The Royal Oak Hotel

We decided to stop off here for food. After getting a seat, we stood at the bar for over ten minutes waiting to be served. The man behind the bar was in the main bar area, he was fully aware we were waiting, but chose to keep his back to us and chat to his locals! I wouldn’t mind if the place was busy…there was no one waiting to be served! I found this to be incredibly rude and very arrogant attitude of the person behind the bar! We left the pub as I will not be treated like this when I was planning to spend £80 on food here.

Not a great establishment but in a nice village. Our hosts gave off an impression of not being too bothered we had arrived, our shower was dirty, the bar not too clean and the room overpriced. Why is it that some establishments assume that because their pretty village/town is popular they can up the price and provide a poor service. We had hoped to book breakfast when we arrived as the website we booked through stated. Unfortunately they needed a lot more advanced warning. We tried two other places next morning who also didn’t seem in a rush to provide the breakfast advertised. If you dnt want custom dnt advertise you are open. However there are better pubs to stay in around the area and whilst some may be dearer they are clean and provide a more professional service.

On arrival in the pub we were told our room was ready early. The room we got was very large and had a great view of the square. On using the shower I noticed the silicone on the shower tray was black with mould. The water was pouring out of the electric control box. We did go to the bar staff to report this but however nothing was followed up, so decided not to use it as water and electric control boxes don't mix. The sockets were very few, and my husband and I had to pull a king size solid wood bed frame off the wall to plug in our charges. Not a great job for 2 people in there 60's. All in all the room was definitely not worth the money I paid.