The White Hart

Head up to St Andrew's Road and you'll find the kind of pub that actually feels like it belongs to the community rather than existing for Instagram. The White Hart has that lived-in warmth—dark wood, the sort of lighting that doesn't pretend to be fancy, locals who clearly know the bar staff by name. You're getting proper pub fare here, the sort of thing that works with a pint, executed without fuss. The real draw is that it's never trying to be something it isn't. Whether you're after a weeknight quiet pint or catching the crowd on a Friday, it just works. This is Headington doing what it does best: keeping things straightforward and unpretentious.