I spend a night at this hotel early november. We needed a hotel very close to the railway station, which was the reason why we chose for this hotel.

The location is the hotel's saving grace. The hotel + rooms are clean, but very basic and small. There were some cracks in walls and broken tiles, but nothing shocking. All rooms have (wireless) internet. The website would indicate a higher degree of luxury (not that we required that but maybe other readers do) than the hotel actually had. Basic and decent... but for basic and decent out of the season, they ask very high prices... poor value for money.

Mind you, we booked this room through Expedia. Apparantly that price does not include breakfast (while the price on the website does), so add another 10 pounds per breakfast per day...

I agree with most of the existing reviews about this hotel.
Those who expected very little were not unhappy, but most people think the place is overpriced but conveniently placed.
We stayed here for two nights. The room was very clean and although it was a bit uninspired, it was ok and verything worked (hot water, bed was fine, etc).
Free wireless internet is a plus.
A minus point is paying 10 pounds extra per person per morning for breakfast (we bought our breakfast elsewhere so I can't say what the breakfast is like or if it is worth 10 pounds).
A minus point is the noisy traffic outside. We had a room on the second floor, facing an extremely busy intersection, and we were a bit bothered by the noise, especially in the morning.
A plus point is of course the location of the hotel, that is the reason they get away with the high price I suppose, it's just beside both the train and bus stations, and a convenient walk into the most central parts of the city.

My verdict and tip for future guests: Do your homework and look for special deals on the Internet so you do not pay anything NEAR fullprice for a room (double room 120 pounds fullprice, we paid 90 I think). If you find a price that your budget can cope with, I would recommend that you stay at this hotel.

We stayed 4 nights at the Royal Oxford Hotel, immediately before the students returned. The location was very good, the room was good size and comfortable. There was a free, extremely stable wireless connection throughout the hotel. There is no air conditioning, which means that you sleep with the windows open. The outside street can be noisy, but it did not significantly interfere with our sleeping. The bathroom was fine, clean, modern with plenty of hot water. A lift (elevator) was not avaialable which was really only a problem when we checked in and checked out and needed to carry our luggage.
If we visited Oxford again we would stay at the hotel since the price was excellent and the room was fine.