From Monday to Friday, breakfast and lunch are served in Hall from 8.00 am to 9.00 am and 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm, respectively. On weekends brunch is served from 11.00 am to 1.30 pm on Saturday and until 2.00 pm on Sunday.

Breakfast, lunch, and brunch are served cafeteria style and are paid for using your Bod Card (which you can top up using an online system, or in cash).

Payment by Bod Card allows you to take advantage of the cheaper rate for members of the College, whereas food will be charged at guest rates for payment by cash. A wide selection of reasonably priced food is available, and you can bring guests to lunch.

Three-course dinners are served in the Hall throughout term time (0th Week – 9th Week). There are two sittings: informal, at 6.20pm, and formal, at 7.20pm where the same food is served. Most graduates tend to go to the formal sitting, but the choice is entirely up to you.

There is usually one table reserved for graduate members. At the formal dinner, everyone must wear gowns and, in general, "smarter" attire is expected (but not officially required). Before dinner begins, everyone stands for the reading of Grace (in Latin). Make sure that you bring your Bod Card to dinner, as it will be scanned when you enter the Hall.

A dinner in Hall will cost around £4.17, but you can also purchase a Season Ticket from the Steward’s Office. This will mean that you pay around £2.82 per dinner if you attend every dinner. If you live in St. Aldate’s, you will be automatically signed in for dinner during term (which starts on Monday of 0th week).

If you live in St. Aldate’s and do not wish to be on the Season Ticket, this can be arranged at the start of term and you will then be granted the ability to sign out of Hall on a weekly basis but will be charged the higher food rate of around £4.17 per dinner.

Please note you will still need to email the Hall on a weekly basis to sign out for those days you will not be dining, as by default you are still signed in for all of them but at a higher rate.

If you are a vegetarian, vegan, or have any other dietary requirements, then you should collect the appropriate card from the Steward’s Office as soon as possible upon arrival.

Take a passport photograph with you when you go to collect your card. You will have to present this card during all dinners in Hall to make sure that you get the correct food.

Guests can be accommodated at Hall dinners for a charge of around £9.62. Send an email before 10.00 am on the day you’d like to bring guests (Saturday 10.00 am for Sunday) to Andy Hedges, the hall manager, and his team. Make sure you note the number of guests you are bringing (up to two), which sitting you would like to attend, and any dietary requirements.

During the vacations, a dinner service is provided for graduates. This happens on average about twice or three times a week. Vacation dinners are usually served in the Freind Room in the Lee Building.

In addition to the ordinary provision of food, the GCR regularly arranges special dinners. GCR guest dinners happen on Wednesday evenings during term. At these dinners High Table food is served and (up to one) guests can be invited.

Our amazing Executive Head Chef Chris Simms and his fantastic team provide a menu of extraordinary quality for a very reasonable price. Tickets are allocated by ballot and the GCR Food & Dining Officers are responsible for organising both the dinners and the ballot.

After dinner, there will be drinks and snacks in the GCR (typically port & cheese). These dinners are a good way to entertain friends by showing off the fine cuisine and splendid surroundings!

A special GCR Black Tie dinner is typically held at the end of each term in 8th week (usually each member can bring up to one guest). The GCR Food & Dining Officers also try to organise three exchange dinners with other colleges during term time. Furthermore, port & cheese exchanges, Afternoon Tea and wine/whiskey/gin tastings are organised together with the social secretaries.