We opted for a superior room and were very pleased with it. Room 5 is a lovely room, very nicely appointed with a huge bathroom. They provide tea and coffee facilities, but oddly enough don’t provide any teaspoons-difficult if you take sugar. You don’t expect to pay £145 a night B & B to have to stir your tea with your toothbrush!
Unfortunately, the food in the bar, and the staff very much let the side down. The Sunday roast beef is apparently only available prepared ‘well done’, so we had pork which was fine, save for the red cabbage which had a distinct burnt flavour.
Our dessert, arrived after about 30 mins and two promptings, the first revealing the waitress had forgotten to place the order and the second by the chef himself, who by then was seated at the bar ready to leave, (about 8.10pm on a Sunday) indicating he’d prepared it ‘ages ago’. Other guests had the same problem. At no time did the staff apologise for their error or delay. On finishing our meals, we requested our bill, but the staff couldn’t even remember what we’d had.
The lady serving breakfast the next day was very nice and tried hard to please. But, my husband’s order of poached eggs on toast, came out as just eggs, with the toast arriving a few minutes later. A fellow guest on a neighbouring table had the same problem and I felt so sorry watching her eggs going cold, that I gave her some of our toast.
Given the various accolades displayed at this property, dinner and service was a huge let down