Kingswood Restaurant and Bar

Thank you so much for helping us celebrate our Oliver’s last day of second grade with a fabulous happy hour! Phoebe took really great care of us! We plan to make this a celebration spot in the future!

First time trying Kingswood and was not disappointed!! We started off with the fried vegetable quinoa and it was spicy and a new take on fried rice !! I had the filet and it was perfect and the sauce completely complemented the steak !! My wife had the fettuccine and she was very pleased !! Great atmosphere and excellent customer service !! 10/10 ******

My family came here to celebrate a birthday and everything was perfect. Our server was attentive and knowledgeable and funny, the food surprised us with just how good it is, and the atmosphere was warm, not overstimulating, and felt special. The chef really invests in local growers and the staff really understands the assignment. Y’all are sleepin on Kingswood - don’t!

Every meal I eat here surprises me. Brings back memories of The Ravine where I also had some of the best meals of my life! Truly one of the best places to eat in Oxford. Thank you Joel!

First visit to Kingswood at The Oliver Hotel. Went for Sunday brunch. Food was ok and the mimosa was nice. Atmosphere was classy. Server was attentive. With so many places to eat in Oxford, this one won't be that memorable- at least for me. Nothing wrong, just not anything really over the top outstanding.

Deplorable is too nice for the experience. The food took almost two hours to arrive-no special orders. Straight from the menu. 3 of 5 meals were fully refunded if that tells you something. The food was either under or over cooked. One patrons food was stone cold. The drink seemed to contain no alcohol. One patron’s food never came out at all leaving him to endure the whole meal without food. The server was totally embarrassed. The restaurant was sparse but the bar was crawling with college kids sashaying in and out. There’s absolutely no explanation for this awful experience. We wont be back. The waiter observed we were playing a game and commented maybe they’ll keep playing and won’t notice. Come on. We were still out hundreds of dollars for nothing.

Blown away by the food here! Homemade ice cream was the best I ever had and the outdoor patio had a wonderful ambiance. Service was great too. I’ll definitely be back!!

Dined at Kingswood for an anniversary dinner and so glad we did! Best service and food in Oxford. The crab dip was exceptional! The wine selection is unmatched. We have become regulars since then and they consistently deliver at every meal.

Food: AMAZING! I went simple and got the avocado toast. It has hints of lemon and basil and the ciabatta bread was grilled and warm! Sooo tasty! The sriracha really was a nice flavor add. Drinks: We decided to purchase a bottle of Prosecco and we asked for all 3 mimosa juice mixers on the side to make our own mimosas. Highly recommend if you're going with friends to make it more cost effective and the drinks more boozy. Ambiance: STUNNING! Cutest decorations. There's outside seating and private rooms that I'd like to utilize next time I go. There was no wait time and it wasn't too loud like other restaurants at breakfast. Service: So kind, attentive, and patient! I'm not from the south but I felt like it was the epitome of southern hospitality. Our server was really great.It was great seeing the hotel and restaurant managers out and about and visible as well. Don't waste your time waiting 2+ hours for other breakfast and brunch restaurants. Head here instead!

The remodel at Oliver Hotel looks beautiful and it sounds like there are plans for a rooftop bar in the future. I came for brunch and had the special which was a lobster and goat cheese crepe and it was delicious. The service was excellent and a great overall experience. They have bunch mimosas and other good drink options. I hope to be back for a game day brunch soon!

Excellent new restaurant in the Oliver! Very well done. We're so glad they have one of the best chefs in Oxford. The service is very good and the decor is impressive. We will definitely be making this a weekly spot from now on.

Great service and flavor filled dishes. The restaurant is part of the Oliver Hotel. The couple next said they enjoyed their food order. Please make a reservation before coming.

We had a reservation for dinner for 4 adults at Kingswood Restaurant in the newly rebranded Oliver Hotel (Previously Chancellor's House) in Oxford on Friday November 24,2023. We wanted to try the newest restaurant in town. We had a guest from out of town come to visit Oxford for a family event and Thanksgiving. We thought it would be a good idea to take our guest to dinner at Kingswood. Our guest suffers from SEVERE, life threatening food allergies and we inquired if the Chef would be able to accommodate her needs. We provided a list of the allergens to avoid and we were assured our needs could be met. After this assurance I went ahead and made a reservation for 4 adults for (11/24/23) @ 6:30. When we arrived we were promptly shown to our table. Our server gave us menus and left us to decide what we would order from drinks. She took our drinks order and gave us some time to peruse the menu. Two of our party decided to have the potato soup and a baguette for their starters. One of our party decided to have the potato soup for an Entree. Our guest from out of town did not order a first course due to her allergies. She did have some sparkling water. The other members of our party had a glass of Chardonnay, a beer and a soda. After our table was cleared our server took the orders for our Entrees. The order included the previously mentioned potato soup and a baguette, the fish of the day (Red Fish) and some vegetables, an order of shrimp and vegetables. Our guest with the food allergies was informed that the kitchen could prepare a steak and some vegetables cooked as she requested in butter and seasoned with salt. All looked well and we were eager to get our food. After 30 minutes nothing had been brought to the table and we waited some more as the restaurant had other tables too and some of the tables were large parties. Some had come in before us, so understandably we had to wait our turn. After 45 minutes still no food or time-line of when we would be served dinner. After and hour wait for our entrees we requested to speak to the kitchen manager it turned out. She told us our order was delayed because it takes the kitchen about an hour to cook a steak...which we found hard to believe as we cook steak at home and it sure does not take that long at home on a NON-COMMERCIAL stove to cook a steak.If you cook a steak for an hour you might as well be eating charcoal... The kitchen manager told us she could not rush the kitchen and we just had to wait our turn...the other tables had already been served....but not us... We did not receive any complimentary drinks, or snacks...nothing. The kitchen manager was very rude when we asked if she could give us an estimate of how much longer it would be before we would be served. She just kept blaming us for the situation...We promptly decided to leave. Before leaving we asked for our bill and we paid almost $100.00 for two bowls of soup, two glasses of wine, a beer, a soda and a bottle of Sparkling water. Nothing was comped to compensate us for never getting our entrees. Nothing! We sure won't be back to Kingswood. There are other reviews on travel sites about the service and food at Kingswood. I agree that the food was exceptional..Exceptional in its abscence, the service was exceptional from our server as she did all she could to keep us happy, I will give her credit for that. The service from the kitchen manager was exceptional also...Exceptionally RUDE!!! I cannot comment on the food quality at the restaurant as I did not have any. I cannot comment on the quality of the sweets severed at the restaurant as we never had the opportunity to have any... I will surely NOT recommend your restaurant to any of my family or friends who are looking for a dinner suggestion.

This was a unique find as they had just opened. It was so beautifully decorated, food was great as well as service. Hidden gem I might say and the speak easy was the icing on the cake!! We will be back!

Delicious food and wonderful service in a beautiful space on the Oxford square! Great new addition to the Oxford food scene.

We went during their soft launch and it was excellent. The best meal we had in Oxford.

Great food and service! Fresh craft and vintage cocktails and good wine list. Something to please everyone. Our new go to restaurant. Chef Joel does it again.

When we realized we'd be traveling through Oxford MS on Thanksgiving, we at first worried we'd end up eating at Waffle House. We were delighted to learn that Joel Miller's Kingswood in the Oliver Hotel would be serving a prix fixe menu that day. The hotel itself is charming, and beautifully decorated for the holidays. Staff was friendly and welcoming. Our waitress, however, seemed undertrained. For example, she left the wine menu on our small table throughout the meal -- though she neglected to ask if we wanted to order wine. Things like that. It was difficult to match the appetizers to the entrees. The scallop appetizer was okay. The beet salad was actually spinach salad with cubed beets. It was delicious but oversalted, and the beets were bland. Entrees: The duck was good but there wasn't much of it. Problems came with the redfish etouffee: It came in a chipped bowl, and the sauce was cool, even cold in spots. We asked to have it warmed up. Waitress asked, Do you want to keep your silverware? but there was no place to put it down. (A bread plate -- with maybe some bread -- would have been nice.) The problem of cold food has arisen a few times in our 40 years of dining out, and the standard response is an apology and an offer to keep the other plate warm while the kitchen fixes the problem. That didn't happen here. As for the taste, well, we've eaten etouffee in some of the best restaurants in New Orleans and Lafayette, and this was not that. The sauce was a thin tomato sauce, with no sign of the Cajun trinity, and maybe a touch of Cajun seasoning. The fish itself was excellent. Dessert: The creme brulee was fine, but the apple tart was seriously the worst we've ever had. The crust was thick and gummy, the apples were quite crunchy, and the nutmeg was overwhelming. Overall and $200 later, although the quality of the ingredients was top-notch, we wonder if we would have been happier at Waffle House.

Our first time here and was very impressed very clean restaurant it was on a Wednesday night seated quickly very good service and great food we will definitely return for more