Restaurant review: Tree Hotel @ Iffley, Oxford - 'Top of the tree for a quality curry'
Tim Hughes is impressed by the excellent Asian food, cheery service and civilised surroundings of a secluded suburban treasure Despite having a hand-picked team of chefs from the Subcontinent, the Tree Hotel at Iffley has always been a slightly odd place to eat Indian food. Its Sunday carveries are excellent, with as wide a choice as you could imagine. It also does decent Italian, Thai and various other cuisines, but that scattergun ‘all things to all people’ approach has, in the past, perhaps been to its detriment. That, I am happy to report, is very definitely not the case now. Tucked away in leafy Iffley village, this handsome establishment, up on its grass mound, is a real destination restaurant. It’s not exactly on the way to anywhere, but that only adds to its respectable sense of isolation. Turn off busy Iffley Road, and one instantly feels in the country, with the Tree Hotel holding its own as a rather grand village pub. It’s calm, quiet and civilized – though, on...