Not really knowing Oxford, having not visited before, me and my boyfriend wanted a hotel that was pretty central and that's exactly what we got. The town center is only a 10 minute walk from the hotel, yet it is away from the main roads so very little noise resulting in an excellent sleep! The manager was extremely helpful, directing us into town and pointing out some of his favourite restaurants and bars, which did not dissapoint! Upon arriving we were told our room had been upgraded which was an added bonus. The room was lovely, I can't find anything to complain about. It was very VERY clean and well presented, lovely interior with its own kitchenette, including a toaster, kettle and microwave. The bathroom even had heated flooring! We had a telly with a Sky box and DVD player and there was free wifi for all guests. The only down points would be that there isn't any parking, although the manager does point out where the best street parking is. The second point would be that there wasn't always someone on reception. When we were leaving and wanting to pay for the room there was no one on reception to sort this for us, as we wanted to pay by cash, bearing in mind this was 09.45 am so you would expect someone to be at reception. However, there is a 24 hour number to call if any problems occur which we rang. However, it didn't result in anyone coming to sort us out therefore the money was taken off our card. I cannot comment on breakfast as we did not have it. The breakfast wasn't supplied at the Hotel but at a restaurant just round the corner, it did however look lovely, overlooking the river! I would definitely stay here again!

I stayed at the ethos for 2 nights whilst On a conference . The accommodation is comfortable warm and well set up. The management helpful. The have a great new breakfast option at a nearby French restaurant the no1 folly bridge brasserie, ehich was lovely next to the river. I'd go again!

Apart from not having its own car parking this a great value hotel. The bed is ultra comfortable, staff are very helpful and all sky channels are available . Surprisingly the area the hotel was situated in was very quite and we slept extremely well. My only concern was that we had to leave the car parked in a residential zone with parking time limits however the staff guided us to the best parking areas and at the end of the day we had no parking ticket and enjoyed our weekend in Oxford.

Ethos has very nice rooms indeed, lovely in fact and for that I would come again. It lacks many other facilities and the off the street access was unexpected. but the service was good at check-in and out.

Breakfast was up the road on the edge of the river - lovely view and quite a nice breakfast though rather drowned in olive oil (I had to leave my mushrooms, they were dripping in it!). This may be a temporary arrangement, it's hard to tell.

Parking is also not great, being well away from the hotel, not private - you basically park on the street by a park and the parking runs out at 11:00am (you have 2 hours free from 09:00). Knowing Oxford, it isn't worth taking the chance to go into town and do some shopping when your car is there, you could easily get a ticket and the hotel would be able to do nothing about that.

The average rating is because we booked the hotel as a group well in advance and we said we wanted parking, and they said no problem, they didn't tell us either about breakfast being up the road (it was a nice short stroll though, as it wasn't bucketing down with rain).

Apart from that I would recommend it.