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Reviews of The Talkhouse

4 out of 5
The Talkhouse
Wheatley Road, Oxford, England

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 56 out of 103 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 103 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 103 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 103 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 103 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

david

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome
Awesome place , loved the wooden decor and the live fire every night reading my book
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We liked the quirky pub with all its salvaged bits The staff were all so friendly and helpful
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely country pub
Lovely country pub with nice cosy rooms for overnight stays.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Iona

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gorgeous find
The team were very welcoming and showed me to my room. Clean room, comfy bed, good shower. Perfect for my needs.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Alan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It comes across as a North American experience in the English countryside. The staff are very pleasant, but one senses the owners are more interested in efficiency and the quick pound than the customer. Breakfast is either continental with basic supermarket food delivered at 10:00 pm the night before (an odd time, one could be in bed, certainly in pyjamas) or a hot breakfast at 10:00am at the absolute earliest in the restaurant. It is awkward eating the continental breakfast in the room with no table and chairs, and no napkins are supplied. The restaurant at the pub for evening food is certainly excellent. Worth going for the restaurant in itself.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

william

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a wonderful stay here. The rooms are comfortable. The shower is lovely. The staff are beyond great. So attentive, friendly and accommodating. The pub is lovely with a nice selection of beers, wine and spirits. The food was also excellent. I'll definitely be staying here again in the future.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from nick on 25 Nov 2023
Many thanks for your kind words

10/10 Excellent

Lynette

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023
Response from nick on 25 Nov 2023
Thanks shame you could not add any reasons. Our staff awarded you a Bronze Stat well done

6/10 Okay

Lesley

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from nick on 25 Nov 2023
Shame you did not say a few words staff at the Talkhouse awarded you as Bronze Star Guests well done

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marion

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Right from the start the staff were very friendly and helpful nothing was to much trouble. Our room was different, more like a log cabin, but clean and comfortable. We liked every thing about the hotel/ pub.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Thomas

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Well priced for the experience. Pub attached is nice and not loud in the evening. Easy and convenient check in.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

CJ

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was a unique property. Small room, but with a luxury feel and very clean. In the middle of the country, but close to a small starion with regular services to Oxford and London.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Karen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Talkhouse is a lovely old quaint pub in a tiny village. On the outskirts of Oxford, it is quiet and picturesque. Transport is a must for this property as there is not much available within walking distance. Freya was bubbly and helpful and the pub itself had great food. The room was clean and well equipped with essentials needed for a short stay. Across the road parking was easy and convenient. Breakfast on site is available from 10am and has to be prearranged so if you have an early start (as we did) then you need to organize this from before for a Continental option or go elsewhere.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

elizabeth

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ellie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Chan

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gillian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Delicious Gluten Free food, good bedroom
Good clean room next to the Courtyard beer garden. Comfortable bed and powerful shower. Great meal in the Talkhouse, delicious Gluten Free food. Sure we'll be back.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from n on 25 Nov 2023
Thanks nice Review our Staff were very complimentary about you as guest thanks for being so tidy

10/10 Excellent

Debbie

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dave

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable, friendly, good food too.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Simon

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Teresa

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was good however, there was some noisy machinery nearby which went on all night.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely old world pub, very friendly staff,good food, nice room, nice garden area. Unfortunately our one night stay coincided with a very noisy wake. Apart from that we would stay there again if in the area
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Alan, Orangevale

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Talkhouse stay
Stay was as expected, accommodation was comfortable and staff were friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent for just an overnight stop. Comfortable bed and excellent shower.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good rooms and convenient location
We booked two rooms for the family members over Christmas. The rooms were very comfortable and convenient, thank you.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming, warm and friendly, with first class food. Good value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Bryan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A quaint little set of cottage-style rooms, attached to a very nice pub, set just outside oxford. The rooms are all self contained units, built into the old stable block, so have a single door that leads to the pub beer garden. Being a country pub, it wasn't noisy or disturbing The rooms were clean, warm, and welcoming. We explored oxford during the day, and then used the local thornbridge Park and Ride, to get back to near the hotel (5 min drive) If breakfast is important, please check, as we were informed it would not be available until 10:30am (not a problem for us, as we had other breakfast plans the following day)
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Andy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent food, friendly staff, comfortable room, great stay overall.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service
Disappointing
I booked 2 rooms here for a colleague and I and as it is a pub we were looking forward to having lunch after working all morning. On our arrival however at 2.15pm we were told there is no lunch and they have stopped serving all day. Ok so a bag of nuts and a drink later we went to our rooms which are located outside of the pub area. The rooms are in what looks like an old barn and the bedroom is quite quaint, nicely decorated between the old beams, and small but cosy. The flooring is laminate and was not the cleanest but everywhere else appeared super clean. The bathroom was nice and again, clean. The lighting from a main pendant light and two bedside lights was poor and the room was not conducive to working and after a few hours my eyes gave up on me! We had booked dinner for 5.30pm as we had missed lunch. I had roast beetroot soup which was tasty, followed by stream which was cooked perfectly. We retired to our rooms for the night for me to find the bed was not very comfortable and the sheets felt damp. After not a good nights sleep we were up and at metro go to breakfast only to find ourselves locked out! I tried the front and back doors and the pub was in darkness. I tried phoning to no avail. The rooms are not cheap and should have included breakfast indeed their website states this. When I booked I had paid on the assumption we would receive breakfast as we were moving on to our next work location. Couldn’t check out so I left the key in the room. Disappointed.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little find - would recommend
Lovely little self contained rooms on the pub premises just off the beer garden. Dog friendly. The room was clean, facilities good, staff were extremely helpful. We ate at the pub twice and the food was lovely (especially the burgers!)
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Surprisingly good!
Very comfortable stay!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Chris

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great
Great
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

8/10 Good

FLU, London

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in the Talkhouse on Saturday for one night. My only (very slight) downsides were that we couldn’t sit in the pub until 5pm which would have been nice to know before coming as we turned up at 3pm - I know COVID permits just sitting in a pub but we’d planned to order some small plates. The other downside was that none of the smart features on the smart TV worked (Netflix, Now TV, even screen mirrroing). We didn’t alert staff to this as there was not much they could have done and we were only there for one night. The room smelled amazing and was so clean and the shower and toiletries provided were great. When the pub did open at 5pm we had a long dinner and the staff were so attentive and catered towards my dietary requirements. Overall a great stay and we will definitely come back - the pub is beautiful (the perfect countryside setting) and my two downsides were so minor, I wasn’t even sure if to mention them.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Lucy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The rooms are cosy and beautifully furnished. The pub does amazing food, really nice stay!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Abby

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and cosy
The lady who greeted us was friendly, the room was ckean and cosy, had a great sleep!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Suzie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Jeremy

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice place. Poor service.
Attractive building. Good parking. Clean rooms. Good food. Shame about the welcome and subsequent service.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020