The Bear Hotel

3.0 star property

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Exterior
Terrace/patio
Bar (on property)
Restaurant
Room

Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
Market Place, Wantage, England, OX12 8AB
  • Uffington White Horse
    9 min drive
  • Wildwood Restaurants
    1 min walk
  • Didcot Parkway Station
    24 min drive
  • Oxford (OXF)
    42 min drive

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About this property

The Bear Hotel

Hotel in Wantage with free breakfast and 24-hour front desk
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a 24-hour front desk. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a computer station, wedding services and a garden are on-site.
The Bear Hotel offers 33 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.
During your stay at The Bear Hotel, you'll be close to Bakers Yard. Enjoy features like free breakfast and free WiFi in public areas, plus a restaurant.
  • Free breakfast offered
  • Free WiFi and wired Internet in some public areas
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Services include luggage storage and wedding services
  • Just a 5-minute drive from Bakers Yard and 7 minutes from Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available. A computer station is on site, and both WiFi and wired Internet are free in public spaces.

The Bear Hotel also features a garden and a lift.

This 3-star Wantage hotel is smoke free.

Guests are served a free breakfast.
The Bear Hotel has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Food and drink

  • Free breakfast available
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Computer station

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • Lift

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:30 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
This property is professionally cleaned
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

Property is also known as

Bear Hotel Wantage
Bear Wantage
The Bear Hotel Hotel
The Bear Hotel Wantage
The Bear Hotel Hotel Wantage

The Bear Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 140 out of 337 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 132 out of 337 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 43 out of 337 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 337 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 337 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jane

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very good staff and breakfast. Room a bit tired. Noisy delivery at 6.30
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

dr j c

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marilyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Are break
The stay was lovely room abit small food and staff amazing.was twin room one off beds had a bad slope
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Travelled with partner
Really helpful staff - would definitely stay again
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Alan

Room was tiny and cold hardly get in the shower
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ronel

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Chris

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Mrs H D

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Scott

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Ronald, PAIGNTON

Liked: Amenities
Very comfy bed
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Tuesday

Was just staying the night comfy bed decent shower shame I had somewhere to be so didn’t have time for breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Catherine

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Small, friendly hotel in the middle of pretty Wantage. Delicious freshly cooked breakfast. Thank you!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Ian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Base
We used the Bear Hotel as a base whilst visiting the Air Tattoo in Fairford. It was a great location for us. The food and drinks at the hotel were excellent and reasonably priced. The room was adequate for what we needed. I would use this hotel again
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gavin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
last room in the area.
Last minute, last room available. It was a small single room with tiny bathroom but it served its purpose. Shower hose leaked badly into the regulator but still worked. Very good and speedy breakfast, most delicious.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
I had a single courtyard room. On the plus side it wasn’t expensive, the staff were friendly & breakfast was fine. Unfortunately the bathroom was tired & anyone who’s on the larger side may struggle as it’s small. The shower & unit had seen better days. The plumbing made some awful banging noise especially after flushing the toilet which isn’t great in the middle of the night! As this is essentially a pub, any courtyard room is straight onto an outside area where people are sat drinking right outside the door. The noise was really loud and whilst the pub closes at 11pm if you want to sleep before then this isn’t a good option. Also when I had the bedroom light on they could see in so I had to close the curtains. Again because the room opens to the outdoors there were a couple of large spiders that appeared. Whilst free Wi-Fi is available the reception is awful and kept dropping out entirely. This may be due to the location of the courtyard rooms. Unfortunately there is no parking at the hotel which was really inconvenient. I had to go to a long stay car park in an undercroft where free parking is available from 6pm to 9am. Outside of that charges apply. My car was fine but I didn’t feel comfortable leaving it there. I won’t be staying again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

ANDREW

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

PHILIP

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Service but we were given a poor hotel room
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Henry

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shirley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anne F

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Great Bear!
Wantage is lovely and the Bear Hotel was excellent in all respects
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Erica

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Booked in for 2 hours, sat and had lunch hadn’t even put our bags in the room then had a family emergency so could not stay, hotel and hotels.com would not refund us.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024