The Wishing Well

Stayed for 2 nights to meet family. Room was extremely expensive. Very basic with limited storage, a broken coat hanger. A rip in the duvet cover. Access via external fire exit stairs as internal dark and unsafe. Room was not serviced during our stay. Over priced and no breakfast included. Very thin walls and tired decor eg frayed carpet on landing. Old furniture dumped in several areas of garden and in upstairs room visible to guests. Accommodation definitely not justifying daily rate. Had evening meals on 2 occasions and no complaint. The restaurant staff attentive and food and drinks good. Shame about the bedrooms.

Pros: Bed, Toilet etc clean Free Car Parking Tea / Coffee in room. Remote staff responded to enquiries quickly. Shower Gel etc provided Generally peaceful Surroundings. Cons: Extremely bad state of cosmetic repair - paint peeling, door warped, window locks not great. Looks and feels very dated. Very cramped bathroom. Very thin walls / noise isolation - you can hear people talking / urinating next door etc. Also huge creaking from footsteps on floor above. Pub shut on Mondays / Tuesdays so no food. No breakfast available on any days. Air freshener in room possibly masking a bad smell Expensive for what it is.

This is is usually one of our favourite haunts. The food is reliably good and the atmosphere great. However visiting when the boss’ were away was a different story. The first clue that all would not be well was a long wait for our prebooked table. Service was slow and chaotic. Cutlery was all over the bar. We waited long times for drinks and some young waitress ‘ service was surly and slow. They seemed more keen to be propping the bar themselves , gossiping and drinking coffee. Food service was so slow. We kept being told that they ‘were literally playing up..’ after twenty minutes still no food. Lots of lost opportunities to sell drinks. The food when it arrived was good but waiting 1.5 hours before the starter was unacceptable. Waiting staff need training on manners and getting on with the job rather than gossiping. The owners are good and they need to know what is happening when staff aren’t supervised. Disappointing!

I often travel solo, so I rely on my mattress for company. And let me tell you, this hotel’s mattress was a wonderful dance partner (I named him Giorgos after an old flame from Mykonos) for the evening. Soft enough to let me sink in. But also firm enough to hold my voluptuous sides from spewing over. But anyway, back to the mattress… it was a decent.

We booked in, only to be told we don’t do cooked breakfast we give you a box they banged on the bedroom door at 2330 and left it in the hallway. The fridge was too small to fit them in mind you it was bigger than the tv. The meal was average but didn’t have coke or Pepsi in a can or bottle only flat pump stuff, they tried three times to get a Bacardi and coke with any sort of fizz so I gave up. We won’t be back we got up and went out for breakfast instead of relaxing in the hotel.

Visited for a meal last week . Warm welcome , even though we turned up late without having booked Lovely clean pub , tasty food that came promptly . The dining room was very pleasant . Will be back again . Keep up the good work