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Malmaison - Oxford Castle
Has anyone been here? I've just booked my BF and I in here for bank holiday. It is the old castle in central Oxford that has been renovated and titivated by the Malmaison chain into a luxury boutique hotel.
Quite pricey, though I have managed to get a deal, and the rooms are all converted cells - sounds horrendous but apparently it's done very well. It will be an experience. Maybe I should take my handcuffs?
Quite pricey, though I have managed to get a deal, and the rooms are all converted cells - sounds horrendous but apparently it's done very well. It will be an experience. Maybe I should take my handcuffs?
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No seriously, I have just booked us in there. I am on a hen weekend in Dorset on the royal wedding day and the next, so the sunday & monday I thought I would need some recovery time, so I plan to meet up with the BF in Oxford, about halfway home, and surprise him with this ex-prison now-hotel treat!!!
It has very good reviews by the Times and TripAdvisor, so am looking forward to it - so long as I'm not suffering too many after effects from the hen weekend.
It has very good reviews by the Times and TripAdvisor, so am looking forward to it - so long as I'm not suffering too many after effects from the hen weekend.
I've stayed at a few other Malmaisons but not this one.
Always found them to be OK, although the bar and reception area of the London one did make me think I'd walked into a brothel!
They are good for having menus created by the resident chef drawing on local produce rather than serving what Head Office dictates.
When I checked into the Glasgow one Ben Fogel was ahead of me in the queue.
Always found them to be OK, although the bar and reception area of the London one did make me think I'd walked into a brothel!
They are good for having menus created by the resident chef drawing on local produce rather than serving what Head Office dictates.
When I checked into the Glasgow one Ben Fogel was ahead of me in the queue.
I have stayed there but not all rooms are cells - I thought I had booked a cell but turned out I had not and just had a standard room - although the standard was high, but I was really disappointed not to be in a cell. The upstairs bar is impressive in a dark, library kind of way and although we had a bad meal in the restaurant, the staff went out of their way to fix it so I wouldn't mark them down too much on that. Overall I was disappointed but mainly because I thought I was staying in a cell, so it might be worth a quick double check with the hotel, and definitely take your handcuffs ;)
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