OUR OXFORD CASTLE HOME · EST. 2025
From dreaming spires to a table that welcomes everyone.
An entirely vegetarian and vegan Indian restaurant in Oxford Castle Quarter, close to Oxford city centre, Westgate and the historic colleges, serving dishes from across India with selected Gujarati-inspired flavours and plentiful plant-based choices.
Booking via OpenTable · Larger groups: 07438 657426
OXFORD, OUR NEWEST HOME
Vijay and Urmila didn’t come to Oxford to open a restaurant. They came to drop off a young relative for the start of his term — and something about the city held them there two days longer than planned.
There’s an energy in Oxford that gets into you: bicycles cutting between eight-hundred-year-old walls, conversations spilling out of libraries and onto the street, and the sense that everyone around you is halfway through discovering something.
It’s the same restlessness that first drew us to Norwich, home to the University of East Anglia, and then to Cambridge. Oxford asks the same question of everyone who visits: what do you still want to learn? Our answer was to open a vegetarian and vegan Indian restaurant near Oxford city centre, two minutes from Nuffield College, built to feed those inquisitive minds as they find out.
Read our Oxford story →VEGETARIAN AT HEART
Our Oxford menus celebrate the generosity and regional variety of Indian vegetarian cooking. Find a familiar favourite, try something new and share a little of what you love.
GUEST FAVOURITES Mumbai-Style Samosas · House Black Daal · Dahi Puri · Gobi Manchurian
Alongside our main restaurant menu, Oxford guests can explore drinks, desserts, children’s choices, brunch and lunch, Indian Afternoon Tea, thali and an onion and garlic free menu. Our kitchen is entirely vegetarian, with plentiful plant-based choices plus gluten-free and low-gluten options. For allergies or specific dietary requirements, please contact the Oxford team before visiting.
MORE REASONS TO GATHER
Enjoy Indian Afternoon Tea in Oxford: a little time together, a pot of tea and Indian flavours to linger over. Available Friday, 12pm–2pm, and Saturday–Sunday, 12pm–4pm, with advance booking.
View menu & details →Book your tea partyOur unlimited vegetarian thali in Oxford brings several flavours together in one satisfying meal — a much-loved way to enjoy Indian home-style cooking.
View menu & details →Reserve your thaliServing times and advance-booking requirements vary; see the details for the experience you have in mind.
THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO SHARE
From student gatherings and Indian cultural festivities to seasonal menus and family occasions, there is always another reason to come together in Oxford.
GUEST EXPERIENCES
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Learn to make a complete Indian thali, or join our Indian street food and dosa class, right here at Namaste Village Oxford. Chef-led, hands-on and entirely vegetarian — carry a little of our kitchen home with you.
VENUE HIRE & PRIVATE GATHERINGS
For venue hire and private gatherings in Oxford, our Oxford Castle restaurant welcomes college groups, families, friends, community groups and colleagues for occasions that deserve time around one table.
We welcome weddings, receptions, birthdays, corporate gatherings, charity events and community celebrations, both intimate and large, depending on the layout and style of your occasion.
Customer toilets, baby-changing facilities, high chairs, pushchair space and cloakroom storage are also available.
CATERING FROM NAMASTE VILLAGE OXFORD
From weddings and receptions to birthdays, housewarmings, religious ceremonies, funerals and corporate gatherings, our Indian catering in Oxford brings authentic vegetarian and plant-based food to your chosen setting.
Tailored packages can draw from Gujarati, North Indian, South Indian and Indo-Chinese cooking, with plant-based choices and dietary requirements carefully considered. Please enquire so our Oxford team can shape the right menu and service for your gathering, wherever in the city it is held.
THE GIFT OF NAMASTE
Share the flavours, hospitality and kindness of Namaste Village
with someone special.
DISCOVER OXFORD WITH NAMASTE VILLAGE
From cultural celebrations and national days to seasonal feasts, family occasions and community gatherings, discover what is happening at our Oxford Castle home.
DOSA ON THE WALL
Dosa on the Wall has been part of Namaste Village since the beginning. It works in collaboration with our customers: every contribution they make is matched by Namaste Village, helping another person feel welcome over a warm meal.
FIND US IN OXFORD
Holiday hours may vary. Please check with us when planning a special visit.
For guests looking for an Indian restaurant near Oxford city centre, we are inside Oxford Castle Quarter on New Road, opposite The Malmaison hotel and a short walk from Oxford railway station and Westgate.
Plan your route ↗Westgate Oxford’s car park and the city’s Park & Ride services are both close by. High chairs, baby-changing facilities, pushchair space and a dedicated children’s menu help make family visits easier.
Please contact our Oxford team before visiting if you would like to discuss step-free access, seating or any other access requirement. Assistance dogs are welcome.
Plan an accessible visit