Eat and drink · Bicester
Ottolenghi, Bicester Village
The Ottolenghi restaurant and deli at Bicester Village, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with sharing plates, grills, salads and cakes, an 88-cover dining room and a 60-cover terrace, bookable online.
Car-free · Rainy days
A kitchen to book at Bicester Village for a proper sit-down meal between shops, with more vegetables on the menu than most. The set menu is the sensible order at lunch; à la carte with grills, sides and the 12.5% service charge adds up quickly.
- Good: Breakfast, lunch and dinner, bookable online
- Good: Set menu at £31.95 for two courses or £37.95 for three
- Good: Many vegetarian dishes, and halal chicken marked on the menu
- Good: A deli counter selling cookbooks, tableware and pantry goods
- Worth knowing: A discretionary 12.5% service charge is added to the bill
- Worth knowing: Its two pages give different closing times: check when you book
About
Ottolenghi, the London restaurant group, has a restaurant and deli at Bicester Village, on Pingle Drive. The booking page counts 88 covers inside and 60 on the terrace. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, with Southern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cooking: big salad platters, grills, seasonal salads and cakes.
On the daily menu from 28 October 2026, small plates include hummus with spiced chickpeas and flatbread at £9.50 and beef tartare with peanut gochujang dressing at £15; mains include Ottolenghi fish and chips at £25.50 and roasted aubergine and butterbeans with tomato and chilli pesto at £21.50, and the grills run from baharat chicken with fregola at £25, marked halal, to a Barnsley lamb chop at £31. The set menu is £31.95 for two courses or £37.95 for three. Prices include VAT, and a discretionary 12.5% service charge is added.
There is a children's menu, the Littlelenghis, and a separate menu for large groups. The deli sells cookbooks, tableware and pantry goods to take home. Tables for up to six book online; for seven or more, email the restaurant.
Opening hours and season
Bicester Village gives Ottolenghi's hours as 8.30am to 7pm, but its booking page offered tables from 9am to 8.45pm in November 2026, with breakfast until 11.15am. Check the time when you book.
The details
- Food
- Middle Eastern
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Vegan dishes · Children's menu
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Restaurant · Garden or terrace · Shop
Photos
The front and terrace 
Breakfast 
Dinner 
Cocktails
Location
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Bicester Village
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St Edburg's Church, Bicester
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Bicester Market Square
Sight · Historic building · Bicester
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Garth Park, Bicester
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