List of University of Oxford dining clubs

This is a list of current University of Oxford dining clubs. All are social in nature and recruit members by private invitation for a programme of drinking and dining. Members are drawn exclusively from the student body of the University of Oxford. Most have individual costumes and traditions and maintain a high degree of secrecy concerning their membership and activities.

University wide

• The Assassins (known for their debauchery in the 1980s;^[1] not to be confused with the unrelated student society, Oxford Guild of Assassins^[2])
• The Bullingdon Club^[3][4][5] (founded 1780; dress in navy blue tailcoats, with navy velvet collar, ivory silk lapels, brass buttons, mustard waistcoat, and a sky blue bow tie; club tie is sky blue striped with ivory; sometimes called The Buller; male society)
• The Delilahs^[5] (female society)
• The Gridiron Club^[3][5] (founded 1884; commonly called The Grid; club tie is dark blue with white gridirons; mixed gender society)
• The Piers Gaveston Society^[3][4][5] (founded 1977; limited to 12 members; mixed gender society)
• The Stoics^[4][5][6] (dress in black tailcoats, with bi-coloured socks, braces, and bow ties of blue and yellow; male society)
• The Viceroys^[3][5][7] (dress in black tailcoats, with bow ties of purple with yellow and blue stripes; male society)
• The 9th Prime Club^{[citation needed]} (postgraduates only; mixed gender society)

College based

• The Abbotts, Corpus Christi^[3] (male society)
• The Ace of Spades,^{[citation needed]} St Edmund Hall (male society)
• The Alices, Christ Church^[3] (female society)
• L’Ancien Régime, Merton^[3] (mixed gender society)
• The Black Cygnets, St Hugh's^[3][5][8] (male society - members wear white bow-ties with cygnet motif; organise 'fox hunt')
• Bugger Ruggers, St Edmund Hall^[4][5] (female society)
• The Cardinals, Christ Church^[3] (male society)
• The Carolines,^{[citation needed]} New College (female society)
• The Claret Club, Trinity^[3][5] (male society)
• The D'Avenant Society, Lincoln(mixed gender society)
• The Dolphins, Jesus^[5] (female society)
• The Eaglets, The Queen's^[9] (male society)
• The Elizabethan Society, Jesus^[10][11][12] (male society)
• The Faeries, Lincoln^[5] (female society)
• Flowers and Fairies, Christ Church^[3][4][5] (male society)
• The George^[5]
• The Goblin Club, Lincoln^[5][13] (founded 1902; limited to between 12 and 15 members; extensive silverware collection; club tie in colours of port, champagne, and claret; male society)
• The Halcyon Club, The Queen's^[9] (mixed gender society)
• The King Charles Club, St John's^[3][4] (claims to be the oldest University dining club; club tie is black, with stripes of pacific blue edged with gold; male society)
• The Loder, Christ Church^[3][5] (members drink only from 18th-century silver goblets; male society)
• The Missionaries,^{[citation needed]} Magdalen (male society)
• The Mantis, Magdalen^[5] (female society)
• The Mercurials, Christ Church^[3] (male society)
• The Millers, Oriel^[5] (male and female society)
• The Myrmidon Club, Merton^[5][14] (founded 1865; mixed gender society)
• The Myrmaids, Merton^[5] (female society)
• The Musketeers, Oriel^[5] (male society)
• The Nicholites, Wadham College
• The Nondescripts Club, Christ Church^[4] (male society)
• The Penguin Club, Hertford^[3] (possibly defunct; male society)
• The Phoenix Club, Brasenose^[4][5] (claims to be the oldest University dining club; dress in brown tailcoats, and dine with a silver phoenix at the table; limited to 12 members; male society)
• The Preprandials Society,^{[citation needed]} New College (mixed gender society)
• The Pythic Club, Christ Church (founded by 1845)
• The Regent's Rabbits, Regent's Park College (female society)^[15]
• The Reginae Society, The Queen's^[9] (female society)
• The Sir Henry Pelham Gentleman's Sporting Society, Hertford^[3] (commonly known as Pelhams; male society)
• Somerville Ladies Ultimate Tequila Society, Somerville^[5] (female society)
• The Steamers, Keble^[3] (male society)
• The Syndicate, St Edmund Hall^[16] (male society)
• The Wardens,^{[citation needed]} Merton (mixed gender society)