Most hotels fight to keep guests from eating outside their properties, so when you see the hotel restaurant full on a Monday night, you know you're in for something special.

It's not cheap, but it was worth every penny. Great food and service to match. Loved it.

Rooms are small but modern, and very friendly staff.

Happy to recommend it.

We ate in the main dining room and I have had good and bad experiences there before. However, this time the meal and the service was very good. I had the wood pigeon with a cepes (mushroom) risotto to start and that was one of the best dishes I have tried for a long time. I had the roast beef for main course and that was good. We were in a party of 8 people and everyone had a good meal and enjoyed the place. Looking forward to going back next year.

Having eaten here several times during the past 6 months I felt it would be a perfect choice to celebrate my birthday. My previous experiences have been top quality, with great service and wonderful food. This time utterly different!!!

We ordered 2 x billingsgate fish & chips and 1 x warm chicken salad. The fish batter was more like pork crackling and the spinach leaves in the chicken salad were like leather and very bitter.

The waitress was excellent,very attentive and charming. Perfect ambience but what a shame the food was so disappointing.

The minute you walk into this hotel you are greeted by attentive staff, the open wood fires burning and that aroma of the burning woods. This hotel has not changed much since those days that it was used as a stage coach stop back in the 16th century and earlier. Many features / markings can be found on the stone walls relating back even further into history circa 11th century. The decadent dinning rooms, the whole atmosphere is wonderful, the service and food is par excellence, what more do you require. The rooms are spacious and well appointed. Give it a try, yes it might be of the beaten track, but you will not be disappointed, even if it is only for lunch.