Friendly Staff, excellent in Dining Room, very good food.

Lovely inside and out. Log fires, big dining room, spacious bedroom with plenty of storage for clothes.

Bathroom was a nightmare. Very small and strangely arranged with the washbasin being separate. Also took ages to get cold water and kettle took ages to boil.

The set up of the room was unexpected, upon entering you’re in a room with two chairs and tea/coffee making facilities and a separate bathroom, then you go upstairs to the actual bedroom. This made it feel spacious. The location was pretty great if you’re exploring that area of the Cotswolds with a car, unsure on public transport but we did see a bus pass by til pretty late heading into Banbury. The actual pub part of the Deddington Arms was lovely, reasonable prices and a good variety of places to sit whether you wanted a quiet drink or to be closer to the tv showing sports. Breakfast was included with our stay and it was delicious, very prompt service from quiet staff (which is welcoming in the morning in my opinion) and we would all happily recommend the Full English. The lady who checked us out in the morning was lovely, and though I had some complaints about the stay I found her too nice to complain to 😹.

The main bugbear for our stay was the emergency light in our bedroom. It was a bright green light that was on constantly and led to the room being far too bright throughout the night for us to get any real sleep. This was in room 18, our friends were in room 19 next door with the same room set up and whilst they had the emergency light, it was not lit up so they slept well. We only got two hours sleep because of it unfortunately. Rating a 7 overall due to the rest of the stay being good, it’s my fault for not complaining about the light so I’ve no idea how the hotel would have dealt with the issue had I raised it.

Room was good size, very clean. Food was excellent. Staff were very helpful and friendly.

There was a loose tile on the bathroom floor.

The restaurant side of the Deddington Arms was excellent. The breakfast catered for all needs including gluten free. We ate twice in the evening and both meals were delicious. Shout out to the chef. Special mention as well to Solomon and Adele who were especially attentive. The location was perfect and we enjoyed walking round Deddington. Parking at the Hotel was very good and off road.

My Mums room was very comfortable and spacious with the walk in shower for her which we asked for. Our room was rather disappointing. The bed was very comfy but both rooms need updating but ours especially so. The shower head needed replacing as the water coming out was one torrent. The bath was very narrow to stand in for showering and although it was clean, some of the tiles looked mouldy. The windows needed cleaning as you coukd hardly see out of them. I only drink green tea so I couldn't have a hot drink. Lucky I had bought my own. Usually hotels have a better selection including hot chocolate and biscuits. I understand the Deddington is a old and quaint hotel but it can still keep all the charm, it just needs to modernise the rooms and bathrooms.

Excellent

Wi fi wasn't that good

Lovely restaurant/pub area with open fires.

Lovely quiet location. Our room was at the front overlooking the road but still quiet. Room was spacious and the bed was large and comfortable. Food was fantastic.

Decor and furnishings upstairs a bit tired in places, hallways didn't look the cleanest. Not a big issue though.