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Royal Oxford Hotel vs Vanbrugh House Hotel
Both properties are highly recommended by expert reviewers. On balance, Vanbrugh House Hotel is preferred by most writers compared to Royal Oxford Hotel. Vanbrugh House Hotel scores 77 with positive reviews from 3 publications including The Telegraph, Oyster and Condé Nast Traveler.
Royal Oxford Hotel
Fodor's
Oyster
Lonely Planet
Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HR
From $163 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
- Multilingual
Fodor's
"This efficiently run hotel, a few steps from the train station, has bright, light, and modern rooms with simple contemporary furniture."
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Oyster
Mid-Range
"The 26-room, mid-range Royal Oxford Hotel is well-situated just a 10-minute walk to the heart of historic Oxford and a four-minute walk to the train station."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This grand old hotel stares you smack in the face as you set off walking from the train station towards Oxford city centre."
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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
Oyster
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."
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The Telegraph
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."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"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."
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Independent
"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."
