Food and drink
Students can eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in the beautiful Hall in College on a cafeteria system. The menu is varied and healthy, and with notice the kitchen can provide for all dietary requirements.
Most students also have access to kitchen facilities if they wish to prepare their own food. During the day the spacious and modern Kendrew Café is open for hot, healthy meals and snacks and for socialising, while in the evening the lively College Bar is a popular venue.
Find out more at the JCR website.
Eating in Hall
Lunch is self-service. There are two settings for dinner each evening, Informal Hall which is self-service and Formal Hall which is served. Students book in for dinner each day, for whichever setting they wish. Once or twice a term Special Guest Night Dinners are a chance to entertain guests in a more formal setting.
Breakfast, brunch, lunch and informal dinner are paid for in Hall by a pre-paid charge card (your University ID card, which you will receive on arrival – known as a BOD card) or debit/credit card. Credit can be added to your BOD card online using the student meal booking system. Please note that guests are required to pay a higher, non-subsidised rate +VAT on meals.
Costs are approximately:
Breakfast: £1.15-2.99
Lunch: £2.99
Dinner: £4.09 at Informal Hall and £4.39 at Formal Hall
Opening Times:
Term Time (Weeks 1-8)
Breakfast: Monday-Saturday 8am-9am
Brunch: Sunday 10am-12pm
Lunch: Monday-Saturday 12pm-1.30pm
Informal Hall Dinner: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 5.30pm-7pm
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday 5.30pm-6.30pm
Formal Hall Dinner: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday 7pm
Out of Term
Breakfast Monday-Sunday 8am-9am
Lunch Monday-Sunday 12pm-1.30pm
Informal Hall Dinner Monday-Sunday 6pm-7pm
" Hall is the absolute heart of College, with subsidised food three times a day every day, a busy social environment and warm atmosphere. It's a great place to go to get out of your room, recharge after lectures/labs/classes and meet up with friends. " Ed, third year Egyptology student
Kendrew Café
Kendrew Café is very popular with students as a place to relax and meet up with friends, as well as being a more informal study space for those days you don't want to work in the library.
Daily continental breakfast, cakes, light snacks, lunch and takeaway pizzas are available from the Café along with barista coffee and a selection of soft drinks.
There are a variety of sustainable, homemade hot dishes available, with an emphasis on vegan and vegetarian cuisine.
A coffee machine is available to purchase coffee when the serving area is shut. The seating area is open from 8am-11pm, but can be shut at any time at the discretion of the Duty Porter. The Cafe may be closed, at short notice, at 3.30pm or earlier, if required for an event.
Opening times:
Pastries and coffee from 9am
Hot Lunch 11.30am-1.30pm
Takeaway pizzas 2pm-6pm (Term time weeks 1-8 only)
Term time (weeks 1-8) Monday 9am-3pm
Tuesday-Friday 9am-6pm
Saturday 11am-3pm
Sunday Closed
Out of term Monday-Friday 9am-3pm
Weekly menus and any changes to opening times are advertised on the ‘Hall and Kendrew Catering’ section of the College intranet- Hall and Kendrew Catering | SJC Intranet (ox.ac.uk)
