Convenient clean friendly staff

Stayed in May 2025

No fridge in the room

Fabulous location and free parking. Rooms comfortable. Dining available.

Stayed in April 2025

No lift, but good for health . Haha

Really friendly place. Gorgeous garden to have drinks or dinner. Great food. Clean and comfortable. Loved staying.

Stayed in April 2025

If you are "IRISH". There is no welcome on the mat. Obvious bad vibes coming from certain staff ( "she" was serving 5.30pm dinners ), but not all staff, thank goodness. The room was lovely until you opened the window.. The room was above the kitchen. Noisy extractor fans booming and spouting smells from busy kitchen and heating system . The bins were also below our window. The beer garden was also below the window. It's OK at this time of year. The windows are metal, singal pane, in keeping with its heritage. I don't think from May onwards you would get an early night due to noise from the beer garden and kitchen. It was no coincidence that we were allocated THAT room.!! Bare minimal condiments left in the room. TV a joke. Big TIP. Avoid room 5 or 4 .

Beautiful building . Accommodation was clean and warm. The food was delicious and well presented. BREAKFAST WAS OUTSTANDING. Our host that morning could not do enough for us, unable to remember his name . His name begins with a B. Sounds like Birken. He is a human dynamo. Brilliant person. Well done, Kenny. He greeted us and made us welcome. Good luck with your new job.

Stayed in April 2025

Comfortable room with bath and shower. Tea/coffee/bottled water and biscuits provided every day. Very nice breakfast; we chose to eat in the pub every night which we enjoyed. Very helpful, cheerful staff. We left the car at the Black Boy and went by bus to Oxford which was very quick and easy so great for sightseeing. A lovely stay!

Stayed in April 2025

Really nice public house with tasty menu and superlative breakfast. Room was on the small size but everything worked and slept well. The highlight was breakfast with perfectly poached eggs and characterful and flavoursome smoked salmon. Highly recommended.

Stayed in April 2025

all good

Very friendly welcome, made to feel at home very quickly. Staff lovely, food very good. Comfortable bed and good bathroom facilities

Stayed in April 2025

Food was good and room was comfortable.

Above my expectations

Stayed in April 2025

Bar closed at 10pm and the streaky bacon(prefer back)

Characterful pub with a snug but contemporary feel. Efficient and friendly staff.Delicious food well cooked.Great location close to Oxford itself but in headington which was pretty and had a good selection of shops,cafes and pubs.

Stayed in March 2025

Nothing

Staff were exceptionally helpful and friendly, room clean with tea & coffee facilities comfortable bed with en-suite and good location free parking and a delicious breakfast

Stayed in March 2025

There was nothing we didn’t like

We throughly enjoyed our stay, the location was just outside the city but easy to leave the car all of our stay and bus into town, all buses were very frequent and it took about five minutes to get into town.

Stayed in March 2025

parking was a bit limited but there was space if you bumped over the kerb onto the forecourt.

Comfortable and welcoming. Good standard of food and accommodation. Quiet village. Good location for visiting the John Radcliff hospital.

Stayed in March 2025

Comfortable, cosy rooms, firm mattress, clean facilities. Breakfast was excellent. Quiet overnight. Situated in quiet village just off Headington High Street. Parking outside.

Stayed in March 2025

Only downside was limited parking so plan ahead, there is a pay and display car park a few minutes away.

Very satisfied with our stay here, excellent food, very comfortable bed, thermostat in room, bathroom good with nice toiletries and decent towels.

Stayed in March 2025

Spotlessly clea, tasteful decor, friendly staff, good breakfast, bar prices very reasonable.

Stayed in March 2025

Issues in kitchen long delays on food saturday night Only wanted crreal toast sunday morning No rice krispies no special k Limited on options

Stayed in February 2025

Price was a little more than I ideally wanted to pay, but the place itself and the location outweighed this.

Staff were very helpful and friendly. Facilities were excellent, food in the pub was really nice and the location for a visit to the John Radcliffe Hospital was perfect.

Stayed in February 2025

Nothing

Quiet, out of the way but near the university we were visiting. Dinner and breakfast were delicious and they an accommodated us for dinner when well booked for valentines. Dinner and breakfast menus had amazing choice. Really helpful staff who helped advise on public transport routes. Lovely country village inn style place tucked away not far from all amenities of busy high street. Perfect place to stay away from the “no car” city, but have access to visit by nearby park and ride or bus services. Very good value. Decor of room and bathroom was lovely. I’d visit again.

Stayed in February 2025

I’m a tea and toast person would of like choice of bread

Plenty choice for breakfast I would say the lack of choice re the bread let it down. Sliced white doesn’t make it now days.

Stayed in February 2025

Good location for us, clean, efficient staff The Chef needs more practice! It was the Chefs first day so we made allowances !

Stayed in January 2025

Great place and location. What a lovely find this is. The staff were friendly, extremely helpful and very attentive to our groups needs. The breakfast was good. The rooms are spacious, warm and comfortable. The shower was powerful too. The bonus was free parking at the hotel.

Stayed in January 2025

Our time at the Black Boy was the perfect overnight stay at a traditional inn. Our room was very warm and comfortable, with a modern en suite bathroom. We also enjoyed drinks and dinner in the bar downstairs in the evening, plus breakfast the following morning - both of which were very good. The neighborhood of the inn is pleasant, and it is also very easy to reach the city of Oxford by bus. Would recommend of a relaxing and enjoyable stay!

Stayed in December 2024

Nothing

Lovely breakfast

Stayed in October 2024

Nothing

The location is great for visiting John Radcliffe hospital but the area is really pretty

Stayed in December 2024