'Best place to eat near Oxford station' named in Good Food Guide
A popular Ethiopian restaurant has been named the best place to eat near Oxford's train station by a well-known national food review website.
The Good Food Guide has named Lula's Ethiopian Restaurant in Frideswide Square as the best place to eat near Oxford train station, in its definitive guide to eateries for rail travellers in Britain.
The restaurant opened in 2021 in the central location run by community interest company Makespace Oxford after serving delicious food for years at Gloucester Green Market, and has won glowing reviews ever since.
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The family-run business owned and founded by Lula Kinnaird offers a range of fresh cooked Ethiopian and Eritrean dishes with a wide selection of vegan vegetarian and gluten-free options.
Lula's Ethiopian Restaurant in Frideswide Square, Oxford Reviewers consistently praise the restaurants comfortable setting and community-focused vibe, with an emphasis on friendly service.
The Good Food Guide said of the restaurant: "A cheerful celebration of multicultural Oxford, Lula's fits perfectly into its community-centre home near the railway station.
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"Fairy lights and vibrant wall displays of ethnic artefacts temper the capacious, functional surroundings – as do enthusiastic staff and a menu of great-value dishes."
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Just a stone's throw away from Oxford train station, the restaurant is deemed to be a fantastic spot for a tasty lunch in between journeys.
Ms Kinnaird of Lula's said earlier: "We are all about bringing people and community together, exactly as Ethiopian tradition would have it – our food is cooked with the love and care we would show to our family, and our customers are not just customers, they are friends.
"The most important thing to us is bringing happiness to people with our food."
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