Red Lion Hotel by Greene King Inns

The accommodation boasts exceptional cleanliness, friendly staff, and delicious breakfast. It offers comfortable rooms and reasonable prices. Its picturesque location allows easy exploration of the English countryside.

I stay here regularly for business. It’s the best pub locally, with good food, both evening meals and breakfast at a reasonable price within the Banbury area

While I found the food to be excellent and the staff friendly I found that the room the I stayed in was extremely noisy room number 6. There is an air conditioner/ refrigeration unit right out side the window on the roof that came on quite early in the morning. With the window shut I could have just about coped with the constant drone. But unfortunately that was not the loudest problem, what I can only assume what was the kitchen door was being slammed repeatedly every time someone entered/exited it was relentless and extremely loud almost to the point that I could feel the vibrations in the bed. Lucky I was so tired from my travels I passed out regardless and I was looking forward to the late check out that was 11am. Unfortunately as soon as the staff arrived to start preparing for breakfast the door slamming commenced and by 8am I was wide awake and after laying the listening to the door slam constantly and the drone from aircon unit for over an hour I gave up and checked out a lot earlier than I had hoped too. The door from the landing was also let slam shut by guests which was right next to the room door. Although that a lot less annoying than constant banging of the kitchen door. For a room that was £100 for the night for one person I find that totality unacceptable . The issue of the door could be easily addressed by a soft close mechanism. There is nothing worse than being woken up by constant banging. It also made it impossible for me to get back to sleep to the point I just wanted to leave.