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Reviews of The Blue Boar

4 out of 5
The Blue Boar
28 Market Square, Witney, England

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 164 out of 305 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 93 out of 305 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 27 out of 305 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 305 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 305 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed here first time accomodation separate to main building, Room spacious, lovely decor, has everything you need even ironing board, Comfortable bed, great shower, very comfortable peaceful stay in.the centre of Witney town. Breakfast excellent. The Blue Boar has a resturant & Bar with a great ambience. Will definately be back
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Matt on 28 Apr 2024
Hi Jan,Thank you for sharing your experience! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us, from the spacious and well-equipped room to the excellent breakfast and ambiance of our restaurant and bar. We look forward to welcoming you back on your next visit to Witney!Kind RegardsMattThe Blue Boar

10/10 Excellent

Aarushi

Liked: Amenities
Great experience, food was great !
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Angela - The Blue Boar on 16 Apr 2024
Hello,Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us and were happy with the food that you had. Our team hope to see you very soon again!

8/10 Good

Pauline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Matt on 5 Apr 2024
Hi Pauline,We appreciate your feedback and are glad to hear you had a positive experience overall. If there's anything specific you think we could improve upon, please let us know. Thank you for choosing to stay with us!Kind RegardsMattThe Blue Boar

4/10 Poor

Maggie

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Matt on 5 Apr 2024
Hi Maggie,We apologise for any inconvenience or disappointment you experienced during your stay. If there's anything specific you'd like to address or provide feedback on, please feel free to share so we can work to improve our services. Your feedback is valuable to us.Kind RegardsMattThe Blue Boar

8/10 Good

CHRISTOPHER

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel in centre of whitby. Good soze clean room. Just a little bit tired. But for orice excellent
Response from Angela - The Blue Boar on 4 Mar 2024
Hi Christopher,Thank you for your lovely review! Our team is glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us and we will definitely look into your feedback - we hope to see you very soon again!

10/10 Excellent

Michaela

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Restaurant and bar areas are lovely, breakfast great but room was disappointing
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Matt on 27 Feb 2024
Hi Michaela,Thank you for your feedback and for highlighting the positive aspects of your stay, including our lovely restaurant and bar areas, as well as the great breakfast. We're sorry to hear that your room didn't meet your expectations. Your comments are valuable to us, we'd be interested to know a little more so we can improve in the future. We hope to have the opportunity to provide you with a more satisfying room experience during your next visit.Kind RegardsMattThe Blue Boar

8/10 Good

Sarah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice central location and excellent food
Nice central location. No parking, but you can park at the far end of the town car park overnight. We were in the family room, number 8, and it's next to the kitchen extractor fan, so it makes noise all the time. It switched off at 10pm but then you could hear the music from the pub downstairs. This is to be expected if you stay in a pub, and the music wasn't too loud and went off at a reasonable time. The room took a while to warm up as the radiators weren't on when we arrived. The bathroom was a bit too chilly to take a bath as the window didn't't seem to be double glazed and had a bit of a draft coming through. Staff were extremely helpful and friendly and hard-working. Food was excellent. Hallway smelt a little strange, as though there was a plumbing issue in the disabled toilet downstairs. The sofa bed had a big dip in it and so I had to use one of the pillows to make it flatter in order to sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from The Blue Boar Reservations Team on 18 Jan 2024
Hi Sarah. Thank you for leaving the review. We are delighted that you enjoyed your food in the restaurant. We are also sorry to hear that not every element of the room was in line with the 10/10 service we strive to deliver. If you reach out to us directly, we will be able to discuss these issues in more detail and amend the situation. We hop to see you again soon. Many thanks.

8/10 Good

Laura

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our stay at The Blue Boar. Very quiet and clean. It was a good central location to then travel around the Cotswolds. Our only drawback was parking, but we were able to park across the way at the shops. Everyone was so helpful and courteous.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Matt on 9 Jan 2024
Hi Laura,Thank you for sharing your positive experience at The Blue Boar. We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed a quiet and clean stay, and that our central location worked well for exploring the Cotswolds. We appreciate your understanding regarding parking, and it's wonderful to know that everyone was helpful and courteous. We look forward to welcoming you back in the future!Kind RegardsMattThe Blue Boar

8/10 Good

Bharatkumar

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Matt on 29 Dec 2023
Hi, Thank you for your high rating. We'd love to know ways we could improve to make your stay 5 out of 5 next time. We hope to welcome you to stay again soon.Kind RegardsMattThe Blue Boar

10/10 Excellent

Jay

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Rory on 21 Nov 2023
Hi Jay,Thank you kindly for your review! We're glad to see you enjoyed your time with us!We look forward to your next visit!Kind Regards,The Blue Boar

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
Great little pub with friendly staff and excellent food. Room was good with nice bathroom. Breakfast was amazing choice and all cooked fresh to order . I had poached eggs , avacodo and chilli on sour dough toast - really good. only 1 slight issue and that’s the lack of parking, can park close by but have to faff with max 3 hrs unless after 6. I enjoyed the stay and value for money so I would stay again excepting the parking situation. Thank you for a good stay
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Imani on 8 Nov 2023
Hi Mark, We are so happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay!We apologise that the parking situation isn't the most convenient.Kind regards, Imani

10/10 Excellent

Jose Luis

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome Service
Amazing hotel, got me in for early check in and got to enjoy the complimentary breakfast while waiting for my room to be ready. Had to catch a very early flight and taxi company did not follow through with pick up. Tony, the night porter went above and beyond and took me to the terminal in time for my flight. Awesome service and will surely come back when I’m in town.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Matt on 20 Oct 2023
Hi Jose,Thank you so much for your wonderful review following your stay with us. We're always so glad to hear the team were able to do everything they can to make your visit and experience excellent.We hope to welcome you back again soon.Kind RegardsMattThe Blue Boar

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic location and great food
Excellent location, lovely pub which serves great food at night. Breakfast was the best
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Imani on 9 Oct 2023
Hi Karen, Thank you for rating us so highly, we would love to welcome you again.Kind regards, Imani

4/10 Poor

Yusuf

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Breakfast was awful and service was terrible. Room was underwhelming and over priced dramatically. Not ran very well atall. Check in was a joke with unprofessional staff. Wouldn't recommend nor return. Ver
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Kind Regards, Amy - The Blue Boar Reservations on 12 Sept 2023
Hello Yusuf, Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback. We are sorry to hear you stay was not up to standard. Your comments have been passed along to our management team to investigate. If you have any further comments to add, please send us your full complaint through to - enquiries@oakmangroup.co.uk

8/10 Good

Chan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Matt on 8 Sept 2023
Hi Chan,Thank you for your review! We hope we can make your next stay with us 10 out of 10. Kind RegardsMatt

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Rory on 5 Sept 2023
Hi David,Thank you kindly for your review. We're happy to hear you enjoyed your time with us!Kind Regards,The Blue Boar

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Blue Boar on 31 Aug 2023
Hi Richard, thank you for your great rating! We're so pleased to see you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you back soon! Kind regards, MollyThe Blue Boar Reservations Team

8/10 Good

Photi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff were great
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Kind Regards, Amy - The Blue Boar Team on 22 Aug 2023
Hi Photi, Thank you for your review!We hope to see you again

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Kind Regards, Amy - The Blue Boar Team on 22 Aug 2023
Hi Matthew, Thank you for your positive review. We hope to see you return!

10/10 Excellent

Olivia

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Kind Regards, Amy [Blue Boar Reservations Team] on 7 Aug 2023
Hi Olivia, Thank you for your 10/10 review!!We hope to see you return .

8/10 Good

Chan

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Poor service
Often stayed at Blue Boar, services always good but on Thursday 3th we ordered coffee, it’s arrived 15 minutes later barely warm, Took it back and waited another ten minutes for it. Not a happy bunny this trip. Some Waitress need some training.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Kind Regards, Amy [Blue Boar Reservations Team] on 7 Aug 2023
Hello Chan, Thank you for providing us with your feedback! We are sorry to hear your experience on the 3rd of August did not meet expectations. Your feedback has been taken on board and our staff have been trained accordingly. We hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great food
Stayed a few times now and never had a problem, really good food and friendly welcome
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Kind Regards, Amy [Blue Boar Reservations Team] on 7 Aug 2023
Hello Richard, Thank you for providing us with your feedback! We are pleased to hear you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to welcoming you back sometime soon.

6/10 Okay

Sukhman

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Rhiannon on 30 Jun 2023
Thanks Sukhman, would be great to know how we can get 5*s next time.

8/10 Good

Ann

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff helpful and accommodating. The restaurant prices were slightly overpriced but presented well, tasty and great service.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Rhiannon on 30 Jun 2023
Thanks for the review Ann

10/10 Excellent

Jackson

Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Nikki on 10 May 2023
Thank you for your 10/10 review. We hope to welcome yo again very soon. Kindest regards Nikki - The Blue Boar Team

8/10 Good

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quick one night stay on route to london. Not greatest check in experience as they closed kitchen etc at 9pm
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Rhiannon - The Blue Boar on 13 Jun 2023
Hi Dean, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review of your visit to The Blue Boar. Sorry to hear that you felt that information about our kitchen opening times was unclear.

4/10 Poor

Janet

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Rory on 2 Apr 2023
Hi Janet,Thank you for leaving a review with us. We'd greatly appreciate any comments regarding your stay to better understand where we can improve our services.Kind Regards,The Blue Boar Reservations Team

8/10 Good

Sarah

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023
Response from Rory on 19 Feb 2023
Hi Sarah,Thank you kindly for your review! We would love to hear any comments you had about your stay that would help us improve our services in the future.Kind Regards,The Blue Boar Reservations Team

10/10 Excellent

Eilish

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Blue Boar has a great team, very friendly and helpful
Response from Rory on 14 Jan 2023
Thank you kindly for your lovely review!We hope you return for another visit soon!

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Christmas break.
A lovely short dog friendly Christmas break. Staff were friendly and attentive. Nothing was too much trouble. Christmas dinner was delicious and piping hot. Service was excellent. Overall a lovely couple of days and we would certainly do it again.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022
Response from Rory on 19 Feb 2023
Hi David,Thank you kindly for your review! We're very happy to hear you enjoyed your Christmas trip with us!We look forward to seeing you all again soon!Kind Regards,The Blue Boar Reservations Team

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bit disappointing…
B+B rate was very good at £83. Room was clean, modern and comfortable - located across a courtyard. No real issues - but chap working in the bar on the Thurs evening literally started shouting at us to finish our drinks up (bearing in mind we were guests staying in a hotel). Breakfast was ok the next day but slow considering they weren’t at all busy. Would stay again but would have lowish expectations around standards of customer service etc.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022
Response from Rory on 19 Feb 2023
Hi Andrew,Thank you for sharing your experience with us.We're happy to hear you enjoyed the stay but we're disappointed to hear about your visit at the bar. We'll be investigating this as we want all of our guests to feel welcome in our restaurant and bar space.We hope you return in the future so we can display the high standards of service we're known for.Kind Regards,The Blue Boar Reservations Team

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disappointing Stay
We booked a 'Superior' double. It was on the top floor at the front so lots of stairs and noisy from outside til about 1am. The bedroom door had a dodgy lock so didn’t open easily - required lots of rattling and a 'knack' which we had to discover in order to get into the room... must have been noisy for our 'neighbours'. The heated towel rail didn’t heat up. The bedside light and one reading light didn't work. The room supplied inadequate teabags and milk cartons- when more was requested the hotel staff said they had run out of UHT milk cartons. They did however bring up a jug of milk and some tea bags which was good of them. Breakfast Service was so laid back we couldn't risk ordering more tea on Sunday as it had taken so long to appear on Saturday that we couldn’t drink it as we had somewhere specific to be at 10 a.m. both days. Staff were friendly and pleasant but overall a disappointing stay. Shame as have stayed there several times before and had no problems. Could do better!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from The Blue Boar Team on 23 Dec 2022
Thank you for your review.We are very sorry on this occasion we have been unable to meet the standards we set ourselves.Hopefully, we will see you again soon and we can restore your faith.Kind regards, The Blue Boar Team

10/10 Excellent

Nigel, LONDON

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

2/10 Terrible

Fran

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Eilish

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property has retained lots of its original, very attractive features. The staff team are wonderful, friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Nikki Customer Engagement Team on 18 Oct 2022
Thank you for you great comments, we pride ourselves on our customer service and delighted you experienced this, we hope to welcome you again soon. Best wishes

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
No on site parking rooms cold but staff were all lovely
There is no parking on site, whatsoever, so there's a good walk with your bags, room had what we assumed was air con/heating unit but not sure if it was just air con, as we tried for ages to get hot air, but couldn't, if it was just an aircon that's fine however then the radiators should have been on, it was extremely cold all night in both our rooms especially in the bathrooms, my sons bathroom bin was still full of previous occupants rubbish, Sent back glass of Coke as it had a twang to it of I'm not sure what, as the 1st one was fine, a replacement came and that was the same so I gave up with that, I can however say that all staff were very polite, the young lad with the Coke couldn't apologise enough, maybe some is just a personal taste, but 10/10 for staff helpful & polite both evening & breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Samantha

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great value and super food.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

john

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Uncomfortable beds, poor service. Such a shame
Room was good with ac but smelly, like it has been closed for a long time or damp. The sofa bed was very squeaky so we hardly slept. The service on the Sunday night for dinner was awful. There was one manager running both the hotel and the restaurant with a very new waitress who was struggling. Drinks too forever as did table clearing. We were inundated with blue bottle flies outside so came inside to eat which was very hot, and the service even slower. I complained about it but was just told they were under staffed. I’ve stayed here before and it was great so I was really disappointed this time. Breakfast was tasty and the waitress Emma was helpful. I wouldn’t come back here, it’s really gone downhill and the noise from the street was really loud. Such a shame.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Heather

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

10/10 Excellent

Johan

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Kathleen, Philadelphia

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

paul

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The team that run the breakfast shift are brilliant , super helpful , thanks
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from D on 29 Jun 2022
We are glad to hear you enjoyed your stay with us! It was endeed a pleasure to have as a guest and we look forward seeing you again soon. Kind Regards, Davide The Blue Boar

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from D on 29 Jun 2022
Thank you so much for the rating! We look forward to see you again soon, Davide The Blue Boar

10/10 Excellent

Carl

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A really comfortable stay. The staff were really friendly and very polite. The food in their restaurant was great. Breakfast was immense. Our friends live in Witney but we already said we’d stay here again on our next flying visit. Great place.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022
Response from D on 29 Jun 2022
Thank you very much for your lovely feedback! Likewise it was a pleasure to have you as a guest. We look forward welcoming you again. Best Regards, Davide The Blue Boar

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Disappointing!!!!
We were put in room 19, we didnt realise at the time that this room is directly avove the barrel storage room with all the pumping gear. The pumps were noisy and operating till well after 11pm. Then we were awoken before 7am by a crew delivering nrw barrels and taking the empties away! There was no managment present in the morning to complain to and the staff that was on duty did not ask us any questions about our stay. The breakfast took ages to serve, the breakfast chef didn't seem organised, eggs were cold and over cooked, bacon was cremated, beans were cold, hash brown was scalding. The evening service and food was excellent. Overall, our stay was disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel with friendly staff, modern well equipped rooms and fantastic location. Only dropped a mark for service as we waited a good half an hour from ordering our breakfast to receiving it. It was well worth the wait though… absolutely delicious!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from D on 29 Jun 2022
We are glad to hear you enjoyed your stay with us! It was endeed a pleasure to have as a guest and we look forward seeing you again soon. Kind Regards, Davide The Blue Boar

8/10 Good

Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable stay
The staff were very helpful. The room was comfortable. The only issue was the bath in that the plug mechanism was dodgy so I decided to have a shower.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from D on 29 Jun 2022
Thank you very much for the rating! We are glad you enjoyed your stay overall and we look forward to see you again! Regards, Davide The Blue Boar

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

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