George & Davis

We all love the bagels. Its a favourite with the prep school boys. Yummy fresh fillings and super fresh bagels. A very clean kitchen. Been using this place for years now. Very popular with tourists too. Easy to park close by too. The ice cream seems to be a huge hit too.

Nice place to enjoy sweet treats! Helpful and kind staff. Good ice-cream and a nice range of non-traditional flavours. Central location.

Amazing. Rare to find such a friendly place, they were an absolute pleasure. I’m super pregnant, ran in asking for a toilet and the lady said no problem and showed me where they were. I originally had no intention of buying anything but their kindness encouraged me to try something. Got an iced latte which by the way is not on the menu but they made it for me anyway & it is bloody delicious, top notch coffee. I’ll be back next week for some ice cream :)

Avoid if gluten free. Very disappointing. Advertised as having full allergen information and gluten free options I queued for 20 minutes hoping to get an ice cream. They had a QR code for allergens but it did not work - it was expired. So I asked the server and she got out a paper folder of allergens with about 100 pages of content. Unfortunately this all referred to previous flavours, and the flavours that day could not be found. So in the end she had no idea which flavours were gluten free and I had to leave empty handed, the queue of 10 people behind me staring daggers because of the amount of time I had clearly wasted. In general, even with an allergen list, I would not have felt confident. There were bagel crumbs everywhere and scoops touching waffle cones.

This ice cream shop near Oxford University is fantastic! It’s so close that I’m sure many Oxford students come here to grab a treat. I absolutely loved it, and my mom also thought it was delicious. We tried the blueberry flavor and a yogurt flavor, both incredibly refreshing. Plus, the portions are huge!

Great spot to get takeaway ice cream in oxford. Their ice-cream is very creamy and made in-store. They have some really unique flavours. We tried a few from the sorbets to some really rich flavours. My personal favourite was the coffee and honeycomb 😍 the actual honeycomb pieces were an amazing touch. Their seating area is not the greatest and can use a bit of a facelift but the friendly staff more than make up for it. I recommend getting takeaway ice cream and taking a walk around oxford.

Their ice cream is nice. I like trying flavors that you won't regularly find. I had their Turkish delight last year. This time I had the rose and pistachio. Would really recommend trying that.

Wonderful place to make a stop for an ice cream. Very nice and helpful staff and nice ice cream as well. Highly recommended

Stellar service, incredible coffee, wonderful ice cream flavor options, and a rather lovely atmosphere throughout the establishment!

"Make sure you visit G & D's!" was probably the most common refrain you'd hear from OSAP alums before visiting Oxford. At least, those of them from Mississippi State always said this -- perhaps because, as a major AG school, many of us take the production of good ice cream very seriously. We're not called a cow college for nothing. :) G & D's, of course, refers to George and Davis. And, indeed, they have very, very good ice cream. I tend to keep it simple with chocolate, and theirs was always stellar. They have a couple locations around town so you can pick the one most convenient to you. It's a very popular place with a loyal following of students, residents, and tourists alike, and definitely worth giving a try.

I've been to G&D's a number of times already, and I think of all the locations I've visited in Oxford, this is one of my favourite places. I really like that G&D's opens at 8 am and closes at midnight, making it one of the best places to get coffee and study if you want to study quite late into the night. (And they have WiFi!) Their ice cream is good, their coffee is okay, and they even make savoury foods as well! I'm a huge fan of G&D's, whether I'm going for ice cream or otherwise. This location also boasts some of the friendliest staff I've had the pleasure of ordering from here in Oxford. They used to have a £5 card minimum, but have recently removed that, so feel free to drop by without cash! Highly recommend.

Tried this ice cream since it was popular and it was really good. You guys should try it if you ever come to oxford. Recommended and would keep coming back for its other flavours. They have so many other different flavours to try. Cheers! I hope this helps!

G&Ds is probably the best ice cream you'll find in Oxford but still pretty average in comparison to other shops I've been to. I've had the Greek yogurt with honey, the chocolate, the daim bar crunch, and the vanilla-- texture wise, it's usually a hit or miss. Sometimes it's exceptionally creamy and other times it's quite icy. But in a city that lacks solid ice cream joints that have good seating, G&D's is definitely the top ice cream parlor. Be warned if you come here to do work-- there's no WiFi!

Delicious ice cream! I tried their mango flavour and it taste really good CONCLUSION = RECOMMENDED!!

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

Although this place is slightly off the main road, it is delectably delicious. To preface, I had walked by this place three times before I decided I was craving ice cream. The line was only at the door, so it was only about a 10 minute wait. However, as soon as we got in line, it seemed like 15 other people got in line after us. When you first shuffle into the building after the line, you're greeted with a giant cow mural above your head. It's entertaining, so you start craning your neck trying to see the next cow-art. Or the bulletin board filled with local shows. Or the binder of customer-suggested flavors. Or the blackboards of new and classic flavors, as well as drinks and even pizza bagels! By the time I got to the front of the line, I was overwhelmed (but the good kind). Thankfully I was able to sample some of the flavors, and settled with the coconut kind. If you're looking for rich, refreshing and slightly sweet, I would go with that! Service was understanding and friendly, interior was quirky and ice cream delicious. Definitely a shop I would visit again!

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.

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....)

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.

Ice cream is good, and served at a good temperature. Probably the best in Oxford. Lots of options for crazy combinations and outlandish dessert dishes.

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!

I found this place on yelp while visiting Oxford with a friend, and I was absolutely blown away by this place. The ice cream was DELICIOUS and the staff was friendly. The ice cream tasted homemade, which I probably was, and they give you a lot for your money. I ordered the two scoops and got the coffee ice cream and the dimebar crunch. I got what was basically two scoops of each, or arguably one extremely large scoop of each, and they were both delicious. If I ever make it back to Oxford I will be visiting this place again, despite the fact it is a bit out of the way, but even then it would be worth it.

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.

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

The original, and to me always the best G&Ds ice cream cafe. 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.

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.

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 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.

Although this place is not in London, it could offer better icecream. The ice creams are premade and lacks the souls and tastes of a real great icecream.

G & Ds is the ultimate ice cream cafe. 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.

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.

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 cafe 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.'

Tucked away but a tried and tested favourite. Their ice cream is what has me coming back. There is even a flavour competition so get creative! Had to knock off a star for some of their other food. Seems at time overpriced and a bit random (bagel with creamcheese I am looking at you!)

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.

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