When you arrive you go into a grand building, reception and adjacent rooms walls panelled in wood and look good. Don’t get your hopes up as beyond this is a shabby building so much in need of some maintenance and care. Windows in the front of the dining room being held in by a wing and a prayer with most of the putty missing is just one example. If you are accommodated in the garden wing you would be better turning round and leaving. You go out through the garden to be met by a prison block ! Rooms very basic and hot, and doors bang shut. At 5:30 in the morning was woken up by constant door noise then the cleaners came through about an hour later vacuuming carpets in the entrance. Breakfast was 2nd rate at best, flaccid, barely cooked bacon that was more like sliced belly pork with more fat than meat, tasteless sausages that although looking good with visible cracked pepper tasted of nothing. Even the baked beans were struggling to give any taste ! The restaurant area is little better than a motorway services. All in all a very disappointing experience, I’m sure there are a lot better premises in the area for the same price. I guess profit rules over investment of time and materials to keep the buildings in order and a similar story with quality of food at breakfast. There are many replies to reviews quoting that the attention of the leadership team would be drawn to such matters but that is either not happening or they are not taking any notice.
The hotel is a rambling old building with twisty corridors and uneven floors. The decor is a little tired but the comfort of the rooms (bed, bath etc) and the good standard of the facilities and cleanliness mean that you overlook a bit of chipped paint. The young man who checked us in was friendly and efficient. The staff in the bar and at breakfast were equally pleasant. The only slight downside were the cold poached eggs in our breakfasts. We didn’t raise it with the staff because we had had enough to eat and didn’t want to request more. We will definitely be returning!
Interesting building right next to the railway station. Perfectly adequate and comfortable room with complimentary television, tea, coffee and biscuits, and generous ensuite. Location is a short walk to picturesque Culham Lock on the River Thames in one direction, and the village of Clifton Hampden in the other. The restaurant offered a good choice of meals and the quality of the food and the service was exceptional. The next day, we came down to breakfast at the pre-arranged early 7am, and the two lovely ladies who cooked and served us the previous evening were there waiting to take our order - a full English cooked breakfast. The Railway Inn was the perfect choice for an overnight stop to split our journey. Thank you for such an enjoyable stay.
The hotel is great. Very responsive. Some tourists were smoking and drinking in their room with room door opened, the whole corridor became smoky and smelly, as soon as we called, we were given a different room on different floor.