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3 out of 5
Harris Guesthouse
307 Iffley Rd, Oxford, England

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 65 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 23 out of 65 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 65 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 65 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 65 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Gerard

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Judy

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Philip

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Mold in the bathroom. Bed was too hard.

4/10 Poor

Sue

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Christiane

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bathroom mould was horrible and made me sick feeling with the smell.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Magdalena

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Decent place
The location was ok, being off a bus line. When we wanted to check in, no one answered the door and we had to call someone to let us in. The room was mostly fine, however, it had a weird smell to it. The bathroom was a little gross, and the water pressure was quite poor. I think it's more a reflection of the astonishing economic situation we are in, where it is difficult to find a decent place to stay for less than $100 outside of Oxford (not even downtown). If you care about not spending a lot of money, then I guess this place is fine.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Michaël

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
We stayed a few nights but sadly had a few hiccups with the facilities. The door of the shower seemed broken and could never stay shut and the bed was not comfortable. We missing sustainable pillows and springs were almost exposed from the mattress. Unrelated to the owners, the other residents were very loud and constantly exiting close to our unprotected windows all night long.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Abbas

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Alan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Exceptionally clean. Plenty of hot water. Has parking and the #3 bus stops outside. It’s hard to find family rooms and this was the best we had wth our 2 teenagers.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kerry

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice room and bathroom check in was easy .
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Adem

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fair
The check-in procedure should have been advised earlier before arrival (made a call to get password to get key from key box). Sound proof is bad, talking, walking, flushing, turning on tap from upstairs' guests could be heard clearly. Water leak from shower cube. No hair dryer. Kettle with water from previous guest. Family room is small (different from what's on booking's confirmation or when selecting the room type).
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

4/10 Poor

Phil

Business traveller
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
No lock on the door and handles snapped.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

2/10 Terrible

Kazuya

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No air conditioning and no hot water. No one can help.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Marta

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The property is situated close to public transport, coop food shop, fish & chips shop really close. It wasn't the quietest place I've ever stayed, but I was prepared for that as I researched the address. What I didn't like is that there was no service. 'Host will meet you at the property' did not happen. I mean , simple things like providing more toilet roll, tea bags or hand soap was not offered. And the worst of all- you get 1 key which will get you into the house AND your room, which means to all the other guest rooms as well! This really stressed me out.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joe

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect place Oxford.
Lovely place to stay. Each room has its own bathroom which is a brilliant idea. Only complaint is that the shower in ours (1), was scolding hot and you couldn't get a comfortable temp level to shower in.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

jeremy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good budget option
Good budget option - no frills, but clean, comfortable and well located
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Leon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again
I stayed at this property as I had a funeral in Oxford. The property was clean and tidy. My only 3 issues were that they mentioned on the site that check-in was up to 2200 hours, so I rushed from London to get there for 9.30pm to ensure that I could get in. However, on arrival I was advised over the phone that the key to my room was in a safe box by the front door, if I was advised this initially then I could have taken my time to arrive rather than rushing. Secondly, the heating went off in the middle of the night and it was quite cold during the night. Thirdly, the shower unit was quite small, I am not a large person, but I found myself hitting myself on the door when trying to turn in the shower. Lastly, I had to leave quite early in the morning and found that, there was no one around to ask for an iron, so had to amend what I was wearing to ensure that I was still dressed smart but not wearing clothes that needed ironing. Apart from all of the above, I would still stay here again as, as mentioned, it was clean, the proprietor on the phone was friendly and there weren’t any major issues.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Oxford Trip in windy weather
We (family of 4) arrived by sat nav very easily, and parked carefully at the front parking position. Paid for our stay and were helped into our room. TV was at first fixed by means of a small in room aerial, but the next day I could not get the WiFi to appear in settings. The last morning at about 3:15am I could not sleep because of some strange thudding noise it lasted about 15 minutes ?? My daughter also heard it but everyone else let through it. However the person in charge was very friendly and supplied about 4 large bottles of still water for filling the kettle, needed as it would have been difficult to fill the kettle from the small hand-basin in the shower/WC. The shower drain away was not in best working order. The person in charge told us about this when we asked his advice about how to use the shower, at that time he mentioned the shower's drain is not working properly: -such as making a puddle. It was unfortunate so inconvenient while we stayed. However, we thanked the person in charge was very kind & supportive. despite these issues we would consider staying again! Hopefully the ability to set up the TV and drain can be sorted and the noisy thumping got rid of. Thanks for the chance to visit Oxford via the regular number 3 Bus and being so close to the COOP supermarket was a bonus!!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Harris guesthouse
When we arrived, we called the owner to check in. Our room had 2 single beds Instead of the double that we had paid for. After calling multiple times we finally got through but were given a very poor excuse as to why we did not have the room we had originally paid for. We were also advised to cancel, which was not possible as we had travelled far to stay in Oxford, so we needed someone to stay. They didn't resolve the issue or offer any kind of compensation for this. Luckily, we were only staying one night, otherwise I would have been very disappointed. The sheets were clean and bed was confortable, but you get what you pay for.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff really lovely and helpful Beds comfty Only downful was only one pillow each
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Hrachya

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Ajoy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Guesthouse at Iffley Oxford
Reasonably priced. No frills no fuss
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Celina

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good parking, Clean. Quiet. Speedy check-in. Many thanks
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Harris Guest House Oxford
Reception staff member very nice. Room size adequate, bed comfortable but quite low, bathroom very compact. On main road so very noisy at times. No daily room service as advertised. We stayed 3 nights and had to ask for toilet rolls. Towels and waste bins, tea/coffee sachets were not replaced in the room. However, ideal for regular daily bus route into central Oxford. Car parking very tight at rear of property. Front patio area looks very tired as do the paths surrounding the property.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Chris

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Average.
Average, no frills bed for the night. If you don’t mind doors slamming, hearing people in the room above or strange food smells, then this is the place to visit. It’s a short walk into Oxford.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Raphaella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Aysialeen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Well maintained and clean, good location close to bus and shops, friendly staff. Thank you
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pleased with guesthouse. It is very clean . No problem
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was clean and the place was welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Laurent

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Confortable et bien placé
Bon emplacement à 15 min à pied du centre ville. Chambre familiale petite mais propre et confortable. Inconvénient pour des Français les rideaux pas très épais mais c'est partout comme ça en Angleterre.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Harris on 2 Jun,2021
Dear Guest, Thank you for your review and for choosing our guesthouse.I'm happy that you enjoyed your stay and i'm looking forward to having you again as a guest in our guesthouse. Kind Regards

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, friendly and very reasonably priced
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2021

8/10 Good

Melanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

2/10 Terrible

JACOB

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable stay with very helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice place
nice stay
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

FERNANDES

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Kenneth

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good for a short stay
Nice and clean guesthouse, a little bit expensive for what you get and also taking into account it’s location
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

6/10 Okay

TIMOTHY

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Harris Guest House is ok. Parking is very tight and limited. Breakfast appears to be a help yourself and clear up yourself arrangement. There was nobody around in the morning to offer advice or guidance and no information displayed in kitchen area. It is clean but noticed a crack in loo seat.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Joan Ramon

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Tibor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019