Ali Inn, Oxford, United Kingdom

Front desk mgr was very friendly and helpful. Great location and comfortable rooms.

Ppl there were awesome - helpful , eager to please!

I arrived late evening, desk was staffed, I was wearing a Bindi, man asked if I was Indian I said yes, Indian origin, but I’m African born and in UK for 50 years. He asked if I had relatives in India, I said yes cousins etc but, my immediate family is here in the UK. I asked where he was from he said Afghanistan. I wandered if this was going to be an indication of how my stay may go, as Afghanistan had wiped out all its Hindus!! So far, the bed is comfy, the room cosy, though noisy, activity outside starts at 5.30am, so probably needs triple glazing to keep the noise out. One of the tea cups is cracked, but at least there is one good one to drink out of. I asked about an ironing board, twice, it was not where I was first told, and it’s not been brought to outside my room as promised on the 2nd asking. I checked outside my room regularly till I checked out, no ironing board or iron appeared, until I checked out. Bathroom had hair on the floor which were not mine.

On our arrival Abdul helped us with our luggage to take it to our room. The place is in the heart of the city center and 50 yards from the main bus station and close to all shops and restaurants. Abdul only needs to hang the mirror up and fix it. Overall we enjoyed our stay at this place.

Very clean room and very helpful reception staff.

Good but some stuff can improve like shower was moving when I get a shower. But in the most was good.

When we arrived (1540) the door was locked and no one answered when we rang the door bell. We tried phoning with no answer. We decided to pop into the pub across the road and wait. We phoned several times with again no answer. After about 20 mins we got an answer at the door and could check in. The reception is not manned 24hrs as we discovered when we left! The hotel is right in the town centre and is good for visiting. The rooms were clean with coffee tea facilities. Unfortunately the toilet was still dirty from the previous occupants! Unfortunately the windows in our room were single panes of glass and were could hear all the conversations and altercations from the pub across the street... all night! Overall it was OK, clean and the bed was comfy.

Lovely room. Friendly staff. Noisy but not their fault

The room was really noisy, I had zero sleep. Rooms ok but a but dirty, shabby, unfinished. There was not even a lampshade, a random door handle was tied to the radiator (???) and curtain tie backs were hanging off the walls. I booked a taxi for 8am in the morning, but it never turned up, there was no-one on reception to ask, and all in all it was a pretty bad start to my day. Would definitely NOT stay here again.