My partner and I stayed there on 3rd/4th October after visiting Alton Towers, Buxton and Pooles Cavern. I cannot recommend The Malthouse highly enough. We were treated not as paying guests but as friends staying for a couple of nights - the warmth of hospitality was lovely. We stayed in The Stables (Polo was an wonderful companion) and this block has been converted to a very high standard. Our room was spacious and well laid out whilst the wetroom en suite was gorgeous and bigger than our bathroom! HUGE breakfasts (although you can choose a smaller option) and beautifully cooked. The fried bread alone was to die for. :)
Beautiful little breakfast room with many original features - check out the Georgian shutters which have been beautifully restored.
Full marks to The Team at The Malthouse. I'd go again just to stay there and enjoy their wonderful hospitality all over again. Will definitely be back.

Stayed at the Malthouse 4th to 6th Nov for Alton Towers fireworks weekend. After a long journey, was welcomed in by kind staff and shown around. Stayed in The Stables, i was very excited to meet Polo, the pony :) Room was excellent, breakfast was filling, just what you need before a day out in the theme park! Staff were great and provided me and my boyfriend advice regarding getting home from the park late at night and were very lucky to get on a staff bus!

Overall, great and hopefully be back again!

Thank you!

Emily

Seems this is becoming our annual trip now, Alton Towers for Scarefest :) We visited The Malthouse last year and loved it, so much so we made sure we booked early.

We arrived and again were warmly welcomed and settled into our room as before.

Breakfast was as good as remembered from year before, with options available if wanted something different or items removed if didnt like etc. Filled us up for our day at the Park, well til lunchtime any road.

When we checked out we decided we were going to visit Chatsworth house again, just like last year. The staff recommended we try and stop off in Bakewell for the market. We didnt get chance to, but love the fact the staff offering advice about the local area to enrich our stay.

We'll be back.. again ..

We stayed at The Malthouse B&B in Alton on 28/29 October with our two young daughters for a 2day break at the Alton Towers theme and waterpark. On arrival we were warmly greeted and the girls had a real fuss made which they loved. Our room was the safari theme room and had a few toy animals on the beds that the girls loved! The room and ensuite were very clean as hoped (based on the reviews I had read previously before booking) and we were very happy. The breakfast was one of the best we have had - a full English that wasn't dripping in fat and didn't make you feel sick a while later! On our first night we went to the Bulls Head which was ok. I was expecting a little warmer welcome but I suppose when you have a double buggy to collapse and get in/store behind our chairs and then ask for a high chair its a big ask! The service was ok but we didn't get a menu and probably would still be there if we hadn't got up and asked for one. The food was nice but overall I wasn't as impressed as other reviews have said. Based on this experience we decided to have dinner in the theme park on our second night. Staying at the Resort hotels is probably best if the cost doesn't spiral into silly money (over half term one room was £265 per night)as you can have a meal and evening entertainment under one roof. However, the breakfast is much better at The Malthouse and with two small children is better to be served at your table rather than queue up and have the kids whinge while you're gone! On our next visit we will cetainly consider booking the Malthouse again. Thank you for a lovely stay.