Food fiend's review of Jamie's Italian Oxford

We also went to Jamies Italian in Bath like the previous reviewer – i didnt want to like it as im not a huge fan of chains…but it's actually very good. It was a Tuesday lunchtime but was heaving. My partner noted it was mostly due to students and their parents. We only waited about 10min for a table and were given a buzzer to let us know when the table was ready.

Staff were really friendly and not pushy at all. I had a mushroom ravioli dish (small but also came in a large). It was meant to have ricotta but i couldnt taste it. It was pleasant to eat though. Partner had deep fried squid to start and carbonara with pancetta to follow – both which he felt were delicious. Overall the bill came to £27 for the two of us – so essentially two starters and a main plus drinks. There is a really good selection of well presented food at reasonable prices, music is good and the atmosphere was great. I think it's going to be a very popular place as the only real rival is Strada – Jamie's done it again…