水星班伯裡懷特利大廳飯店(Whately Hall Hotel)

Kamerdeur sluit niet, met een duwtje gaat ze vanzelf open, zelfs als ze ‘op slot’ is. Een lamp werkte niet, geen handzeep,…alles lijkt nogal afgemeten. We konden niet in de kamer vòor het normale incheckuur, nochtans was het hotel quasi leeg. Mooi gebouw, maar spijtig van de smakeloze architecturale ingrepen, gecombineerd met goedkoop nieuw meubilair (ontbijtruimte). Voor een prikje kan je tegenwoordig authentiek Engels meubilair vinden, dat perfect in een dergelijk mooi gebouw zou passen en veel warmer zou over komen.

Good location in Banbury and it's an OK hotel but highly dependant on which room you get. In the old building soundproofing is non existent and floor boards creak so loudly that you will be woken every time someone in a nearby room gets up or walks around.

I've stayed in this hotel before, but it seems to have had a management change (no longer Mercure). I reported a few issues: such as there being no milk in the room, the shower dispensers being empty and the wifi not working. Also, the cleaning staff entered the room before I'd checked out. I believe all of these are easily fixable with staff training. I hope to return.

As at Jan 15th 2024 the hotel has just been refurbished - only one week reopened. Excellent welcome, really goof breakfast, lovely staff. My room was very quiet, comfortable, good shower, though could have been a tad stronger. Only downside for me was the lack of Wifi out of the bar and breakfast area (i.e. not in my room - a disappointment tent, as I'd intended to do some work in prep for the next day). Careful driving needed through the passage to the parking area - only just enough clearance for a Qashqai - proximity alarms on most of the way through. The hotel is pleasant though, and right next to the Cross that features in the nursery rhyme! I wish them all the best in getting re-established: they're well placed as a base for anyone wanting to visit all sorts of attractiopmns, be it Oxford, Warwick, Coventry, Silverstone, Bicester, the Cotswolds, and they've even got a railway connection that'll take you into London or Birmingham.

Just re-opened and rooms have been refurbished so are very nice. Has good rates at the moment

Nice to see this hotel reopened excellent value breakfast provided

It was used to be a old ancient times hotel in England, but it renewaled. Clearn and lovely,but I liked the style of the old England types.

We stayed one night. All staff encountered during our stay were welcoming, friendly and keen to help. Our room was very comfortable, nicely decorated and the bathroom was modern and spotlessly clean. The menu in the restaurant offered a good range of high quality and very tasty dishes. We will happily stay here again should the opportunity arise.

The property was very tired - many marks in carpeting which felt unclean. The garden was basically worn grass. Our room was spacious; bad was comfortable. I booked through *******, which indicated breakfast was included, but it really wasn't. Banbury is not a lovely town. I recommend staying elsewhere.