We booked the hotel through booking.com last minute based on its locality near to Oxford City centre and the rate. The hotel is ideally located, just a short bus ride away. The hotel is adequate and clean but the decor was quite dated both in our double room and reception areas. It could do with brightening up. Room was basic,... More

Stayed one night with my partner as we wanted somewhere near the city but it was a university graduation weekend so most places were already booked up. Good points: on main bus route into city centre; couldn't hear street noise from the room; taxi from city centre cost less than £10; free parking; well sign-posted from the street Bad points:... More

Hotel was clean and reasonably presented but oudated decor and 'tired' furniture. Good location but for a similar price or a lttle more you could do a whole lot better. Very basic, no frills! Very noisy in the room, paper thin walls. Hard mattress. Tiny TV. Breakfast was adequate but often a long wait for service as only one server... More

Our main issue was value for money...it was just too expensive for what we got in return. Bedroom - Clean and free wifi was a plus, but it was small, a bit chilly, had a small double bed,a tiny tv on a shelf close to the ceiling (therefore quite difficult to watch - also no BBC 1, just channels 2-5),... More

Set on the Iffley Road, well out of Oxford town centre, the Balkan Lodge Hotel does not set the heart or imagination on fire. The only staff member we met was pleasant and polite but dark gloomy passages, flowery carpets, cheap fittings, no water pressure in the shower and a cold room were far from welcoming. The bed, however, was... More

Read the reviews in trip advisor and was encouraged by comments, travelled with my son who was down for interviews at University and he stayed there, I was left on my own,wife at home and feeling sorry for myself, however i was welcomed at the hotel by a friendly member of staff, who gave me the low down on breakfast... More

We found the hotel easy to find using Mapquest. The breakfast was great-we had what we thought was breakfast: cereal, yoghort, toast, fruit, then they said the magic words "what would you like for breakfast?". We both had the English breakfast mushrooms, bacon, fried egg, etc, delicious. Things we liked were the ample free parking in the back, quiet location... More

This is a lovely, but tired hotel, the location is handy to visit Oxford, the room was very clean, & staff were friendly, breakfast was tasty. More

Despite being on one of the main roads in/out of Oxford he hotel is surprisingly quiet, inside. The whole place was extremely clean and our room was well furnished with a beautifully ornate four poster bed. After a very LONG day walking around Oxford the jacuzzi bath was a very welcome relief. Unfortunately the mattress was to hard for our... More