I booked over the phone at late notice and got a deal from the owner, for a conservatory room. I was expecting something bigger and better - to be honest, we thought the room was pretty poor. It was divided into a bedroom and a conservatory overlooking the dales - which was fantastic (the sunset was amazing). The problem was that the bedroom was tiny, the bathroom even more so. You cant have two people in the bathroom at the same time and the bath itself was extremely small - my wife is only five foot two and she struggled to relax in the bath. Anyway, the owners are really welcoming and friendly and our rate was for dinner bed and breakfast so we got into the restaurant for our meal. Your table is designated for your room and the service is really good and friendly. The bar and restaurant is really nice but we thought the food was average, which let it down a bit. We enjoyed our stay, but felt that we'd over paid for what we got - despite that, its a lovely location with a great team and very friendlily owners.

Made a return visit to the hotel as we were so impressed the first time. Service was great , the room was lovely and the food super.I'd had a massage at " The Ginger Tree " on our last trip and it was so good that I booked another one this time. It was brilliant. Unfortunately Kathy ( the therapist ) is relocating to Simonstone Hall Hotel as the Stone House is having some alterations done. All in all a superb midweek break.

A lovely place in the middle of nowhere it seems, very friendly, and enjoyable. The first night we had a tiny room which was very difficult with the dogs, we could hardly move around and was surprised that they allocated or allowed such a room for dog owners. The next day they moved us to a conservatory room which was fine and lots of space.
Food was excellent but they do stop serving dinner pretty early, I recall last order were about 8.30pm.
We had booked the place for 2 reasons, primarily because it was dog friendly (and there were plenty of dogs of all shapes and sizes) and also because of the Spa. I tried several weeks in advance to book appointments at the Spa for the Saturday but was told there was a wedding and they would let me know nearer the time when they could fit us in that day. They never did so I called again the week before we were due to arrive and was told that after all they couldn't do Saturday but they could fit us in Monday 9am. I confirmed this booking by email so there would be no misunderstanding. We waited and waited on Monday morning but the therapist never turned up. The hotel owner advised that the Spa was separately run but he called her. I spoke to her and she denied that she knew about the bookings. On my return home I copied her with her confirmation and my emails, which were quite clear and specific and she then apologised. I did suggest that to the owner of the hotel that as it was advertised as a Spa hotel/Inn he did have some responsibility in all this.
So that part of it was very disappointing.

Three generations of our family stayed for a 3 night D,B and B break, and all had a relaxing and very enjoyable time. As others have mentioned, the atmosphere was great - genuinely friendly and helpful staff, plenty of cosy areas to sit with a book or glass of wine, and arriving back after a day out just as the log fires were being lit, made us feel like we were arriving home! In addition, we enjoyed the quality of meals, and the quiet location.

My parents ( in their 80's) had a ground floor conservatory room due to my fathers difficulty with stairs.Though the conservatory gave them a sitting area, the bedroom was disappointing as it was so cramped, and didn't live up to expectations. We had a standard double ( No 15) which, while small was comfortable, and we liked it. Our 18yr old daughter had the single room which she liked and described as 'cosy', and our 23yr old son had a small double which was fine for one person.

The food was very good, our only comment is that it would be a real asset to offer an a la carte menu, or a set price for two courses as an alternative to the four course meal. Only my husband consistently managed the cheese as well!