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Rating 10 - Excellent. 58 out of 176 reviews" "
10 - Excellent
58
Rating 8 - Good. 71 out of 176 reviews" "
8 - Good
71
Rating 6 - Okay. 26 out of 176 reviews" "
6 - Okay
26
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 176 reviews" "
4 - Poor
10
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 176 reviews" "
2 - Terrible
11
8.2/10
Cleanliness
8.2/10
Staff & service
7.4/10
Amenities
7.4/10
Property conditions & facilities
6.8/10
Eco-friendliness
Reviews
8/10 Good
David
Travelled with partner
Mar 10, 2024
Liked: Staff & service
Beautiful property, perhaps could do with a decor refresh. Room facilities very good. Lovely lady at reception - very helpful.
Made a booking to stay overnight, as I was working late and did not want to travel home.
Received confirmation of booking and travelled to location, to be told that there were no rooms available!
Ended up paying twice as much trying to find alternative accommodation at 9.30pm.
Not happy.
David
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
4/10 Poor
Dawn
Nov 26, 2023
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Property was clean and staff lovely,but had no sleep at all very loud motor running all night outside our window on flat roof
Dawn
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
6/10 Okay
Robert
Oct 23, 2023
Liked: Staff & service
Nice village, close to Stratford
Admittedly the cellar was flooded but it was also very tired, no shower curtain or fitting for head or toilet roll for example. Due to flooding (from storm) there was no bar/food or coffee area. It is handy for Stratford and Landlord was a lovely guy
Robert
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
6/10 Okay
Diana
Travelled with partner
Oct 14, 2023
It is a very convenient location for Stratford upon Avon. It was also very reasonably priced.
Absolutely fab stay staff amazing and friendly couldn't do enough to help. Rooms and pub a lovely with original features room was spotless and bed comfy. In a nice little village. The owners Rob a Vicky reserved us a table for the football was really busy but no wait on drinks service was flawless. There not currently serving food but buffett platters was put on all tables for free during the football game which was a lovely touch. Will defo be returning and recommend to others.
Kalvin
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Rob and Vikki on Jul 13, 2021
Thank you for the lovely review.
Looking forward to seeing you again.
Best wishes.
Rob and Vikki
No food available, expensive "deluxe" rooms,no facilities in rooms which were dirty and smelly certanly not "recently updated" rooms as per website noisy leaking shower light fitting hanging from ceiling bar closed before 10pm ceiling full of damp and mould communal stairwell ceiling hanging down very dissapointed AVOID
Perfect for our one night stay on our way home staff and locals all friendly with Mary Ardens working farm 100 hundred yards up the road
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from tracy on Oct 26, 2019
I am very pleased you enjoyed your stay with us. Look forward to seeing you in the future.
8/10 Good
Mark
Sep 16, 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Friendly place. A little tired but comfortable. Five minutes from the train station, handy and cheap for visiting Stratford on Avon.
Staff helpful and friendly.
What a magnificent Inn/Motel this was, very clean, the staff are very friendly and there for the customer, breakfast was great. A wonderful unique atmosphere
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from tracy on Aug 30, 2019
It is nice to hear you enjoyed your stay with us.
Hope to see you again in the future.
We had a confiirmed booking for thi property, emailed confirmation fron Expedia receoved. We paid an extra ten pounds in case we had to cancel it/ We then received an email inofming us the hotel was actually booked up and thay they had booked us into a different hotel several miles from Stratford. Very unimpressed. I trued to explian the issue to Experian but was just referred back to the MaryArden hotel to sorgt out myself
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
6/10 Okay
Simon
Aug 25, 2019
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Comfortable stay.
Breakfast was good. Room was perhaps a bit dated, and there was a light fitting hanging loose above the bathroom sink
The first thing you must remember is this is an INN not a hotel. On arrival we were greeted at the reception desk and everything was explained re Dinner Breakfast etc. We were shown to our room (Merchant of Venice) which was very spacious and warm. If anything a little too warm even though the heating was not on. Found out later we were above the kitchen. The room was clean, the bed comfortable although you couldn’t lay on the bed and view tv as it was on a stand too low down. Bathroom was okay although not the bathroom we thought we were going to get as in the pictures of the room I’d booked it had a jet spa bath. This one had a standard bath with shower. Shower was okay. Breakfast was cooked to order and there was plenty of choice of cereals and teas. Overall score 3.75/5
David
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Tracy on Jan 2, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review our Inn.
We are pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope that you will visit us again soon.
This is a small very rural Pub type of B&B very quiet and friendly ,
No shops,no street lighting , no bus,, but the train 1 per hour is only 10 mins walk away , there was no trouble getting taxis , for which the fare into Stratford is £10
Staff were really friendly on arrival and throughout the whole stay. Breakfast was lovely. Room and bathroom was clean, furniture a little dated. The dog got a lot of fuss which he loved and a dog biscuit in the pub. Will definitely putting this on the list of hotels I want to visit again. Although a little bit out of town only £10 each way in a taxi so great value stay compared to the centre of Stratford.
Flonda
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
6/10 Okay
k, london
Sep 1, 2018
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Ok if you are looking for cheap well located
The problem with this place is it is trying to be something it is not. The rooms are advertised as being Shakespeare themed but other than the names they are just rooms. Free WiFi is also advertised but nothing in the room. I had thought they had free WiFi in the bar and were passing that off as free room WiFi ( annoying but fair enough) however only one network appeared in the bar and the signal was so poor that my 4g had to help it out! This really annoyed me as I have 3 main selection criteria one of which is free WiFi. The bed was really uncomfortable and in closer inspection was damaged. The bathroom was covered in mould. Food was alright - cheap pub grub not the brasserie prices we paid for it and the service although quick and efficient was lacking - waited 25 mins to be asked about dessert and then gave up and left. More worryingly the pub was quite busy despite being 6 pm and a number of what I assumed were locals were talking very loudly. One group were racist about 2 different groups of people within ear shot of the diners. No challenge from anyone staff or otherwise. In summary everything is fine for 65 quid a night but the promises made on their website and trivago and expertise really are just fiction. No hot tubs( apparently there is only one in the place) no luxury, no WiFi and no fancy food. The main thing that needs to be addressed is the mould - felt cleaner before the shower!
k
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018
4/10 Poor
Neil
Aug 28, 2018
Wont be going back
I don't normally write reviews but this deserves one. On arrival the toilet needed flushing, the shower drain smelt and I washed bits out of the kettle before use. The room was basic and the breakfast wasn't getting any better. Sticky table, dirty cutlery. I'll go elsewhere with £80 next time thanks.
The overall look of the inn was in keeping with its age. The room was not as well appointed as I would have wished, they were a little tired. The hotel was very short staffed, with one girl seemingly doing everything. Dinner was only open to guests and the selection was very limited. Only one choice for gluten free people such as myself. Overall it was okay for a one night stay. I would recommend it for an afternoon drink but not for an overnight stay.
Had a lovely stay, Mary Arden's farm and Wilmcote station or the sightseeing bus are just a few minutes walk away. Friendly staff and we stayed in the Romeo and Juliet suite, which has a jacuzzi tub!
Breakfast was included in our stay, it was excellent value for money all around.
Louise
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
May 30, 2018
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
We arrived around 1.30pm and the room wasn't ready but it does say check in 3.30pm on website so expected to wait. The lady did ask the cleaner to do our room next which she did so we didn't have to wait too long,The room was a bit dated could of done with a freshen up and the carpets weren't very clean either. We spent the rest of the day in Statford and decided to finish the night back at the inn so we arrived back there at 9.30pm to find that they had just closed the bar. Really disappointed at this as we were celebrating our wedding anniversary and thought as the inn was a taxi ride away from Stratford we would be settled for the night. We were late for breakfast as it wasn't really clear of the time it finished(bank holiday) but the lady did make us one and it was very nice.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in May 2018
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
Apr 24, 2018
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Not disabled friendly at all
Staff welcoming, mix up over what booked, I thought BnB but breakfast was not on booking.
No disabled parking and steps inside to rooms very steep.
The friendly helpful staff!!! Great food and drink! Very Comfortable. Rooms, make it a place me and my future wife constantly revisit!!
John
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from Tracy on Mar 11, 2018
Thank you for staying for us we appreciate your feed back. we look forward to seeing you again in the future.
8/10 Good
Paul
Feb 17, 2018
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Sleeping with a ghost
Stayed in king lear room four poster bed .
Room was a bit tired need seriously updating , bathroom was a joke .
The hotel is being updated and refurbished soon , will be a excellent place to stay then .
Manager and staff were lovely .
Breakfast is excellent, had fish chips in the bar was also excellent .
The bar , breakfast room is really nice and very good standard shame about the rooms at moment .
King lears room has a ghost , I felt some one stroke my neck and then touch my foot in bed ,was frightening but exiting .