every place is overrated. Service rarely is competent at Central Grocery. I've given that place many chances. Unfortunately, there aren't better places. I believe the owner also runs Ajax. I guess the biased, customer (above) is right. Ajax is downright terrible. While I love Oxford and Ole Miss, their restaurants could use a facelift - like that of Tad Smith Coliseum.    [07 Jun 2005 21:08:12]

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     ­unk   

Awesome!!
Our experience at City Grocery couldn't have been better. The service was top notch and the food was spectacular. The scallops were awesome as was the shrimp and grits. I would highly recommend it.    [29 Jan 2006 16:08:56]

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Recommended Dishes: Shrimp and Grits / Scallops

     ­Lisa   geliz524 at aol dot com

Wonderful waitstaff/ okay food
The waitstaff here is wonderful. We had very attentive waiters. The food, however, was just okay and overpriced. The atmosphere was great. There is low lighting and beautiful candlelit tables combined with crude brick walls adorned with original paintings. A little small, but a good overall balance.    [26 Feb 2006 12:24:42]

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     ­Anonymous   

City Grocery is Fabulous!
Great food, great atmosphere, great location. What more could you want?    [15 Aug 2006 17:31:52]

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Recommended Dishes: shrimp and grits

     ­oxford lover