Oxford Backpackers HostelvsVanbrugh House Hotel
Both properties are rated very highly by professional reviewers. Overall, Vanbrugh House Hotel ranks significantly higher than Oxford Backpackers Hostel. Vanbrugh House Hotel is ranked #12 in Oxford with approval from 3 reviewers including The Telegraph, Condé Nast Traveler and Oyster.
Oxford Backpackers Hostel
 Lonely Planet
 Rough Guide
9a Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford OX1 2EW
From $23/night
- Bar/Lounge
 - Free Internet
 - Free Breakfast
 - Laundry Service
 - Kitchenette
 - Breakfast included
 
 "Championing the laid-back, party-central attitude of student halls, this slightly scruffy joint is ideally placed for a night on the tiles." Full review
 "Refurbished independent hostel with bright, modern quads and dorms, plus fully equipped kitchen, laundry, free wi-fi and bar. 24-hour access. £16." 
Vanbrugh House Hotel
 Oyster
 The Telegraph
 Condé Nast Traveler
 Independent
20 - 24 St Michael's Street, Oxford OX1 2EB
From $135/night
- Bar/Lounge
 - Free Internet
 - Room Service
 - Restaurant
 - Multilingual
 - Business Center
 
Upper-middle-range
 "The 22-room, upper-middle-range Vanbrugh House Hotel is an exceptionally well-located boutique hotel in the heart of historic Oxford." Full review
8.0
 "A stylishly decorated boutique hotel in an 18th-century house opposite the Oxford Union buildings with smart, well-equipped rooms and friendly staff." Full review
 "It's all about location here which is a central as it gets in Oxford, but the best thing is the that despite that the hotel is surprisingly quiet." Full review
 "The style is a deliciously modern update of “traditional”, with wood-panelled walls painted in shades of cream and dove...location-wise, you couldn’t get more central."