First the positives:- the location is fantastic for walking, mountain biking and visiting the Dales. The food was very good, restaurant quality traditional foods. The beer was very good, a good mix of well kept real ales and Peroni lager.
The negatives: The room was very 1980's in décor with varnished pine 3x2s and framing screwed to the ceiling to look like beams, wall paper hanging off the walls, lino peeling up round the edges, mildew in the bathroom, ugly furniture and tired looking carpet. On top of this it was not very clean and a general lack of attention to detail had been paid. You could argue that this is only a country pub, what do you expect? But actually it was quite expensive in the end and this is where the more disturbing part is.
On booking via telephone, I was quoted a price, which was very reasonable and you may have overlooked some of the shortcomings. Upon settling the bill this price had increased 30% and the bloke was completely intransigent, insisting it was impossible I had been quoted the original amount. We had a similar incident with this pub last year when they charged us for 13 mains although there were only 12 of us and when challenged retorted 'someone must have had it' well probably but not one of our group. A similar intransigent customer service resulted in us all chipping in £1 and no tip.
In summary, there is huge potential here for this to be a fantastic pub & inn if the owners matched the quality of the food with the accommodation and service.
