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Reviews of Old Cock Inn

4 out of 5
Old Cock Inn
58 High Street, Harpenden, England

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 31 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 79 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Lori

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a lovely overnight spot. Rooms were well appointed with nice amenities. Clean and cozy. Breakfast was good, especially appreciated meal was included. Highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marcella

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Pub/Hotel - No Parking
Hotel/Pub very nice - staff super friendly. Would stay again when in Harpenden for sure. That said Only issues I had - Parking. Harpenden in general is awful and there isn't much in the way of long term parking near the hotel that I could find. Also when I checked in - I hadn't realised I paid vis Hotes.com and ended up paying again at the hotel - still trying to sort out but that is more down to me keep missing the manager - they have been helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
always a good place to stay convenient to the town centre and all surrounds.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

t

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place
Nice room Breakfast option would be good
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Kevin, Thirsk

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff were nice, room was ok, but i was at the front of the building with a very busy road, noisy all night with single pane glass windows. Also don't plan on eating on a Monday, they don't do food then.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Francis

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a great stay! Hosts are kind and the room was very nice! Thank you!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Louisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room was beautiful with a comfortable bed and huge bath. Staff kindly let me check in early as I was going to a local function. The pub itself looked very nice as well. My room looked out over the garden and it was a summer evening so the staff told me it might be a little noisy until closing time. But I didn't find it noisy and was then very quiet during the night. A very nice place to stay but quite expensive.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Olu

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Needed a shower after a long day of hiking only to find out the room had no hot water. There was no telephone in the room so went back down to report the issue. The manager came up to check and confirmed no hot water in all the rooms but all should be ok in 20 minutes. That never happened. Ended up having a cold shower. Resulted to boiling water 5 kettle of water the next morning as a makeshift. Not pleased with the manager’s attitude either. Will definitely not use again. If you must use the hotel ask for room at the back. Street side noisy with traffic and people leaving the pub.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay
The bedrooms were well decorated and comfortable. The staff were all very friendly and efficient, and the manager/owner was very accommodating to our groups requests. Only downside is no car park, but you can park for free a couple of mins walk away and wasn't really an issue for us
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

RICHARD

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Dianne

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Paula

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Horrendously noisy
The noise in this hotel is horrendous it goes on til 1am slightly toned down between 12-1am had the tv on loud but could still be heard over that had to buy earplugs but i could still hear the noise from below and it starts again at 11am when the pub opens. If you like a cuppa take your own only 1 teabag and 1 sachet of coffee each and the milk is in a fridge down the hallway which is very inconvenient. It is a lovely room and comfy bed and good location for town but unfortunately the noise far outways all of this. At £110 per night and NO breakfast not value for money.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Meyrick

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fitted well for a short stay in the town.

4/10 Poor

clare

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
I booked 3 nights here, I come to this town regularly as my son lives locally. This is the nearest place with accommodation to where he lives so was looking forward to the three night stay. It was most definitely NOT worth the £120 a night. No parking and no breakfast included in that. The first room I was given was dirty, cobwebs everywhere, cup rings still on the bedside table, dirty floor in the bathroom, black mould on the windows and really dirty curtains at the window, so I went to see the staff, thankfully they moved me and the young lady was lovely about it. I definitely expected more for the price. I moved to another room, it was better, beautifully put together, with a bath in the bedroom, but not great. I could see that a lot of effort has been put into the fixtures and fittings in these rooms but it’s sadly lacking some major TLC. It could be amazing. I only stayed for two nights not the three that I’d paid for, I just left, I didn’t want to stay another night. The music noise from the pub below is quite loud too, (but it was turned off at 11pm). I would consider that if you plan to stay here. My stay was midweek in January so cannot imagine the weekend in the summer. I had booked to stay here again in April, this has now been cancelled. I will go back to where I have stayed before, 3 miles out of town but guaranteed to be clean.

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
it was easy to check in the room was delightful and the landlord and staff all very helpful. well worth the stay. the location is convenient for everything.

10/10 Excellent

Gareth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Superb room with great bed and sheets. Bar and restaurant onsite is superb and a huge plus. Staff are super friendly and accommodating. FYI there are no taxis waiting if u arrive by rail so plan for that.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness
The parking status was not clear. There is no onsite parking and I don’t think you can say parking is included if you are having to use a public car park a few minutes walk away. Apart from the parking it was a decent property for one night.

8/10 Good

Lorna

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Anita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyed our stay
Quite noisy as room overlooked marquee and music though quite a civilised gathering and it looked pretty with lights and flowers and cocktails! Inn has been well renovated with quirky fun interiors. It is very comfortable and very clean. Would definitely stay again.
Quirky fun and very clean interiors!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Christopher

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Newly renovated! Great for a night or two in harpenden
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robin

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Becky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Annette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel
Gorgeous room which was very clean and comfortable. The staff were friendly. The food was lovely. Would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Ms Deborah M Coath

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Shame the parking and breakfast is no longer available, friendliness of the young lady checking me in and during my stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

isabel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great room well serviced, loved the bath!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

alice

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

LUKE

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great room service, no breakfast, room was a bit cold, but the bed was amazing
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

6/10 Okay

michael

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice but noisy.
Nice pub with modern, well furnished rooms. A lot of noise from the busy road in the front facing rooms. Fire alarm (set off by someone's steamy shower we subsequently discovered) went off at 6am and was still going when the fire engine arrived almost an hour later. No sign of a staff member during this period.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Steve, Eastwood Nottingham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean tidy room with a very comfortable bed. Very good town centre location. I was a bit surprised that breakfast is not provided (a very good cafe is suggested 5 yards from the hotel) but I may have missed reference to this in the booking information.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous stay!
We stayed here for 2 nights and had a lovely time. Leah who ran the B&B was super helpful, and gave us yummy breakfasts every morning which set us up for the day. In a beautiful location pretty much on Hadrian's Wall there's plenty of things to do locally - walks and running routes straight out the front door.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Clare

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous night away
The room was lovely, clean and comfortable. The staff were friendly and efficient, accommodated us considering they were very busy and fully booked! Loved it and will return if we're going that way
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This property and the staff were very nice. The noise from the bar did not bother us. However the air conditioning unit at the top of the stairs was very noisy and was on all night which did not make sleeping easy.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Beautiful room. Lovely staff and lovely breakfast. Felt very calm in the room. Well worth the money
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous room and lovely decor in the whole place, loved it :)
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from The Old Cock Inn Team on 2 Sept 2019
Hi there, Your feedback is very much appreciated, we hope to see you soon!

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended!
Lovely room, friendly helpful staff .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Old Cock Inn Team on 12 Aug 2019
Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us. We hope to see you soon!

8/10 Good

Nigel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location- great bar
Lovely bar -restaurant, friendly staff (girls not boys) single glazed rooms a little noise , limited parking
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from The Old Cock Inn Team on 2 Sept 2019
Hi there Nigel, Thank you so much for your kind words about our hotel. Your feedback is very much appreciated, we hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Old Cock Inn Team on 12 Aug 2019
Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us. We hope to see you soon!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Harpenden High Street stay
Our stay was very pleasant, the rooms are in a self contained area immediately next door to the pub so there is no direct access. Check in is at the bar. The room was modern, clean and comfortable with good towels and toiletries plus the usual tea and coffee provision. Despite being on a busy High Street the room was very quiet as it was at the back overlooking the churchyard.There is free parking in the rear yard, a bonus in this busy town. I didn’t manage to work out the WiFi, ask at the bar when you check in. The recommended breakfast cafe looked good but we were going to friends so didn’t go there. The pub is well positioned in the middle of the High Street so an excellent and varied selection of shops and restaurants are minutes away. A minor niggle was the kettle which didn’t reach boiling point for tea, I couldn’t find anyone to tell before we left.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pub Rooms
No electricity this morning therefore no coffee, no TV and no hairdryer. Sheets and towels were lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Alastair

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Nina, Hampshire

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
We stayed here due to attending a nearby wedding. WiFi didn’t work. The room itself was fine, bathroom a bit tired and £90 for the room seemed a bit steep. Doesn’t include breakfast but there is a great cafe 2 doors down. Chap behind the bar that showed us to our room was nice and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018