Vanbrugh House Hotel

4.0 star property
4-star hotel near University of Oxford

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Premier Suite
Premier Suite | Courtyard view
Reception

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Free WiFi

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20-24 St Michaels Street, Oxford, England, OX1 2EB
  • University of Oxford
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • New Theatre Oxford
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Oxford Castle
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Oxford (OXF)
    ‪13 min drive‬

Room options

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Premier Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Standard Double Room, Accessible (Disabled access)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Superior Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Oxford

Oxford City Centre stay.A stay at this Oxford City Centre hotel places you steps from New Theatre Oxford and a 5-minute walk from University of Oxford. Thames River and Jesus College are also within half a mile (1 km).

What's nearby

  • University of Oxford - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • New Theatre Oxford - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Christ Church College - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Oxford Castle - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Bodleian Library - 6 min walk - 0.6 km

Getting around

  • Oxford Station - 9 min walk
  • Oxford (OXF) - 13 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Wendy's - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Pret a Manger - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Four Candles - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Cosmo - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Itsu - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Vanbrugh House Hotel

4-star hotel near University of Oxford
Vanbrugh House Hotel offers its guests a terrace, multilingual staff, and concierge services. Public spaces have free WiFi.

This 4-star Oxford hotel is smoke free.

  • 22 guestrooms or units
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Staff is multilingual
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Concierge
  • Terrace
  • No smoking on site
Vanbrugh House Hotel offers 22 accommodations with MP3 docking stations and safes. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations include desks. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers, bathrobes, designer toiletries, and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided once per stay.

Languages

Czech, English, Polish, Romanian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have elevators
  • Well-lit path to entrance

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV
  • MP3 dock
  • Satellite channels

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Bathtub or shower
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. No onsite parking is available. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, debit cards, and cash.

We should mention

  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

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Vanbrugh House Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 546 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 273 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 97 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 53 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 31 out of 1000 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel has real character and the staff ia truly excellent and most helpful. Very good continental breakfast served either in your room or downstairs in the dining room. Good supply of tea, coffee and excellent sweet biscuits
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Perfect location for the theatre and shops. Warm, spacious rooms. Lovely staff. Would certainly book again on return to Oxford
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chao

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent customer service and great location
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy room in beautiful hotel
Such a lovely building the room we had was an upgrade and had a little garden we were on the lower floor. We felt so cosy comfy bed and will recommend this to others.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Simply the best!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Vanbrugh House is a very interesting period property to stay in but I couldn’t really call it a hotel, more luxury serviced rooms and suites. We were upgraded from superior double to a suite so I shouldn’t complain, but for a 4 star hotel many of the little touches weren’t there - eg no glasses for water in the room, missing remote control for the fan heater, only enough Nespresso pots for 2 drinks each.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Tim

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is really conveniently located in Oxford within easy walking distance to the shop. The hotel room size was very generous and comfortable, we stayed in the superior double room, which was located at the front of the hotel. The hotel is located on a street which includes various student bars. unfortunately, the night we stayed, our sleep was so badly interrupted by the noise coming from the students, which didn’t die down until 3am, which spoilt our stay. I appreciate this is outside the control of the hotel, but I wouldn’t stay here again due to this.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Jill

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mitchell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We love the Vanbrugh House Hotel
We arrived at the Vanbrugh House Hotel for our anniversary expecting our standard double room booking and what we paid for. They surprised us with an upgrade at no extra cost to the Vicarage Suite which was absolutely phenomenal. We had two baths and a shower, multiple sofas with a huge kingsize bed along with chocolates and a bottle of prosecco in ice. We can't recommend this hotel enough. The suite even included its own private garden!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

louise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome
Wonderful accommodation Amazing staff and welcome Would have liked to move in!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alouise

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elisabeth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel in very central location. Was a bit worried about noise but it was fine in the end during the night. Moved rooms to have a separate bathroom and lovely host gave us a bottle of wine and some earplugs in case of noise. Highly recommend the No.1 Ship Street restaurant nearby!

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous hotel, wonderful service and lovely breakfast. This hotel was amazing!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really nice stay
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

MICHELLE

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Finding a quiet room in the centre of Oxford was a real find. The room was spacious, well equipped with heaters, heated towel racks, ironing board etc. and the staff was super even moving our luggage up to our room for us. It would have been a challenge to navigate the stairs with mobility issues. Absolutely top notch stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

junia

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Linda

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Yuko

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very convenient location. I was impressed with hotel slippers and bathroom gowns,too!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A gem in the heart of Oxford
I had a great time at this hotel, if you would like to be in the heart of Oxford this is your hotel. If you also don’t mind to have amenities and just to have a comfortable bed and treat this city as your endless amenities of exploration then this is a great choice.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good, convenient hotel. Only issue I had was that the first room I was given was occuppied, I opened the door and backed out very quickly.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Duncan

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Aleem

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Property is defintely lacking in maintenance ( certainly the room I stayed in), with water dripping from the floor above in the bathroom area. The bathroom door also seems broken and ignored. Definitely overpriced for the poor state of facilities.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

rachel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would Stay Again!
Such a lovely hotel with the most attentive staff at the front desk. My daughter and I felt very safe and comfortable. The hotel was located on a quiet street just around the corner from the heart of everything in Oxford. Really just the best location.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gavin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024