Eat and drink · Banbury
The Old Auctioneer, Banbury
A town-centre pub and grill on Parsons Street, Banbury, cooking over charcoal: wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, dry-aged steaks, wings and fajitas, with food served from noon every day.
Car-free
The one to pick in Banbury when a group wants a proper feed: pizza, steak and wings, and a kitchen open every day from noon until 8.45pm. It is priced as a restaurant, not a pub, and a discretionary 12.5% service charge goes on every bill. Book for Sunday, as the roasts run only until they sell out.
- Good: Food from noon to 8.45pm every day, so a late lunch works
- Good: Pizzas from £12.95, cooked in a wood-fired oven
- Good: Sunday roasts, with a children's roast at £8.95
- Good: Function rooms for private parties
- Worth knowing: A discretionary 12.5% service charge is added to all bills
- Worth knowing: Roasts are served only until they sell out
About
The Old Auctioneer is on Parsons Street in the old part of Banbury, the same street as Ye Olde Reine Deer Inn. It works as a bar at the front of a kitchen that cooks over a charcoal fire, and says its food is made on site from local ingredients.
The menu runs to Neapolitan pizzas from a wood-fired oven, made with dough fermented for up to 72 hours, Aberdeen Angus steaks dry aged for at least 30 days, buffalo wings, sharing fajitas and burgers with chunky fries. A sirloin is £27.95 and a ribeye £29.95, with chicken fajitas at £24.95. Sunday evening from 6pm is wing night. Sundays add roasts, from £17.95 for beef, served from noon until they run out.
At the bar there are draught and craft beers, cocktails and a long wine list, though the site names no beers. Two function rooms take up to 65 people and, the restaurant says, are free to hire, and for 2026 the Christmas menu runs from 27 November to 24 December, at £29.95 for two courses or £34.95 for three. Parties of more than six pay a £10 deposit a head. The site also points to a separate takeaway, Love Wings, taking orders from noon each day.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 16, 12:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 20:45 |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 20:45 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 20:45 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 22:00 | 12:00 to 20:45 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 20:45 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 20:45 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 21:00 | 12:00 to 20:45 |
The details
- Food
- Grill and steak · Pizza
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Children's menu
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Bar · Restaurant · Private dining · Events and meetings
- Without a car
- About half a mile from Banbury station, by our measure between postcodes.
Photos
The dining room 
The courtyard at night 
A steak from the grill 
A pizza in the oven
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