Oaka At The Mansion House

especially the beginners and the staff was friendly and accommodating

Has obviously changed hands, with new staff and menu. I preferred the old menu actually. Staff were as competent as the previous crew. Still a good local bar/restaurant.

Surprisingly good Thai food in a modern pub setting, with some unusual and very tasty dishes available. We've been three times but probably won't be going back as it's let by small portions for the price, and slow service.

We really enjoyed our lunch Oaka. Fantastic duck wrap with crispy and well seasoned duck in Hoison sauce accompanied by fried vemicelli. The chicken satay wrap was really tasty, too, with freshly grilled thai-spiced chicken in satay sauce. The fries were yummy and plentiful, too. The only drawbacks were: the side salad was served with mustard dressing(? . Also the service was quite slow even though we were the only customer. However, well worth the wait and inexpensive!

What an awesome find! I was actually sat here shaking my head with sheer disbelief that a nobody such as me was lucky enough to be eating food this good! We had the Vegetarian Gap glam platter for two and it was probably the single best food that I have had all year. Yes that good! Then add to all this deliciousness the fact that this restaraunt/bar is owned by Oakham, an excellent brewery. How could I not love this place?! Had a couple of their fine beers and they were both in great condition It's a classy venue too! I unreservedly recommend Oaka to the hungry people of yelp!

Great lunch, great atmosphere, great people. Came in for lunch on our way to Oxford for the day and was pleasantly surprised at the tasty offering for lunch. This place is down the street from where my aunt lives and when we are back to visit, we will definitely stop here again. I had the curry with chicken which was tasty, but not that spicy (I think the UK tongue is milder than most so I imagine they don't really do spicy food a lot). However, it was a good size and was quite satisfying. My beau had the crispy duck wrap and thought it was tasty. The side salad was a bit small and slightly unappealing (iceberg lettuce), but worked well as a palate cleanser. The price was very reasonable for...

A colleague reserved an area here for an informal launch of her new book and I went along to support her. It's really close to Kennington tube station on the main road and I think there are lots of buses that stop nearby too. It's a really great space with comfortable but stylish furniture and decor and a mixture of high and low tables. The music was the right volume to give it a good atmosphere but without being so loud we couldn't talk. The staff were great and really friendly. They have craft beers from their brewery in Peterborough and they even named a beer after the book which was being launched! We did a raffle and they were happy to help with point glasses and a champagne bucket when...

We found this place by accident after having a beer in the pub next door and looking for somewhere to eat. Oaka is a Pan Asian restaurant in the best way. Attentive staff welcomed us (on both visits) and showed us to a table right away. There's a range of offerings from snacking dishes to set menus and main courses. Everything we had was great. Pad cha seafood for example was perfectly cooked with plenty of seafood and fish. Seasonings and flavours well balanced and portion sizes ample. Crispy spiced aubergines were a perfect snack to start with. On a second visit I sampled a classic green thai curry which was one of the best and featured thai pea aubergines which I rarely find at other plac...

I am busy preparing to leave for my honeymoon today, but we had such an extraordinary experience that I had to take a break from laundry, packing and cleaning to get a review out. When I checked in last night, I noticed that Oaka only had one review. My husband is a pub geek, which means that I am now a pub geek by marriage. We went on a mid week pub crawl in Kennington last night, and as we left the house, I was mentioning my hunger. Chris recalled that Oaka (our second stop on the tour) had food, so on the way to Kennington, we looked up the menu online. We didn't even get to the mains, and had already decided on several things from the bar menu (Gap glam) that we wanted. As we were on a p...