Macdonald Randolph Hotel, Oxford > Reviews

Advantages: It's spectacular and surprisingly quiet and the best location in the city
Disadvantages: Parking, high prices.

As a student at Oxford University in the late 1980s, the Randolph seemed like the physical embodiment of the class divide that afflicted poor kids like me who came from state schools from the much wealthier students who took the affluence and grandeur of the city's finest hotel entirely in their stride. I'd never been in such a grand hotel and the closest thing to a grand building in my home city was the local branch of Lloyds Bank. My flat ... Read review

Advantages: wonderful hotel
Disadvantages: expensive

We have just returned from a wonderful night staying at the Randolph Hotel (part of the McDonald group) in Oxford. It was the hotel where my husband's work was holding its post Christmas event and we decided to treat ourselves to an overnight stay in the hotel. It was a lovely occasion and I came home feeling thoroughly spoilt. The Randolph is an old hotel in the centre of Oxford. It was actually built in 1864 and although it has been recently ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful ambiance, sybaritic surroundings, unrivalled dining experience (especially Afternoon Tea), polite and helpful staff
Disadvantages: Expensive!

...beauty and elegance is The Macdonald Randolph Hotel, or more simply, The Randolph. Built in 1864 by the architect William Wilkinson, the Victorian Gothic hotel stands dignified on a street of Georgian facade, opposite the world famous Ashmolean Museum. A skip and a jolly hop (or 200m if you're stoically set on metric) from city centre, it is one of the most central hotels. It is this distinctive architectural history and location that marks The ... Read review

Advantages: Friendly staff, lovely rooms, good service
Disadvantages: Quite expensive and dining isn't the best

Myself and my boyfriend stayed at this hotel in April this year and we were very happy with our stay. The staff were friendly from the moment we stepped through the doors and the hotel itself is not only in a perfect location for seeing the city, but is also lovely in a very old school way. This is not a moder hotel and you will see a lot of plush red carpets and oak furnishings. We stayed for two nights, ordering breakfast on both mornings and ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful room
Disadvantages: everything else

...on the 5* service that Macdonald hotels are supposed to offer. Then at 11.10 we got a phone call from reception saying check out was at 11.00 and they wouldn't allow us to check out any later without an extra charge of £20.00. Then we were disgusted to find that they had charged £25.00 for car parking and then the receptionist charged us another £2.00 for using AMEX..... 5* hotel ??? My advice would be to stay away. First impressions are good ... Read review