Chipping Norton hotel

Visiting friends and popping over to chipping Norton to see the local fair, we decided to book a room and stay at the local premiere inn. The staff were very friendly and the room was fantastic. We had a great couple of nights sleep and the sheets were amazing. Each day we also had the lovely breakfasts and I can definitely recommend staying at chipping Norton premier inn if you’re ever in the area and need a place to stay. *****

A smart, newer-build Premier Inn, with a ground floor restaurant area within the hotel, three floors (with lift), clean and comfortable rooms, excellent bathroom/hot water pressure. However, the windows don’t open for this generation of hotels, and the climate control was either all cold, or all hot, (controlled at the front desk). So initially the room was freezing, then turned really hot by the middle of the night with no way of opening a window to cool it down. Nice breakfast, although I miss the Yeo Valley yoghurt compared to the high fat Greek presented in an unappetizing-looking bowl. Friendly staff, as usual. Car park is £4.50 (I get the impression that more and more PIs are now charging for parking – is this a sort of ancillary fee (UK), or convenience fee (US) that is creeping in to PI, to increase the cost of the stay whilst keeping the headline room price low? On the plus side, the car park had a wonderful honeysuckle hedge (see photo), so parking the car offered up a very pleasant aroma.

Was a very good experience staying there

Due to good traffic we arrived at 2pm, we had enquired if there was any possibility that we could check in early. We were informed that this was not possible, which we understood so left and returned at 3pm to be told our room was not ready. We were advised it would only be another 10 minutes and asked to wait in the restaurant and offered a hot drink. We assumed that this was complimentary as our room was not ready. The next day I found I had been charged for these. Our room was eventually ready at 3:30pm and we were in a hurry as we had reservations for dinner. In our room we found that there were only two mugs (booking was for three people) and no glasses in the bathroom. At breakfast the next morning was very disorganised, it wasn’t particularly busy, we were told to sit where we liked. There was no cutlery or sauces on the table like the others and several items of breakfast, hot and cold had ran out. These were gradually filled up but the juices were warm when filled up. We have stayed in many Premier Inns and this particular one was highly disappointing.

Modern, comfortable hotel. Smooth and friendly service. Usual selection for breakfast. It was in the middle of a heatwave, so relieved that the air conditioning worked well. Plenty of parking available on-site and overnight fee was reasonable.