Name: Ox Hotel Bar & Grill
Address: 81 Commercial Road, Poole, Poole, Poole, BH14 0JB, United Kingdom
Rating: 7

Smoke-free property

Heating

Television in lobby

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

No elevators

Reception desk

General

Non-smoking rooms

Flat-screen TV

Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Rooms

Luggage storage

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Breakfast

Restaurant

Kettle

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

Polish

Languages Spoken

Parking

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Personal protection equipment for guests

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the hotel

Room amenities

Poole Park

Baiter Park

Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts

Poole Stadium

Bournemouth Airport

Southampton Airport

Ox Hotel Bar & Grill

Poole

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

The staff were friendly enough. 
Food in the evening was lovely but breakfast was poor. 
You are above a Thai restaurant so it is more of a dinner place (I wasn’t aware when booking).
I was given a key to get out the back door but told the regulars may leave it open anyway, which made me feel bit uneasy. 
I had a lot of luggage and it is only stairs so be aware. 
Rooms are dark and dated but was clean.

Dinner is great not so much the stay or breakfast

Booking in was simple, staff very helpful and friendly and will defo book again. Food in the restaurant for dinner and breakfast was stunning, cannot recommend dinner highly enough!
Was great value for money and drinks were also very reasonably priced

Weekend away

My partner and I stayed for 3 nights over Christmas while visiting family. Overall, we had a pretty good stay, especially for the relatively low price. The location was within walking distance of the centre for us (~30mins) and had a number of shops around, including a co-op. The room was nice and clean when we arrived, and the bed was comfortable with plenty of pillows. There were a couple of things that were not so good. First, the window in our room (and I assume in others) was a quite old sliding one with only single pane glass and not a lot of insulation. It was pretty drafty and didn't do a lot to dampen road noise from outside. Second thing was that the WIFI signal seemed to be pretty weak in our top floor room. Over Christmas day and Boxing day, it also seemed like the WIFI was turned off, as neither me nor my partner could connect. Overall, we were still fairly satisfied with our stay :)

Good place for the money - Top floor room

Stayed before  christmas
Nice decor in the restaurant but we only had breakfast which was ok. Cannot comment on standard of food for the main menu

Our room was OK.   A few things need sorting.  Poor lighting and wonky table lamps!  Worst thing was the inability to stand under the walk in shower.  The water was dangerously hot and we just could not control the temperature.  Stay in room 11 at your peril. I bought it up at breakfast and got the impression housekeeping and the lady on duty were fully Aware that there is an issue in this room.  Just not acceptable.  Sort it before someone burns their self !

Not the best

I couldn’t even bring myself to stay. Left after seeing the room.  Very shabby, completely different to the website.  Room smelt, needed total redecoration. Feel the marketing for this venue is completely misleading.  Road noise was awful - window wouldn’t shut properly. 

Terrible place - avoid. 

Ideal location in Ashley Cross.  Stayed here as had a party local to it.  Friendly warm welcome by the owner.  Shown to the rooms - oil heater had been left to help with temp as this is an older building.  Room was warm in no time.  For the price we paid which included a full English the next morning we where really pleased.  Will book again if needing to stay in the area.

Ideal location in Ashley Cross.

Absolutely disgusting the dirty sticky carpets the extremely poor lighting I assume do you can’t see how bad the room is I had to use my phone torch to see anything the furniture was more happy skip than shabby chic 
The room smelt and was stuffy and the only way to open the window was prop it up with a coat hanger only to look out in to a dirty passage filled with rubbish and empty cooking oil cans 
The tiles in the barhroom were cracked or had grout missing and moved when you walked on them 
The beds were scruffy and dirty bare bases with no valance 
The beds were uncomfortable and we didn’t sleep at all thank god we got a premier inn for the following night 
I’ve stopped in youth hostels that were far superior 
The grime on the banister to the upstairs should have told me to turn around and leave but we were attending a party at the venue
I will never return 


Filthy will never return 

I had to cancel the booking two days before arrival, having caught Covid. I was told the refund of the prepayment for the room would not be a problem, but despite having subsequently sent two reminders I have not had a reply and they obviously intend to keep the money. Miserable service.

Money for nothing.

I had the tastiest lunch, a warm welcome and really good service at the Ox on Friday! Can't wait to go back! Highly recommended! The Thai food was delicious and the drinks kept on flowing. I will be taking my wife there as a treat in the new year!

Lovely Hospitality and Great Service!

This hotel is a hidden gem.  Great location with local train to Pool or lovely walk through park. Plenty of nearby restaurants or pubs but in-house + Thai cuisine with excellent English breakfast. Staff + hotel very welcoming and accommodating. .  Rooms relaxing wth all amenities.  Bed 10/10. Would definitely stay again. 

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