Is The Duke at Clifton pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at The Duke at Clifton?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at The Duke at Clifton?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 9:00 PM.

Where is The Duke at Clifton located?

Situated in Banbury, this inn is within 9 miles (15 km) of Rousham House and Gardens, Rye Hill Golf Club and St James Park. Long Pond and The Lake are also within 9 miles (15 km).

Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

3 Mar 2023

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Lovely village location, lots of character in the bar / restaurant area, great food, good selection of real ales, very attentive and friendly staff

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julie

3 Oct 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Just wonderful

We had an amazing stay. The place was perfect from the staff, food, well everything.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Scheville

8 Sep 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice place to stay

Great place to stay, helpful staff. Food was really nice just a shame there wasnt a breakfast option. I will stay again when working in the area.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

kieran

9 Nov 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Absolutely fantastic. Food was great. Pub was also very nice

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Robert

25 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Idea for stop off and staff frienly and food was a good standard

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Felicity

21 Oct 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Brilliant. Wish the fire had been lit

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Tracy

26 May 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The property area was overgrown with nettles so couldn't sit outside. Toilet had no water too flush not any water to wash your hands.

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

31 Jul 2023

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service

Clean but small and noisy.

Staff pleasant, very clean. It did the job for us but room no 6 isn't fab, I'd imagine on a hot night having to keep the window open is very noisy. Food choice very poor for vegans, luckily the Red Lion at Deddington had amazing food. Would have expected to pay less for such a small room, very noisy floorboards everywhere, en suite was good tbf and it was all very clean.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Jan

5 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

We had not been told that the pub closed at 5pm on a Sunday. We arrived at 4pm wanting a drink and a meal but had to drive elsewhere.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

gary

25 Jun 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

The area was beautiful and the propery was a step into history, surrounded by beautiful countryside and thatched roofs, stone buildings, peacefull, quite and dark and silent at night. Staff were ver helpful, room was quaint with good bathroom, flat screen tv, comfy bed, tea and coffee facilities were good, just outside room with toaster and fridge. views were lovely, there are no shops etc that we could see in the village but a walk or trip a mile west to deddington and there are shops and restraunts and pubs. would highly reccommend especially if camping, full camping ameinities available and a nice age old country pub with good beer, they do food but at specific times and not breakfast. loved it.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

1 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fabulous stay

We loved The Duke. We had a very nice en suite room , small but spotlessly clean and lots of extra thoughtful touches added. Love the sit in semi circular bath and electric power shower. My only criticism is that the huge towel rail in there was blisteringly hot and we couldn't find a way of turning it down. It was very warm in the bedroom too but the window wouldn't open. We had a meal in the pub on Friday night, 8 of us and the food and service were fantastic. Then 10 of us had Sunday lunch which again was amazing. It might be classed as 3 star but I think the accommodation more than earns its stars.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

jeremy

13 Nov 2022

Very disappointing for food and sleep

The Duke was a country village pub which initially looked good however this was the start of something not so memorable. The room was clean, the staff polite, the wine lovely and the bed comfy but that's it. The room and bathroom were so hot because of the towel rail being on full that you needed to open the bedroom window but you couldn't because the kitchen air con system clicked on and off every 5 mins all night right outside your window so no sleep after a long drive. The pub food Mac & Cheese was dry, the tacos had no cheese on them and the pork belly with veg noodles had no veg and the noodles were more like pasta. So little or no sleep and poor food, not great really and won't be visiting again. You can do better in Oxfordshire and pubs must try harder

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Emma

12 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Delightful room and idyllic village

We were delighted with the pretty ensuite room (Number 6) which is at the back of the pub, upstairs. It doesn't have a view- but we didn't need one as we were out from early morning until midnight each day at a local music festival! (so unfortunately we didn't get to try the pub- but it looked really really nice when we checked in).The village and area are STUNNING. There is a fab walk down a bridlepath via the cul de sac opposite the pub. The bed was really comfortable and the room had a nice spacious bathroom. The kettle and tea/coffee facilities are just outside the door. We were delighted with our stay and would definitely go back. The only thing to know if you are a light sleeper (we aren't-we slept like logs) is that there is a fridge cooler motor which runs just outside the window intermittently. No complaints from us though- we loved our stay here! Wish it had been for more than 3 nights. Thank you The Duke at Clifton for a much needed peaceful break! :-)

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

graham

24 May 2023

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

We would not use it again or recommend it to anyone. The food was ok but nothing special but very pricy. They did not offer breakfast and one of the staff suggested we go 2 miles up the road to a good Hotel!!!. To reach our room we had to clime a set of iron open tread stairs outside to reach a locked door with a key code safe, you open the safe you obtained a key for the room. Our room had nowhere to hang your cloths. There was no glasses for drinking or cleaning your teeth unless you went out in the hall to find them. To make a cup of tea or coffee you had to go out in the hall for the facility unfortunately there was no coffee bags the had run out and nobody had bothered to replace them. We had no hot water for a shower or bath. The only ventilation in the very small room was a small window unfortunately right outside and slightly below the window was an extractor fan going on and off all night I would thing it was something to do with the pubs refrigerator system. When we left and went to hand in the key the whole pub was locked up so we could not hand the key back to the owner luckily a lady passed by and said she would take the key back to the owners who lived next door. Good job there was not a fire during the night with nobody on the premises. How they got a licence beats me and it cost £80 for room so small you could not swing a cat round in it. We deserve our money back. I explained everything to the lady I gave the key to who said she would report in detail.

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Robert

21 May 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Overnight Stop

Room was a little small and had no work area to use computer. The pub was closed but I got a meal in the next village and had breakfast at MacDonalds 15 mins from hotel.

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gitana

6 May 2024

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

David

17 Apr 2024

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Mr G B

7 Feb 2024

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

17 Dec 2023

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Jenny

11 Sep 2023

Liked: Amenities

I stayed in Room 6. Lovely cosy room with a good sized bathroom. It had been an extremely hot day so knew the room would be warm. For some reason I couldn’t get any of the main room lights to work. Neither the main light or the two bedside table lamps. Did search for a main switch. Had to leave the window ope, blind is a bit wonky but I don’t mind some light coming through. Worst thing is the noise of the large air con unit. Didn’t really sleep just dozed as it switches itself on and off all night and really noisy. Think my friend got the better deal sleeping in my camper van in the quiet field. Did book as dog friendly thinking I could have my dog with me but that wasn’t the case, he was allowed in the bar area and camp site. Couldn’t fault the welcome and helpful staff. Very friendly place. Just a shame about the air con unit.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Paul

24 Aug 2023

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

M

13 Jul 2023

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

N

4 Jul 2023

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alison

29 Jun 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

One night stopover

Everything was very satisfactory about our stay

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Richard

26 Jun 2023

Disliked: Staff & service

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

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10/10 Excellent

James

James

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Just wonderful

Julie

10/10 Excellent

Scheville

Nice place to stay

Scheville

10/10 Excellent

kieran

kieran

8/10 Good

Robert

Robert

10/10 Excellent

Felicity

Felicity

4/10 Poor

Tracy

Tracy

6/10 Okay

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