The Farmers Boy Inn Guest House

Having been a chef for 7 years working a michelin starred level, I have never seen anything so shambolic, if I owned this establishment I would be embarrased. To start with when I entered the establishment I was greeted to an empty what only can be assumed as a booking desk which had the most disgusting chair that looked like it had been their for 50 years or more, then I had to walk around looking for a member of staf was to find out where the party the i was joining were, now when our orders were eventually taken for food, my cousins wife who is heavily pregnant has a severe nut allergy to cashew and she asked about what nuts were in the pesto, and instead of being presented with an allergen menu which is the legal requirement, the manageress guessed and assumed that the pesto had cashews in it as she remembered looking at the tub last week and believes it contains cashews. To be firm members of staff should not be giving out advice to customers feference allergens and dietary needs due to the potential liabilty should an allergen attack take place that individual person is then liable to prosecution, that manageress should be in prison, and please note I have notified the local council to carry out an EHO audit with immediate effect, as this is below bad practice and clearlly no one has recieved allergen awareness training. Now we had the pies because that I apparently what you a known for, now I have know chef to undercook the top of the pie and the bottom of the pie but I have never known a chef to undercook the side of the pie, I would be embarrassed especially if you are going to say you sell the best pies then why are they bought in and not made in house, if you going to run a pub in the countryside then everything and ccertainlly the pies should be made in house to order. As for the service this was absolutley terrible, never in my career have I seen staff without any training, then one server who seemed very young looked so out of his depth that he just wanted the floor to swallow him, and to the point where everytime someone spoke to him he looked shocked at the question and had to think of the answer, and I would suggest he is taught the difference between a dessert and soup spoon, as I had to eat the cheesecake which again was bought in with a soup spoon, when really I should have been given a fork and dessert spoon yet everyone only got given a dessert spoon and not a fork and not even a clean knapkin. Then I asked the young waitress as she cleared desserts for a cappucino and she said she would clear then put the order through however it never came, and after 10 minutes of waiting we ended up asking for the bill, for our first visit here I am absolutely shocked how the business has survived. For a first visit I have never been so disgusted, and if I had the ability I would have shut the place down, terrible service, poor quality food, and potentially could have killed a customer due to poor allergen knowledge and forming

What a little gem! Amazing food especially for coeliac / dairy intolerant guests. Very knowledgeable staff who guided me the menu. Slight delay ordering dessert due to busyness, googled menu instead & ordered at the bar. Cannot wait for a return visit.

Good trip, friendly team, comfortable bar with a reasonable selection. Only point of concern was that the bed I slept in had a big dip in the middle, but it was comfortable. I did not eat in the pub, but have done previously and the food was good.

We had the best of both FBI Sunday roast platter for 4 it was absolutely beautiful and brilliantly priced, we will definitely be back the atmosphere is lovely has a park and seating outside great for kids and even the four legged friends are welcome great place for all.

Warm& friendly welcome everything well explained,sorted a table for us to dine for the evening despite being very busy,throughout the stay the manager& team were very attentive and polite,the meal was lovely and plentyfull In so much i reluctantly had to refuse dessert! So nice to arrive as guests& leave as friends wouldnt hesitate in re booking or reccommending😊

Everything was 10/10 staff, food, drinks, room but the shock came in the morning after breakfast when we had to pay just under £30 as it said on the Web site it was included with the room I find this as false advertisement, having looked at the booking and Web site there is no mention of having to pay, we used booking . Com and nothing to say we had to pay , I checked the main Web site and you have to add breakfast on at a cost but Web site said its complimentary in the write up photo included below

Slept like a log (woke-up in the fireplace) 🤪. Honestly the accommodation was exemplary, staff absolutely impressive, treated like royalty. Stayed for two nights, with evening meals and breakfast. Breakfast was to die for, huge with variety totally full English. Evening meal, best fresh PIE , so many to choose from, 2nd meal , fillet stake/ Brie cooked to perfection. Congratulations to the Chef, well above Michelin , Gro’Bonet plus. Will definitely return again in near future. Highly recommend, well done Phil and family/Staff Regards Roger/Stella

Room was v expensive for what it was. Had a meal there service was worst I have experienced for a very long time waited for over an hour for food. Only a pie and mash very expensive menu. They Did not have my first choice. This was supposed to be award winning I have had better pies in my local chip shop. £20 for a pie and mash is vastly overpriced. Overall really poor. Room was poor value for money as was meal and service was awful, everyone in the dining area we sat complained so says it all really. would never stay or eat here again awful all round. Ruined our romantic breakaway.

I stayed here with a small group of family and friends as we wanted something not too far from Cheltenham racecourse. Firstly, I’d like to say that the bar staff were lovely, as was the young man who was serving breakfast. The pub was ok and the food was nice. I quickly booked to stay again for March 2025, and shortly after is where my dissatisfaction lies. I booked this establishment and paid the full cost upfront. A few days later The Farmers Boy Inn contacted me to say their rates had been incorrectly advertised and they wanted a further £37.46 per room, per night. I’d booked two rooms for two nights, so I was expected to pay another £150! Outrageous really. I then had no contact from the pub, other than a message to say their ‘managing director Phil’, would contact me. A week later, I’d still not heard from them via phone or email. The management of The Farmers Boy Inn are just rampant profiteering from a race meeting that’s twenty miles away. It’s pure greed, and nothing more. They are now advertising this accommodation at over £1000, and it’s not worth half of that. Our group also put over £400 behind the bar, but clearly that isn’t enough for Phil either, and they ran out of Guinness! BEWARE YOU MIGHT END UP PAYING MORE THAN YOU THINK. Nice friendly staff, incompetent greedy management.