About Five Arrows Hotel
This five-star hotel sits at the gates of the breathtaking Waddesdon Manor, and is a historic building first erected in 1887, featuring 16 rooms, an upscale on-site restaurant, a convenient location in the heart of Waddesdon, and luxury amenities.
The hotel’s 16 en-suite rooms all feature contemporary country-house style furnishings, The White Company toiletries, free-view televisions, free Wi-Fi, and coffee/tea making facilities.
Five Arrows Hotel offers all guests complimentary garden tickets to Waddesdon Manor, free parking, a fine dining restaurant and bar with extensive wine list, and free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel.
The Five Arrows Hotel Restaurant features a seasonal menu, using fresh, local ingredients and offers breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, or dinner in a beautiful, relaxed setting; a bar/lounge area is also on-site.
Located nearby Five Arrows Hotel is the Bicester Village Outlet Shopping Centre, the historic city of Oxford, Waddesdon Manor, and Blenheim Palace; there's also other restaurants and bars close by.
Positive Reviews
positive:
Beautiful architecture in scenic, charming location.
Nestled close to the gates of the historic Waddesdon Manor, the Five Arrows Hotel is an interesting blend of Victorian and Elizabethan architectural features, with beautiful wrought ironwork, elegant Elizabethan chimney stacks, and traditional English hal
positive:
Excellent meals and wine list at the restaurant.
Guests were impressed by the hotel restaurant’s notable wine list, which includes a collection of Rothschild wine varieties, as well as the fresh, local ingredients used for the lunch and dinner menus.
positive:
Luxury amenities, beds and bathrooms.
The five recently added suites in the hotel, located in the old storehouse in the courtyard, have more contemporary décor than the rooms in the main house, which are more traditional with antiques, original pieces from the Manor, and even gilt mirrors. Gu
Negative Reviews
negative:
Lots of road noise in front of hotel.
The hotel faces a busy street, and guests complained of road noise and traffic in the front-facing rooms, as well as the garden on the side of the hotel.
negative:
Main house rooms and en-suites could use updating.
Unlike the five newer rooms in the courtyard, the rooms and bathrooms in the main house of the hotel have been described as outdated, small, and quite hot as well. Some guests commented that the older rooms’ en-suite bathrooms were a bit cramped and also
negative:
Weak Wi-Fi signal throughout hotel.
For those staying at the hotel on business, some guests caution that the free Wi-Fi in the suites had weak signals, cut in and out frequently, or was too slow to really use much while staying there.