Terrific food in very large portions. Cute restaurant in the covered market with helpful staff. Highly recommend!

Georginas can be a bit hard to find, unless you know where it is. As another yelper mentioned, it's in the covered market, up a set of stairs (across from Mortons). The cafe itself is quite small, yet cozy. You can't even hear the buzz of the market below. It's funky & colourful inside, with artistic wall paintings, decorations & vintage movie posters plastered on the ceiling. Definitely a student-y vibe. I went here for brekkie with my partner & his mum, quite early on a Saturday morning. I'd suggest going early, as it started to become quite packed even around 9:30 when we were sat there. Pluses: Ridiculous, awesome & fluffy cream cheese with my partners brekkie, an awesome looking croissant for my mum-in-law, and a healthy portion of yummy bacon with my dish. Good filter coffee. Free newspapers & magazines to browse. Minuses: The breakfast menu is quite small and a tad boring. I think I'll brave the crowds and go back for lunch sometime soon, as the lunch items in the display case & on the menu looked awesome. read more

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How has no one reviewed this, yet? Oh, right. Because Yelp is just hitting the UK...well, for whoever actually gets around to seeing this, Georgina's is, actually, one of the best little hidden treasures to which I've been introduced in my time at Oxford. Finding it might be a little bit of a challenge as its deep inside the Covered Market and only accessible by a narrow staircase across from Mortons. And, during term time, the place is PACKED with students. Inside, the walls are painted in bright colors and the ceilings are covered in movie posters. And the food! Oh, the food! I usually get the quiche and salad combo, which basically includes one slice of quiche, two huge slices of homemade bread, and two huge portions of the salads of the day. Also something worth trying is the house hot chocolate (with marshmallows and cinnamon!) read more

Quite the nice little cafe. I used to come here for coffee to catch up with people I hadn't seen in a while and I need to go back however there is always a slight problem when I want to. I get there and it is always full up. Kind of a side-effect of being such a small cute establishment. The coffee is decent and not too badly priced and if you catch it at the right time of day you can actually find a seat and have a chat it is a wonderful place to socialise. read more

I went to this place yesterday and it was great. The room is upstairs and it is very crowded, the four of my friends shared a table with two random people, we took over their personal space. They only serve people upstairs, if you happen to order food, but if you ordered drinks, you can drink it downstairs. I ordered a hot chocolate with cinnamon, whip cream, and what i thought to be homemade marshmallows. Though I did not eat the food, but I thought my drink was a little too sweet, especially when I reached the bottom of the cup. read more

Georgina's is a secret gem inside the generally wonderful covered market it's a funky cafe -- visually cluttered and always packed with people. The food is healthy in both portion size and nutrition, and definitely different from the usual sarnies in the covered market (some of which are great as well). Please don't eat here, as it's crowded enough already. read more

I'm sure this is a lovely place, but I've tried to go in a couple of times and both times I've given up. Once was at lunchtime and once was a Saturday afternoon, so I admit I went in peak time, but still, that's when people generally want this sort of thing, so it's good to warn others. The problem is simply overcrowding. It's too popular for its own good! I felt completely in the way waiting for a seat and got a bit claustrophobic. That said, if you're prepared to wait, the food looks and smells lovely and the staff are very chilled out. It's not overly generous in size but it looks like enough to fill you, and the room was certainly full of happy people. read more

Georgina's is a gem of a lunchtime restaurant tucked away upstairs in the Covered Market. I've been going there for several years and never disappointed. It's hugely popular with students despite its tiny size, so sometimes it's difficult to get a seat. You often walk up the stairs and walk straight back out again to Plan B! But to be fair, most people don't mind if you cram another couple of people onto one of the ludicrously big tables. I think everyone knows it's popular and tries not to be an arsehole about it. In terms of food, my favourite is the hot chicken salad with loads of bacon and hunks of bread. The quiches are also good.They have decent taste in music, which also isn't too loud. The decor is colourful, fun, and every table is different. The food is a bit on the pricey side and the coffee is very standard, but the service is friendly and there's a reason people love it. read more

This was actually a great disappointment. The place looks real cool, the menu seems to be just the kind of food I like, and the small cafe was packed with people. I ordered soup with bread. It was a vegetable soup. First I thought that the portion was quite small, but when I had tasted it, it tasted so bland, that I had just a few spoons. The bread wad equally boring. I thought that the person who made this soup could not be very intetested in food. I ended up leaving the cafe and the food and walking 25 minutes to the Magic Cafe, where I had a very good vegetarian meal. read more

Very nice "cultish" like café, friendly staff, special location upstairs the Covered Market, hidden yet very busy sometimes. Food and prices very ok. Great music (Bowie, Dylan, oldfashioned and a bit Indie). Nice to hang out, read the paper, meet with friends. Closes early afternoon. read more

It is hard to find for the non-initiated but once you do you're happy you did. The place has a unique charm in Oxford. Its blend of furniture combined with the gaudy walls makes it a great spot to grab a quick lunch (it's also close to many a library, which helps for the student folk). Because of its small size, you'll sometimes struggle to get a spot, which can be a shame. However, if you get a place the food is consistently well done and usually quite quickly served. They have a small menu but they do it well and charge reasonably. read more

Fun and busy. I've actually always managed to find somewhere to sit, even if it's meant sharing a table with others which is v commonly done. Good food and homebakes. Well worth a visit. read more

Georgina's is a funky little cafe tucked away inside the covered market. The ceiling is artfully festooned with vintage movie posters and the place used to be covered in a welcoming haze of smoke, which alas will now be no more. The place is usually packed, so you might have to wait for a table, but the lunch food is good and the coffee and the atmosphere better. read more