Victoria House Hotel - Oxford, United Kingdom 

A mate and I stayed here for one night in March as we were seeing a show at the theatre across the street. You looked out onto the theatre from the room, which gives you some indication of the location. Morse country it aint! The hotel overlooks a main street populated by way too many bars and clubs. Now I'm not old (20's) but it was too much for me. The rooms were very hot and the with no air con the windows had to be open. There was so much noise it became almost unbearable. I must say I didn’t feel happy about leaving valuables in the very small and basic room we had. I'm pleased we only had to stay a night. We didn't bother with the so-called breakfast. I got the feeling they were just doing the absolute minimum that they had to for the guests and that they were happy just raking in the money on the very overpriced rooms.

I stayed in room 21, which is directly above the front door, which slams shut unless the person entering/exiting is kind enough to catch it. They made me pay up front, before I had seen the room, and there is a lengthy list in the room of charges they will place on your credit card should anything in the room disappear or be damaged, which should tell you something about the clientèle they usual have. There are pubs everywhere on this street - pack earplugs if you want to sleep. Breakfast is stingy - toast, fruit and yogurt, but they get to call themselves a B&B that way. Everything was a little worn out and a little dirty - I don't think the term "dump" is too harsh.