Bignell Park Hotel  

For the money the presentation and quality of the food was excellent.

Despite it being very quiet when we arrived it seemed there were not enough staff. Several of the staff were very young and didn't seem to have been given any basic training. E.G. wine requested - answer from waiteress 'red or white', despite a wine list existing. Wine delivered half way through meal (after reminder), then put on table, unopened. Next day at breakfast requested brown toast and got white. Hey ho! Friendly but ill-equipped staff.

Quiet location. Spacious, clean room with good facilities.

The staff were polite and helpful. The food was delicious. The room was clean and spacious, and pleasantly decorated.

The limited food service hours. I had to wait for a long time to get some food, and was lucky that the lovely receptionist was kind enough to arrange my food as soon as the chef was in, which meant I managed to eat about an hour before the *official* kitchen opening time. The doors on the rooms make a terrible slamming noise and when other guests go in and out during the night, the noise is loud enough to wake you up. The bed was very uncomfortable, as extremely hard. I slept very badly due to noisy guests (had to complain to reception and the noise did diminish), slamming doors and the uncomfortable bed.

Good value for money. Dinner - not as wonderful as last year but still good Great value for money.

Breakfast is a great let down, obviously not the same chef as dinner. Bacon was dried out and burnt, poached egg was mangled. Nice bit of black pudding.

A lovely hotel. Quiet, country, olde-worldy, dark wood and leather chairs. As a woman travelling alone for business, I felt very comfortable and relaxed here and would definately stay again. Good quality food and good service.

Advertises wifi but it didn't work for me so don't rely on it! It is also a bit out of the way but ok if u have a car.

The rooms are comfortable, clean and well appointed, the hotel is situated within easy reach of Oxford and Bicester Village, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock and the Tews The lady who served breakfast was charming and efficient.

We were booked in through booking.com for half board on Sunday evening for a very reasonable price. We chose this hotel for pricing as well as the fact that not many places offer Sunday evening dining in the area.We drove from Devon, arrived, only to be told that the kitchen was closed, and we were directed to the village pub! The television in the room had no remote control to operate it - back to the lonely recetionist, who told us that wedding parties took the remote controls home , in the end we had to get the TV changed . The receptionist though trying to be helpful (go to the village pub) was not very well trained and did not handle the situation very well.

Location convenient to Bicester Shopping Outlet.

The room was more basic than superior. Some basic cleaning had been overlooked as the window blind was covered in dust and cobwebs. The bathroom floor needed replacing; with missing grout and cracked tiles - very poor. Breakfast was disorganised with one member of staff trying to greet guests, lay tables and serve with little useful assistance from her collegue. Cold selection limited and not replaced. Cooked breakfast very average. Only visible staff were very young and inexperienced. When we checked out we found the hotel had over charged us; fortunately we had a copy of our booking and did receive a refund.

The hotel had a nice charm about it and all rooms looked to be of a good size and standard

Location is a bit out of the way, breakfast was poor, evening meals stopped at 9pm no bar later in the evening, noisy laminate hallways.....

The hotel is in a quiet location yet close to local amenities and good transport routes. My room was clean - spacious and very peaceful! Would recommend this hotel to anyone!

Location and grounds are excellent; unfortunately as soon as one walks through the door it all goes downhill.

Too few staff, nobody manning reception, same person doing bar and other tasks. Room adequate but no better than many at half the price, therefore ? Superior. Fan missing from bathroom, wire hanging out of the wall and ? air venting from adjacent bathroom. Food 'nouvelle cuisine' in style (i.e. not enough!) and the ingredients were poor. Service was slow, young staff with no direction. Breakfast average in quality, tea delayed due to 'shortage of teapots' (hotel did not appear to be full!). Disappointing weekend.

Good location. Very pleasant room. Superb food.

The staff in the restaurant were poorly-trained and lackadaisical - they let down the excellent young chefs. No one offered to help carry our bags upstairs. No wifi in rooms.

good food

small inserts fly into room at night.

The best thing about the Bignell Park is The Oaks restaurant.£20per head for a terrific 3 course meal is a bargain.If we lived locally we would eat there regularly.We had 2 nights b+b for £140 and we felt it was a good price but that was a half price offer and I wouldn't pay much more as the hotel needs some tlc.

Nothing so bad as to spoil our 2 night stay but needs a bit of attention.Poor grouting in the bathroom,lead for kettle not long enough to reach electric point so had to boil kettle by moving it off the unit onto the floor and awful window blinds are the first 3 things that come to mind.Very annoying oversights.This hotel could be fantastic but the owners seem to be happy treading water.