George & Davis’

An ice cream parlour, with a myriad of different flavours (changing on a regular basis), that’s open till midnight every night of the week — what’s not to like?
As a student this was a regular haunt on the way back from a night out in the pub (back in the day when pubs closed at 11); as a host, this was a great location to bring visitors; and as a visitor to the city, its a lovely place to meet up with friends and chat over the latest flavour combinations.

Nice little ice-​cream shop with some interesting flavours: I tried the ‘Dime Bar’ ice-​cream (the sweet of my childhood, so I was rather excited!), and my partner tried the Rosemary & Sea Salt (which I naturally nicked a nibble or two from) in waffle cones. They were both delicious, and very creamy, though I would rather the flavours have been a little stronger, in particular the rosemary — it was delicious, but needed to be a little more potent and daring to be really interesting.
A pleasant enough little shop with good service and a good selection. Would recommend if you’re looking for a good (not earth-​shattering, but certainly very good) ice-​cream in Oxford. Next time, I’ll try the Oxford Blue!

fabulous ice cream from an oxford company. Hot choc is good too.

#533 I WOULD give this place 5 stars if it weren’t for it’s ridiculous layout inside. Seriously, the horizontal tables with the vertical line … it’s not working for me. During a busy Saturday lunch hour, people were bobbing and weaving through the line trying to figure out if there were any seats available (there weren’t). It was a complete turnout having people’s hair in the way as we tried to eat our bagels. Ugh.
Regardless, the food here is DELISH! I got myself a Salmon & Cream Cheese order on an onion bagel, while the boyfriend went with a Tuna & Sweetcorn on a plain bagel. We also threw in a Mango Madness Snapple, so our total came out to about 9gbp. Expensive, especially compared to the Alternative Tuck Shop, but G&D’s is worth it. It took a good 15 minutes before our order finally came up, so we were ready to dive right in.
My onion bagel was toasted to a crisp perfection, while there was a generous portion of smoked salmon that titillated my taste buds. Unfortunately, they ended up putting too much cream cheese in the bagel, so I felt a little queasy after finishing off the entire order. Maybe I’ll ask them to tone it down next time. To be honest, I don’t think I would come back to this location just because it’s so small and can get so crowded. I think I’ll stick to the George & Danver location.

This is the G&D’s I go to when my house mates and I want a bit of a walk with a reward at the end. This is the original location of G&D’s and it is tiny. During busy hours you will not find a seat and it gets quite crammed in-​front of the counter, however when you need G&D’s ice cream, you’ve just got to deal with it. I remember a few years ago I came on what I believe was a Monday, just in time for one of a few weekly competitions they have where you try to get a plush cow through a basketball hoop. I won and was rewarded with a free quart of any ice cream of my choice. Good fun. I will say that I do prefer the other two G&D’s locations due to them being a bit more convenient, having more space, and having a few less young Uni of Oxford students trying to be Oxford Uni students.
They have recently (this year) begun taking cards for payment however if you want to pay by cash there is a cash machine a little way down Little Clarendon st.

The original, and to me always the best G&Ds ice cream café. The smallest and most cramped of their shops, this has become a little less crowded as the other G&D locations in Oxford absorbed the shopping rush and tourists. And it’s still the most charming, with it’s array of fun Cow based art.
The ice cream is made fresh, on site. I highly recommend the ‘Oxford Blue’ Berry ice cream, which is rich and packed full of real blueberries. And they’re the only ice cream makers I know of to make a coffee ice cream from real, and fresh, coffee.
Make sure to look for the ‘Petition Book’ listing the recent petitions by regular customers and Oxford students to try out a new ice cream recipe, and maybe try out their ‘Petition Ice Cream’ of the day. (G&D’s invented Irish Cream ice-​cream because of a petition to try and produce a ‘Bailey’s Ice Cream’.)
And it’s not just ice cream. They do fresh bagels, again baked on site. If you want a more substantial lunch, try out a pizza bagel.

The best of the central G&Ds, but also the smallest. Service is better than St Aldate’s and ice cream is decent. They do a value bagel lunch deal and the atmosphere is always fun and cosy. Coffee is nothing to write home about as others have noted, but it’s more of ice cream parlour than a café and a fun place to end up for a sweet splurge on a late night. They have an occasional competition where you have to impersonate a cow, which is unusual to say the least. I wish they’d clean the tables more often, though.

This is a great little find, open long hours, low prices and tasty ice-​cream. Be prepared they only take cash and cheques. The kids and myself were revitalised after a long day out :) thanks.

So, there are two G&D’s in Oxford, but I frequent this one more. The ice cream is good, I’ve never tried a flavor I didn’t like, and they sometimes have frozen yoghurts as well.
Why I really like them though is the bagel pizza/​sandwiches they serve. Whilst not exactly gourmet food, they can definitely hit the spot. I’d recommend the greek salad bagel sandwich especially.
The third reason I like them is that they’re one of the few places that are open until midnight where you can grab a bite (and a standard selection of drinks and coffee). If you’re out late but not too late (say after 10:30), they’re one of the only options I’ve found to get a relatively decent snack.
Oh, and you can also eat breakfast here (they open at 8am), but I’m not often a morning person so I haven’t had the pleasure of doing that yet.

I spent 5 weeks at St. John’s in 2006, and I think we went to G&D’s at least three times per week… hahah. It’s just a GOOD business! Coming from the United States, it was a bit of a shock to routinely pay 1 pound for a scoop of ice cream the size of a golf ball at places around England.
We were happily surprised to find G&D’s — open from 8 AM to midnight? In a land of bars that close at 11 PM? Unheard of! It was such a relief to find somewhere that wasn’t smoky and wasn’t loud and full of drunk students. Good plan to be open for breakfast-​y food (bagels etc) and sandwiches for lunch, ice cream, AND late at night! The food was solid, fresh, varied, and priced very reasonably.
In 2006, a single scoop in a cup was 1.85 pounds, and «one» scoop in a waffle cone was 2.15 pounds. I’m an ice cream fiend, so I always got the scoop in a waffle cone… roughly equivalent to 4 golf ball scoops from anywhere else in town! What a value! (Yes, I’m being American…)
I enjoyed seeing the trivia board on the wall (a weekly contest), a cozy atmosphere… all in all a really neat place to hang out! Plus, I enjoy the fact that they deliver on bikes. :D
On a side note — when I went back in 2008, I was pleasantly surprised at the St. Aldate’s location at the lengths the staff went to to help me decide on a shirt to get (ie: whether the shirt would shrink or not, what color, etc). Super people all around! Really nice. :D

The ice-​cream here is excellent, as in all of their stores — always good for a late-​night diversion from work. Don’t know why it has to be late and night, makes me sound a bit weird… mainly just because of the novelty of being able to go to an ice cream shop at 10 or whenever it’s open until. Anyway, don’t have the chocolate and chilli one. It’s seriously disgusting and you will regret it. The others are all excellent.

Why is there so much hype about G&D’s in Oxford? Oh, because food in Britain is crap/​average unless you’re willing to dish out more than 60 pounds.
Look, the ice cream is ok, but it definitely does not deserve the hype. The texture is too icy, and not creamy enough. Flavours are very average, and not that creative. I would rather sit at home with a tub of Green and Black’s vanilla ice cream (which by the way is amazing).
If you’re ever in San Francisco, go to Bi-​Rite Creamery in the Mission or Ici in Berkeley. Then, you’ll know what REALLY good ice cream tastes like. (no surprise here give that innovation in the U.S. is far more active than in Britain… you can even tell it in the ice cream…)

Ah, the Little Clarendon St G&D’san excellent half-​way house for us poor LMHers who have such a long way to walk back to college from the centre of Oxford. No other café that I know of has cow-​spotted stools, an oil painting of the Moona Lisa (I kid you not), and a discount on certain days of the week if you bring a cow (real or otherwise).
The ice cream is fabulous and the coffee is pretty good too, while their hot chocolate is exceptionally smooth; their bagels and pizza bagels are also delicious (they use excellent brie), although they’re not cheap. If you get enough people together to sign a petition, they’ll apparently make a new ice cream flavour for you. I believe that is how the green tea ice cream came into existence.
And it’s open ’til midnight, which is ace for teetotallers like me who quite fancy going out of an evening but don’t really want to head for a pub

Great place with a good selection. My actual use for G&D is not ice cream, like so many late night shoppers that study and hang out here, but I actually like to go in the morning when it is quiet and get a bagel. This is one of the only shops in Oxford where you can get a relatively good bagel. They are not super fresh or interesting, but they are just what you are looking for if you are a bagel person.
I also strongly recommend the ploughman’s on a bagel. Great lunch, wrapped up nice and conveniently.
The ice cream and drinks are good too. The place always seems packed when I go by there at night.

If there is one place to visit ithas to be one of the G&D cafes around Oxford. This one is on Little Claredon street so there are some different shops to mooch around in.
Back to G&D — ice cream and cookies is all I need to say.
They also have a competition (read the balack board on the back wall) and you win a free ice cream.

Nip in here when you fancy a treat and great when you’re hungry at 11pm — it’s open till midnight. The main attraction is the ice-​cream — there’s lots of regular flavours (oxford blue, banana, vanilla, strawberry, pistastio, super chocolate) and there’s always a petition flavour suggested by the customers — my favourites have been the turkish delight, a cinnamon mix, cream egg — the sorbets and froze yoghurts are ace too. I eat most of them with a topping of gummy bears… yum.
There’s also a range of bagels that deserve a mention — the cream cheese and the brie are really good. Good coffee here too, as well as lovely cakes and waffles — try it.

This café is so wonderful, it is a real Oxford institution. The late night opening on the weekends makes it a great place to hang out after the pubs have shut! A great place to meet friends, drink coffee, catch up on Daily Information… but of course the real reason to go is the ice cream. Try some of the different flavours including the famous ‘Oxford Blue.’

An awesome ice cream shop. Flick (below) sums it up very well indeed. The «ultimate kids fantasy»! Amazing numbers of flavours and topping choices. Once a month i come here and have an ice cream sandwich. Sinful, a bit expensive, but absolutely delicious.

G & Ds is the ultimate ice cream café. Founded by a former Oxford student, it caters perfectly for tourists, locals and happy people in general. It’s like the ultimate kids’ fantasy: you pick your ice cream, your topping (sprinkles, sweets, chocolate), your sauce and, if you’re feeling really hungry, your accompaniment. I can recommend the milkshakes and the infamous Cookie monster (2 giant cookies with ice cream and sauce sandwiched in the middle), but the ice cream itself is worth a trip alone. There’s a book on the counter where you can suggest and vote for new flavours, leading to some unusual combinations — Dime Bar crunch is lovely; some of the more humorous options are perhaps for more unusual tastes! The cow theme of decoration is great fun and there are free papers, which more than makes up for the priciness of some of the food.